Top surnames from the 1881 census in No Mans Heath, Warwickshire

No Mans Heath 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
BROOKS1014.2857146.20
MERRIMAN811.42863,076.92
TAYLOR57.142911.17
GRICE57.1429694.44
HEATH45.7143114.94
ORTON45.7143606.06
SIMMONS34.2857104.90
HUMPHREYS34.2857121.95
REAY22.8571327.87
OSBORN22.8571136.99
VICKERS22.8571111.11
COLEY22.8571476.19
PRATT22.857149.75
PEGG22.8571289.86
MOUSLEY22.85712,222.22
WARD22.857113.08
HINKS22.8571714.29
FOSTER11.428610.68
BOWKER11.4286147.06
SHAKESPEARE11.4286384.62
SPARE11.42861,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MERRIMAN3,076.92811.4286
MOUSLEY2,222.2222.8571
SPARE1,666.6711.4286
HINKS714.2922.8571
GRICE694.4457.1429
ORTON606.0645.7143
COLEY476.1922.8571
SHAKESPEARE384.6211.4286
REAY327.8722.8571
PEGG289.8622.8571
BOWKER147.0611.4286
BROOKS146.201014.2857
OSBORN136.9922.8571
HUMPHREYS121.9534.2857
HEATH114.9445.7143
VICKERS111.1122.8571
SIMMONS104.9034.2857
PRATT49.7522.8571
WARD13.0822.8571
TAYLOR11.1757.1429
FOSTER10.6811.4286

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called MERRIMAN in No Mans Heath 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 11.4286 in No Mans Heath means that 11.4286% of the people in No Mans Heath on census day were called MERRIMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MERRIMAN 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 MERRIMAN 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 MERRIMAN 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 MERRIMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,076.92 in No Mans Heath means that you are 3,076.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MERRIMAN in No Mans Heath than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in No Mans Heath in 1881

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

BOWKER (1)  BROOKS (10)  COLEY (2)  FOSTER (1)  GRICE (5)  HASSALL (2)  HEATH (4)  HINKS (2)  HUMPHREYS (3)  MERRIMAN (8)  MOUSLEY (2)  ORTON (4)  OSBORN (2)  PASSAM (2)  PEGG (2)  PRATT (2)  REAY (2)  SHAKESPEARE (1)  SIMMONS (3)  SPARE (1)  STRETTON (2)  TAYLOR (5)  VICKERS (2)  WARD (2) 

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