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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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Byatt371396.23x
2Keeling32345.20x
3Forrester30210.38x
4Prince2395.79x
5Charlesworth21153.17x
6Hammersley19568.86x
7Swinson171666.67x
8Moult16717.49x
9Barks12821.92x
10Shemilt102000.00x
11Tipper10219.30x
12Babb8277.78x
13Fairbanks8606.06x
14Briddon7598.29x
15Poyser7247.35x
16Elks6540.54x
17Tomkinson686.58x
18Wallbank6181.82x
19Leason5467.29x
20Manifold5434.78x
21Draycott4112.99x
22Kearns4120.85x
23Tideswell4408.16x
24Tiller4141.84x
25Cornes3128.76x
26Mounteney31071.43x
27Swetnam31111.11x
28Wint3576.92x
29Woollands31666.67x
30Abberley2227.27x
31Bridden2540.54x
32Stoddard2114.29x
33Alkin1333.33x
34Barrowclough153.19x
35Clewley1100.00x
36Dagg176.92x
37Fazakerley1106.38x
38Genders199.01x
39Kealing1625.00x
40Mallabone1344.83x
41Mobey1238.10x
42Nutbrown1188.68x
43Spare1112.36x
44Stanyer184.75x
45Waterall1312.50x