1881 census place
Walsall Borough surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Walsall Borough, 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
395 surnames are listed for Walsall Borough, Staffordshire, covering 2,301 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Jennings, with 36 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Walsall Borough
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennings | 36 | 9.28x |
| 2 | Wilkes | 33 | 24.88x |
| 3 | Hawley | 26 | 34.75x |
| 4 | Bayley | 24 | 19.45x |
| 5 | Sheldon | 23 | 19.75x |
| 6 | Spink | 23 | 37.24x |
| 7 | Arrowsmith | 22 | 37.07x |
| 8 | Bourne | 21 | 14.15x |
| 9 | Dutton | 21 | 12.12x |
| 10 | Busst | 20 | 1149.43x |
| 11 | Stanton | 20 | 13.10x |
| 12 | Broadhurst | 19 | 24.51x |
| 13 | Doyle | 19 | 10.19x |
| 14 | Frankham | 19 | 189.62x |
| 15 | Osbourn | 19 | 156.51x |
| 16 | Lockley | 18 | 61.98x |
| 17 | Pedley | 18 | 46.42x |
| 18 | Thornhill | 18 | 37.62x |
| 19 | Moffatt | 17 | 34.51x |
| 20 | Moran | 17 | 12.13x |
| 21 | Whitehouse | 17 | 8.54x |
| 22 | Whittick | 17 | 315.40x |
| 23 | Davill | 16 | 975.61x |
| 24 | Dewsbury | 16 | 136.05x |
| 25 | Hodson | 16 | 10.10x |
| 26 | Overton | 16 | 21.54x |
| 27 | Shenton | 16 | 32.67x |
| 28 | Binnion | 15 | 887.57x |
| 29 | Shutt | 15 | 54.33x |
| 30 | Bednall | 14 | 327.87x |
| 31 | Careless | 14 | 73.03x |
| 32 | Cousins | 14 | 10.17x |
| 33 | Grove | 14 | 15.64x |
| 34 | Lowbridge | 14 | 304.35x |
| 35 | Ricketts | 14 | 18.85x |
| 36 | Westbury | 14 | 67.21x |
| 37 | Beebee | 13 | 241.19x |
| 38 | Mace | 13 | 19.27x |
| 39 | Meeson | 13 | 143.65x |
| 40 | Proffitt | 13 | 170.60x |
| 41 | Swinbourne | 13 | 306.60x |
| 42 | Hodgkins | 12 | 34.87x |
| 43 | Longmore | 12 | 64.03x |
| 44 | Sealey | 12 | 47.85x |
| 45 | Simkin | 12 | 74.77x |
| 46 | Spinks | 12 | 23.23x |
| 47 | Swann | 12 | 14.37x |
| 48 | Bibb | 11 | 166.16x |
| 49 | Clenton | 11 | 539.22x |
| 50 | Courtney | 11 | 20.03x |
| 51 | Kendrick | 11 | 14.93x |
| 52 | Marston | 11 | 15.44x |
| 53 | Millett | 11 | 36.20x |
| 54 | Skett | 11 | 243.36x |
| 55 | Bebb | 10 | 67.20x |
| 56 | Blakemore | 10 | 30.61x |
| 57 | Bowater | 10 | 89.29x |
| 58 | Deeley | 10 | 38.36x |
| 59 | Fitton | 10 | 11.62x |
| 60 | Gately | 10 | 584.80x |
| 61 | Hicken | 10 | 100.60x |
| 62 | Jacombs | 10 | 632.91x |
| 63 | Molloy | 10 | 23.93x |
| 64 | Blewett | 9 | 44.01x |
| 65 | Boot | 9 | 24.90x |
| 66 | Bullows | 9 | 326.09x |
| 67 | Burk | 9 | 32.69x |
| 68 | Dace | 9 | 123.63x |
| 69 | Evenson | 9 | 351.56x |
| 70 | Furness | 9 | 14.72x |
| 71 | Hicklin | 9 | 78.26x |
| 72 | Hubble | 9 | 49.53x |
| 73 | Lilly | 9 | 19.31x |
| 74 | Lovatt | 9 | 16.95x |
| 75 | Meers | 9 | 111.11x |
| 76 | Mosley | 9 | 12.49x |
| 77 | Tittley | 9 | 228.43x |
| 78 | Totty | 9 | 113.92x |
| 79 | Venables | 9 | 16.74x |
| 80 | Wedge | 9 | 39.74x |
| 81 | Wiggin | 9 | 96.98x |
| 82 | Wolfe | 9 | 22.57x |
| 83 | Bannon | 8 | 95.12x |
| 84 | Blood | 8 | 26.17x |
| 85 | Bonas | 8 | 226.63x |
| 86 | Boys | 8 | 26.60x |
| 87 | Bursey | 8 | 392.16x |
| 88 | Connely | 8 | 56.70x |
| 89 | Coops | 8 | 264.90x |
| 90 | Daily | 8 | 40.34x |
| 91 | Dan | 8 | 175.82x |
| 92 | Feeley | 8 | 119.05x |
| 93 | Garbett | 8 | 26.82x |
| 94 | Glynn | 8 | 23.65x |
| 95 | Grady | 8 | 15.85x |
| 96 | Gwinnett | 8 | 256.41x |
| 97 | Hallsworth | 8 | 55.40x |
| 98 | Hitch | 8 | 39.43x |
| 99 | Kearney | 8 | 22.52x |
| 100 | Leake | 8 | 25.42x |