Top surnames from the 1881 census in Churchover, Warwickshire

Churchover 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
SMITH216.50154.60
WEBB164.953636.55
SHEFFIELD154.6440887.57
CLARKE144.334421.39
CLOWES123.7152666.67
HUTCHINS103.0960306.75
ELLIOTT82.476829.19
MATHEWS82.476867.06
BAYLISS72.1672171.15
FRENCH72.167244.39
HIRONS72.1672673.08
SUTTON61.857629.18
HILL61.85767.29
HIGGS61.8576101.87
KING61.85768.52
SLATER61.857630.67
CROFTS61.8576229.89
POWELL51.548012.41
WILLIAMS51.54802.15
HEWITT51.548031.79
DUNN41.238414.89
COWLEY41.238467.34
WALDEN41.2384168.78
IVENS41.2384909.09
ARNOLD41.238422.98
BURGESS41.238417.83
THORNWELL41.238410,000.00
LIGGINS30.9288535.71
TURNER30.92883.34
CURTIS30.928816.37
WOLF30.9288476.19
UNDERWOOD30.928834.40
HALL20.61922.10
READ20.61929.61
CAVE20.619243.20
JORDAN20.619214.02
FOSTER20.61924.63
PAYNE20.61926.88
BUCKINGHAM20.619246.40
CARVILL20.61921,333.33
BAUM20.6192400.00
COLES20.619217.78
BAGLEY10.309641.84
WARD10.30961.42
ARNEY10.3096357.14
HUNT10.30962.33
MANSELL10.309626.53
BELCHER10.309625.71
SHELTON10.309626.32
LONGDEN10.309667.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THORNWELL10,000.0041.2384
FARRILL5,000.0010.3096
CARVILL1,333.3320.6192
IVENS909.0941.2384
SHEFFIELD887.57154.6440
HIRONS673.0872.1672
CLOWES666.67123.7152
LIGGINS535.7130.9288
WOLF476.1930.9288
BAUM400.0020.6192
ARNEY357.1410.3096
ASHE333.3310.3096
HUTCHINS306.75103.0960
MERTON270.2710.3096
HOBBY250.0010.3096
CROFTS229.8961.8576
BAYLISS171.1572.1672
WALDEN168.7841.2384
TRAIN136.9910.3096
HIGGS101.8761.8576
SEAR82.6410.3096
COWLEY67.3441.2384
PILE67.1110.3096
LONGDEN67.1110.3096
MATHEWS67.0682.4768
BENN54.3510.3096
BAILY49.0210.3096
HARRISS47.3910.3096
BUCKINGHAM46.4020.6192
FRENCH44.3972.1672
CAVE43.2020.6192
BAGLEY41.8410.3096
WEBB36.55164.9536
UNDERWOOD34.4030.9288
HEWITT31.7951.5480
SLATER30.6761.8576
ELLIOTT29.1982.4768
SUTTON29.1861.8576
MANSELL26.5310.3096
SHELTON26.3210.3096
HACKETT26.2510.3096
BELCHER25.7110.3096
ARNOLD22.9841.2384
CLARKE21.39144.3344
LEGG18.7610.3096
BURGESS17.8341.2384
COLES17.7820.6192
CURTIS16.3730.9288
SEYMOUR15.1510.3096
DUNN14.8941.2384

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called THORNWELL in Churchover 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 1.2384 in Churchover means that 1.2384% of the people in Churchover on census day were called THORNWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THORNWELL 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 THORNWELL 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 THORNWELL 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 THORNWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Churchover means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THORNWELL in Churchover than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Churchover in 1881

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

ARNEY (1)  ARNOLD (4)  ASHE (1)  ASTILL (1)  BAGLEY (1)  BAILY (1)  BARSBY (1)  BATES (1)  BAUM (2)  BAYLISS (7)  BELCHER (1)  BENN (1)  BIRD (1)  BROMWICH (4)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  BURGESS (4)  CARVILL (2)  CAVE (2)  CLARKE (14)  CLOWES (12)  COLES (2)  COOLING (2)  COPSON (1)  COTTON (1)  COWLEY (4)  CROFTS (6)  CURTIS (3)  DAYNES (1)  DUNN (4)  ELLIOTT (8)  FARRILL (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRENCH (7)  JORDAN (2)  HACKETT (1)  HALL (2)  HARRISS (1)  HEWITT (5)  HAYWOOD (1)  HIGGS (6)  HILL (6)  HIRONS (7)  HOBBY (1)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHINS (10)  IVENS (4)  KIDDELL (1)  KING (6)  LAMSDEN (2)  LEGG (1)  LIGGINS (3)  LINNETT (5)  LEATHERLAND (9)  LLOYD (1)  LONGDEN (1)  LOWE (1)  LYONS (1)  MANSELL (1)  MERTON (1)  MATHEWS (8)  MOTH (1)  MUNTON (2)  MUGGLETON (1)  OLDANES (8)  PAYNE (2)  PILE (1)  POWELL (5)  READ (2)  SAVAGE (1)  SEAR (1)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHEFFIELD (15)  SHILTON (3)  SHELTON (1)  SLATER (6)  SMEETON (6)  SMITH (21)  STEAN (1)  SUTTON (6)  THORNWELL (4)  TOWNSHEND (4)  TRAIN (1)  TURNER (3)  UNDERWOOD (3)  WALDEN (4)  WARD (1)  WEBB (16)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WINWICK (1)  WOLF (3) 

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