1881 census place

Rocester surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rocester, 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

67 surnames are listed for Rocester, Staffordshire, covering 382 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cope, with 28 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rocester

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	Cope	28	2.29%	101.38x
2	Pountain	22	1.80%	3666.67x
3	Brindley	20	1.64%	214.13x
4	Gaunt	17	1.39%	141.31x
5	Corden	13	1.06%	643.56x
6	Manifold	13	1.06%	984.85x
7	Sheldon	13	1.06%	69.93x
8	Fearn	11	0.900%	120.61x
9	Shilton	11	0.900%	290.24x
10	Wheeldon	11	0.900%	182.42x
11	Blore	10	0.820%	662.25x
12	Henshaw	10	0.820%	96.06x
13	Hollins	10	0.820%	156.25x
14	Blood	9	0.740%	184.43x
15	Elks	8	0.650%	625.00x
16	Mousley	8	0.650%	481.93x
17	Tunnicliffe	8	0.650%	198.51x
18	Wheat	8	0.650%	278.75x
19	Bartram	7	0.570%	115.70x
20	Colclough	7	0.570%	125.90x
21	Lymer	7	0.570%	752.69x
22	Orpe	7	0.570%	1707.32x
23	Ostick	7	0.570%	1627.91x
24	Whieldon	7	0.570%	833.33x
25	Woolliscroft	7	0.570%	1166.67x
26	Leadbeater	6	0.490%	119.52x
27	Moult	6	0.490%	233.46x
28	Titley	6	0.490%	183.49x
29	Basnett	5	0.410%	326.80x
30	Olliver	5	0.410%	198.41x
31	Stonier	5	0.410%	230.41x
32	Swinson	5	0.410%	427.35x
33	Bill	4	0.330%	91.95x
34	Staney	4	0.330%	4444.44x
35	Wheelock	4	0.330%	1290.32x
36	Bould	3	0.250%	101.01x
37	Gundy	3	0.250%	576.92x
38	Heighton	3	0.250%	283.02x
39	Spare	3	0.250%	294.12x
40	Trundley	3	0.250%	810.81x
41	Allcott	2	0.160%	250.00x
42	Blakeway	2	0.160%	130.72x
43	Brint	2	0.160%	666.67x
44	Budworth	2	0.160%	202.02x
45	Durose	2	0.160%	107.53x
46	Gresley	2	0.160%	425.53x
47	Hinckley	2	0.160%	148.15x
48	Lamburn	2	0.160%	555.56x
49	Meynell	2	0.160%	160.00x
50	Shakeshaft	2	0.160%	92.59x
51	Sowter	2	0.160%	75.47x
52	Baldrey	1	0.080%	151.52x
53	Bisson	1	0.080%	45.05x
54	Candlin	1	0.080%	144.93x
55	Carmell	1	0.080%	370.37x
56	Fower	1	0.080%	384.62x
57	Gunther	1	0.080%	243.90x
58	Hordern	1	0.080%	175.44x
59	Lent	1	0.080%	238.10x
60	Macbeth	1	0.080%	87.72x
61	Macmahon	1	0.080%	181.82x
62	Nunney	1	0.080%	188.68x
63	Oversby	1	0.080%	144.93x
64	Rawbone	1	0.080%	133.33x
65	Severin	1	0.080%	5000.00x
66	Slate	1	0.080%	93.46x
67	Wilham	1	0.080%	1111.11x