Top surnames from the 1881 census in Anstey, Warwickshire

Anstey is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
ROWE128.4507148.88
STANLEY96.3380164.84
ADAMS64.225428.67
THOMPSON64.225414.10
SMITH64.22542.99
BILLING64.2254759.49
VEASEY53.52111,851.85
HERBERT53.521194.34
TAYLOR53.52115.51
ALDRIDGE53.5211181.82
ARGYLE42.81691,666.67
MASTERS42.8169152.09
TUCKEY42.81691,379.31
RUSSELL32.112717.31
BECK32.112790.36
CARTER32.112712.58
THORNTON21.408528.01
BARLOW21.408526.08
MATTHEWS21.408516.14
ELLIOTT21.408516.60
RAINBOW21.4085338.98
WATSON21.40856.07
DARK21.4085392.16
SHARP21.408516.91
HIRONS21.4085434.78
LEE10.70424.31
DALTON10.704230.67
SHOTTON10.7042204.08
HOLMES10.70425.78
YOUNG10.70423.28
CASTLE10.704235.46
HICKEN10.7042555.56
GEORGE10.704212.00
DYSON10.704221.74
STACEY10.704231.35
ISON10.7042238.10
CROSS10.704210.24
SHELLY10.7042303.03
HOLLAND10.70429.89
BARRATT10.704234.72
MULLER10.7042188.68
GENT10.704281.97
LIGGINS10.7042400.00
HOLT10.704210.52
COX10.70424.65
WARDER10.7042476.19
REYNOLDS10.70428.13
HARDING10.70429.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VEASEY1,851.8553.5211
ARGYLE1,666.6742.8169
TUCKEY1,379.3142.8169
BILLING759.4964.2254
HICKEN555.5610.7042
WARDER476.1910.7042
HIRONS434.7821.4085
LIGGINS400.0010.7042
DARK392.1621.4085
RAINBOW338.9821.4085
SHELLY303.0310.7042
ISON238.1010.7042
SHOTTON204.0810.7042
MULLER188.6810.7042
ALDRIDGE181.8253.5211
STANLEY164.8496.3380
MASTERS152.0942.8169
ROWE148.88128.4507
HERBERT94.3453.5211
BECK90.3632.1127
GENT81.9710.7042
CASTLE35.4610.7042
BARRATT34.7210.7042
STACEY31.3510.7042
DALTON30.6710.7042
ADAMS28.6764.2254
THORNTON28.0121.4085
BARLOW26.0821.4085
DYSON21.7410.7042
RUSSELL17.3132.1127
SHARP16.9121.4085
ELLIOTT16.6021.4085
MATTHEWS16.1421.4085
THOMPSON14.1064.2254
CARTER12.5832.1127
GEORGE12.0010.7042
HOLT10.5210.7042
CROSS10.2410.7042
HOLLAND9.8910.7042
HARDING9.7310.7042
REYNOLDS8.1310.7042
WATSON6.0721.4085
HOLMES5.7810.7042
TAYLOR5.5153.5211
COX4.6510.7042
LEE4.3110.7042
YOUNG3.2810.7042
SMITH2.9964.2254

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called VEASEY in Anstey 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 3.5211 in Anstey means that 3.5211% of the people in Anstey on census day were called VEASEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VEASEY 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 VEASEY 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 VEASEY 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 VEASEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,851.85 in Anstey means that you are 1,851.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VEASEY in Anstey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Anstey in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ALDRIDGE (5)  ARGYLE (4)  BARLOW (2)  BARRATT (1)  BECK (3)  BICKNALL (1)  BILLING (6)  CARTER (3)  CASTLE (1)  CHENNELLS (1)  COX (1)  CROSS (1)  DALTON (1)  DARK (2)  DYSON (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  GENT (1)  GEORGE (1)  GOODYER (1)  HARDING (1)  HERBERT (5)  HIRONS (2)  HICKEN (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOLT (1)  ISON (1)  LEE (1)  LIGGINS (1)  LEAVESLEY (1)  MASTERS (4)  MATTHEWS (2)  MEEVIS (1)  MULLER (1)  RAINBOW (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROWE (12)  RUSSELL (3)  SANSOME (1)  SAYWELL (1)  SHARP (2)  SHELLY (1)  SHOTTON (1)  SMITH (6)  STACEY (1)  STEANE (1)  STANLEY (9)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (6)  THORNTON (2)  TIDMAN (7)  TUCKEY (4)  VEASEY (5)  WARDER (1)  WATSON (2)  YOUNG (1) 

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