1881 census place

Burton Upon Trent surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Burton Upon Trent, 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

1,197 surnames are listed for Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, covering 9,965 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Harrison, with 136 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Burton Upon Trent

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	Harrison	136	0.590%	2.66x
2	Bates	110	0.480%	7.49x
3	Adams	100	0.430%	2.94x
4	Mason	86	0.370%	2.77x
5	Toon	84	0.360%	97.10x
6	Upton	83	0.360%	18.88x
7	Cotton	81	0.350%	14.71x
8	Slater	78	0.340%	5.58x
9	Hunt	72	0.310%	2.35x
10	Heath	70	0.300%	6.11x
11	Bullock	69	0.300%	9.19x
12	Page	60	0.260%	3.25x
13	Woolley	60	0.260%	13.11x
14	Goodhead	57	0.250%	213.88x
15	Dolman	56	0.240%	56.62x
16	Dyche	56	0.240%	321.65x
17	Matthews	56	0.240%	2.78x
18	Simnett	54	0.230%	398.23x
19	Lowe	52	0.230%	3.01x
20	Stone	49	0.210%	2.94x
21	Tomlinson	49	0.210%	4.61x
22	Barratt	47	0.200%	10.04x
23	Norton	47	0.200%	6.13x
24	Murfin	46	0.200%	95.69x
25	Peach	46	0.200%	18.44x
26	Potts	46	0.200%	5.97x
27	Salt	46	0.200%	13.42x
28	Austin	44	0.190%	3.90x
29	Appleby	43	0.190%	11.41x
30	Birch	41	0.180%	4.34x
31	Sutton	40	0.170%	2.72x
32	Chamberlain	39	0.170%	6.21x
33	Pegg	38	0.160%	16.78x
34	Scattergood	38	0.160%	61.20x
35	Radford	37	0.160%	8.46x
36	Baxter	36	0.160%	2.62x
37	Elson	36	0.160%	24.91x
38	Goodwin	36	0.160%	2.96x
39	Gould	36	0.160%	4.32x
40	Harlow	36	0.160%	28.49x
41	Jordan	36	0.160%	3.53x
42	Rice	36	0.160%	5.03x
43	Leedham	34	0.150%	54.96x
44	Fitchett	33	0.140%	58.93x
45	Draper	32	0.140%	5.89x
46	Elks	32	0.140%	132.29x
47	Gadsby	32	0.140%	33.88x
48	Geary	32	0.140%	17.74x
49	Hallam	32	0.140%	7.44x
50	Farmer	31	0.130%	4.30x
51	Haynes	30	0.130%	3.64x
52	Marriott	30	0.130%	5.81x
53	Ashforth	29	0.130%	72.39x
54	Bannister	29	0.130%	7.28x
55	Coates	29	0.130%	3.37x
56	Eaton	29	0.130%	4.49x
57	Hackett	29	0.130%	10.67x
58	Bostock	28	0.120%	12.93x
59	Brewin	28	0.120%	33.71x
60	Emery	28	0.120%	5.56x
61	Ault	27	0.120%	50.72x
62	Hubbard	27	0.120%	4.81x
63	Lakin	27	0.120%	19.98x
64	Manning	27	0.120%	3.68x
65	Plant	27	0.120%	5.29x
66	Whetton	27	0.120%	70.51x
67	Coxon	26	0.110%	14.74x
68	Dakin	26	0.110%	15.71x
69	Gretton	26	0.110%	47.67x
70	Lovatt	25	0.110%	15.62x
71	Orme	25	0.110%	12.98x
72	Renwick	25	0.110%	15.88x
73	Rushton	25	0.110%	5.25x
74	Tunnicliff	25	0.110%	72.59x
75	Brookes	24	0.100%	4.43x
76	Astle	23	0.100%	30.65x
77	Banton	23	0.100%	66.34x
78	Batkin	23	0.100%	160.50x
79	Broughton	23	0.100%	5.35x
80	Fearn	23	0.100%	13.35x
81	Port	23	0.100%	35.42x
82	Bowler	22	0.100%	7.81x
83	Bradbury	22	0.100%	3.30x
84	Bucknall	22	0.100%	36.29x
85	Kirkland	22	0.100%	10.71x
86	Needham	22	0.100%	4.48x
87	Rowland	22	0.100%	3.36x
88	Thacker	22	0.100%	13.16x
89	Wheeldon	22	0.100%	19.34x
90	Boulton	21	0.090%	5.05x
91	Bowley	21	0.090%	16.58x
92	Buxton	21	0.090%	6.06x
93	Cliff	21	0.090%	10.41x
94	Goring	21	0.090%	30.56x
95	Jacobs	21	0.090%	3.80x
96	Moorcroft	21	0.090%	27.43x
97	Orton	21	0.090%	9.69x
98	Straw	21	0.090%	26.11x
99	Greatorex	20	0.090%	28.28x
100	Hands	20	0.090%	8.65x