Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stowe, Staffordshire

Stowe 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
MIDDLETON154.054177.24
LEADBETTER154.0541781.25
MEAKIN143.7838486.11
COLLIER133.5135105.09
RICHARDSON133.513520.64
TOMLINSON102.702758.62
BLOOR102.7027490.20
DEAVILLE92.43241,551.72
DEAKINS92.43242,368.42
ARNOLD82.162240.10
JOHNSON82.16226.44
PEACE82.1622238.81
NASH82.162246.89
YATES71.891927.53
WOOLLEY61.621681.74
AVERILL61.62161,764.71
FOSTER61.621612.13
ROCK61.6216285.71
WILSON61.62163.53
BARTRAM61.6216327.87
BAILEY61.621610.77
KNIGHTON51.3514384.62
MORRISS51.3514221.24
ILLSLEY51.3514746.27
WRIGHT51.35144.21
CARTWRIGHT41.081128.37
THOMPSON41.08113.61
BUCKLEY41.081119.86
WELLS30.81089.75
KENDRICK30.810884.27
SMITH30.81080.57
WALSH30.810815.23
SPENCER30.81088.88
JERVIS30.8108105.63
THACKER30.8108111.94
ROE20.540527.74
HOLLINS20.5405103.09
PERKIN20.5405100.50
BULLOCK20.540516.61
WATSON20.54052.33
ELKIN20.5405266.67
JACKLIN20.5405202.02
STATHAM20.540593.46
FARNSWORTH20.5405129.87
WARD20.54052.47
DODDS20.540525.67
CORRY20.5405277.78
LOCKLEY20.5405142.86
POTTS20.540516.19
WILLETS10.2703263.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEAKINS2,368.4292.4324
AVERILL1,764.7161.6216
DEAVILLE1,551.7292.4324
LEADBETTER781.25154.0541
ILLSLEY746.2751.3514
BLOOR490.20102.7027
MEAKIN486.11143.7838
KNIGHTON384.6251.3514
BARTRAM327.8761.6216
ROCK285.7161.6216
CORRY277.7820.5405
ELKIN266.6720.5405
WILLETS263.1610.2703
PEACE238.8182.1622
MORRISS221.2451.3514
JACKLIN202.0220.5405
ELSMORE196.0810.2703
LOCKLEY142.8620.5405
FARNSWORTH129.8720.5405
SHINGLER125.0010.2703
SALKELD120.4810.2703
THACKER111.9430.8108
JERVIS105.6330.8108
COLLIER105.09133.5135
WESSON104.1710.2703
HOLLINS103.0920.5405
PERKIN100.5020.5405
STATHAM93.4620.5405
BRINE88.5010.2703
KENDRICK84.2730.8108
ASTLE83.3310.2703
WOOLLEY81.7461.6216
MIDDLETON77.24154.0541
TANSLEY72.9910.2703
TOMLINSON58.62102.7027
MILWARD58.4810.2703
NASH46.8982.1622
ARNOLD40.1082.1622
KERRY40.0010.2703
BALDOCK38.6110.2703
NEWBOLD37.0410.2703
CHILTON33.6710.2703
SNAPE29.3310.2703
CARTWRIGHT28.3741.0811
ROE27.7420.5405
YATES27.5371.8919
DODDS25.6720.5405
RICHARDSON20.64133.5135
BUCKLEY19.8641.0811
BULLOCK16.6120.5405

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called DEAKINS in Stowe 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 2.4324 in Stowe means that 2.4324% of the people in Stowe on census day were called DEAKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEAKINS 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 DEAKINS 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 DEAKINS 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 DEAKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,368.42 in Stowe means that you are 2,368.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEAKINS in Stowe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stowe in 1881

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

ABBERLY (7)  ARNOLD (8)  ASKETH (2)  ASTLE (1)  AVERILL (6)  BAILEY (6)  BALDOCK (1)  BARKER (1)  BARTRAM (6)  BEESTON (1)  BLOOR (10)  BOND (1)  BOWERS (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BRINE (1)  BUCKLEY (4)  BULLOCK (2)  CAPEWELL (1)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHIDLEY (1)  CHILTON (1)  COLLIER (13)  CORRY (2)  DEAVILLE (9)  DEAKINS (9)  DODDS (2)  ELKIN (2)  ELSMORE (1)  FARNSWORTH (2)  FOOTIS (1)  FOSTER (6)  FRADLEY (2)  FRANKLIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GRETTON (12)  HARPER (1)  HART (1)  HEALEY (1)  HOULDCROFT (1)  HOLLINS (2)  HOROBIN (1)  ILLSLEY (5)  IRONMONGER (1)  JACKLIN (2)  JACKSON (1)  JERVIS (3)  JOHNSON (8)  KENDRICK (3)  KERRY (1)  KIRSHAW (4)  KNIGHT (1)  KNIGHTON (5)  LATHAM (1)  LEADBETTER (15)  LOCKLEY (2)  MEAKIN (14)  MIDDLETON (15)  MILLER (1)  MILWARD (1)  MORRISS (5)  NASH (8)  NEWBOLD (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEACE (8)  PERKIN (2)  POTTS (2)  PRITCHARD (1)  REEVES (1)  RICHARDSON (13)  RIGGOT (1)  ROCK (6)  ROE (2)  SALKELD (1)  SHARROTT (1)  SHINGLER (1)  SMITH (3)  SNAPE (1)  SPENCER (3)  SPUR (3)  STANLEY (1)  STATHAM (2)  TANSLEY (1)  TATLOWE (2)  TAVERNOR (1)  THACKER (3)  THOMPSON (4)  TIMMISS (3)  TOMLINSON (10)  TRUBSHAW (1)  TUCKER (1)  WALKER (1)  WHEAL (8)  WALSH (3)  WANSHELE (5)  WARD (2)  WATSON (2)  WELLS (3)  WENLOCK (2)  WESSON (1)  WETTON (5)  WHITTAKER (1)  WILLETS (1)  WILSON (6)  WOOLLEY (6)  WRIGHT (5)  YATES (7) 

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