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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 Boraston, with 21 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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2201Boraston2117.92x
2202Bozward2156.86x
2203Broadway212.71x
2204Burcher216.76x
2205Campion210.79x
2206Chappell210.33x
2207Conroy210.74x
2208Conway210.29x
2209Daffern216.76x
2210Dalby210.68x
2211Danford2112.58x
2212Delves213.09x
2213Denning211.43x
2214Devey213.67x
2215Eagles211.95x
2216Elliot210.22x
2217Everiss2123.89x
2218Facer212.73x
2219Falkner211.62x
2220Gisborne2112.40x
2221Hadden211.24x
2222Hankins212.89x
2223Herrin219.87x
2224Heston2112.68x
2225Highfield211.97x
2226Hodson210.27x
2227Hughs211.52x
2228Kirton211.21x
2229Kurton2132.98x
2230Loughton213.88x
2231Maddox211.08x
2232Margetts212.28x
2233Montgomery210.35x
2234Morby214.46x
2235Nobes213.23x
2236Orgee2132.34x
2237Padbury213.66x
2238Painting216.57x
2239Peel210.31x
2240Philpotts215.23x
2241Plimmer214.50x
2242Ponting211.87x
2243Powis211.44x
2244Raymond210.95x
2245Redgrave212.51x
2246Ridgway210.60x
2247Saul211.08x
2248Searle210.27x
2249Shelley210.71x
2250Shorey215.34x
2251Shutt211.53x
2252Southwick213.71x
2253Twist211.11x
2254Twitty2120.36x
2255Waterson211.31x
2256Whitcombe213.05x
2257Badley204.86x
2258Batt200.77x
2259Beams204.94x
2260Brampton203.69x
2261Brick203.85x
2262Brock200.45x
2263Burbage203.26x
2264Bush200.21x
2265Cater201.09x
2266Chadd207.37x
2267Christopher200.89x
2268Cleaver200.62x
2269Corbet201.91x
2270Coventry201.32x
2271Cupper2012.98x
2272Dexter200.71x
2273Durden204.21x
2274Edden205.02x
2275Egginton203.80x
2276Ely201.00x
2277Forbes200.16x
2278Garrison2011.38x
2279Guilding2023.44x
2280Hamer200.28x
2281Hammonds201.99x
2282Harvatt2034.13x
2283Hayfield206.86x
2284Heaton200.22x
2285Hendley203.15x
2286Herdman202.08x
2287Hince208.92x
2288Hodgson200.08x
2289Hollyhead2011.46x
2290Holyoak203.22x
2291Hulbert200.96x
2292Ingham200.21x
2293Ison201.79x
2294Judd200.40x
2295Kennedy200.09x
2296Kilvert2010.40x
2297Kinnersley207.27x
2298Klee2047.62x
2299Lander200.77x
2300Larner201.66x