Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farley, Staffordshire

Farley 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
GOODWIN142.959856.18
KENT132.748465.23
WALKER122.53707.58
MELLOR122.537072.03
KERRY112.3256343.75
ELKS112.32562,200.00
SALT112.3256156.47
CRITCHLOW102.1142813.01
PRINCE102.114293.46
BUCKETT102.11421,075.27
HOWE91.902748.47
WARRINGTON91.9027231.96
GREENE91.9027697.67
SMITH91.90271.35
WHISTON91.9027731.71
OAKDEN91.90271,046.51
RUSHTON81.691382.05
SNOW81.6913125.00
BALL81.691320.48
BROOKS81.691317.30
BEARDMORE71.4799322.58
THOMAS71.47993.59
KETTLE71.4799169.08
JOHNSON71.47994.40
WILLIAMS61.26851.77
GRUNDY61.268561.98
ALCOCK61.268587.85
PRIME61.2685322.58
MACE61.2685143.88
THOMPSON61.26854.23
BAILEY51.05717.02
MANIFOLD51.0571980.39
BRINDLEY51.0571138.12
HARRISON51.05714.76
LOWELL51.05711,315.79
WILSON51.05712.30
HILL51.05714.15
FINNEY40.845797.56
WESTON40.845720.74
GOLDSWORTHY40.8457205.13
MURPHY40.845710.58
PARKER40.84574.45
BEAMAN40.8457444.44
WRAGGE40.84572,666.67
PATTINSON40.845794.56
BOTTOM30.6342238.10
FORESTER30.6342220.59
ALLEN30.63423.36
PLANT30.634228.68
TAYLOR30.63420.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WRAGGE0.474732666.6667
ELKS0.474732200.0000
LOWELL0.474731315.7895
BUCKETT0.474731075.2688
OAKDEN0.474731046.5116
MANIFOLD0.47473980.3922
CRITCHLOW0.47473813.0081
WHISTON0.47473731.7073
GREENE0.47473697.6744
BEAMAN0.47473444.4444
KERRY0.47473343.7500
PRIME0.47473322.5806
BEARDMORE0.47473322.5806
DEVILLE0.47473312.5000
MALBON0.47473294.1176
STONIER0.47473238.0952
BOTTOM0.47473238.0952
WARRINGTON0.47473231.9588
FORESTER0.47473220.5882
GOLDSWORTHY0.47473205.1282
WOLLEY0.47473169.4915
KETTLE0.47473169.0821
WIGGETT0.47473158.7302
SALT0.47473156.4723
MACE0.47473143.8849
BRINDLEY0.47473138.1215
SNOW0.47473125.0000
ROBOTHAM0.47473114.9425
FINNEY0.4747397.5610
PATTINSON0.4747394.5626
PRINCE0.4747393.4579
FALLOWS0.4747388.1057
ALCOCK0.4747387.8477
RUSHTON0.4747382.0513
MELLOR0.4747372.0288
HARDIMAN0.4747371.9424
SAXTON0.4747371.4286
KENT0.4747365.2283
GRUNDY0.4747361.9835
GOODWIN0.4747356.1798
DANKS0.4747348.5437
HOWE0.4747348.4653
MARK0.4747342.0168
BRANDON0.4747341.6667
QUIGLEY0.4747341.3223
SHENTON0.4747333.0033
PLANT0.4747328.6807
MORETON0.4747328.2486
FLOWERS0.4747326.1097
WAIN0.4747325.1889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 473 people called WRAGGE in Farley 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 2666.6667 in Farley means that 2666.6667% of the people in Farley on census day were called WRAGGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WRAGGE 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 WRAGGE 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 WRAGGE 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 WRAGGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Farley means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WRAGGE in Farley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALCOCK (6)  ALLEN (3)  ELLERTON (1)  ALLKINSON (1)  BAILEY (5)  BALL (8)  BARLOW (1)  BARNETT (1)  BEARDMORE (7)  BEECH (1)  BYATT (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOTTOM (3)  BOWERS (1)  BEAMAN (4)  BRANDON (1)  BRASSINGTON (1)  BRINDLEY (5)  BROOKS (8)  BROWN (1)  BUCKETT (10)  BURTON (1)  BUTTERESS (6)  CLARK (1)  COATES (3)  COTTON (2)  CRITCHLOW (10)  DALE (2)  DANKS (1)  DEVILLE (1)  DUROSE (1)  ELKS (11)  FALLOWS (2)  FEARNS (4)  FINNEY (4)  FLOWERS (1)  FORESTER (3)  FOSTER (1)  FOX (1)  GOLDSWORTHY (4)  GOODWIN (14)  GREENE (9)  GRUNDY (6)  HALL (3)  HARDIMAN (1)  HARRISON (5)  KEELING OR HEELING (2)  HILL (5)  HODGKINSON (1)  HOLDEN (2)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWE (9)  JOHNSON (7)  KENT (13)  KERRY (11)  KETTLE (7)  LEECH (1)  LOWELL (5)  MANIFOLD (5)  MARK (1)  MASSEY (2)  MACE (6)  MELLOR (12)  MALBON (1)  MORETON (1)  MURPHY (4)  MYCOCK (3)  NOLDANT (1)  OAKDEN (9)  ORPE (4)  PAGER (1)  PAKEMAN (1)  PARKER (4)  PARKINSON (2)  PATTINSON (4)  PETFIELD (1)  PLANT (3)  POWELL (2)  PRIME (6)  PRINCE (10)  QUIGLEY (1)  RABONE (8)  RATCLIFFE (1)  ROWLINSON (14)  REEVES (1)  REID (1)  ROBOTHAM (1)  RUSHTON (8)  SALT (11)  SAXTON (2)  SHARPE (1)  SHAW (1)  SHENTON (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (9)  SNOW (8)  STANYER (7)  STONIER (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (7)  THOMPSON (6)  TIPPER (5)  TOMKINSON (1)  WARRINGTON (9)  WAIN (1)  WALKER (12)  WALTON (2)  WHISTON (9)  WESTON (4)  WIGGETT (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILSON (5)  WOODDISSE (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOLLEY (1)  WRAGGE (4) 

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