Top surnames from the 1881 census in Illey, Worcestershire

Illey 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
BAYLISS1113.75001,089.11
LEA911.2500569.62
GUEST810.0000467.84
SMITH56.25004.43
GREEN56.250022.19
COLEY56.25001,041.67
DEELEY56.25001,851.85
LOWE33.750050.00
COOPER33.750015.42
BATEMAN33.7500144.93
PARTRIDGE33.7500143.54
CHURCH22.5000114.29
WITHERS22.5000152.67
SKINNER22.500049.26
BALL11.250015.13
FISHER11.250010.68
TURNER11.25004.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEELEY1,851.8556.2500
BAYLISS1,089.111113.7500
COLEY1,041.6756.2500
LEA569.62911.2500
GUEST467.84810.0000
WITHERS152.6722.5000
BATEMAN144.9333.7500
PARTRIDGE143.5433.7500
CHURCH114.2922.5000
LOWE50.0033.7500
SKINNER49.2622.5000
GREEN22.1956.2500
COOPER15.4233.7500
BALL15.1311.2500
FISHER10.6811.2500
TURNER4.4911.2500
SMITH4.4356.2500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called DEELEY in Illey 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 6.2500 in Illey means that 6.2500% of the people in Illey on census day were called DEELEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEELEY 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 DEELEY 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 DEELEY 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 DEELEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,851.85 in Illey means that you are 1,851.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEELEY in Illey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Illey in 1881

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

BALL (1)  BATEMAN (3)  BAYLISS (11)  BERSFORD (1)  BRITTELL (1)  CHURCH (2)  COLEY (5)  COOPER (3)  DEELEY (5)  FISHER (1)  GREEN (5)  GUEST (8)  HODGETTS (1)  LASHFORD (7)  LEA (9)  LOWE (3)  PARTRIDGE (3)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (5)  TURNER (1)  WINBOW (1)  WITHERS (2) 

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