Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ellenhall, Staffordshire

Ellenhall 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
SILVESTER198.22511,061.45
MYATT146.06061,272.73
VERNON125.1948315.79
COLLIER104.3290129.53
SMITH104.32903.07
BAILEY73.030320.12
COLLETT73.0303236.49
MILLER62.597414.52
CHAMBER62.59743,529.41
DYKE52.1645218.34
PLANT52.164597.85
ROCHELL41.73162,857.14
DUTTON41.731676.48
COTTON41.731672.60
NEWMAN31.298717.46
BOND31.298724.53
TUNNICLIFF20.8658588.24
SMALLWOOD20.865893.90
ADDISON20.865862.50
KEY20.865862.70
WEBB20.86586.39
REAY20.865899.50
BERNARD20.8658208.33
ASHLEY20.865851.68
RILEY20.865810.94
KENT20.865820.56
HAMMOND20.865815.21
ALLMAN20.8658185.19
MORRIS20.86583.89
COPE10.432919.16
HAWKINS10.43295.98
NORRIS10.432910.08
GRAY10.43293.03
TOMLINSON10.43299.39
LATHAM10.432921.28
WARD10.43291.98
BREEZE10.432969.93
TURNER10.43291.56
BARROW10.432920.45
NICKLIN10.4329108.70
EVANS10.43290.99
SALMON10.432918.98
LANDER10.432963.29
REYNOLDS10.43295.00
HILL10.43291.70
WALKER10.43291.29
PERKIN10.432980.65
HALL10.43291.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHAMBER0.232313529.4118
ROCHELL0.232312857.1429
MYATT0.232311272.7273
SILVESTER0.232311061.4525
TUNNICLIFF0.23231588.2353
VERNON0.23231315.7895
COLLETT0.23231236.4865
DYKE0.23231218.3406
BERNARD0.23231208.3333
ALLMAN0.23231185.1852
COLLIER0.23231129.5337
NICKLIN0.23231108.6957
REAY0.2323199.5025
PLANT0.2323197.8474
SMALLWOOD0.2323193.8967
PERKIN0.2323180.6452
DUTTON0.2323176.4818
COTTON0.2323172.5953
BREEZE0.2323169.9301
LANDER0.2323163.2911
KEY0.2323162.6959
ADDISON0.2323162.5000
ASHLEY0.2323151.6796
BOND0.2323124.5298
LATHAM0.2323121.2766
KENT0.2323120.5550
BARROW0.2323120.4499
BAILEY0.2323120.1207
COPE0.2323119.1571
SALMON0.2323118.9753
NEWMAN0.2323117.4622
HAMMOND0.2323115.2091
MILLER0.2323114.5173
RILEY0.2323110.9409
NORRIS0.2323110.0806
TOMLINSON0.232319.3897
WEBB0.232316.3877
HAWKINS0.232315.9809
REYNOLDS0.232314.9975
MORRIS0.232313.8895
SMITH0.232313.0660
GRAY0.232313.0321
WARD0.232311.9818
HILL0.232311.6998
TURNER0.232311.5552
HALL0.232311.4715
WALKER0.232311.2932
EVANS0.232310.9907

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 231 people called CHAMBER in Ellenhall 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 3529.4118 in Ellenhall means that 3529.4118% of the people in Ellenhall on census day were called CHAMBER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHAMBER 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 CHAMBER 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 CHAMBER 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 CHAMBER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Ellenhall means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHAMBER in Ellenhall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ellenhall in 1881

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

ADDISON (2)  ALLMAN (2)  ASHLEY (2)  BAILEY (7)  BERNARD (2)  BIRTLES (1)  BOND (3)  BREEZE (1)  BARROW (1)  CHAMBER (6)  CHATTAM (3)  COLLETT (7)  COLLIER (10)  COPE (1)  COTTON (4)  DYKE (5)  DUTTON (4)  ECCESHALL (7)  ECCLESTONE (6)  ELSMERE (1)  EVANS (1)  FERNEYHOUGH (6)  GRAY (1)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HILL (1)  HORROBIN (1)  KENT (2)  KEY (2)  LANDER (1)  LATHAM (1)  MILLER (6)  MORRIS (2)  MYATT (14)  NEWMAN (3)  NICKLIN (1)  NORRIS (1)  PERKIN (1)  PLANT (5)  REAY (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RILEY (2)  ROCHELL (4)  SALMON (1)  SILVESTER (19)  SLINN (5)  SMALLWOOD (2)  SMITH (10)  SWANWICK (8)  TILDSLEY (17)  TOMLINSON (1)  TUNNICLIFF (2)  TURNOUR (2)  TURNER (1)  VERNON (12)  WALKER (1)  WHALE (8)  WARD (1)  WEBB (2)  WIBBER (2) 

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