Top surnames from the 1881 census in Quarnford, Staffordshire

Quarnford 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
GOODWIN5512.5858238.82
BROCKLEHURST235.2632966.39
SLACK153.4325218.02
BRUNT143.2037465.12
BESWICK132.9748304.45
PICKFORD132.9748365.17
MELLOR122.746077.97
WAIN122.7460326.98
KIRKHAM112.5172180.33
WARRINGTON112.5172307.26
DOWNES112.5172203.33
WARDLE112.5172130.02
WOOD92.05956.46
MASON92.059515.32
OLIVER92.059528.87
BESTWICK92.05951,216.22
NEWTON92.059526.87
SMITH81.83071.30
COOPER81.83077.53
DAY71.601817.02
BROWN71.60182.43
BIRCH71.601839.08
COATES71.601842.97
BRADLY71.6018714.29
MOSS61.373022.28
KIDD61.373067.42
WAINRIGHT51.14422,380.95
PALFREYMAN51.1442526.32
HILL51.14424.49
JOHNSON40.91532.72
STEEL40.915322.46
WATTS20.45775.46
POYSER20.4577170.94
SALT20.457730.82
WHEELDON20.457792.59
WELDING20.4577666.67
REDFERN20.457732.84
SARAH10.2288344.83
BARBER10.22883.80
BURTON10.22882.69
ROBSON10.22883.48
HULME10.228810.71
BRADLEY10.22882.85
BULLOCK10.22887.03
ROBERTS10.22880.61
HINE10.228828.99
MITCHELL10.22881.13
WOODWARD10.22884.64
ROGERS10.22881.76
LOMAS10.228812.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WAINRIGHT2,380.9551.1442
BESTWICK1,216.2292.0595
BROCKLEHURST966.39235.2632
BRADLY714.2971.6018
WELDING666.6720.4577
PALFREYMAN526.3251.1442
BRUNT465.12143.2037
PICKFORD365.17132.9748
SARAH344.8310.2288
WAIN326.98122.7460
WARRINGTON307.26112.5172
BESWICK304.45132.9748
GOODWIN238.825512.5858
SLACK218.02153.4325
DOWNES203.33112.5172
KIRKHAM180.33112.5172
POYSER170.9420.4577
WARDLE130.02112.5172
WHEELDON92.5920.4577
MELLOR77.97122.7460
KIDD67.4261.3730
COATES42.9771.6018
BILLING41.1510.2288
BIRCH39.0871.6018
REDFERN32.8420.4577
SALT30.8220.4577
HINE28.9910.2288
OLIVER28.8792.0595
NEWTON26.8792.0595
STEEL22.4640.9153
MOSS22.2861.3730
DAY17.0271.6018
MASON15.3292.0595
LOMAS12.3910.2288
HULME10.7110.2288
COOPER7.5381.8307
BULLOCK7.0310.2288
WOOD6.4692.0595
PICKERING6.3410.2288
WATTS5.4620.4577
WOODWARD4.6410.2288
HILL4.4951.1442
BARBER3.8010.2288
ROBSON3.4810.2288
BRADLEY2.8510.2288
JOHNSON2.7240.9153
BURTON2.6910.2288
BROWN2.4371.6018
ROGERS1.7610.2288
SMITH1.3081.8307

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called WAINRIGHT in Quarnford 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 1.1442 in Quarnford means that 1.1442% of the people in Quarnford on census day were called WAINRIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WAINRIGHT 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 WAINRIGHT 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 WAINRIGHT 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 WAINRIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,380.95 in Quarnford means that you are 2,380.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WAINRIGHT in Quarnford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Quarnford in 1881

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

ADFIELD (1)  BARBER (1)  BELFIELDS (6)  BESTWICK (9)  BESWICK (13)  BILLING (1)  BIRCH (7)  BIRCHENALL (5)  BIRCHINALL (1)  BOLSHAW (4)  BRADLY (7)  BRADLEY (1)  BRELLEND (1)  BROCKLEHURST (23)  BROWN (7)  BRUNT (14)  BULLOCK (1)  BURTON (1)  COATES (7)  COOPER (8)  DAY (7)  DOWNES (11)  FINDLOW (2)  GOODWIN (55)  HEAPY (13)  HEAPEY (2)  HILL (5)  HINE (1)  HULME (1)  JOHNSON (4)  KIDD (6)  KIRKHAM (11)  LOMAS (1)  MASON (9)  MELLOR (12)  MITCHELL (1)  MOSS (6)  MYCOCK (1)  NADEN (24)  NADIN (2)  NEWTON (9)  OLIVER (9)  PALFREYMAN (5)  PICKERING (1)  PICKFORD (13)  POYSOR (6)  POYSER (2)  REDFERN (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  SALT (2)  SARAH (1)  SHUFFLEBOTHAM (10)  SLACK (15)  SMITH (8)  STEEL (4)  WARRINGTON (11)  WAIN (12)  WAINRIGHT (5)  WARDLE (11)  WATTS (2)  WHEELDON (2)  WELDING (2)  WOOD (9)  WOODWARD (1) 

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