1881 census place

Redditch surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Redditch, 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

319 surnames are listed for Redditch, Worcestershire, covering 3,269 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Crow, with 100 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Redditch

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	Crow	100	1.29%	85.66x
2	Baylis	88	1.14%	108.44x
3	Andrews	84	1.09%	11.33x
4	Hemming	81	1.05%	118.30x
5	Court	73	0.940%	74.22x
6	Field	61	0.790%	15.85x
7	Wilkes	52	0.670%	38.79x
8	Thornton	49	0.630%	12.60x
9	Duggins	45	0.580%	650.29x
10	Sealey	44	0.570%	173.64x
11	Parr	43	0.560%	22.25x
12	Farr	40	0.520%	34.83x
13	Avery	38	0.490%	29.28x
14	Heath	37	0.480%	9.63x
15	Aston	35	0.450%	27.43x
16	Griffin	33	0.430%	9.07x
17	Allcock	32	0.410%	38.31x
18	Bott	32	0.410%	52.59x
19	Danks	32	0.410%	95.01x
20	Perks	32	0.410%	39.75x
21	Treadgold	32	0.410%	560.42x
22	Gibbs	31	0.400%	8.16x
23	Lea	31	0.400%	20.30x
24	Dobbins	30	0.390%	215.05x
25	Houghton	30	0.390%	11.10x
26	Humphries	30	0.390%	17.22x
27	Dolphin	29	0.370%	100.69x
28	Layton	29	0.370%	46.84x
29	Smallwood	29	0.370%	40.64x
30	Harbon	27	0.350%	706.81x
31	Vincent	27	0.350%	11.19x
32	Woodfield	26	0.340%	99.16x
33	Croxall	25	0.320%	472.59x
34	Styler	25	0.320%	547.05x
35	Millward	24	0.310%	27.63x
36	Prescott	24	0.310%	22.00x
37	Shrimpton	24	0.310%	72.42x
38	Maries	23	0.300%	881.23x
39	Milward	23	0.300%	64.30x
40	Mogg	23	0.300%	126.30x
41	Pitts	23	0.300%	28.99x
42	Spiers	23	0.300%	36.12x
43	Spooner	23	0.300%	20.61x
44	Hands	22	0.280%	28.37x
45	Merry	22	0.280%	38.06x
46	Ladbury	21	0.270%	464.60x
47	Laight	21	0.270%	304.35x
48	Blackford	20	0.260%	71.84x
49	Hollington	20	0.260%	215.75x
50	Oakley	20	0.260%	12.21x
51	Brewster	19	0.250%	25.37x
52	Richmond	19	0.250%	11.21x
53	Such	19	0.250%	113.37x
54	Wyers	19	0.250%	608.97x
55	Chatterley	18	0.230%	236.22x
56	Purcell	18	0.230%	33.46x
57	Tolley	18	0.230%	44.50x
58	Wilks	18	0.230%	14.80x
59	Yoxall	18	0.230%	143.43x
60	Ledbury	17	0.220%	249.27x
61	Blundell	16	0.210%	17.57x
62	Free	16	0.210%	84.75x
63	Stratton	16	0.210%	23.87x
64	Tongue	16	0.210%	61.82x
65	Warrin	16	0.210%	796.02x
66	Willmore	16	0.210%	113.48x
67	Batson	15	0.190%	69.54x
68	Hampton	15	0.190%	12.28x
69	Laugher	15	0.190%	500.00x
70	Chantler	14	0.180%	68.80x
71	Eames	14	0.180%	26.37x
72	Hobday	14	0.180%	44.83x
73	Southwell	14	0.180%	28.90x
74	Garfield	13	0.170%	106.21x
75	Haden	13	0.170%	52.70x
76	Louch	13	0.170%	123.93x
77	Styles	13	0.170%	15.91x
78	Vale	13	0.170%	23.53x
79	Craddock	12	0.160%	18.44x
80	Eades	12	0.160%	30.25x
81	Guise	12	0.160%	107.05x
82	Harbridge	12	0.160%	191.08x
83	Hassel	12	0.160%	422.54x
84	Holyoake	12	0.160%	155.84x
85	Tillsley	12	0.160%	789.47x
86	Wedgbury	12	0.160%	504.20x
87	Alsopp	11	0.140%	206.77x
88	Apperley	11	0.140%	126.44x
89	Chesterton	11	0.140%	90.61x
90	Harriss	11	0.140%	21.76x
91	Mobberley	11	0.140%	289.47x
92	Molesworth	11	0.140%	144.36x
93	Mousley	11	0.140%	104.86x
94	Paddock	11	0.140%	55.67x
95	Appleyard	10	0.130%	14.14x
96	Clews	10	0.130%	28.51x
97	Govier	10	0.130%	66.05x
98	Kings	10	0.130%	66.76x
99	Mountford	10	0.130%	14.54x
100	Rickards	10	0.130%	50.28x