1881 census place

Wolverley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wolverley, Worcestershire 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

128 surnames are listed for Wolverley, Worcestershire, covering 1,148 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wall, with 38 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wolverley

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
1	Wall	38	1.13%	32.45x
2	Hardwick	37	1.10%	72.24x
3	Billingsley	35	1.05%	746.27x
4	Hickman	33	0.990%	58.57x
5	Hillman	28	0.840%	97.09x
6	Turley	26	0.780%	143.96x
7	Haden	24	0.720%	224.72x
8	Penn	24	0.720%	79.37x
9	Piper	23	0.690%	34.75x
10	Bloomer	22	0.660%	219.34x
11	Whatmore	21	0.630%	291.26x
12	Handley	20	0.600%	35.38x
13	Edmonds	19	0.570%	29.69x
14	Nisbett	19	0.570%	577.51x
15	Oldnall	18	0.540%	1956.52x
16	Randle	18	0.540%	64.15x
17	Hawkes	17	0.510%	31.48x
18	Walford	17	0.510%	82.64x
19	Frazier	16	0.480%	561.40x
20	Merchant	16	0.480%	71.05x
21	Dutfield	15	0.450%	632.91x
22	Lythall	15	0.450%	1293.10x
23	Sheward	15	0.450%	349.65x
24	Yearsley	15	0.450%	221.24x
25	Fewtrell	14	0.420%	443.04x
26	Nott	14	0.420%	59.25x
27	Whitley	14	0.420%	51.06x
28	Hines	13	0.390%	45.55x
29	Hoult	13	0.390%	150.12x
30	Mound	13	0.390%	496.18x
31	Skelding	13	0.390%	238.53x
32	Tolley	13	0.390%	74.24x
33	Plevey	12	0.360%	1463.41x
34	Baynton	11	0.330%	326.41x
35	Brewster	11	0.330%	33.92x
36	Dillow	11	0.330%	650.89x
37	Jay	11	0.330%	37.57x
38	Jenks	11	0.330%	96.24x
39	Rew	11	0.330%	185.19x
40	Maybury	10	0.300%	145.56x
41	Tranter	10	0.300%	40.57x
42	Boucher	9	0.270%	50.99x
43	Breakwell	9	0.270%	185.57x
44	Litchfield	9	0.270%	65.55x
45	Moulder	9	0.270%	149.25x
46	Trickey	9	0.270%	187.50x
47	Bywater	8	0.240%	47.45x
48	Caswell	8	0.240%	49.26x
49	Deeley	8	0.240%	70.11x
50	Haddleton	8	0.240%	484.85x
51	Hancocks	8	0.240%	163.60x
52	Penzer	8	0.240%	879.12x
53	Perrins	8	0.240%	78.59x
54	Postins	8	0.240%	2666.67x
55	Pountney	8	0.240%	122.89x
56	Rooke	8	0.240%	32.40x
57	Vigors	8	0.240%	1481.48x
58	Everson	7	0.210%	64.28x
59	Gaston	7	0.210%	114.01x
60	Gittings	7	0.210%	108.86x
61	Hopcroft	7	0.210%	130.60x
62	Hotchkiss	7	0.210%	87.94x
63	Jinks	7	0.210%	49.93x
64	Meese	7	0.210%	284.55x
65	Newham	7	0.210%	57.00x
66	Pheasey	7	0.210%	404.62x
67	Southall	7	0.210%	27.59x
68	Tolly	7	0.210%	246.48x
69	Tovey	7	0.210%	35.66x
70	Wassall	7	0.210%	215.38x
71	Wilden	7	0.210%	156.60x
72	Booton	6	0.180%	226.42x
73	Cadwallader	6	0.180%	89.02x
74	Fereday	6	0.180%	129.59x
75	Lawley	6	0.180%	29.75x
76	Lucus	6	0.180%	472.44x
77	Rollings	6	0.180%	57.75x
78	Wyer	6	0.180%	85.96x
79	Dorrell	5	0.150%	81.57x
80	Garbet	5	0.150%	735.29x
81	Hadon	5	0.150%	877.19x
82	Hitchin	5	0.150%	61.73x
83	Thurstans	5	0.150%	632.91x
84	Willcocks	5	0.150%	36.13x
85	Willets	5	0.150%	146.63x
86	Bickerstaff	4	0.120%	56.98x
87	Blaze	4	0.120%	268.46x
88	Boyter	4	0.120%	322.58x
89	Crannage	4	0.120%	526.32x
90	Hopton	4	0.120%	43.15x
91	Nutting	4	0.120%	65.36x
92	Oldbury	4	0.120%	132.45x
93	Purley	4	0.120%	869.57x
94	Wide	4	0.120%	277.78x
95	Askin	3	0.090%	107.91x
96	Bache	3	0.090%	43.54x
97	Blakeway	3	0.090%	71.60x
98	Dews	3	0.090%	38.76x
99	Dorothy	3	0.090%	638.30x
100	Homfray	3	0.090%	352.94x