1881 census place

Lye surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lye, Worcestershire 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

186 surnames are listed for Lye, Worcestershire, covering 3,217 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hill, with 241 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lye

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	Hill	241	3.80%	14.90x
2	Wooldridge	127	2.00%	365.99x
3	Pearson	122	1.92%	16.54x
4	Hart	118	1.86%	21.79x
5	Chance	114	1.80%	388.02x
6	Pardoe	103	1.62%	329.60x
7	Brooks	95	1.50%	15.31x
8	Westwood	86	1.35%	80.76x
9	Hatton	85	1.34%	68.20x
10	Robins	85	1.34%	63.17x
11	Aston	59	0.930%	56.34x
12	Skelding	51	0.800%	494.19x
13	Brettle	50	0.790%	758.73x
14	Homer	45	0.710%	93.13x
15	Heathcock	43	0.680%	732.54x
16	Farmer	40	0.630%	20.16x
17	Rhodes	39	0.610%	13.23x
18	Southall	39	0.610%	81.08x
19	Pritchard	38	0.600%	11.12x
20	Mobberley	35	0.550%	1121.79x
21	Bingham	34	0.540%	36.46x
22	Kendrick	34	0.540%	55.63x
23	Newey	34	0.540%	131.32x
24	Gauden	33	0.520%	1641.79x
25	Allchurch	31	0.490%	551.60x
26	Bashford	31	0.490%	146.64x
27	Eveson	31	0.490%	578.36x
28	Perks	31	0.490%	46.91x
29	Round	31	0.490%	53.29x
30	Lavender	29	0.460%	72.57x
31	Forrest	28	0.440%	17.11x
32	Bullingham	27	0.430%	553.28x
33	Dudley	26	0.410%	27.29x
34	Parkes	26	0.410%	20.00x
35	Deeley	25	0.390%	115.63x
36	Woodhouse	24	0.380%	15.95x
37	Abell	21	0.330%	106.87x
38	Clews	21	0.330%	72.94x
39	Hodgkiss	21	0.330%	87.72x
40	Wassell	21	0.330%	211.27x
41	Hamblett	20	0.320%	203.67x
42	Knott	20	0.320%	15.89x
43	Raybould	20	0.320%	104.33x
44	Hendrick	19	0.300%	332.17x
45	Billingham	18	0.280%	46.78x
46	Pagett	18	0.280%	112.01x
47	Penn	18	0.280%	31.40x
48	Perrins	18	0.280%	93.31x
49	Millward	17	0.270%	23.84x
50	Harriss	16	0.250%	38.56x
51	Leedham	16	0.250%	94.01x
52	Wakeman	16	0.250%	83.20x
53	Attwood	15	0.240%	23.86x
54	Brettell	15	0.240%	179.64x
55	Dainty	15	0.240%	85.67x
56	Wyer	15	0.240%	113.38x
57	Bellamy	14	0.220%	15.13x
58	Darby	14	0.220%	13.73x
59	Hipkiss	14	0.220%	113.64x
60	Kirton	14	0.220%	48.31x
61	Spittle	14	0.220%	77.43x
62	Beards	13	0.200%	180.81x
63	Burley	13	0.200%	21.58x
64	Clewes	13	0.200%	140.69x
65	Dickens	13	0.200%	19.57x
66	Gardener	13	0.200%	11.41x
67	Herrin	13	0.200%	367.23x
68	Hingley	13	0.200%	88.38x
69	Trevis	13	0.200%	322.58x
70	Boxley	12	0.190%	483.87x
71	Haddock	12	0.190%	29.43x
72	Parks	12	0.190%	18.17x
73	Comely	11	0.170%	372.88x
74	Crockett	11	0.170%	36.80x
75	Glazzard	11	0.170%	753.42x
76	Kellett	11	0.170%	19.92x
77	Anson	10	0.160%	42.50x
78	Burford	10	0.160%	28.19x
79	Lawrance	10	0.160%	24.13x
80	Sidaway	10	0.160%	106.95x
81	Solley	10	0.160%	181.49x
82	Stinton	10	0.160%	84.39x
83	Bournes	9	0.140%	436.89x
84	Bubb	9	0.140%	54.35x
85	Cheese	9	0.140%	95.24x
86	Jeavons	9	0.140%	54.48x
87	Mallen	9	0.140%	96.26x
88	Warr	9	0.140%	24.90x
89	Buckerfield	8	0.130%	380.95x
90	Collman	8	0.130%	370.37x
91	Elcock	8	0.130%	58.52x
92	Griffen	8	0.130%	38.59x
93	Titley	8	0.130%	47.11x
94	Wassall	8	0.130%	129.66x
95	Winwood	8	0.130%	73.73x
96	Bache	7	0.110%	53.60x
97	Bills	7	0.110%	41.32x
98	Bridgewater	7	0.110%	47.43x
99	Bury	7	0.110%	14.84x
100	Folkes	7	0.110%	76.75x