1881 census place

Stoke Upon Trent surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Stoke Upon Trent, 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

2,891 surnames are listed for Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, covering 88,298 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Alcock, with 177 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Stoke Upon Trent

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	Alcock	177	0.170%	11.73x
102	Harvey	176	0.170%	1.58x
103	Martin	176	0.170%	0.68x
104	Wilshaw	175	0.170%	66.21x
105	Beech	173	0.170%	11.20x
106	Pope	171	0.160%	4.74x
107	Stubbs	170	0.160%	6.16x
108	Thorley	170	0.160%	25.01x
109	Kent	169	0.160%	3.84x
110	Hallam	168	0.160%	8.62x
111	Mills	167	0.160%	1.23x
112	Emery	165	0.160%	7.23x
113	Glover	164	0.160%	3.68x
114	Toft	164	0.160%	40.11x
115	Harding	163	0.160%	2.15x
116	Keeling	162	0.150%	17.75x
117	Thompson	161	0.150%	0.51x
118	Jervis	160	0.150%	19.91x
119	White	160	0.150%	0.48x
120	Brindley	158	0.150%	19.77x
121	Leigh	157	0.150%	6.52x
122	Riley	157	0.150%	1.90x
123	Yates	157	0.150%	2.18x
124	Parker	156	0.150%	0.78x
125	Powell	153	0.150%	1.17x
126	Grocott	151	0.140%	50.40x
127	Moss	150	0.140%	2.33x
128	Hudson	149	0.140%	1.74x
129	Ward	149	0.140%	0.65x
130	Till	148	0.140%	20.14x
131	Fenton	147	0.140%	7.04x
132	Deaville	145	0.140%	88.17x
133	Rhodes	144	0.140%	2.97x
134	Walley	143	0.140%	29.05x
135	Bryan	140	0.130%	5.39x
136	Hand	140	0.130%	11.16x
137	Massey	140	0.130%	5.24x
138	Miller	139	0.130%	0.74x
139	Hollins	138	0.130%	25.19x
140	Bradshaw	136	0.130%	3.17x
141	Sherwin	136	0.130%	24.16x
142	Hassall	135	0.130%	20.68x
143	Coxon	134	0.130%	16.77x
144	Machin	134	0.130%	12.80x
145	Tomlinson	134	0.130%	2.78x
146	Bullock	130	0.120%	3.82x
147	Tams	129	0.120%	94.25x
148	Carr	127	0.120%	1.68x
149	Cooke	126	0.120%	2.18x
150	Edge	126	0.120%	6.99x
151	Potts	126	0.120%	3.61x
152	Walton	125	0.120%	1.70x
153	Warrilow	124	0.120%	67.65x
154	Mason	123	0.120%	0.87x
155	Tunnicliffe	123	0.120%	35.69x
156	Peake	122	0.120%	12.10x
157	Platt	122	0.120%	4.41x
158	Buckley	121	0.120%	2.13x
159	Cartledge	121	0.120%	22.93x
160	Pritchard	121	0.120%	2.15x
161	Ridgway	121	0.120%	12.61x
162	Weston	120	0.110%	2.81x
163	Latham	119	0.110%	5.59x
164	Hawkins	118	0.110%	1.56x
165	Berrisford	117	0.110%	36.62x
166	Day	117	0.110%	1.19x
167	Holland	117	0.110%	1.57x
168	Sherratt	116	0.110%	19.31x
169	Whittaker	116	0.110%	2.34x
170	Boughey	115	0.110%	49.98x
171	Burgess	115	0.110%	1.58x
172	Challinor	115	0.110%	31.22x
173	Clowes	115	0.110%	19.78x
174	Eardley	115	0.110%	29.25x
175	Hackney	115	0.110%	25.22x
176	Hewitt	115	0.110%	2.26x
177	Stanley	115	0.110%	2.86x
178	Stanway	115	0.110%	39.54x
179	Bowers	113	0.110%	5.92x
180	Brough	113	0.110%	8.84x
181	Nicklin	112	0.110%	27.00x
182	Astbury	111	0.110%	22.69x
183	Frost	111	0.110%	1.89x
184	Matthews	111	0.110%	1.22x
185	Barnett	110	0.110%	2.33x
186	Henshall	110	0.110%	21.68x
187	Parkes	107	0.100%	5.00x
188	Davenport	106	0.100%	5.35x
189	Hammersley	106	0.100%	32.23x
190	Reeves	106	0.100%	2.47x
191	Garner	105	0.100%	3.18x
192	Rhead	105	0.100%	78.31x
193	Weaver	105	0.100%	3.86x
194	Key	104	0.100%	7.21x
195	Brassington	103	0.100%	24.71x
196	Harper	103	0.100%	1.54x
197	Malkin	103	0.100%	30.01x
198	Pedley	103	0.100%	19.45x
199	Podmore	103	0.100%	27.52x
200	Banks	102	0.100%	1.90x