Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wetton, Staffordshire

Wetton 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
REDFERN195.8104416.67
LOWNDES185.50461,636.36
BOWDEN164.8930169.49
ADAMS144.281329.05
FALLOWS133.9755828.03
THOMPSON113.363911.23
WOOD113.363910.56
WINT103.05816,250.00
BERESFORD92.7523373.44
SHELDON82.4465160.97
TWIGG82.4465349.35
MILLWARD72.1407190.74
SHIPLEY72.1407242.21
MART72.14073,333.33
WAIN72.1407255.47
GREGORY72.140730.51
BAKER61.83498.37
BONSALL61.8349983.61
WESTON61.834944.98
GILMAN51.5291510.20
HEATH51.529130.79
BEARDMORE51.5291333.33
BRINDLEY51.5291200.00
BARKER51.529111.69
BODEN41.2232150.94
GOULD41.223233.84
BOTT41.2232155.64
FREEMAN41.223219.16
MELLOR41.223234.72
JONES41.22321.08
STUBBS41.223246.35
WHITE30.91742.85
PHILLIPS30.91745.13
BEARDSLEY30.9174288.46
BESTWICK30.9174535.71
HILL30.91743.60
TAYLOR30.91741.43
CARRINGTON30.917487.21
AUSTIN30.917418.77
MOUSLEY20.6116454.55
CHADWICK20.611613.99
MORTON20.611611.44
FINNEY20.611670.67
NAYLOR20.611616.23
MASON10.30582.27
ROWLAND10.305810.76
FERNS10.3058142.86
HULM10.3058666.67
WARDLE10.305815.80
CRITCHLOW10.3058117.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINT6,250.00103.0581
MART3,333.3372.1407
LOWNDES1,636.36185.5046
BONSALL983.6161.8349
MALVERN909.0910.3058
FALLOWS828.03133.9755
HULM666.6710.3058
BESTWICK535.7130.9174
GILMAN510.2051.5291
MOUSLEY454.5520.6116
REDFERN416.67195.8104
BERESFORD373.4492.7523
TWIGG349.3582.4465
BEARDMORE333.3351.5291
BEARDSLEY288.4630.9174
WAIN255.4772.1407
SHIPLEY242.2172.1407
BRINDLEY200.0051.5291
MILLWARD190.7472.1407
BOWDEN169.49164.8930
SHELDON160.9782.4465
BOTT155.6441.2232
BODEN150.9441.2232
FERNS142.8610.3058
ASKEY129.8710.3058
CRITCHLOW117.6510.3058
CARRINGTON87.2130.9174
FINNEY70.6720.6116
MILWARD66.2310.3058
WHEELDON62.1110.3058
STUBBS46.3541.2232
WESTON44.9861.8349
FEARN40.9810.3058
BAGSHAW38.3110.3058
HEATHCOTE37.8810.3058
MELLOR34.7241.2232
PATTINSON34.1310.3058
GOULD33.8441.2232
HEATH30.7951.5291
GREGORY30.5172.1407
ADAMS29.05144.2813
ALLCOCK28.3310.3058
FREEMAN19.1641.2232
AUSTIN18.7730.9174
NAYLOR16.2320.6116
WARDLE15.8010.3058
KIDD15.0210.3058
CHADWICK13.9920.6116
BARKER11.6951.5291
MORTON11.4420.6116

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called WINT in Wetton 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 3.0581 in Wetton means that 3.0581% of the people in Wetton on census day were called WINT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINT 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 WINT 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 WINT 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 WINT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,250.00 in Wetton means that you are 6,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINT in Wetton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wetton in 1881

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

ADAMS (14)  ALLCOCK (1)  ASKEY (1)  AUSTIN (3)  BAGSHAW (1)  BAKER (6)  BARKER (5)  BEARDMORE (5)  BEARDSLEY (3)  BERESFORD (9)  BESTWICK (3)  BONSALL (6)  BOTT (4)  BOWDEN (16)  BODEN (4)  BRINDLEY (5)  BURTON (1)  CARRINGTON (3)  CHADWICK (2)  CRITCHLOW (1)  FALLOWS (13)  FEARN (1)  FERNS (1)  FYNNEY (3)  FINNEY (2)  FREEMAN (4)  GILMAN (5)  GOODWIN (1)  GOULD (4)  GREGORY (7)  GRINDLEY (3)  HARRISON (1)  HEATH (5)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HIGTON (20)  HILL (3)  HULM (1)  HOWSLEY (1)  JONES (4)  KIDD (1)  LOWNDES (18)  MALVERN (1)  MART (7)  MASON (1)  MELLOR (4)  MILLWARD (7)  MILWARD (1)  MORTON (2)  MOUSLEY (2)  MYCOCK (3)  NAYLOR (2)  PATTINSON (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  REDFERN (19)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SHIPLEY (7)  SHELDON (8)  STUBBS (4)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (11)  TWIGG (8)  WAIN (7)  WARDLE (1)  WESTON (6)  WHEELDON (1)  WHITE (3)  WINT (10)  WOOD (11) 

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