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 Simcox, with 25 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
501	Simcox	25	0.030%	12.98x
502	Stringer	25	0.030%	1.66x
503	Tunstall	25	0.030%	6.21x
504	Warrilow	25	0.030%	18.81x
505	Wedge	25	0.030%	11.15x
506	Allcock	24	0.030%	2.93x
507	Crane	24	0.030%	1.50x
508	Edge	24	0.030%	1.84x
509	Fern	24	0.030%	10.14x
510	Foxall	24	0.030%	11.19x
511	Gamston	24	0.030%	189.72x
512	Grove	24	0.030%	2.71x
513	Hedley	24	0.030%	3.10x
514	Kitson	24	0.030%	3.96x
515	Leadbeater	24	0.030%	7.70x
516	Lomas	24	0.030%	1.71x
517	Mcdonald	24	0.030%	3.90x
518	Noake	24	0.030%	34.47x
519	Pagett	24	0.030%	12.51x
520	Peplow	24	0.030%	23.24x
521	Ryder	24	0.030%	1.83x
522	Sidebotham	24	0.030%	15.54x
523	Spittle	24	0.030%	11.11x
524	Allport	23	0.030%	12.62x
525	Bough	23	0.030%	18.62x
526	Bould	23	0.030%	12.48x
527	Broom	23	0.030%	2.46x
528	Crockett	23	0.030%	6.44x
529	Duffield	23	0.030%	3.50x
530	Egan	23	0.030%	3.66x
531	Farrington	23	0.030%	3.53x
532	Forrester	23	0.030%	2.26x
533	Hollins	23	0.030%	5.79x
534	Jervis	23	0.030%	3.95x
535	Jevons	23	0.030%	17.27x
536	Lacon	23	0.030%	49.91x
537	Lyons	23	0.030%	1.36x
538	Marston	23	0.030%	3.26x
539	Picken	23	0.030%	7.27x
540	Pitchford	23	0.030%	9.50x
541	Poulton	23	0.030%	3.78x
542	Pountney	23	0.030%	15.61x
543	Power	23	0.030%	2.27x
544	Purchase	23	0.030%	8.84x
545	Ratcliffe	23	0.030%	1.10x
546	Rowbotham	23	0.030%	6.18x
547	Shipley	23	0.030%	3.43x
548	Sidebottom	23	0.030%	5.29x
549	Sparrow	23	0.030%	2.39x
550	Stubbs	23	0.030%	1.15x
551	Sweet	23	0.030%	3.36x
552	Tomkins	23	0.030%	2.93x
553	Tomkinson	23	0.030%	4.65x
554	Tunley	23	0.030%	35.49x
555	Alcock	22	0.030%	2.01x
556	Astley	22	0.030%	4.38x
557	Bellingham	22	0.030%	7.88x
558	Bradbury	22	0.030%	1.00x
559	Broadhead	22	0.030%	3.95x
560	Carrington	22	0.030%	2.75x
561	Corcoran	22	0.030%	6.02x
562	Cordwell	22	0.030%	14.56x
563	Dyke	22	0.030%	2.92x
564	Gates	22	0.030%	1.87x
565	Hemming	22	0.030%	3.28x
566	Hillman	22	0.030%	3.37x
567	Hodges	22	0.030%	0.99x
568	Hollis	22	0.030%	2.10x
569	Malkin	22	0.030%	8.84x
570	Manley	22	0.030%	2.59x
571	Osbourn	22	0.030%	18.29x
572	Rowan	22	0.030%	4.51x
573	Sharpe	22	0.030%	0.98x
574	Sheldon	22	0.030%	1.91x
575	Shenton	22	0.030%	4.54x
576	Shore	22	0.030%	2.70x
577	Stoker	22	0.030%	4.28x
578	Stuart	22	0.030%	1.22x
579	Tanner	22	0.030%	1.29x
580	Thacker	22	0.030%	4.00x
581	Till	22	0.030%	4.13x
582	Washbrook	22	0.030%	34.34x
583	Amos	21	0.030%	1.69x
584	Asprey	21	0.030%	31.07x
585	Bibb	21	0.030%	32.03x
586	Billings	21	0.030%	5.74x
587	Chamberlain	21	0.030%	1.02x
588	Dallow	21	0.030%	22.18x
589	Drinkwater	21	0.030%	2.81x
590	Etheridge	21	0.030%	4.66x
591	Fereday	21	0.030%	20.03x
592	Flynn	21	0.030%	1.45x
593	Golding	21	0.030%	1.57x
594	Greenhouse	21	0.030%	29.94x
595	Haddock	21	0.030%	4.31x
596	Hewins	21	0.030%	25.45x
597	Kelley	21	0.030%	2.38x
598	Lock	21	0.030%	0.97x
599	Maddocks	21	0.030%	4.54x
600	Maley	21	0.030%	14.23x