1881 census place

Alton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Alton, Staffordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

45 surnames are listed for Alton, Staffordshire, covering 335 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Byatt, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Alton

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Byatt	37	3.48%	1396.23x
2	Keeling	32	3.01%	345.20x
3	Forrester	30	2.82%	210.38x
4	Prince	23	2.17%	95.79x
5	Charlesworth	21	1.98%	153.17x
6	Hammersley	19	1.79%	568.86x
7	Swinson	17	1.60%	1666.67x
8	Moult	16	1.51%	717.49x
9	Barks	12	1.13%	821.92x
10	Shemilt	10	0.940%	2000.00x
11	Tipper	10	0.940%	219.30x
12	Babb	8	0.750%	277.78x
13	Fairbanks	8	0.750%	606.06x
14	Briddon	7	0.660%	598.29x
15	Poyser	7	0.660%	247.35x
16	Elks	6	0.570%	540.54x
17	Tomkinson	6	0.570%	86.58x
18	Wallbank	6	0.570%	181.82x
19	Leason	5	0.470%	467.29x
20	Manifold	5	0.470%	434.78x
21	Draycott	4	0.380%	112.99x
22	Kearns	4	0.380%	120.85x
23	Tideswell	4	0.380%	408.16x
24	Tiller	4	0.380%	141.84x
25	Cornes	3	0.280%	128.76x
26	Mounteney	3	0.280%	1071.43x
27	Swetnam	3	0.280%	1111.11x
28	Wint	3	0.280%	576.92x
29	Woollands	3	0.280%	1666.67x
30	Abberley	2	0.190%	227.27x
31	Bridden	2	0.190%	540.54x
32	Stoddard	2	0.190%	114.29x
33	Alkin	1	0.090%	333.33x
34	Barrowclough	1	0.090%	53.19x
35	Clewley	1	0.090%	100.00x
36	Dagg	1	0.090%	76.92x
37	Fazakerley	1	0.090%	106.38x
38	Genders	1	0.090%	99.01x
39	Kealing	1	0.090%	625.00x
40	Mallabone	1	0.090%	344.83x
41	Mobey	1	0.090%	238.10x
42	Nutbrown	1	0.090%	188.68x
43	Spare	1	0.090%	112.36x
44	Stanyer	1	0.090%	84.75x
45	Waterall	1	0.090%	312.50x