1881 census county

Staffordshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Staffordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

14,077 surnames are listed for Staffordshire, covering 906,516 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Cutler, with 345 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Staffordshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
501	Cutler	345	0.040%	2.81x
502	Danks	345	0.040%	8.03x
503	Dolman	345	0.040%	8.16x
504	Hallam	344	0.030%	1.87x
505	Bratt	343	0.030%	10.03x
506	Giles	343	0.030%	0.91x
507	Dixon	342	0.030%	0.32x
508	Chell	339	0.030%	15.39x
509	Raybould	339	0.030%	11.39x
510	Tunnicliffe	338	0.030%	10.40x
511	Potter	336	0.030%	0.53x
512	Gray	335	0.030%	0.24x
513	Mann	334	0.030%	0.64x
514	Rudge	334	0.030%	4.32x
515	Hales	333	0.030%	2.35x
516	Lamb	333	0.030%	0.64x
517	Marston	333	0.030%	3.63x
518	Godwin	332	0.030%	2.60x
519	Barrett	331	0.030%	0.50x
520	Hargreaves	330	0.030%	0.80x
521	Shipley	329	0.030%	3.77x
522	Wells	329	0.030%	0.40x
523	Bannister	328	0.030%	1.93x
524	Derry	328	0.030%	7.54x
525	Lomas	328	0.030%	1.80x
526	Timmis	328	0.030%	14.33x
527	Dyke	327	0.030%	3.34x
528	Murray	327	0.030%	0.27x
529	Salmon	327	0.030%	1.45x
530	Starkey	327	0.030%	3.34x
531	Flavell	326	0.030%	11.06x
532	Pepper	326	0.030%	2.35x
533	Miles	325	0.030%	0.56x
534	Meredith	324	0.030%	1.63x
535	Painter	324	0.030%	2.40x
536	Shufflebotham	324	0.030%	15.95x
537	Bagley	323	0.030%	4.43x
538	Mycock	323	0.030%	9.60x
539	Parr	323	0.030%	1.31x
540	Downes	322	0.030%	2.64x
541	Patrick	321	0.030%	1.63x
542	Belcher	319	0.030%	2.69x
543	Roe	319	0.030%	1.66x
544	Baddeley	318	0.030%	14.57x
545	Hartshorn	318	0.030%	7.44x
546	Hulse	318	0.030%	5.10x
547	Simcock	317	0.030%	11.07x
548	Sims	317	0.030%	1.07x
549	Woodhall	317	0.030%	7.97x
550	Beddow	316	0.030%	11.70x
551	Gater	316	0.030%	12.48x
552	Gallimore	315	0.030%	10.08x
553	Hollinshead	314	0.030%	12.30x
554	Baugh	313	0.030%	8.85x
555	Bolton	313	0.030%	0.74x
556	Cheadle	313	0.030%	13.58x
557	Guy	313	0.030%	1.45x
558	Simmonds	312	0.030%	1.18x
559	Attwood	311	0.030%	3.18x
560	Ross	311	0.030%	0.29x
561	Bill	310	0.030%	8.83x
562	Chilton	309	0.030%	3.90x
563	Hollis	309	0.030%	2.26x
564	Smallman	309	0.030%	9.58x
565	Groves	308	0.030%	1.11x
566	Savage	308	0.030%	0.81x
567	Coxon	306	0.030%	4.06x
568	Coley	305	0.030%	5.21x
569	Elliott	305	0.030%	0.36x
570	Pickford	305	0.030%	3.80x
571	Withers	305	0.030%	1.89x
572	Deaville	304	0.030%	19.60x
573	Street	304	0.030%	1.32x
574	Yeomans	304	0.030%	3.74x
575	Blackham	303	0.030%	12.82x
576	Hope	303	0.030%	0.90x
577	Cashmore	302	0.030%	9.74x
578	Goldstraw	302	0.030%	21.89x
579	Radford	302	0.030%	1.61x
580	Rutter	302	0.030%	2.01x
581	Naylor	301	0.030%	0.81x
582	Breeze	300	0.030%	4.93x
583	Lightfoot	300	0.030%	2.19x
584	Bateman	299	0.030%	1.17x
585	Randle	299	0.030%	3.62x
586	Keen	297	0.030%	1.50x
587	Stonier	297	0.030%	16.99x
588	Amos	296	0.030%	1.83x
589	Bowyer	296	0.030%	2.75x
590	Haycock	296	0.030%	5.36x
591	Hingley	296	0.030%	12.95x
592	Shirley	296	0.030%	3.67x
593	Bould	295	0.030%	12.31x
594	Powis	295	0.030%	7.84x
595	Underwood	295	0.030%	1.11x
596	Woodall	295	0.030%	3.72x
597	Grant	293	0.030%	0.30x
598	Goodman	292	0.030%	1.01x
599	Povey	292	0.030%	4.89x
600	Tams	292	0.030%	22.62x