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 Beck, with 248 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
701	Beck	248	0.030%	1.08x
702	Bunn	248	0.030%	2.58x
703	Dix	248	0.030%	2.55x
704	Farrington	248	0.030%	2.93x
705	Finch	248	0.030%	0.76x
706	Horobin	248	0.030%	13.03x
707	North	246	0.020%	0.75x
708	Neville	245	0.020%	2.09x
709	Tilley	245	0.020%	1.89x
710	Wedge	245	0.020%	8.40x
711	Corfield	244	0.020%	4.37x
712	Hartland	244	0.020%	5.63x
713	Carpenter	243	0.020%	0.72x
714	Hilditch	242	0.020%	8.50x
715	Rathbone	242	0.020%	4.42x
716	Waldron	242	0.020%	2.79x
717	Blood	241	0.020%	6.12x
718	Tolley	241	0.020%	4.67x
719	Watton	241	0.020%	6.75x
720	Long	240	0.020%	0.38x
721	Ridgway	240	0.020%	2.65x
722	Tibbetts	240	0.020%	14.97x
723	Chamberlain	239	0.020%	0.89x
724	Penn	239	0.020%	2.68x
725	Greenway	238	0.020%	3.25x
726	Higginson	238	0.020%	2.41x
727	Lear	238	0.020%	4.13x
728	Moran	238	0.020%	1.32x
729	Phipps	238	0.020%	1.63x
730	Ashton	237	0.020%	0.49x
731	Pye	237	0.020%	1.61x
732	Rider	237	0.020%	2.47x
733	Wooldridge	237	0.020%	4.40x
734	Hawthorn	236	0.020%	4.13x
735	Sidaway	236	0.020%	16.25x
736	Robins	235	0.020%	1.12x
737	Beach	234	0.020%	2.49x
738	Elkin	234	0.020%	11.65x
739	Wellings	233	0.020%	6.86x
740	Bamford	232	0.020%	1.56x
741	Degg	232	0.020%	27.52x
742	Holford	232	0.020%	7.34x
743	Turton	232	0.020%	2.09x
744	Dicken	231	0.020%	8.32x
745	Lambert	231	0.020%	0.43x
746	Adey	230	0.020%	7.25x
747	Bloomer	230	0.020%	7.79x
748	Clare	230	0.020%	1.61x
749	Mansfield	230	0.020%	1.24x
750	Sheppard	230	0.020%	0.67x
751	Brayford	229	0.020%	24.23x
752	Hilton	229	0.020%	0.68x
753	Summers	229	0.020%	0.83x
754	Beddard	228	0.020%	18.71x
755	Kidd	228	0.020%	1.14x
756	Charles	227	0.020%	1.11x
757	Spittle	227	0.020%	8.08x
758	Ainsworth	226	0.020%	1.16x
759	French	226	0.020%	0.47x
760	Wagstaff	226	0.020%	1.84x
761	Carless	225	0.020%	8.59x
762	Milward	225	0.020%	4.93x
763	Sharp	225	0.020%	0.27x
764	Kettle	224	0.020%	2.60x
765	Bettany	223	0.020%	24.72x
766	Bissell	223	0.020%	7.62x
767	Highfield	223	0.020%	8.10x
768	Pinson	223	0.020%	15.53x
769	Tudor	223	0.020%	3.36x
770	Capper	222	0.020%	4.28x
771	Hooper	222	0.020%	0.53x
772	Jeffries	222	0.020%	1.79x
773	Jenks	222	0.020%	6.60x
774	Shingler	222	0.020%	10.44x
775	Haden	221	0.020%	7.03x
776	Darlington	220	0.020%	3.28x
777	Sambrook	220	0.020%	10.83x
778	Sherwood	220	0.020%	1.75x
779	Whitmore	220	0.020%	2.54x
780	Earp	219	0.020%	6.11x
781	Jenkinson	219	0.020%	1.27x
782	Hubbard	218	0.020%	0.91x
783	Peace	218	0.020%	2.44x
784	Stanford	218	0.020%	2.66x
785	Warburton	218	0.020%	0.90x
786	Brian	217	0.020%	4.71x
787	Fereday	217	0.020%	15.92x
788	Gaunt	217	0.020%	2.24x
789	Hunter	217	0.020%	0.21x
790	Leadbeater	217	0.020%	5.35x
791	Littler	217	0.020%	3.32x
792	Love	217	0.020%	0.93x
793	Herbert	216	0.020%	0.59x
794	Locker	216	0.020%	8.76x
795	Poulton	216	0.020%	2.73x
796	Bradford	215	0.020%	1.12x
797	Horne	215	0.020%	1.00x
798	Joyce	215	0.020%	0.89x
799	Kirby	215	0.020%	0.57x
800	May	215	0.020%	0.34x