1881 census place

Bilston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bilston, 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

761 surnames are listed for Bilston, Staffordshire, covering 9,332 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 707 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bilston

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	Jones	707	3.70%	3.27x
2	Fellows	160	0.840%	61.86x
3	Hill	158	0.830%	3.25x
4	Griffiths	155	0.810%	4.96x
5	Morris	135	0.710%	3.17x
6	Price	133	0.700%	3.98x
7	Cooper	128	0.670%	2.75x
8	Baker	125	0.650%	2.99x
9	Richards	117	0.610%	4.05x
10	Lloyd	103	0.540%	4.62x
11	Cox	90	0.470%	3.11x
12	Harper	90	0.470%	7.36x
13	Aston	84	0.440%	26.65x
14	Fletcher	81	0.420%	3.71x
15	Caddick	80	0.420%	120.77x
16	Pritchard	77	0.400%	7.48x
17	Wilkes	72	0.380%	21.74x
18	Walters	67	0.350%	7.35x
19	Lawley	58	0.300%	50.38x
20	Pugh	58	0.300%	7.94x
21	Hickman	49	0.260%	15.24x
22	Higgins	49	0.260%	5.07x
23	Onions	49	0.260%	46.09x
24	Legg	48	0.250%	15.21x
25	Dyke	47	0.250%	24.78x
26	North	47	0.250%	7.42x
27	Beddow	46	0.240%	87.90x
28	Beebee	46	0.240%	341.75x
29	Pitt	45	0.240%	11.02x
30	Corbett	42	0.220%	11.22x
31	Sutton	42	0.220%	3.45x
32	Deakin	40	0.210%	15.14x
33	Hammond	40	0.210%	3.68x
34	Haynes	40	0.210%	5.87x
35	Howells	39	0.200%	8.00x
36	Wallett	38	0.200%	267.04x
37	Dodd	37	0.190%	4.76x
38	Kinsey	37	0.190%	29.57x
39	Stokes	37	0.190%	4.58x
40	Humphries	36	0.190%	8.36x
41	Ralph	36	0.190%	12.37x
42	Whitehouse	36	0.190%	7.24x
43	Colley	35	0.180%	14.45x
44	Dudley	35	0.180%	12.20x
45	Bate	34	0.180%	10.50x
46	Baugh	33	0.170%	48.15x
47	Horton	33	0.170%	4.65x
48	Wedge	33	0.170%	58.37x
49	Westwood	33	0.170%	10.30x
50	Anslow	32	0.170%	64.96x
51	Bowen	32	0.170%	4.05x
52	Burke	32	0.170%	5.69x
53	Hartshorn	32	0.170%	38.63x
54	Bayliss	31	0.160%	12.82x
55	Durkin	30	0.160%	35.97x
56	Hyde	30	0.160%	5.10x
57	Gibbons	29	0.150%	4.72x
58	Hayward	29	0.150%	3.56x
59	Rowley	29	0.150%	5.78x
60	Brookes	28	0.150%	6.24x
61	Bunce	28	0.150%	19.67x
62	Elwell	28	0.150%	51.38x
63	Jeavons	28	0.150%	56.33x
64	Roper	28	0.150%	7.04x
65	Weaver	28	0.150%	5.63x
66	Guest	27	0.140%	6.61x
67	Shelley	27	0.140%	18.24x
68	Fullwood	26	0.140%	80.05x
69	Powis	26	0.140%	35.68x
70	Wootton	26	0.140%	14.98x
71	Clews	25	0.130%	28.85x
72	Doughty	25	0.130%	10.29x
73	Vickers	25	0.130%	5.10x
74	Beards	24	0.130%	110.96x
75	Charles	24	0.130%	6.08x
76	Farmer	24	0.130%	4.02x
77	Guy	24	0.130%	5.74x
78	Haywood	24	0.130%	5.99x
79	Hodson	24	0.130%	6.07x
80	Oakley	24	0.130%	5.93x
81	Payton	24	0.130%	31.53x
82	Silvester	24	0.130%	16.25x
83	Winsper	24	0.130%	278.75x
84	Wynn	24	0.130%	14.49x
85	Fieldhouse	23	0.120%	25.17x
86	Grainger	23	0.120%	7.83x
87	Leadbetter	23	0.120%	23.22x
88	Woolley	23	0.120%	6.06x
89	Cadman	22	0.120%	14.12x
90	Cornforth	22	0.120%	50.33x
91	Lavender	22	0.120%	18.29x
92	Millington	22	0.120%	7.60x
93	Parton	22	0.120%	21.16x
94	Spittle	22	0.120%	40.42x
95	Beckett	21	0.110%	5.51x
96	Curley	21	0.110%	31.58x
97	Hancox	21	0.110%	14.43x
98	Shale	21	0.110%	130.11x
99	Watton	21	0.110%	30.36x
100	Chance	20	0.100%	22.61x