Top surnames from the 1881 census in Middleton, Warwickshire

Middleton 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
JAMES275.806529.56
JACKSON275.806520.78
OWEN255.376345.30
BIRD173.655947.85
DIXON122.580623.56
JENNINGS122.580650.91
WALKER102.15056.42
HARRIS91.93557.62
SALT81.7204115.77
HICKEN81.72041,333.33
SIMMONS81.720442.15
HODGKINSON81.7204100.13
BROWN81.72042.61
HALL81.72045.85
GARLAND71.5054113.64
PODMORE71.5054421.69
YEOMANS71.5054182.77
BALL71.505418.22
GILMAN71.5054503.60
NEWEY71.5054368.42
TAYLOR61.29032.02
LEE61.29037.90
HAND61.2903107.53
BUTLER51.075311.03
HODGE51.075342.66
HOPKINS51.075317.86
KEELING40.860298.52
STEPHENSON40.860215.04
CHAMBERS40.860215.13
KNIGHT40.86026.98
KING40.86023.95
STREET40.860236.83
SHAKESPEARE30.6452176.47
CHENEY30.6452209.79
DEAKIN30.645246.66
SMITH30.64520.46
SAUNDERS30.64527.03
TILLEY30.645249.10
JEFFS20.430154.95
BATCHELOR20.430125.35
MORRIS20.43011.93
COOPER20.43011.77
DAVIS20.43011.96
GRAMMER20.43011,666.67
MOORE20.43012.15
BATTEN20.430146.62
BANISTER10.215151.55
GOODWIN10.21514.08
MANDERS10.2151107.53
INSLEY10.2151136.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRAMMER1,666.6720.4301
HICKEN1,333.3381.7204
GRIFFIS714.2910.2151
GILMAN503.6071.5054
PODMORE421.6971.5054
NEWEY368.4271.5054
DEVILLE322.5810.2151
CURRIER285.7110.2151
CHENEY209.7930.6452
JENNING208.3310.2151
SANDLAND208.3310.2151
YEOMANS182.7771.5054
SHAKESPEARE176.4730.6452
SUDBURY163.9310.2151
INSLEY136.9910.2151
SALT115.7781.7204
GARLAND113.6471.5054
HAND107.5361.2903
MANDERS107.5310.2151
HODGKINSON100.1381.7204
KEELING98.5240.8602
LEAH60.6110.2151
GASKIN57.4710.2151
JEFFS54.9520.4301
BANISTER51.5510.2151
JENNINGS50.91122.5806
TILLEY49.1030.6452
BIRD47.85173.6559
DEAKIN46.6630.6452
BATTEN46.6220.4301
OWEN45.30255.3763
HODGE42.6651.0753
SIMMONS42.1581.7204
STREET36.8340.8602
JAMES29.56275.8065
MUIRHEAD27.8610.2151
BULMER27.1710.2151
BATCHELOR25.3520.4301
CARVER23.7510.2151
DIXON23.56122.5806
JACKSON20.78275.8065
BALL18.2271.5054
ANDERTON18.1210.2151
HOPKINS17.8651.0753
DOWNES17.3910.2151
CHAMBERS15.1340.8602
STEPHENSON15.0440.8602
SPOONER14.9010.2151
HANDLEY12.7410.2151
BOULTON11.9310.2151

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called GRAMMER in Middleton 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 0.4301 in Middleton means that 0.4301% of the people in Middleton on census day were called GRAMMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRAMMER 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 GRAMMER 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 GRAMMER 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 GRAMMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,666.67 in Middleton means that you are 1,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRAMMER in Middleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Middleton in 1881

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

ANDERTON (1)  AULTON (7)  BALDWIN (1)  BALL (7)  BANISTER (1)  BARNES (1)  BATCHELOR (2)  BATTEN (2)  BENNELL (10)  BIRD (17)  BOULTON (1)  BROWN (8)  BULMER (1)  BUTLER (5)  CAPEWELL (6)  CARVER (1)  CAUSER (1)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHENEY (3)  CHETWYND (7)  CLARK (1)  COLLOBY (7)  COOPER (2)  COTTERILL (11)  CURRIER (1)  DE VILLE (7)  DEVILLE (1)  DAVIS (2)  DEAKIN (3)  DIXON (12)  DODDS (1)  DOWNES (1)  FARMER (1)  FEASEY (1)  FIDGEON (4)  GARLAND (7)  GASKIN (1)  GILMAN (7)  GOODWIN (1)  GRAMMER (2)  GRIFFIS (1)  HALL (8)  HAND (6)  HANDLEY (1)  HARRIS (9)  HICKEN (8)  HICKIN (1)  HODGE (5)  HODGKINSON (8)  HOPKINS (5)  HUMPHERSON (10)  INSLEY (1)  JACKSON (27)  JAMES (27)  JEFFS (2)  JENKINS (1)  JENNINGS (12)  JENNING (1)  JOHNS (1)  KEELING (4)  KESTERTON (6)  KING (4)  KNIGHT (4)  LANGLEY (1)  LEE (6)  LEAH (1)  LIONEL (1)  MANDERS (1)  MC GORVAN (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (2)  MOULT (2)  MUIRHEAD (1)  NEWBROOK (1)  NEWEY (7)  OWEN (25)  PARSONS (1)  PARRY (1)  PODMORE (7)  RAMSDALL (2)  ROBINSON (1)  RODGERS (1)  SALT (8)  SANDLAND (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCHOLEFIELD (1)  SHAKESPEARE (3)  SIMMONS (8)  SMITH (3)  SPENCER (1)  SPOONER (1)  STEANE (1)  STEPHENSON (4)  STREET (4)  SUDBURY (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TIDY (8)  TILLEY (3)  TURNER (1)  VYES (1)  VYSE (7)  WALKER (10)  WOODSHAW (7)  WRIGHT (1)  YEOMANS (7) 

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