1881 census place

Wolverhampton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wolverhampton, 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

2,978 surnames are listed for Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, covering 59,659 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Norton, with 41 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wolverhampton

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
301	Norton	41	0.050%	1.63x
302	Whittingham	41	0.050%	7.19x
303	Adey	40	0.050%	16.39x
304	Brady	40	0.050%	2.98x
305	Cadwallader	40	0.050%	26.20x
306	Carless	40	0.050%	19.87x
307	Holden	40	0.050%	0.96x
308	Moreton	40	0.050%	7.05x
309	Benton	39	0.050%	4.97x
310	Bevan	39	0.050%	2.10x
311	Bywater	39	0.050%	10.21x
312	Hale	39	0.050%	1.43x
313	Hilton	39	0.050%	1.50x
314	Holloway	39	0.050%	1.68x
315	Illidge	39	0.050%	82.82x
316	Millington	39	0.050%	3.40x
317	Mincher	39	0.050%	69.40x
318	Powis	39	0.050%	13.49x
319	Summerfield	39	0.050%	7.94x
320	Wiley	39	0.050%	21.02x
321	Creswell	38	0.050%	15.70x
322	Crump	38	0.050%	4.64x
323	Curtis	38	0.050%	0.88x
324	Hyde	38	0.050%	1.63x
325	Langford	38	0.050%	3.19x
326	Neale	38	0.050%	2.11x
327	Newell	38	0.050%	3.17x
328	Platt	38	0.050%	1.89x
329	Timmins	38	0.050%	6.23x
330	Welsh	38	0.050%	1.27x
331	Badger	37	0.050%	8.43x
332	Bill	37	0.050%	13.71x
333	Bishton	37	0.050%	49.37x
334	Brewster	37	0.050%	5.04x
335	Dudley	37	0.050%	3.25x
336	Egginton	37	0.050%	35.39x
337	Emery	37	0.050%	2.23x
338	Felton	37	0.050%	7.09x
339	Hinde	37	0.050%	11.71x
340	Love	37	0.050%	2.06x
341	Stanton	37	0.050%	2.45x
342	Underwood	37	0.050%	1.81x
343	Bickley	36	0.050%	11.46x
344	Bond	36	0.050%	0.90x
345	Gibbs	36	0.050%	0.97x
346	Hodgkins	36	0.050%	10.56x
347	Lawson	36	0.050%	0.81x
348	Neal	36	0.050%	1.60x
349	Piper	36	0.050%	2.40x
350	Ralph	36	0.050%	3.12x
351	Rock	36	0.050%	8.35x
352	Wild	36	0.050%	1.17x
353	Caine	35	0.050%	11.02x
354	Devey	35	0.050%	30.79x
355	Goodman	35	0.050%	1.58x
356	Leech	35	0.050%	2.83x
357	Mathews	35	0.050%	1.25x
358	Wittingham	35	0.050%	65.20x
359	Anslow	34	0.040%	17.39x
360	Beck	34	0.040%	1.92x
361	Betts	34	0.040%	2.10x
362	Downes	34	0.040%	3.62x
363	Emms	34	0.040%	11.88x
364	Franks	34	0.040%	3.60x
365	French	34	0.040%	0.92x
366	Hancox	34	0.040%	5.89x
367	Harriman	34	0.040%	17.46x
368	Hipkiss	34	0.040%	23.11x
369	Jukes	34	0.040%	7.44x
370	Mansell	34	0.040%	3.84x
371	Nolan	34	0.040%	3.29x
372	Peace	34	0.040%	4.95x
373	Swatman	34	0.040%	71.06x
374	Bagley	33	0.040%	5.88x
375	Bannister	33	0.040%	2.52x
376	Belcher	33	0.040%	3.61x
377	Bratt	33	0.040%	12.55x
378	Moule	33	0.040%	12.58x
379	Swift	33	0.040%	1.41x
380	Tuft	33	0.040%	99.52x
381	Tyler	33	0.040%	1.47x
382	Walford	33	0.040%	7.09x
383	Wynn	33	0.040%	5.02x
384	Bassett	32	0.040%	2.70x
385	Bowyer	32	0.040%	3.87x
386	Breakwell	32	0.040%	29.12x
387	Crutchley	32	0.040%	15.53x
388	Doughty	32	0.040%	3.32x
389	Eccleston	32	0.040%	8.42x
390	Higgs	32	0.040%	2.32x
391	Pardoe	32	0.040%	8.57x
392	Rice	32	0.040%	1.36x
393	Sankey	32	0.040%	10.18x
394	Wellings	32	0.040%	12.26x
395	Bradburn	31	0.040%	10.26x
396	Corns	31	0.040%	14.63x
397	Giles	31	0.040%	1.07x
398	Grainger	31	0.040%	2.66x
399	Groves	31	0.040%	1.45x
400	Hampton	31	0.040%	2.59x