Top surnames from the 1881 census in Over Whitacre, Warwickshire

Over Whitacre 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
SMITH155.19033.68
ARNOLD93.114257.77
CORDELL93.11421,428.57
REDDEN82.76823,478.26
WARD72.422111.09
TAPLIN62.0761594.06
HADLEY62.0761152.67
WATSON62.07618.95
MOORE62.076110.38
UPTON62.0761108.89
BLACK62.076132.07
THAY51.730110,000.00
RATCLIFFE51.730162.66
TODD51.730133.99
SCATTERGOOD51.7301641.03
ALLTON41.38414,000.00
MAYON41.38413,636.36
SANDERS41.384130.53
CLARKE41.38416.83
ALLEN41.38417.33
SUMMERFIELD41.3841213.90
SPENCER41.384115.16
MARSHALL41.38418.25
BATES41.384121.75
GOODE31.038180.21
COOKE31.038118.81
WESTON31.038125.45
BROOKS31.038110.62
TAYLOR31.03811.62
ADKINS31.0381159.57
BUTLER31.038110.65
WAKEFIELD31.038158.03
HARRIS31.03814.08
WATTS31.038112.38
EVANS20.69201.58
VINCENT20.692022.20
BIRMINGHAM20.6920277.78
TOPP20.6920303.03
MASON20.69205.15
JONES20.69200.61
WALKER20.69202.07
HOLLIS20.692050.00
SHEFFIELD20.6920131.58
HARVEY20.69206.48
COMLEY20.6920317.46
WELLS20.69208.32
ANSELL20.692059.88
PALMER20.69205.87
FAULKNER20.692025.54
TURNER20.69202.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THAY10,000.0051.7301
EARPS10,000.0010.3460
ALLTON4,000.0041.3841
MAYON3,636.3641.3841
REDDEN3,478.2682.7682
CORDELL1,428.5793.1142
COCKRILL833.3320.6920
SCATTERGOOD641.0351.7301
TAPLIN594.0662.0761
KELLIE454.5510.3460
MORSON344.8310.3460
COMLEY317.4620.6920
TOPP303.0320.6920
BIRMINGHAM277.7820.6920
CHAPEL270.2710.3460
SUMMERFIELD213.9041.3841
ADKINS159.5731.0381
HADLEY152.6762.0761
SHEFFIELD131.5820.6920
ISON117.6510.3460
UPTON108.8962.0761
GOODE80.2131.0381
RATCLIFFE62.6651.7301
ANSELL59.8820.6920
WAKEFIELD58.0331.0381
ARNOLD57.7793.1142
HOLLIS50.0020.6920
WARDEN48.3110.3460
MOSELEY37.8810.3460
RIDGWAY37.7410.3460
STARKEY34.8410.3460
DYKE34.8410.3460
TODD33.9951.7301
BLACK32.0762.0761
SANDERS30.5341.3841
SIMONS26.2510.3460
FAULKNER25.5420.6920
WESTON25.4531.0381
MOOR24.6910.3460
GAMBLE24.1510.3460
VINCENT22.2020.6920
BATES21.7541.3841
NIGHTINGALE20.5310.3460
DOWNS19.4610.3460
COOKE18.8131.0381
MATHEWS18.7420.6920
CHARLES16.7510.3460
SPENCER15.1641.3841
CHAMBERLAIN12.7210.3460
HILLS12.5210.3460

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called THAY in Over Whitacre 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 1.7301 in Over Whitacre means that 1.7301% of the people in Over Whitacre on census day were called THAY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Over Whitacre in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ADKINS (3)  ALLEN (4)  ALLTON (4)  ANCOTT (2)  ANSELL (2)  ARNOLD (9)  BATES (4)  BEASELEY (3)  BERRY (1)  BIRMINGHAM (2)  BLACK (6)  BODDINGTON (2)  BROOKS (3)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPEL (1)  CHARLES (1)  CHESSHIRE (6)  CLARKE (4)  COCKRILL (2)  COMLEY (2)  COOKE (3)  CORDELL (9)  CURPS (1)  DEGG (4)  DYKE (1)  DONLLE (1)  DOWNS (1)  EALES (2)  EARPS (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (2)  FAULKNER (2)  GAMBLE (1)  GOODE (3)  GOODWIN (1)  GRENSIDE (2)  HADLEY (6)  HARRIS (3)  HARVEY (2)  HILL (1)  HILLS (1)  HOLLIS (2)  HOLT (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  ISON (1)  JAMES (1)  GENDERS (2)  JONES (2)  KELLIE (1)  MAYON (4)  MARSHALL (4)  MASON (2)  MATTHEWS (1)  MATHEWS (2)  MOORE (6)  MOOR (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORSON (1)  MOSELEY (1)  MOTRAM (3)  MOUSELEY (1)  NIGHTINGALE (1)  OHARRON (1)  PALMER (2)  PINFOLD (5)  RATCLIFFE (5)  REDDEN (8)  RIDGWAY (1)  RATHERHAM (6)  SANDERS (4)  SCATTERGOOD (5)  SHEFFIELD (2)  SIMONS (1)  SMITH (15)  SPARSHOTT (3)  SPENCER (4)  STARKEY (1)  STOKES (1)  SUMMERFIELD (4)  TALLISS (2)  TAPLIN (6)  TAYLOR (3)  THAY (5)  THOMPSON (1)  THULSON (1)  TODD (5)  TOPP (2)  TURNER (2)  UPTON (6)  UTTING (1)  VINCENT (2)  WAKEFIELD (3)  WALKER (2)  WALTER OR WALTON (2)  WARD (7)  WARDEN (1)  WATSON (6)  WATTS (3)  WELLS (2)  WESTON (3)  WHITE (1) 

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