Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broom, Worcestershire

Broom is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
SMITH118.52716.04
HAWKINS86.201685.65
PREECE86.2016380.95
CHANDLER75.4264169.08
MILLS53.876029.89
BAYS53.87603,333.33
GROSVENOR53.87601,724.14
WATKINS53.876063.94
BARNES53.876032.20
WESTWOOD43.1008185.19
BROOKS43.100831.72
MAUD43.10081,379.31
ROBERTS32.32566.18
HICKMAN32.3256138.25
RUDD32.3256147.78
BOURNE32.3256120.00
FOX32.325625.04
WILLIAMS32.32563.24
ALDRIDGE21.550480.00
PITT21.550472.46
HAYES21.550424.94
CRANFORD21.55042,222.22
BEAMAN10.7752400.00
DUDLEY10.775251.55
POOLE10.775216.08
CHESTER10.775263.29
TEESDALE10.7752476.19
PRICE10.77524.43
DAVISON10.775221.69
TANDY10.7752163.93
ROWLEY10.775229.50
OSBORNE10.775216.23
BROWN10.77521.18
WALLER10.775230.77
JONES10.77520.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAYS3,333.3353.8760
CRANFORD2,222.2221.5504
GROSVENOR1,724.1453.8760
MAUD1,379.3143.1008
TEESDALE476.1910.7752
BEAMAN400.0010.7752
PREECE380.9586.2016
WESTWOOD185.1943.1008
CHANDLER169.0875.4264
TANDY163.9310.7752
RUDD147.7832.3256
HICKMAN138.2532.3256
BOURNE120.0032.3256
HAWKINS85.6586.2016
ALDRIDGE80.0021.5504
PITT72.4621.5504
WATKINS63.9453.8760
CHESTER63.2910.7752
DUDLEY51.5510.7752
BARNES32.2053.8760
BROOKS31.7243.1008
WALLER30.7710.7752
MILLS29.8953.8760
ROWLEY29.5010.7752
FOX25.0432.3256
HAYES24.9421.5504
DAVISON21.6910.7752
OSBORNE16.2310.7752
POOLE16.0810.7752
ROBERTS6.1832.3256
SMITH6.04118.5271
PRICE4.4310.7752
WILLIAMS3.2432.3256
BROWN1.1810.7752
JONES0.6810.7752

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called BAYS in Broom 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 3.8760 in Broom means that 3.8760% of the people in Broom on census day were called BAYS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAYS 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 BAYS 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 BAYS 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 BAYS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Broom means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAYS in Broom than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broom in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (2)  BARNES (5)  BEAMAN (1)  BROOKS (4)  BROWN (1)  BOURNE (3)  BAYS (5)  CHANDLER (7)  CHESTER (1)  CORFIELD (9)  CRANFORD (2)  DAVISON (1)  DUDLEY (1)  AMYES (1)  FOX (3)  GRETTON (4)  GROSVENOR (5)  HAWKINS (8)  HAYES (2)  HICKMAN (3)  JONES (1)  MAUD (4)  MILLS (5)  OSBORNE (1)  PITT (2)  POOLE (1)  PREECE (8)  PRICE (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROWLEY (1)  RUDD (3)  SEABOURNE (5)  SMITH (11)  TANDY (1)  TEESDALE (1)  WALLER (1)  WATKINS (5)  WESTWOOD (4)  WILLIAMS (3) 

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