1881 census place

Meriden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Meriden, Warwickshire 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

43 surnames are listed for Meriden, Warwickshire, covering 198 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Anderton, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Meriden

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	Anderton	37	4.42%	372.61x
2	Kimberley	13	1.55%	426.23x
3	Nicholds	11	1.31%	1896.55x
4	Higginson	10	1.19%	119.33x
5	Ravenhall	10	1.19%	3225.81x
6	Kavanagh	9	1.08%	278.64x
7	Darlington	8	0.960%	140.60x
8	Jakeman	7	0.840%	301.72x
9	Meigh	7	0.840%	1228.07x
10	Hollick	6	0.720%	363.64x
11	Bretherton	5	0.600%	232.56x
12	Lawer	5	0.600%	1562.50x
13	Sammons	5	0.600%	387.60x
14	Steedman	5	0.600%	231.48x
15	Bint	4	0.480%	519.48x
16	Boddington	4	0.480%	171.67x
17	Deeming	4	0.480%	344.83x
18	Hicken	4	0.480%	366.97x
19	Stain	4	0.480%	1176.47x
20	Ancott	3	0.360%	1363.64x
21	Armitt	3	0.360%	365.85x
22	Beacham	3	0.360%	128.21x
23	Gumbley	3	0.360%	638.30x
24	Trevis	3	0.360%	566.04x
25	Brettell	2	0.240%	181.82x
26	Ensor	2	0.240%	106.95x
27	Fanthom	2	0.240%	5000.00x
28	Hiatt	2	0.240%	253.16x
29	Hollier	2	0.240%	121.21x
30	Waterton	2	0.240%	160.00x
31	Annison	1	0.120%	131.58x
32	Armes	1	0.120%	78.74x
33	Evitts	1	0.120%	476.19x
34	Gameson	1	0.120%	263.16x
35	Harrad	1	0.120%	185.19x
36	Hastilow	1	0.120%	277.78x
37	Keatley	1	0.120%	151.52x
38	Linforth	1	0.120%	212.77x
39	Pinn	1	0.120%	105.26x
40	Radnor	1	0.120%	344.83x
41	Sedgley	1	0.120%	78.13x
42	Smout	1	0.120%	75.19x
43	Tarling	1	0.120%	59.17x