Top surnames from the 1881 census in Okeover, Staffordshire

Okeover 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
TORRY78.642011,666.67
AUSTIN56.1728126.26
ELEY44.9383800.00
WOOD44.938315.50
WHEELDON44.93831,000.00
WHEATLEY44.9383242.42
LEES33.703783.57
WAYNE33.70373,750.00
GOODWIN33.703770.26
BURGESS11.234617.76
WALKER11.23463.69
SUTTON11.234619.38
HARRISON11.23465.56
ROTHWELL11.234667.11
GILBERT11.234621.69
WHITE11.23463.84
RAABE11.2346
WELSH11.234631.15
MOTTRAM11.2346227.27
BOWMAN11.234647.17
WAIN11.2346147.06
KEELING11.2346140.85
SMITH11.23460.87
HAMBLETON11.2346303.03
ROBOTHAM11.2346666.67
GIBSON11.234610.17
PICKERING11.234634.25
CARTER11.23467.35
MILWARD11.2346270.27
BLOOD11.2346312.50
HUDSON11.234615.08
SEARLE11.234661.35
WINSTANLEY11.2346123.46
RENSHAW11.2346129.87
FORD11.234612.67
PAGAN11.2346769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TORRY0.088111666.6667
WAYNE0.08813750.0000
WHEELDON0.08811000.0000
ELEY0.0881800.0000
PAGAN0.0881769.2308
ROBOTHAM0.0881666.6667
BLOOD0.0881312.5000
HAMBLETON0.0881303.0303
MILWARD0.0881270.2703
WHEATLEY0.0881242.4242
MOTTRAM0.0881227.2727
WAIN0.0881147.0588
KEELING0.0881140.8451
RENSHAW0.0881129.8701
AUSTIN0.0881126.2626
WINSTANLEY0.0881123.4568
LEES0.088183.5655
GOODWIN0.088170.2576
ROTHWELL0.088167.1141
SEARLE0.088161.3497
BOWMAN0.088147.1698
PICKERING0.088134.2466
WELSH0.088131.1526
GILBERT0.088121.6920
SUTTON0.088119.3798
BURGESS0.088117.7620
WOOD0.088115.4979
HUDSON0.088115.0830
FORD0.088112.6743
GIBSON0.088110.1729
CARTER0.08817.3529
HARRISON0.08815.5617
WHITE0.08813.8402
WALKER0.08813.6873
SMITH0.08810.8744
RAABE0.0881

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 81 people called TORRY in Okeover 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 11666.6667 in Okeover means that 11666.6667% of the people in Okeover on census day were called TORRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TORRY 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 TORRY 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 TORRY 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 TORRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Okeover means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TORRY in Okeover than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Okeover in 1881

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

AUSTIN (5)  BLOOD (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BURGESS (1)  CARTER (1)  COLDDRED (1)  ELEY (4)  FORD (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILBERT (1)  GODSALL (5)  GOODWIN (3)  HAMBLETON (1)  HARRISON (1)  HUDSON (1)  KEELING (1)  LEES (3)  MILWARD (1)  MOTTRAM (1)  OKEOVER (10)  PAGAN (1)  PICKERING (1)  RAABE (1)  RENSHAW (1)  ROBOTHAM (1)  ROTHWELL (1)  SEARLE (1)  SMITH (1)  SUTTON (1)  TORRY (7)  UNWIN (1)  WAIN (1)  WAYNE (3)  WALKER (1)  WELSH (1)  WHEATLEY (4)  WHEELDON (4)  WHITE (1)  WINSTANLEY (1)  WOOD (4) 

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