Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brewood Featherstone, Staffordshire

Brewood Featherstone 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
ADAMS157.692352.19
NICKLIN84.10261,038.96
THOMAS84.10269.94
REEVE63.0769131.58
JACKSON63.076911.01
COLLINS63.076921.44
BICKFORD52.56411,351.35
WOOD52.56418.05
NOTT52.5641362.32
LLOYD52.564121.96
AUSTIN52.564152.47
HINKS52.5641632.91
BALL42.051324.83
LATHE42.051310,000.00
SARGENT42.0513133.33
FELTON42.0513298.51
JOHNSON42.05136.11
BONE42.0513110.80
GILBERT42.051336.00
OAKLEY31.538572.64
JAMES31.53857.83
BUNN31.5385157.89
GRAINGER31.5385100.00
WARNER31.538542.19
REYNOLDS31.538517.76
PARRY21.025613.48
CHILTON21.0256127.39
NICOLL21.0256112.99
MORGAN21.02565.16
BAKER21.02564.68
KNIGHT21.02568.32
WALTERS21.025621.51
HUGHES21.02563.66
BRADBURN21.0256256.41
PRICE21.02565.86
WADE21.025625.64
WARD10.51282.35
EDWARDS10.51281.84
VASS10.5128151.52
HUNT10.51283.86
SIMMS10.512845.05
HICKMAN10.512830.49
LOCKET10.5128454.55
GAUNT10.512852.08
OATS10.5128227.27
DEAN10.51287.39
TOWNSEND10.512812.08
CARTLIDGE10.5128178.57
MASON10.51283.81
BENETT10.5128666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LATHE0.2019510000.0000
BICKFORD0.201951351.3514
NICKLIN0.201951038.9610
BENETT0.20195666.6667
HINKS0.20195632.9114
LOCKET0.20195454.5455
NOTT0.20195362.3188
FELTON0.20195298.5075
NORTHWOOD0.20195270.2703
BRADBURN0.20195256.4103
OATS0.20195227.2727
CARTLIDGE0.20195178.5714
BUNN0.20195157.8947
VASS0.20195151.5152
SARGENT0.20195133.3333
REEVE0.20195131.5789
CHILTON0.20195127.3885
NICOLL0.20195112.9944
BONE0.20195110.8033
GRAINGER0.20195100.0000
OAKLEY0.2019572.6392
AUSTIN0.2019552.4659
ADAMS0.2019552.1921
GAUNT0.2019552.0833
HUSSEY0.2019550.7614
SIMMS0.2019545.0450
MARLOW0.2019543.6681
WARNER0.2019542.1941
GILBERT0.2019536.0036
OATES0.2019532.8947
HICKMAN0.2019530.4878
WADE0.2019525.6410
BALL0.2019524.8293
LLOYD0.2019521.9587
WALTERS0.2019521.5054
COLLINS0.2019521.4439
REYNOLDS0.2019517.7620
PARRY0.2019513.4771
BUTCHER0.2019512.1655
TOWNSEND0.2019512.0773
NASH0.2019511.1235
JACKSON0.2019511.0092
THOMAS0.201959.9416
KNIGHT0.201958.3195
WOOD0.201958.0476
JAMES0.201957.8329
DEAN0.201957.3855
JOHNSON0.201956.1050
PRICE0.201955.8599
MORGAN0.201955.1573

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 195 people called LATHE in Brewood Featherstone 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 10000.0000 in Brewood Featherstone means that 10000.0000% of the people in Brewood Featherstone on census day were called LATHE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LATHE 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 LATHE 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 LATHE 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 LATHE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Brewood Featherstone means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LATHE in Brewood Featherstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brewood Featherstone in 1881

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

ADAMS (15)  ALSOPP (5)  AUSTIN (5)  BAKER (2)  BALL (4)  BEDDERD (1)  BEDERD (BEDDERD) (2)  BENETT (1)  BICKFORD (5)  BONE (4)  BRADBURN (2)  BUNN (3)  BUTCHER (1)  CHALLENER (1)  CARLESS (4)  CARTLIDGE (1)  CHILTON (2)  COLLINS (6)  DEAN (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FELTON (4)  JARRAT (6)  GAUNT (1)  GILBERT (4)  GRAINGER (3)  HICKMAN (1)  HINKS (5)  HUGHES (2)  HUNT (1)  HUSSEY (1)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSON (4)  KNIGHT (2)  NOTT (5)  LATHE (4)  LLOYD (5)  LOCKET (1)  MARLOW (1)  MASON (1)  MORGAN (2)  MULLUGAN (1)  NASH (1)  NICOLL (2)  NICKLIN (8)  NORTHWOOD (1)  OAKLEY (3)  OATES (1)  OATS (1)  PARRY (2)  PRICE (2)  REEVE (6)  REYNOLDS (3)  SARGENT (4)  SIMINS (SIMMS) (2)  SIMMINS (SIMMS) (6)  SIMMS (1)  THOMAS (8)  TOWNSEND (1)  VASS (1)  WADE (2)  WALTERS (2)  WARD (1)  WARNER (3)  WOOD (5) 

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