Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bentley, Staffordshire

Bentley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Staffordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH298.60536.09
SQUIRE144.1543350.00
JONES133.85763.41
PEARSON113.264128.10
HARPER113.264150.97
MARSHALL113.264119.46
FAULKNER92.670698.58
BIRCH92.670665.17
CHEW82.3739467.84
BANKS82.373946.27
GAUNT82.3739240.96
ELLIOTT82.373927.98
OWEN72.077217.50
BALL72.077225.14
ABERNETHY72.0772897.44
POOLE72.077243.10
HALES61.7804123.97
SNOW61.7804131.58
COX61.780411.75
BUTLER61.780418.26
HALL51.48375.04
TOLLEY51.4837284.09
PARKER51.48377.80
HARRIS51.48375.84
WOOTON51.4837555.56
GENT51.4837173.01
HARTSHORN51.4837342.47
SLATER41.186919.61
CADMAN41.1869145.45
DIXON41.186910.83
CADWALLADER30.8902441.18
WATKINS30.890214.69
SPENCER30.89029.75
ASTON30.890253.96
HADLEY30.890265.36
WHITEHOUSE30.890234.21
TURNER30.89023.20
BEACH30.890293.46
SPRAGG30.8902315.79
COTTERELL20.5935139.86
PERCY20.593563.69
DUNN20.59357.14
BARRATT20.593529.24
NICHOLLS20.593511.36
MORGAN20.59352.98
WHITTAKER20.593512.53
WARBURTON20.593524.07
HOPKINS20.59359.86
JAMES20.59353.02
MORRIS10.29671.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATE0.343372000.0000
ABERNETHY0.34337897.4359
WOOTON0.34337555.5556
CHEW0.34337467.8363
CADWALLADER0.34337441.1765
SQUIRE0.34337350.0000
HARTSHORN0.34337342.4658
SPRAGG0.34337315.7895
TOLLEY0.34337284.0909
GAUNT0.34337240.9639
GENT0.34337173.0104
CADMAN0.34337145.4545
COTTERELL0.34337139.8601
SNOW0.34337131.5789
HALES0.34337123.9669
BILLS0.34337111.1111
FAULKNER0.3433798.5761
BEACH0.3433793.4579
PACE0.3433766.6667
HADLEY0.3433765.3595
BIRCH0.3433765.1702
PERCY0.3433763.6943
ASTON0.3433753.9568
RAWLINS0.3433751.0204
HARPER0.3433750.9731
BANKS0.3433746.2695
POOLE0.3433743.1034
WHITEHOUSE0.3433734.2075
BARRATT0.3433729.2398
CRESSWELL0.3433728.1690
PEARSON0.3433728.0971
ELLIOTT0.3433727.9818
BALL0.3433725.1437
WARBURTON0.3433724.0674
SLATER0.3433719.6078
MARSHALL0.3433719.4621
BUTLER0.3433718.2593
APPLEBY0.3433718.1818
OWEN0.3433717.5000
WILKES0.3433717.1233
WATKINS0.3433714.6915
WHITTAKER0.3433712.5313
COX0.3433711.7486
NICHOLLS0.3433711.3636
ROWLEY0.3433711.2994
CHAMBERLAIN0.3433710.9051
DIXON0.3433710.8342
HOPKINS0.343379.8571
SPENCER0.343379.7498
HORTON0.343377.9936

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 337 people called LATE in Bentley at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2000.0000 in Bentley means that 2000.0000% of the people in Bentley on census day were called LATE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called LATE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called LATE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called LATE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Bentley means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATE in Bentley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bentley in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABBOTTS (5)  ABERNETHY (7)  APPLEBY (1)  ASTON (3)  BALL (7)  BANKS (8)  BARRATT (2)  BEACH (3)  BILLS (1)  BIRCH (9)  BRAIDER (4)  BUTLER (6)  CADMAN (4)  CADWALLADER (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHEW (8)  COTTERELL (2)  COX (6)  CRESSWELL (1)  DAY (1)  DIXON (4)  DUNN (2)  ELLIOTT (8)  EVANS (1)  FAULKNER (9)  GAUNT (8)  GENT (5)  GREEN (1)  HADLEY (3)  HALES (6)  HALL (5)  HARPER (11)  HARRIS (5)  HARTLEBURY (1)  HARTSHORN (5)  HOPKINS (2)  HORTON (1)  INIGHT (1)  JAMES (2)  JONES (13)  LATE (1)  MARSHALL (11)  MC ILLROY (1)  MORGAN (2)  MORRIS (1)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  OWEN (7)  PACE (1)  PARKER (5)  PEARCE (1)  PEARSON (11)  PERCY (2)  PERRY (1)  POOLE (7)  RAWLINS (1)  ROWLEY (1)  SEDGLEY (4)  SLATER (4)  SMITH (29)  SNOW (6)  SPENCER (3)  SPITSBURY (2)  SPRAGG (3)  SQUIRE (14)  MAC TAGG (8)  TOLLEY (5)  TURNER (3)  WADCUTT (2)  WARBURTON (2)  WATKINS (3)  WHITTAKER (2)  WHITEHOUSE (3)  WILKES (1)  GWILLAM (2)  GWILLIAM (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOTON (5) 

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