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 Fieldhouse, with 58 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
101	Fieldhouse	58	0.160%	33.12x
102	Potts	58	0.160%	4.74x
103	Briscoe	57	0.160%	24.21x
104	Shorthouse	56	0.150%	76.44x
105	Bird	55	0.150%	1.97x
106	Humphries	55	0.150%	6.67x
107	Naylor	55	0.150%	3.98x
108	Wakelam	55	0.150%	143.23x
109	Beadsmore	54	0.150%	364.86x
110	Round	54	0.150%	16.09x
111	Millington	53	0.140%	9.56x
112	Sheldon	53	0.140%	9.51x
113	Stanley	53	0.140%	3.76x
114	Caswell	51	0.140%	28.72x
115	Dudley	51	0.140%	9.28x
116	Fullwood	51	0.140%	81.93x
117	Percival	51	0.140%	8.89x
118	Tranter	50	0.140%	18.55x
119	Bissell	49	0.130%	45.07x
120	Bowen	49	0.130%	3.24x
121	Rollason	49	0.130%	41.48x
122	Bowater	48	0.130%	89.60x
123	Bunn	48	0.130%	13.45x
124	Greenaway	47	0.130%	20.45x
125	Jukes	47	0.130%	21.30x
126	Brettle	46	0.130%	120.96x
127	Colbourn	45	0.120%	112.87x
128	Lane	45	0.120%	1.78x
129	Shinton	45	0.120%	152.70x
130	Higgins	44	0.120%	2.38x
131	Barnett	43	0.120%	2.60x
132	Passmore	43	0.120%	20.08x
133	Beddard	42	0.110%	92.82x
134	Gutteridge	41	0.110%	22.03x
135	Hewitt	41	0.110%	2.30x
136	Tate	41	0.110%	5.80x
137	Bradford	40	0.110%	5.60x
138	Dicken	39	0.110%	37.83x
139	Hobson	39	0.110%	4.10x
140	Colley	38	0.100%	8.19x
141	Darbey	37	0.100%	197.76x
142	Mathews	37	0.100%	2.74x
143	Salt	37	0.100%	6.80x
144	Stanton	37	0.100%	5.07x
145	Woodall	37	0.100%	12.56x
146	Box	36	0.100%	12.13x
147	Gibbons	36	0.100%	3.06x
148	Hollis	36	0.100%	7.10x
149	Lamb	36	0.100%	1.86x
150	Wall	36	0.100%	2.81x
151	Hadley	35	0.100%	7.02x
152	Lees	35	0.100%	2.16x
153	Rooker	35	0.100%	102.22x
154	Whatton	35	0.100%	118.28x
155	Astley	34	0.090%	14.00x
156	Bagley	34	0.090%	12.55x
157	Barratt	34	0.090%	4.58x
158	Massey	34	0.090%	3.63x
159	Tonks	34	0.090%	17.65x
160	Bullock	33	0.090%	2.77x
161	Langford	33	0.090%	5.73x
162	Parks	33	0.090%	8.66x
163	Smout	33	0.090%	56.69x
164	Cresswell	32	0.090%	8.29x
165	Hipkins	32	0.090%	72.07x
166	Hodgetts	32	0.090%	18.76x
167	Weaver	32	0.090%	3.36x
168	Wedge	32	0.090%	29.53x
169	Wise	32	0.090%	4.19x
170	Abbiss	31	0.080%	107.42x
171	Dainty	31	0.080%	30.69x
172	Garbett	31	0.080%	21.72x
173	Harriss	31	0.080%	12.95x
174	Simmons	31	0.080%	2.07x
175	Wellings	31	0.080%	24.59x
176	Wilde	31	0.080%	5.81x
177	Baugh	30	0.080%	22.84x
178	Church	30	0.080%	3.75x
179	Dyke	30	0.080%	8.25x
180	Spittle	30	0.080%	28.76x
181	Titley	30	0.080%	30.62x
182	Ashcroft	29	0.080%	5.92x
183	Blakeway	29	0.080%	63.24x
184	Bowyer	29	0.080%	7.26x
185	Crook	29	0.080%	2.76x
186	Love	29	0.080%	3.34x
187	Morriss	29	0.080%	12.98x
188	Wilks	29	0.080%	5.03x
189	Cadman	28	0.080%	9.38x
190	Challenger	28	0.080%	38.35x
191	Dews	28	0.080%	33.09x
192	Higgs	28	0.080%	4.19x
193	Partridge	28	0.080%	2.93x
194	Bryan	27	0.070%	2.97x
195	Marson	27	0.070%	16.20x
196	Sadler	27	0.070%	3.13x
197	Baines	26	0.070%	3.71x
198	Hartland	26	0.070%	16.15x
199	Hinton	26	0.070%	5.29x
200	Nichols	26	0.070%	2.18x