Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elford, Staffordshire

Elford is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Staffordshire

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
GILBERT4310.0703176.81
CLEMENT337.7283767.44
SALT266.0890410.09
DITCHFIELD173.98131,164.38
SPOONER102.3419162.34
LOWE102.341931.24
HARTWELL92.1077511.36
SANDERS92.107746.49
WILES92.1077243.24
BUTLER92.107721.62
GAMBLES81.87351,250.00
WILLIAMS81.87352.61
BREEZE71.6393265.15
CUNNINGHAM71.639334.81
MARKLAND71.6393729.17
PAGET61.4052263.16
WEBSTER61.405216.16
HOLLIS61.4052101.52
EARP61.4052387.10
CHAMBERLAIN51.171043.03
BIRCHER51.17101,923.08
BALL40.936811.34
DAVY40.936875.90
COXON40.9368122.70
THORPE40.936823.70
WILSON40.93682.04
BELFIELD40.9368370.37
BLOUNT40.9368273.97
CARTER40.93685.58
GIBSON40.93687.72
SMITH40.93680.66
BAXTER40.936815.72
MATTHEWS30.70268.05
WALKER30.70262.10
THORNTON30.702613.97
MOORE30.70263.51
HITCHCOCK30.702660.85
WEBB30.70265.18
PEARSON30.70266.05
CHESTER30.702657.36
WALLIS30.702620.75
SHARPE30.702623.83
HEMMINGWAY20.4684307.69
PHILLIPS20.46842.62
EARLE20.468475.47
PAYNE20.46845.20
HALL20.46841.59
EDWARDS20.46841.68
SHENTON20.468473.26
HEATH20.46849.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIRCHER0.434271923.0769
GAMBLES0.434271250.0000
DITCHFIELD0.434271164.3836
CLEMENT0.43427767.4419
MARKLAND0.43427729.1667
HARTWELL0.43427511.3636
SALT0.43427410.0946
EARP0.43427387.0968
BELFIELD0.43427370.3704
HEMMINGWAY0.43427307.6923
KINSON0.43427303.0303
BLOUNT0.43427273.9726
BREEZE0.43427265.1515
PAGET0.43427263.1579
WILES0.43427243.2432
SHEWARD0.43427181.8182
GILBERT0.43427176.8092
SPOONER0.43427162.3377
SAVERY0.43427147.0588
COXON0.43427122.6994
HOLLIS0.43427101.5228
VAUGHN0.4342778.1250
BASFORD0.4342778.1250
DAVY0.4342775.9013
EARLE0.4342775.4717
HASSELL0.4342774.0741
SHENTON0.4342773.2601
HITCHCOCK0.4342760.8519
CHESTER0.4342757.3614
SOUTHAM0.4342756.1798
PEARS0.4342751.0204
SANDERS0.4342746.4876
CHAMBERLAIN0.4342743.0293
TUDOR0.4342734.8432
CUNNINGHAM0.4342734.8086
LOWE0.4342731.2402
BEESLEY0.4342729.1545
CLEAVER0.4342727.6243
LIGHT0.4342725.3807
BOURNE0.4342724.1546
SHARPE0.4342723.8284
THORPE0.4342723.6967
REGAN0.4342722.8311
BUTLER0.4342721.6190
WALLIS0.4342720.7469
BUDD0.4342718.4502
NOLAN0.4342717.1821
LILLEY0.4342716.9205
WEBSTER0.4342716.1551
BAXTER0.4342715.7171

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 427 people called BIRCHER in Elford 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 1923.0769 in Elford means that 1923.0769% of the people in Elford on census day were called BIRCHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIRCHER 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 BIRCHER 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 BIRCHER 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 BIRCHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Elford means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIRCHER in Elford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elford in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  ARIN OR ARM (2)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHLEY (1)  BAGOT (2)  BALL (4)  BASFORD (1)  BASSETT (1)  BAXTER (4)  BEESLEY (1)  BELFIELD (4)  BLOUNT (4)  BOLTON (1)  BOTHAM (1)  BOWLES (1)  BREEZE (7)  BRYANT (1)  BUDD (1)  BUGGINS (1)  BIRCHER (5)  BOURNE (2)  BUTLER (9)  CARTER (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (5)  CHESTER (3)  CHILWELL (5)  CLARKE (1)  CLEAVER (1)  CLEMENT (33)  COPE (1)  COXON (4)  CRIPWELL (2)  CUNNINGHAM (7)  DAVIES (1)  DAVY (4)  DITCHFIELD (17)  EARLE (2)  EARP (6)  ECCLESHALL (1)  EDWARDS (2)  PHULER (1)  GAMBLES (8)  GIBSON (4)  GILBERT (43)  GIMBERT (1)  GLINN (1)  GODFREY (1)  GRAHAM (1)  HALL (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARTWELL (9)  HASSELL (1)  HEATH (2)  HEMMINGWAY (2)  HILL (1)  HITCHCOCK (3)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLIS (6)  HORABIN (3)  JONES (1)  KINSON (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIGHT (1)  LILLEY (1)  LOWE (10)  LUDHAM (1)  MARKLAND (7)  MATHER (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MAY (2)  MEWIS (5)  MOORE (3)  MORRIS (1)  NATCHERIUR (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NOLAN (1)  PAGET (6)  PARKER (1)  PARSONSON (1)  PAYNE (2)  PEARS (1)  PEARSON (3)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRATT (2)  PRICE (1)  RADFORD (1)  REEVES (1)  REGAN (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROSBIER (5)  RUDD (1)  SALT (26)  SANDERS (9)  SAVERY (1)  SHARPE (3)  SHENTON (2)  SHEWARD (1)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHAM (1)  SPOONER (10)  SUTHERLAND (1)  THORNTON (3)  THORPE (4)  TODD (1)  TUDOR (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  VAUGHN (1)  WALKER (3)  WALLIS (3)  WEBB (3)  WEBSTER (6)  WHYSALL (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILES (9)  WILSON (4)  WOOD (1)  WOODINGS (1)  WRIGHT (1)