1881 census place

Rugeley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rugeley, 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

340 surnames are listed for Rugeley, Staffordshire, covering 2,616 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Harvey, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rugeley

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	Harvey	68	0.960%	9.00x
2	Haycock	52	0.730%	131.15x
3	Lycett	49	0.690%	337.23x
4	Gilbert	46	0.650%	11.41x
5	Cope	39	0.550%	24.38x
6	Cheshire	38	0.540%	69.71x
7	Wain	38	0.540%	63.99x
8	Crutchley	37	0.520%	192.41x
9	Lyons	37	0.520%	23.50x
10	Bagnall	36	0.510%	59.24x
11	Wallbank	34	0.480%	154.76x
12	Burden	30	0.420%	33.12x
13	Bradbury	27	0.380%	13.21x
14	Deakin	27	0.380%	27.61x
15	Nixon	26	0.370%	12.06x
16	Dutton	25	0.350%	15.61x
17	Hackett	25	0.350%	29.99x
18	Salt	25	0.350%	23.78x
19	Upton	25	0.350%	18.54x
20	Hitchens	24	0.340%	140.27x
21	Shemwell	24	0.340%	1472.39x
22	Tooth	23	0.330%	111.65x
23	Ballance	22	0.310%	378.66x
24	Frith	22	0.310%	31.16x
25	Hawley	21	0.300%	30.36x
26	Harley	20	0.280%	21.93x
27	Lakin	20	0.280%	48.26x
28	Peake	20	0.280%	29.31x
29	Vernon	20	0.280%	17.17x
30	Watkiss	20	0.280%	252.53x
31	Astbury	19	0.270%	57.40x
32	Handley	19	0.270%	15.91x
33	Horden	19	0.270%	303.51x
34	Littler	19	0.270%	40.47x
35	Cowlishaw	18	0.250%	147.06x
36	Myatt	18	0.250%	53.43x
37	Beardsmore	17	0.240%	174.72x
38	Brindley	17	0.240%	31.43x
39	Hollins	17	0.240%	45.86x
40	Mountford	17	0.240%	27.02x
41	Craddock	16	0.230%	26.88x
42	Dukes	16	0.230%	61.16x
43	Powis	15	0.210%	55.60x
44	Sharratt	15	0.210%	68.40x
45	Stretton	15	0.210%	46.85x
46	Devey	14	0.200%	131.95x
47	Egan	14	0.200%	23.85x
48	Seabrook	14	0.200%	40.20x
49	Aston	13	0.180%	11.14x
50	Carthy	13	0.180%	118.83x
51	Clewley	13	0.180%	195.78x
52	Dicken	13	0.180%	65.26x
53	Southwell	13	0.180%	29.33x
54	Brinkworth	12	0.170%	80.00x
55	Derry	12	0.170%	38.45x
56	Lander	12	0.170%	24.76x
57	Tunnicliff	12	0.170%	113.64x
58	Twigg	12	0.170%	24.24x
59	Bott	11	0.160%	19.76x
60	Corden	11	0.160%	94.26x
61	Elsmore	11	0.160%	113.52x
62	Hodgkiss	11	0.160%	41.23x
63	Lawley	11	0.160%	25.81x
64	Molineux	11	0.160%	175.16x
65	Oldacre	11	0.160%	252.87x
66	Tams	11	0.160%	118.79x
67	Boycott	10	0.140%	116.01x
68	Carney	10	0.140%	15.63x
69	Degg	10	0.140%	165.29x
70	Devall	10	0.140%	185.53x
71	Ganley	10	0.140%	198.81x
72	Jervis	10	0.140%	18.39x
73	Keeling	10	0.140%	16.19x
74	Manifold	10	0.140%	130.72x
75	Monckton	10	0.140%	147.06x
76	Mullee	10	0.140%	2857.14x
77	Stinson	10	0.140%	131.06x
78	Tilsley	10	0.140%	115.34x
79	Williscroft	10	0.140%	374.53x
80	Brassington	9	0.130%	31.90x
81	Colledge	9	0.130%	49.92x
82	Connelly	9	0.130%	13.70x
83	Gater	9	0.130%	49.53x
84	Hartill	9	0.130%	73.83x
85	Hyden	9	0.130%	255.68x
86	Lovatt	9	0.130%	18.34x
87	Maddocks	9	0.130%	20.82x
88	Moxon	9	0.130%	22.69x
89	Thacker	9	0.130%	17.55x
90	Tomkinson	9	0.130%	19.48x
91	Tompson	9	0.130%	59.33x
92	Waltho	9	0.130%	182.19x
93	Birt	8	0.110%	26.66x
94	Blastock	8	0.110%	689.66x
95	Brass	8	0.110%	59.70x
96	Burnell	8	0.110%	18.86x
97	Butter	8	0.110%	23.76x
98	Caddick	8	0.110%	32.61x
99	Chinnock	8	0.110%	145.99x
100	Crosdale	8	0.110%	470.59x