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 Tomkins, with 218 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
301	Tomkins	218	0.060%	5.51x
302	Biddle	217	0.060%	7.90x
303	Dixon	216	0.060%	0.52x
304	Perrins	216	0.060%	18.63x
305	Tombs	215	0.060%	11.21x
306	Hatton	214	0.060%	2.86x
307	Berry	213	0.060%	0.70x
308	Guise	213	0.060%	38.53x
309	Rhodes	213	0.060%	1.20x
310	Bond	212	0.060%	1.05x
311	Bunn	212	0.060%	5.70x
312	Moseley	211	0.060%	6.06x
313	Walford	210	0.060%	8.96x
314	Portman	209	0.050%	30.05x
315	Bateman	208	0.050%	2.11x
316	Chamberlain	208	0.050%	2.00x
317	Mountford	207	0.050%	6.10x
318	Burford	206	0.050%	9.67x
319	Hobbs	206	0.050%	1.48x
320	Rollason	206	0.050%	16.74x
321	Rouse	206	0.050%	3.77x
322	Cotterill	205	0.050%	6.13x
323	Skinner	205	0.050%	1.06x
324	Crane	204	0.050%	2.53x
325	Hawkes	203	0.050%	3.30x
326	Higgs	203	0.050%	2.92x
327	Moule	202	0.050%	15.31x
328	Phipps	202	0.050%	3.58x
329	Gilbert	200	0.050%	0.92x
330	Wakeman	200	0.050%	17.31x
331	Bates	199	0.050%	0.82x
332	Chapman	199	0.050%	0.37x
333	Halford	199	0.050%	7.01x
334	Collett	198	0.050%	4.05x
335	Hayward	198	0.050%	1.22x
336	Kimberley	198	0.050%	14.25x
337	Sheppard	198	0.050%	1.50x
338	Sheldon	197	0.050%	3.40x
339	Summers	195	0.050%	1.82x
340	Banks	194	0.050%	0.99x
341	Bannister	194	0.050%	2.95x
342	Eades	194	0.050%	9.91x
343	Underhill	194	0.050%	7.27x
344	Hicks	193	0.050%	1.21x
345	Little	193	0.050%	1.07x
346	Robbins	193	0.050%	3.23x
347	Webster	193	0.050%	0.58x
348	Hammond	192	0.050%	0.88x
349	Workman	192	0.050%	7.65x
350	Howell	191	0.050%	1.19x
351	Massey	191	0.050%	1.96x
352	Eaton	189	0.050%	1.77x
353	Mansell	189	0.050%	4.24x
354	Arnold	188	0.050%	0.91x
355	Hingley	188	0.050%	21.27x
356	Moss	188	0.050%	0.80x
357	Beasley	187	0.050%	4.52x
358	Ingram	187	0.050%	1.61x
359	Bevan	186	0.050%	1.99x
360	Preston	185	0.050%	0.97x
361	Clayton	184	0.050%	0.89x
362	Avery	183	0.050%	2.86x
363	Yarnold	183	0.050%	37.41x
364	Cotton	181	0.050%	1.99x
365	Hardwick	181	0.050%	3.10x
366	Lawrence	181	0.050%	0.73x
367	Shakespeare	181	0.050%	12.99x
368	Smallwood	181	0.050%	5.14x
369	Woodhouse	181	0.050%	2.00x
370	Billingham	180	0.050%	7.79x
371	Randle	180	0.050%	5.63x
372	Simmonds	180	0.050%	1.77x
373	Handley	179	0.050%	2.78x
374	Vale	179	0.050%	6.57x
375	Winwood	179	0.050%	27.45x
376	Deeley	177	0.050%	13.62x
377	Foxall	177	0.050%	16.40x
378	Lawley	177	0.050%	7.70x
379	Neal	177	0.050%	1.57x
380	Wagstaff	177	0.050%	3.73x
381	Badger	176	0.050%	7.97x
382	Crawford	176	0.050%	0.94x
383	Nock	176	0.050%	10.44x
384	Langford	175	0.050%	2.92x
385	Turley	174	0.050%	8.46x
386	Brazier	173	0.050%	4.84x
387	Austin	172	0.050%	0.92x
388	Warner	172	0.050%	1.24x
389	Hands	171	0.040%	4.47x
390	Millington	171	0.040%	2.96x
391	Farr	169	0.040%	2.98x
392	Hawker	169	0.040%	5.79x
393	Hutton	169	0.040%	1.48x
394	Pope	169	0.040%	1.29x
395	Salter	169	0.040%	1.94x
396	Nicklin	168	0.040%	11.10x
397	Bartlett	167	0.040%	1.00x
398	Brettell	167	0.040%	33.27x
399	Prosser	167	0.040%	2.79x
400	Yeomans	167	0.040%	5.31x