1881 census place

Colwich surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Colwich, 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

128 surnames are listed for Colwich, Staffordshire, covering 633 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Shelley, with 24 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Colwich

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	Shelley	24	1.02%	132.23x
2	Elsmore	20	0.850%	623.05x
3	Ash	18	0.770%	46.49x
4	Atkin	16	0.680%	51.09x
5	Dainty	16	0.680%	247.68x
6	Fradley	14	0.600%	714.29x
7	Rock	14	0.600%	105.03x
8	Sproston	14	0.600%	311.11x
9	Deakin	13	0.550%	40.12x
10	Horobin	11	0.470%	243.36x
11	Leadbeater	11	0.470%	114.11x
12	Myatt	11	0.470%	98.57x
13	Reay	11	0.470%	54.05x
14	Cliff	10	0.430%	48.80x
15	Crutchley	10	0.430%	156.99x
16	Harriman	10	0.430%	166.11x
17	Thacker	10	0.430%	58.89x
18	Bridgewood	9	0.380%	769.23x
19	Keeling	9	0.380%	43.99x
20	Acton	8	0.340%	58.95x
21	Bells	8	0.340%	661.16x
22	Caddy	8	0.340%	119.76x
23	Ison	8	0.340%	116.45x
24	Nevitt	8	0.340%	264.03x
25	Tams	8	0.340%	260.59x
26	Wheat	8	0.340%	145.19x
27	Bill	7	0.300%	83.93x
28	Buttery	7	0.300%	77.69x
29	Capewell	7	0.300%	108.86x
30	Cheadle	7	0.300%	127.74x
31	Glasse	7	0.300%	813.95x
32	Imms	7	0.300%	760.87x
33	Southall	7	0.300%	39.41x
34	Wellen	7	0.300%	1346.15x
35	Wenlock	7	0.300%	303.03x
36	Wooliscroft	7	0.300%	362.69x
37	Bloxham	6	0.260%	78.43x
38	Commander	6	0.260%	495.87x
39	Freakley	6	0.260%	458.02x
40	Insley	6	0.260%	163.49x
41	Palin	6	0.260%	59.70x
42	Parton	6	0.260%	47.06x
43	Swindell	6	0.260%	106.01x
44	Tooth	6	0.260%	87.85x
45	Turnock	6	0.260%	174.42x
46	Willcock	6	0.260%	70.42x
47	Adie	5	0.210%	98.81x
48	Arblaster	5	0.210%	335.57x
49	Ballance	5	0.210%	259.07x
50	Biddulph	5	0.210%	95.06x
51	Bowring	5	0.210%	66.23x
52	Brassington	5	0.210%	53.48x
53	Leese	5	0.210%	48.64x
54	Mapp	5	0.210%	110.62x
55	Orpe	5	0.210%	641.03x
56	Rochell	5	0.210%	342.47x
57	Thorns	5	0.210%	221.24x
58	Wetton	5	0.210%	99.60x
59	Bosco	4	0.170%	4444.44x
60	Eardley	4	0.170%	45.40x
61	Humby	4	0.170%	90.70x
62	Labram	4	0.170%	645.16x
63	Nicklin	4	0.170%	43.01x
64	Sammons	4	0.170%	111.11x
65	Smitheman	4	0.170%	740.74x
66	Taverner	4	0.170%	93.68x
67	Templer	4	0.170%	312.50x
68	Tildesley	4	0.170%	114.61x
69	Walklate	4	0.170%	224.72x
70	Alldritt	3	0.130%	312.50x
71	Bartlam	3	0.130%	118.58x
72	Burrett	3	0.130%	163.93x
73	Chesworth	3	0.130%	57.25x
74	Connett	3	0.130%	106.38x
75	Footitt	3	0.130%	215.83x
76	Locker	3	0.130%	51.19x
77	Witton	3	0.130%	63.56x
78	Byrnes	2	0.090%	48.08x
79	Corry	2	0.090%	43.67x
80	Deaville	2	0.090%	54.20x
81	Higgitt	2	0.090%	240.96x
82	Horabin	2	0.090%	259.74x
83	Langan	2	0.090%	55.40x
84	Lightford	2	0.090%	1250.00x
85	Lowbridge	2	0.090%	141.84x
86	Marrian	2	0.090%	256.41x
87	Mottershaw	2	0.090%	185.19x
88	Peare	2	0.090%	465.12x
89	Robotham	2	0.090%	46.19x
90	Shufflebotham	2	0.090%	41.41x
91	Suffolk	2	0.090%	79.05x
92	Watkiss	2	0.090%	76.34x
93	Woolrich	2	0.090%	83.68x
94	Worsey	2	0.090%	136.05x
95	Beadsmore	1	0.040%	105.26x
96	Beenham	1	0.040%	232.56x
97	Bevins	1	0.040%	34.36x
98	Bootle	1	0.040%	54.95x
99	Bradstock	1	0.040%	87.72x
100	Bridgford	1	0.040%	108.70x