1881 census place

Sedgley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sedgley, 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

997 surnames are listed for Sedgley, Staffordshire, covering 26,850 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,036 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sedgley

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	Jones	1,036	2.83%	2.50x
2	Smith	691	1.89%	1.34x
3	Hickman	487	1.33%	79.04x
4	Bradley	468	1.28%	15.91x
5	Marsh	463	1.26%	17.72x
6	Fellows	402	1.10%	81.10x
7	Evans	353	0.960%	2.21x
8	Cox	352	0.960%	6.34x
9	Hale	343	0.940%	26.10x
10	Hughes	338	0.920%	3.29x
11	Westwood	330	0.900%	53.72x
12	Baker	298	0.810%	3.71x
13	Whitehouse	297	0.810%	31.17x
14	Nicholls	291	0.790%	15.21x
15	Turner	282	0.770%	2.77x
16	Hill	270	0.740%	2.89x
17	Bennett	268	0.730%	4.45x
18	Richards	267	0.730%	4.83x
19	Guest	260	0.710%	33.23x
20	Flavell	249	0.680%	227.48x
21	Oakley	237	0.650%	30.55x
22	Price	237	0.650%	3.70x
23	Harris	222	0.610%	2.39x
24	Southall	210	0.570%	75.68x
25	Clark	206	0.560%	1.87x
26	Harper	206	0.560%	8.78x
27	Clarke	199	0.540%	2.68x
28	Timmins	198	0.540%	67.20x
29	Caddick	192	0.520%	151.24x
30	Walters	187	0.510%	10.71x
31	Millard	174	0.480%	28.69x
32	Griffiths	172	0.470%	2.87x
33	Webb	171	0.470%	3.44x
34	Elwell	170	0.460%	162.76x
35	Hyde	167	0.460%	14.82x
36	Edwards	159	0.430%	1.56x
37	Green	159	0.430%	1.54x
38	Flavel	155	0.420%	386.44x
39	Jeavons	150	0.410%	157.45x
40	Parkes	147	0.400%	19.60x
41	Morris	146	0.400%	1.79x
42	Wilkes	141	0.390%	22.21x
43	Greenway	138	0.380%	50.67x
44	Mason	136	0.370%	2.76x
45	Turley	136	0.370%	68.85x
46	Bate	133	0.360%	21.43x
47	Fletcher	132	0.360%	3.16x
48	Davis	131	0.360%	1.63x
49	Slater	130	0.350%	5.86x
50	Aston	127	0.350%	21.02x
51	Collins	126	0.340%	2.40x
52	Allen	123	0.340%	1.78x
53	Howell	122	0.330%	7.90x
54	Mills	120	0.330%	2.53x
55	Tomlinson	118	0.320%	6.99x
56	Grainger	117	0.320%	20.78x
57	Hartill	114	0.310%	180.64x
58	Parker	114	0.310%	1.64x
59	Porter	114	0.310%	4.15x
60	Watton	114	0.310%	85.99x
61	Hampton	110	0.300%	19.02x
62	Screen	108	0.290%	208.78x
63	Lloyd	102	0.280%	2.39x
64	Ball	101	0.280%	3.34x
65	Lowe	101	0.280%	3.68x
66	Jevons	99	0.270%	153.89x
67	Burrows	97	0.260%	6.05x
68	Hunt	94	0.260%	1.93x
69	Cook	93	0.250%	1.28x
70	Pugh	90	0.250%	6.43x
71	Horton	89	0.240%	6.55x
72	Hodgkiss	84	0.230%	60.83x
73	Cole	83	0.230%	2.49x
74	Harvey	81	0.220%	2.07x
75	Rowley	80	0.220%	8.31x
76	Smallman	79	0.220%	65.92x
77	Law	78	0.210%	4.71x
78	Meredith	77	0.210%	10.41x
79	Darby	76	0.210%	12.92x
80	Raybould	76	0.210%	68.74x
81	Hopson	74	0.200%	76.79x
82	Reynolds	74	0.200%	2.33x
83	Blackham	73	0.200%	83.13x
84	Gough	73	0.200%	6.80x
85	Rogers	73	0.200%	1.54x
86	Worton	73	0.200%	94.30x
87	Fones	72	0.200%	486.49x
88	Powell	72	0.200%	1.58x
89	Burton	71	0.190%	2.28x
90	Rudge	70	0.190%	24.37x
91	Hancox	67	0.180%	24.02x
92	Nock	67	0.180%	41.38x
93	Butler	66	0.180%	1.85x
94	Haywood	66	0.180%	8.59x
95	Malpass	65	0.180%	68.67x
96	Smart	64	0.170%	3.84x
97	Stokes	64	0.170%	4.14x
98	Lester	62	0.170%	10.75x
99	Beardsmore	61	0.170%	121.06x
100	Waterfield	61	0.170%	40.48x