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 Aston, with 547 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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Aston	547	0.140%	8.69x
102	Bullock	545	0.140%	4.39x
103	Wilkes	540	0.140%	8.17x
104	Matthews	535	0.140%	1.61x
105	Walters	531	0.140%	2.92x
106	Willetts	531	0.140%	24.87x
107	Stephens	529	0.140%	2.50x
108	Darby	528	0.140%	8.62x
109	Bird	521	0.140%	1.79x
110	Russell	521	0.140%	1.12x
111	Brookes	518	0.140%	5.78x
112	Stevens	514	0.130%	1.29x
113	Farmer	513	0.130%	4.30x
114	Pritchard	511	0.130%	2.49x
115	Partridge	505	0.130%	5.07x
116	Bayliss	504	0.130%	10.44x
117	Day	498	0.130%	1.39x
118	Butler	495	0.130%	1.33x
119	Southall	493	0.130%	17.06x
120	Foster	491	0.130%	0.96x
121	Tyler	490	0.130%	4.35x
122	Barker	486	0.130%	0.97x
123	Willis	484	0.130%	2.39x
124	Hopkins	482	0.130%	2.10x
125	Lee	479	0.130%	0.77x
126	Pitt	473	0.120%	5.80x
127	Rose	473	0.120%	1.67x
128	Chance	470	0.120%	26.62x
129	Timmins	460	0.120%	14.99x
130	Hooper	457	0.120%	2.83x
131	Birch	454	0.120%	2.90x
132	Dunn	450	0.120%	1.42x
133	Gibbs	446	0.120%	2.38x
134	Newman	446	0.120%	1.57x
135	Corbett	437	0.110%	5.85x
136	Bailey	435	0.110%	0.76x
137	Jenkins	435	0.110%	0.97x
138	Page	435	0.110%	1.43x
139	Hyde	431	0.110%	3.67x
140	Homer	425	0.110%	14.64x
141	Millward	425	0.110%	9.92x
142	Oliver	422	0.110%	1.55x
143	Bowen	417	0.110%	2.64x
144	Oakley	414	0.110%	5.12x
145	Hodges	413	0.110%	3.69x
146	Woodall	411	0.110%	13.39x
147	Barnes	410	0.110%	0.89x
148	Poole	408	0.110%	2.22x
149	Crump	407	0.110%	9.88x
150	Preece	407	0.110%	6.56x
151	Stanley	407	0.110%	2.77x
152	Gould	402	0.110%	2.92x
153	Harvey	401	0.110%	0.98x
154	Hayes	400	0.100%	1.69x
155	Lea	399	0.100%	5.30x
156	Owen	399	0.100%	0.88x
157	Bate	396	0.100%	6.13x
158	Saunders	396	0.100%	1.13x
159	Humphries	391	0.100%	4.55x
160	Knowles	388	0.100%	1.90x
161	Hodgetts	387	0.100%	21.78x
162	Stanton	386	0.100%	5.07x
163	Marshall	385	0.100%	0.60x
164	Tolley	384	0.100%	19.25x
165	Nicholls	383	0.100%	1.92x
166	Haynes	382	0.100%	2.81x
167	Giles	381	0.100%	2.62x
168	Hackett	380	0.100%	8.46x
169	Hart	379	0.100%	1.16x
170	Gardner	378	0.100%	1.46x
171	Richardson	377	0.100%	0.58x
172	Finch	374	0.100%	2.95x
173	Raybould	374	0.100%	32.48x
174	George	373	0.100%	1.67x
175	Heath	372	0.100%	1.96x
176	Parry	371	0.100%	1.28x
177	Weston	371	0.100%	2.38x
178	Cooke	370	0.100%	1.76x
179	Wooldridge	369	0.100%	17.69x
180	Rowley	367	0.100%	3.66x
181	Pearce	366	0.100%	1.04x
182	Fox	365	0.100%	1.03x
183	Banner	363	0.100%	17.43x
184	Osborne	361	0.090%	1.98x
185	Jordan	358	0.090%	2.12x
186	Burton	355	0.090%	1.09x
187	Ellis	355	0.090%	0.64x
188	Yates	355	0.090%	1.35x
189	Cutler	353	0.090%	7.44x
190	Coley	352	0.090%	15.53x
191	Houghton	351	0.090%	2.63x
192	Rudge	351	0.090%	11.73x
193	Hale	350	0.090%	2.56x
194	Smart	349	0.090%	2.01x
195	Barnett	347	0.090%	2.02x
196	Wilkinson	345	0.090%	0.59x
197	Withers	342	0.090%	5.47x
198	Holmes	336	0.090%	0.72x
199	Glover	333	0.090%	2.05x
200	Miles	333	0.090%	1.48x