1881 census place

Biddulph surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Biddulph, 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

176 surnames are listed for Biddulph, Staffordshire, covering 3,126 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bailey, with 297 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Biddulph

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	Bailey	297	5.34%	35.44x
2	Stanway	97	1.74%	626.62x
3	Walley	94	1.69%	358.78x
4	Cottrell	92	1.65%	185.75x
5	Whitehurst	78	1.40%	441.43x
6	Nixon	76	1.37%	44.84x
7	Gibson	74	1.33%	10.96x
8	Sherratt	69	1.24%	215.89x
9	Brough	65	1.17%	95.56x
10	Copeland	65	1.17%	123.46x
11	Barlow	64	1.15%	21.30x
12	Parkinson	57	1.02%	21.36x
13	Shufflebottom	53	0.950%	526.32x
14	Baddeley	51	0.920%	413.96x
15	Chaddock	51	0.920%	1060.29x
16	Holland	50	0.900%	12.62x
17	Moss	50	0.900%	14.58x
18	Pointon	49	0.880%	208.51x
19	Hulme	47	0.840%	39.50x
20	Doorbar	44	0.790%	2444.44x
21	Lancaster	44	0.790%	31.82x
22	Leese	44	0.790%	180.25x
23	Machin	42	0.750%	75.38x
24	Cotterill	36	0.650%	73.85x
25	Lawton	35	0.630%	24.41x
26	Poole	35	0.630%	13.06x
27	Stubbs	33	0.590%	22.46x
28	Lovatt	30	0.540%	77.74x
29	Oakes	30	0.540%	37.23x
30	Washington	30	0.540%	106.95x
31	Stoddard	29	0.520%	316.59x
32	Plant	28	0.500%	22.76x
33	Bibby	27	0.490%	44.95x
34	Boon	26	0.470%	49.88x
35	Rowley	26	0.470%	17.79x
36	Heathcote	25	0.450%	55.65x
37	Shallcross	23	0.410%	234.93x
38	Gaskell	22	0.400%	38.57x
39	Mayer	22	0.400%	68.81x
40	Crompton	21	0.380%	22.43x
41	Biddulph	19	0.340%	152.12x
42	Eardley	19	0.340%	90.82x
43	Mayor	19	0.340%	78.13x
44	Wilshaw	19	0.340%	135.14x
45	Beech	18	0.320%	21.91x
46	Bostock	18	0.320%	34.46x
47	Mollart	18	0.320%	633.80x
48	Armitt	17	0.310%	311.36x
49	Triner	17	0.310%	1789.47x
50	Allcock	16	0.290%	26.63x
51	Baddiley	15	0.270%	1006.71x
52	Clowes	15	0.270%	48.50x
53	Simcock	15	0.270%	92.82x
54	Capper	14	0.250%	47.85x
55	Finney	14	0.250%	29.03x
56	Pickford	13	0.230%	28.70x
57	Salt	13	0.230%	15.72x
58	Turnock	13	0.230%	159.12x
59	Willshaw	13	0.230%	270.27x
60	Brassington	12	0.220%	54.10x
61	Leeman	12	0.220%	147.78x
62	Pedley	12	0.220%	42.58x
63	Batman	11	0.200%	452.67x
64	Bowyer	11	0.200%	18.13x
65	Foden	11	0.200%	44.95x
66	Hackney	11	0.200%	45.34x
67	Hassal	11	0.200%	518.87x
68	Holdcroft	11	0.200%	87.09x
69	Shawcross	11	0.200%	59.62x
70	Whiston	11	0.200%	75.91x
71	Brindley	10	0.180%	23.51x
72	Dakin	10	0.180%	25.06x
73	Daws	10	0.180%	35.16x
74	Evenson	10	0.180%	537.63x
75	Garbett	10	0.180%	46.13x
76	Goldstraw	10	0.180%	128.53x
77	Hayden	10	0.180%	23.04x
78	Tweats	10	0.180%	2564.10x
79	Unwin	10	0.180%	18.09x
80	Wallett	10	0.180%	241.55x
81	Worth	10	0.180%	20.01x
82	Bowering	9	0.160%	122.95x
83	Brammer	9	0.160%	67.67x
84	Hilditch	9	0.160%	56.01x
85	Whatmore	9	0.160%	75.13x
86	Winkle	9	0.160%	165.44x
87	Wrench	9	0.160%	48.44x
88	Blowfield	8	0.140%	329.22x
89	Boston	8	0.140%	31.38x
90	Brereton	8	0.140%	34.56x
91	Brogan	8	0.140%	42.64x
92	Corbishley	8	0.140%	92.06x
93	Garrott	8	0.140%	272.11x
94	Lockett	8	0.140%	19.80x
95	Meakin	8	0.140%	18.44x
96	Midwinter	8	0.140%	96.50x
97	Minshall	8	0.140%	73.46x
98	Pass	8	0.140%	29.46x
99	Tunstall	8	0.140%	27.08x
100	Bowcock	7	0.130%	97.63x