Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gratwich, Staffordshire

Gratwich 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
PRINCE1115.2778674.85
COLLIS912.50001,216.22
STEVENSON79.7222138.61
FLINT68.3333465.12
WHITEHALL56.94443,846.15
BENNION45.55562,500.00
BAKER34.166719.01
BLURTON34.16676,000.00
TILL34.1667588.24
BLOOR22.7778500.00
WILSON22.77786.05
BRIEN22.7778800.00
ELKIN22.77781,333.33
VAUGHAN22.777881.30
SMEDLEY11.3889169.49
WEST11.388914.43
SWINSON11.38891,428.57
ROCK11.3889243.90
PALMER11.388911.78
BATES11.388921.83
PRITCHARD11.388925.77
KNIGHT11.388911.26
WHEAT11.3889588.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLURTON0.07726000.0000
WHITEHALL0.07723846.1538
BENNION0.07722500.0000
SWINSON0.07721428.5714
ELKIN0.07721333.3333
COLLIS0.07721216.2162
BRIEN0.0772800.0000
PRINCE0.0772674.8466
TILL0.0772588.2353
WHEAT0.0772588.2353
BLOOR0.0772500.0000
FLINT0.0772465.1163
ROCK0.0772243.9024
SMEDLEY0.0772169.4915
STEVENSON0.0772138.6139
VAUGHAN0.077281.3008
PRITCHARD0.077225.7732
BATES0.077221.8341
BAKER0.077219.0114
WEST0.077214.4300
PALMER0.077211.7786
KNIGHT0.077211.2613
WILSON0.07726.0478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 72 people called BLURTON in Gratwich 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 6000.0000 in Gratwich means that 6000.0000% of the people in Gratwich on census day were called BLURTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLURTON 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 BLURTON 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 BLURTON 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 BLURTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Gratwich means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLURTON in Gratwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gratwich in 1881

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

BAKER (3)  BATES (1)  BENNION (4)  BLOOR (2)  BLURTON (3)  BRIEN (2)  CAPEWELL (1)  COLLIS (9)  ELKIN (2)  FLINT (6)  FROGGART (1)  KNIGHT (1)  PALMER (1)  PRINCE (11)  PRITCHARD (1)  ROCK (1)  SMEDLEY (1)  STEVENSON (7)  SWINSON (1)  TILL (3)  VAUGHAN (2)  WEST (1)  WHITEHALL (5)  WILSON (2)  WHEAT (1) 

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