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1881 census county

Worcestershire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Worcestershire 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

9,663 surnames are listed for Worcestershire, covering 350,029 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Ratcliffe, with 29 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Worcestershire

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.

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1801Ratcliffe290.28x
1802Royal292.68x
1803Rubery298.31x
1804Seager291.38x
1805Severn292.50x
1806Shuttleworth290.64x
1807Skett2912.86x
1808Teece295.78x
1809Tether2913.01x
1810Thould2951.75x
1811Weeks290.36x
1812Westley291.85x
1813Westmacott297.72x
1814Whitfield290.38x
1815Whitford292.43x
1816Winders298.04x
1817Winfield290.92x
1818Woodbridge291.82x
1819Woodman290.69x
1820Allan280.12x
1821Barford282.87x
1822Berington2833.32x
1823Bowman280.28x
1824Brotheridge2817.17x
1825Case280.73x
1826Chell283.29x
1827Corns282.63x
1828Cullis284.74x
1829Cund2819.28x
1830Dancer283.41x
1831Dando281.99x
1832Derry281.66x
1833Durham280.85x
1834Fulford282.20x
1835Greves289.99x
1836Grice280.71x
1837Heritage281.96x
1838Hilton280.21x
1839Kinchin2810.22x
1840Manns284.88x
1841March280.68x
1842Mears280.78x
1843Mitton282.51x
1844Monkton2815.06x
1845Mortimer280.35x
1846Noakes281.00x
1847Parrish282.10x
1848Rathbone281.32x
1849Rees280.08x
1850Ryall282.17x
1851Sansome284.88x
1852Sedgley284.81x
1853Sherlock281.09x
1854Stratford281.07x
1855Stretton281.62x
1856Sumner280.45x
1857Tilsley285.99x
1858Troughton282.27x
1859Wilmot281.10x
1860Ayres270.51x
1861Barth2715.36x
1862Blissett274.82x
1863Bragg270.87x
1864Caddick272.04x
1865Charlwood275.45x
1866Colwell272.18x
1867Crabtree270.35x
1868Crowley271.10x
1869Dix270.72x
1870Dobson270.16x
1871Dowdeswell275.62x
1872Eales271.40x
1873Eames271.03x
1874Everitt270.84x
1875Fawke2719.27x
1876Florence273.59x
1877Freer271.28x
1878Freeth273.29x
1879Haggett274.74x
1880Hartles2714.93x
1881Heathcote270.88x
1882Hitchins273.44x
1883Jeffrey270.38x
1884Jordon271.58x
1885Litchfield271.73x
1886Lodge270.39x
1887Loynes278.41x
1888Mercer270.27x
1889Newbold270.97x
1890Pickerill276.25x
1891Piggott270.97x
1892Prentice270.60x
1893Pumfrey279.86x
1894Ralph270.46x
1895Simcox272.79x
1896Skeldon276.97x
1897Snape270.77x
1898Snipe2731.64x
1899Stroud270.68x
1900Swift270.23x