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 Toft, with 292 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
601	Toft	292	0.030%	7.57x
602	Beresford	291	0.030%	4.01x
603	Lyons	291	0.030%	1.33x
604	Wakefield	291	0.030%	1.65x
605	York	291	0.030%	2.23x
606	Boughey	289	0.030%	13.32x
607	Follows	289	0.030%	14.00x
608	Perkin	289	0.030%	5.44x
609	Sherwin	289	0.030%	5.44x
610	Aldridge	286	0.030%	1.50x
611	Wheeldon	286	0.030%	5.88x
612	Wade	285	0.030%	0.72x
613	Orme	284	0.030%	3.45x
614	Gardner	283	0.030%	0.42x
615	Lancaster	283	0.030%	1.15x
616	Baggott	282	0.030%	9.84x
617	Boden	282	0.030%	3.53x
618	Lycett	282	0.030%	13.93x
619	Marson	282	0.030%	6.28x
620	Pegg	282	0.030%	2.91x
621	Tatton	282	0.030%	10.99x
622	Tunstall	282	0.030%	5.39x
623	Warrington	281	0.030%	3.48x
624	Dawes	280	0.030%	2.09x
625	Howe	280	0.030%	0.72x
626	Leek	280	0.030%	5.87x
627	Peters	277	0.030%	0.80x
628	Howells	276	0.030%	1.10x
629	Allman	275	0.030%	5.94x
630	Allport	274	0.030%	11.56x
631	Longmore	273	0.030%	11.31x
632	Ryder	273	0.030%	1.60x
633	Peach	272	0.030%	2.55x
634	Rodgers	272	0.030%	1.01x
635	Biddulph	271	0.030%	12.25x
636	Merrick	270	0.030%	3.69x
637	Pool	270	0.030%	2.36x
638	Clewlow	269	0.030%	26.18x
639	Haines	269	0.030%	1.18x
640	Barnsley	268	0.030%	6.93x
641	Griffith	268	0.030%	0.83x
642	Jevons	268	0.030%	15.47x
643	Wooley	267	0.030%	4.23x
644	Blower	266	0.030%	4.57x
645	Hambleton	266	0.030%	6.64x
646	Sargeant	266	0.030%	3.42x
647	Scragg	266	0.030%	8.31x
648	Betts	265	0.030%	1.26x
649	Boon	265	0.030%	2.87x
650	Lowndes	265	0.030%	7.99x
651	Nightingale	265	0.030%	1.59x
652	Roper	265	0.030%	1.29x
653	Statham	265	0.030%	4.65x
654	Thornton	265	0.030%	0.53x
655	Hopwood	264	0.030%	2.35x
656	Lindop	264	0.030%	11.49x
657	Lunt	263	0.030%	4.14x
658	Rhead	263	0.030%	20.80x
659	Durose	262	0.030%	17.49x
660	Eccleston	262	0.030%	5.30x
661	Groom	262	0.030%	1.90x
662	Hackney	262	0.030%	6.09x
663	Arrowsmith	261	0.030%	3.41x
664	Hatton	261	0.030%	1.35x
665	Philips	261	0.030%	1.43x
666	Baldwin	260	0.030%	0.62x
667	Bevan	260	0.030%	1.08x
668	Steventon	260	0.030%	10.82x
669	Tyler	260	0.030%	0.89x
670	Worton	260	0.030%	12.47x
671	Blakeman	259	0.030%	8.94x
672	Dobson	259	0.030%	0.60x
673	Doughty	259	0.030%	2.07x
674	Gordon	259	0.030%	0.42x
675	Knapper	259	0.030%	22.54x
676	Tinsley	259	0.030%	4.32x
677	Astley	258	0.030%	3.95x
678	Cottrell	258	0.030%	2.94x
679	Perrins	258	0.030%	8.61x
680	Reed	258	0.030%	0.36x
681	Broad	257	0.030%	2.05x
682	Felton	257	0.030%	3.79x
683	Keates	257	0.030%	8.01x
684	Sharratt	257	0.030%	8.41x
685	Twigg	256	0.030%	3.71x
686	Whitehead	256	0.030%	0.38x
687	Summerfield	255	0.030%	3.99x
688	Watkin	255	0.030%	2.95x
689	Bassett	254	0.030%	1.65x
690	Madeley	254	0.030%	9.46x
691	Fryer	252	0.030%	1.38x
692	Rollason	252	0.030%	7.92x
693	Addison	251	0.030%	1.84x
694	Brain	251	0.030%	2.37x
695	Campbell	251	0.030%	0.15x
696	Charlesworth	250	0.030%	1.96x
697	Morley	249	0.030%	0.63x
698	Shorthouse	249	0.030%	12.62x
699	Underhill	249	0.030%	3.61x
700	Badger	248	0.030%	4.34x