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 Shield, with 6 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
5001	Shield	6	0.000%	0.35x
5002	Shipp	6	0.000%	0.50x
5003	Shorthand	6	0.000%	67.49x
5004	Shortt	6	0.000%	4.17x
5005	Simkiss	6	0.000%	2.87x
5006	Sloan	6	0.000%	0.17x
5007	Smetham	6	0.000%	4.76x
5008	Smitton	6	0.000%	2.91x
5009	Smyth	6	0.000%	0.17x
5010	Sneath	6	0.000%	0.90x
5011	Sommers	6	0.000%	2.29x
5012	Sowell	6	0.000%	8.26x
5013	Speer	6	0.000%	2.18x
5014	Standford	6	0.000%	5.01x
5015	Start	6	0.000%	0.68x
5016	Startin	6	0.000%	2.09x
5017	State	6	0.000%	3.49x
5018	Stayt	6	0.000%	8.26x
5019	Steevens	6	0.000%	5.74x
5020	Stickley	6	0.000%	1.05x
5021	Stjohn	6	0.000%	1.39x
5022	Stocker	6	0.000%	0.29x
5023	Stockwell	6	0.000%	0.27x
5024	Stowe	6	0.000%	0.54x
5025	Strawford	6	0.000%	6.93x
5026	Strudwick	6	0.000%	0.50x
5027	Sweetland	6	0.000%	1.23x
5028	Swindall	6	0.000%	6.54x
5029	Symmonds	6	0.000%	2.13x
5030	Taft	6	0.000%	0.92x
5031	Tams	6	0.000%	1.20x
5032	Tanton	6	0.000%	1.51x
5033	Tarbox	6	0.000%	2.94x
5034	Taverner	6	0.000%	0.86x
5035	Teasdale	6	0.000%	0.19x
5036	Tench	6	0.000%	1.09x
5037	Tennent	6	0.000%	0.97x
5038	Terrill	6	0.000%	1.78x
5039	Thane	6	0.000%	5.35x
5040	Theyer	6	0.000%	8.89x
5041	Thornes	6	0.000%	1.93x
5042	Tibbitts	6	0.000%	2.72x
5043	Tillman	6	0.000%	1.53x
5044	Tolman	6	0.000%	1.20x
5045	Tottman	6	0.000%	4.17x
5046	Troup	6	0.000%	0.68x
5047	Vaugham	6	0.000%	3.34x
5048	Vernal	6	0.000%	5.01x
5049	Vickery	6	0.000%	0.22x
5050	Wadeley	6	0.000%	13.47x
5051	Wager	6	0.000%	0.59x
5052	Wallen	6	0.000%	1.33x
5053	Wardlow	6	0.000%	3.93x
5054	Wareham	6	0.000%	0.28x
5055	Wasdell	6	0.000%	7.03x
5056	Waterfield	6	0.000%	0.38x
5057	Way	6	0.000%	0.14x
5058	Weale	6	0.000%	0.84x
5059	Wedge	6	0.000%	0.53x
5060	Wedgewood	6	0.000%	1.71x
5061	Wellon	6	0.000%	12.73x
5062	Welsford	6	0.000%	1.67x
5063	Wetton	6	0.000%	0.73x
5064	Whales	6	0.000%	2.79x
5065	Whatton	6	0.000%	1.95x
5066	Wheat	6	0.000%	0.67x
5067	Wickes	6	0.000%	1.24x
5068	Widlake	6	0.000%	3.04x
5069	Willatt	6	0.000%	3.60x
5070	Willcocks	6	0.000%	0.38x
5071	Willings	6	0.000%	2.79x
5072	Willmot	6	0.000%	1.06x
5073	Wilmshurst	6	0.000%	1.10x
5074	Winchester	6	0.000%	0.41x
5075	Windson	6	0.000%	9.42x
5076	Winspear	6	0.000%	1.56x
5077	Witheridge	6	0.000%	1.95x
5078	Woan	6	0.000%	5.96x
5079	Wooldrige	6	0.000%	12.08x
5080	Worley	6	0.000%	0.35x
5081	Wyles	6	0.000%	0.62x
5082	Yallop	6	0.000%	0.97x
5083	Abbiss	5	0.000%	1.66x
5084	Abbot	5	0.000%	0.28x
5085	Abery	5	0.000%	1.86x
5086	Abson	5	0.000%	1.14x
5087	Addington	5	0.000%	1.44x
5088	Albiston	5	0.000%	1.59x
5089	Alcott	5	0.000%	4.09x
5090	Alder	5	0.000%	0.18x
5091	Aldred	5	0.000%	0.15x
5092	Allbrook	5	0.000%	5.86x
5093	Allgood	5	0.000%	1.67x
5094	Appleford	5	0.000%	1.20x
5095	Argent	5	0.000%	0.28x
5096	Aris	5	0.000%	0.96x
5097	Attfield	5	0.000%	0.86x
5098	Atwell	5	0.000%	0.62x
5099	Baigent	5	0.000%	0.96x
5100	Bancroft	5	0.000%	0.14x