1881 census county

Warwickshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Warwickshire 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

14,604 surnames are listed for Warwickshire, covering 669,769 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Austin, with 521 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Warwickshire

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
201	Austin	521	0.070%	1.45x
202	Pearce	521	0.070%	0.77x
203	Lines	519	0.070%	6.64x
204	Porter	519	0.070%	0.94x
205	Pritchard	517	0.070%	1.30x
206	Welch	517	0.070%	2.00x
207	Masters	516	0.070%	3.78x
208	Bradshaw	509	0.070%	1.68x
209	Dixon	508	0.070%	0.63x
210	Smart	508	0.070%	1.51x
211	French	505	0.070%	1.40x
212	Hyde	498	0.070%	2.20x
213	Greenway	496	0.070%	9.05x
214	Potter	493	0.070%	1.03x
215	Haywood	491	0.070%	3.18x
216	Lea	489	0.070%	3.36x
217	Newton	489	0.070%	0.87x
218	Hawkes	487	0.070%	4.10x
219	Barber	486	0.070%	1.10x
220	Dodd	486	0.070%	1.62x
221	Bryan	485	0.070%	2.65x
222	Kelly	481	0.070%	0.60x
223	Smallwood	477	0.060%	7.02x
224	Ashford	476	0.060%	6.53x
225	Herbert	474	0.060%	1.72x
226	Kimberley	474	0.060%	17.66x
227	Kirby	472	0.060%	1.69x
228	Orton	470	0.060%	6.79x
229	Webster	470	0.060%	0.73x
230	Fellows	469	0.060%	4.70x
231	Dawson	466	0.060%	0.57x
232	Mathews	465	0.060%	1.71x
233	Gibson	461	0.060%	0.52x
234	Giles	461	0.060%	1.64x
235	Howell	461	0.060%	1.48x
236	Westwood	460	0.060%	3.72x
237	Higgins	458	0.060%	1.23x
238	Worrall	457	0.060%	4.88x
239	Grant	456	0.060%	0.62x
240	Reading	456	0.060%	8.00x
241	Terry	455	0.060%	2.42x
242	Partridge	453	0.060%	2.35x
243	Goodman	452	0.060%	2.10x
244	Morton	452	0.060%	1.15x
245	Parry	450	0.060%	0.80x
246	Stephens	450	0.060%	1.10x
247	Cotton	449	0.060%	2.55x
248	Warren	446	0.060%	0.91x
249	Wilks	445	0.060%	3.84x
250	Faulkner	444	0.060%	2.22x
251	Pitt	443	0.060%	2.81x
252	Houghton	439	0.060%	1.71x
253	Dale	438	0.060%	1.41x
254	Hanson	435	0.060%	1.83x
255	Chamberlain	434	0.060%	2.17x
256	Sharp	434	0.060%	0.71x
257	Marston	433	0.060%	6.31x
258	George	430	0.060%	0.99x
259	Greaves	430	0.060%	1.99x
260	Clements	429	0.060%	1.76x
261	Tonks	427	0.060%	11.02x
262	Slater	426	0.060%	0.96x
263	Homer	424	0.060%	7.56x
264	Bell	423	0.060%	0.31x
265	Adkins	419	0.060%	8.73x
266	Norton	418	0.060%	1.71x
267	Upton	418	0.060%	2.98x
268	Baldwin	417	0.060%	1.33x
269	Pugh	417	0.060%	1.48x
270	Edge	414	0.060%	3.26x
271	Holloway	414	0.060%	1.83x
272	Gibbons	413	0.060%	1.74x
273	Busby	411	0.060%	5.30x
274	Howard	411	0.060%	0.57x
275	Willis	411	0.060%	1.05x
276	Corbett	410	0.060%	2.84x
277	Wilcox	410	0.060%	2.95x
278	Clifford	407	0.060%	2.69x
279	Yardley	407	0.060%	8.70x
280	Rowley	406	0.060%	2.10x
281	Stone	406	0.060%	0.76x
282	Hammond	402	0.050%	0.96x
283	Thornton	400	0.050%	1.08x
284	Bradbury	399	0.050%	1.87x
285	Dudley	398	0.050%	3.60x
286	Gould	398	0.050%	1.49x
287	Long	396	0.050%	0.83x
288	Millward	396	0.050%	4.79x
289	Walters	396	0.050%	1.13x
290	Talbot	395	0.050%	2.15x
291	Bond	394	0.050%	1.01x
292	Moss	394	0.050%	0.87x
293	Woodcock	394	0.050%	1.87x
294	Hodges	393	0.050%	1.82x
295	Preston	387	0.050%	1.05x
296	Beck	386	0.050%	2.24x
297	Hickman	386	0.050%	3.11x
298	Woodfield	385	0.050%	15.42x
299	Burrows	384	0.050%	1.19x
300	Holt	384	0.050%	0.78x