Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leigh Field, Staffordshire

Leigh Field 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
BROWN134.60996.99
BOND103.546166.98
ADAMS82.836919.25
EMERY82.8369129.87
SLATER82.836946.87
SARGEANT82.8369360.36
WARD82.836912.98
RUSHTON72.4823120.27
MOULD62.1277247.93
WESTON62.127752.17
MARSON62.1277468.75
BURTON62.127724.98
BUCKLEY62.127739.09
PRITCHARD51.773032.94
SWINSON51.77301,851.85
WILLIAMS41.41841.97
CARTER41.41848.45
FREEMAN41.418422.21
WALKER41.41844.24
READ41.418422.00
LOCKER41.4184563.38
WHITEHALL41.4184769.23
KIDD41.418469.69
TURNER41.41845.10
HUSON41.41841,379.31
BOSTOCK31.0638113.21
WILSON31.06382.32
MARTIN31.06384.32
FIELDHOUSE31.0638222.22
SMITH31.06380.75
COPE31.063847.10
PHILLIPS20.70923.96
RATCLIFFE20.709225.67
BLURTON20.7092952.38
TAYLOR20.70921.11
BATES20.709211.15
WOOD20.70922.23
MEAKIN20.709290.91
ALCOCK20.709249.14
BAILEY10.35462.35
HARDING10.35464.90
SCOTTON10.3546357.14
REEVES10.35468.66
KEELING10.354640.65
EATON10.354612.67
PORTER10.35464.73
HOLMES10.35462.91
COOPER10.35461.46
PERKIN10.354665.79
ALLEN10.35461.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GANA0.2828210000.0000
SWINSON0.282821851.8519
HUSON0.282821379.3103
BLURTON0.28282952.3810
ELLSMORE0.28282769.2308
WHITEHALL0.28282769.2308
LOCKER0.28282563.3803
WALTHO0.28282500.0000
MARSON0.28282468.7500
SARGEANT0.28282360.3604
SCOTTON0.28282357.1429
MOULD0.28282247.9339
FIELDHOUSE0.28282222.2222
CHELL0.28282158.7302
POYSER0.28282133.3333
EMERY0.28282129.8701
BAKEWELL0.28282125.0000
RUSHTON0.28282120.2749
BOSTOCK0.28282113.2075
MEAKIN0.2828290.9091
NICKLIN0.2828289.2857
BEARDMORE0.2828277.5194
KIDD0.2828269.6864
BOND0.2828266.9792
PERKIN0.2828265.7895
RAWLINS0.2828260.9756
WESTON0.2828252.1739
ALCOCK0.2828249.1400
WHITTINGHAM0.2828247.1698
COPE0.2828247.0958
SLATER0.2828246.8658
KEELING0.2828240.6504
BUCKLEY0.2828239.0879
PRITCHARD0.2828232.9381
RATCLIFFE0.2828225.6739
DEAKIN0.2828225.6410
BURTON0.2828224.9792
FREEMAN0.2828222.2099
READ0.2828222.0022
ADAMS0.2828219.2493
UPTON0.2828218.6220
EDMONDS0.2828218.5529
PLANT0.2828216.0514
WARD0.2828212.9849
EATON0.2828212.6743
BATES0.2828211.1483
REEVES0.282828.6580
CARTER0.282828.4495
BENTLEY0.282828.3822
GRIFFIN0.282827.5358

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 282 people called GANA in Leigh Field 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 Leigh Field means that 10000.0000% of the people in Leigh Field on census day were called GANA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GANA 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 GANA 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 GANA 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 GANA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Leigh Field means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GANA in Leigh Field than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leigh Field in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ALCOCK (2)  ALLEN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKEWELL (1)  BANESTER (1)  BATES (2)  BEARDMORE (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BERRISFORD (2)  BLURTON (2)  BOND (10)  BOSTOCK (3)  BRANDRICK (5)  BROWN (13)  BUCKLEY (6)  BURTON (6)  CHALENOR (1)  CAPEWELL (17)  CARTER (4)  CHELL (1)  COOPER (1)  COPE (3)  DEAKIN (1)  DUROSE (4)  EATON (1)  EDMONDS (1)  ELLSMORE (1)  EMERY (8)  FIELDHOUSE (3)  FISHER (1)  FREEMAN (4)  FROGGERT (1)  GANA (1)  GREENSMITH (7)  GRIFFIN (1)  HARDING (1)  HARRINSON (7)  HEATH (1)  HUSON (4)  HOLMES (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEELING (1)  KIDD (4)  LOCKER (4)  LOVATT (7)  MARSON (6)  MARTIN (3)  MEAKIN (2)  MELBOURN (4)  MOULD (6)  NICKLIN (1)  PERKIN (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PLANT (1)  PORTER (1)  POYSER (1)  PRITCHARD (5)  RATCLIFFE (2)  ROWLINSON (1)  REEVES (1)  READ (4)  RAWLINS (1)  RUDLAND (4)  RUSHTON (7)  SARGEANT (8)  SHAW (1)  SHEMILT (1)  SCOTTON (1)  SLATER (8)  SMITH (3)  SWETTENHAM (2)  SWINSON (5)  TAYLOR (2)  TOOTH (1)  TURNER (4)  UDALL (1)  UPTON (1)  WALKER (4)  WALTHO (1)  WARD (8)  WEBBERLEY (1)  WESTON (6)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WHITEHALL (4)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILSON (3)  WOOD (2) 

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