Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grindon, Staffordshire

Grindon 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
SMITH246.59344.67
SIMPSON143.846221.99
HOWSON123.2967528.63
HALL123.296711.21
COOK113.022015.21
BIRCH102.747367.07
NAYLOR102.747372.89
KIDD92.4725121.46
STUBBS92.472593.65
DEAVILLE82.19781,403.51
JOHNSON82.19786.54
KENT82.197852.15
RICHARDSON71.923111.30
GINNIS71.923135,000.00
BURNETT61.648459.58
GOULD61.648445.63
WAIN61.6484196.72
BAGSHAW51.3736171.82
MELLOR51.373639.00
AUSTIN51.373628.11
HILL51.37365.39
STODDARD41.0989666.67
ALCOCK41.098976.19
WOOD41.09893.45
HAY41.098929.96
MEAKIN41.0989140.85
BUCKLEY41.098920.19
CHADWICK30.824218.84
CARRINGTON30.824278.33
RATCLIFF20.549585.11
BURNET20.5495150.38
ALLEN20.54952.91
SALT20.549536.97
HURST20.549515.38
WHILLOCK20.54953,333.33
TWIGG20.549578.43
MARTIN10.27471.12
FORRESTER10.274720.45
SHERRATT10.274747.85
KEELING10.274731.45
ROWLANDS10.274711.03
WARDLE10.274714.20
TAYLOR10.27470.43
SHAW10.27471.50
WINT10.2747555.56
HAMBLETON10.274767.57
BESTWICK10.2747161.29
WOODHOUSE10.274711.60
CRITCHLOW10.2747106.38
REDFERN10.274719.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GINNIS0.3636435000.0000
WHILLOCK0.363643333.3333
DEAVILLE0.363641403.5088
STODDARD0.36364666.6667
WINT0.36364555.5556
HOWSON0.36364528.6344
WAIN0.36364196.7213
BAGSHAW0.36364171.8213
BESTWICK0.36364161.2903
BURNET0.36364150.3759
MEAKIN0.36364140.8451
KIDD0.36364121.4575
CRITCHLOW0.36364106.3830
STUBBS0.3636493.6524
RATCLIFF0.3636485.1064
TWIGG0.3636478.4314
CARRINGTON0.3636478.3290
ALCOCK0.3636476.1905
NAYLOR0.3636472.8863
HAMBLETON0.3636467.5676
BIRCH0.3636467.0691
BURNETT0.3636459.5829
KENT0.3636452.1512
SHERRATT0.3636447.8469
GOULD0.3636445.6274
MELLOR0.3636439.0016
SALT0.3636436.9686
KEELING0.3636431.4465
HAY0.3636429.9625
AUSTIN0.3636428.1057
HENSON0.3636423.4192
SIMPSON0.3636421.9884
FORRESTER0.3636420.4499
BUCKLEY0.3636420.1918
REDFERN0.3636419.7239
CHADWICK0.3636418.8442
HURST0.3636415.3846
COOK0.3636415.2144
WARDLE0.3636414.2045
WOODHOUSE0.3636411.6009
RICHARDSON0.3636411.2976
HALL0.3636411.2055
ROWLANDS0.3636411.0254
JOHNSON0.363646.5413
HILL0.363645.3932
SMITH0.363644.6697
MOSS0.363644.4583
WOOD0.363643.4489
ALLEN0.363642.9087
SHAW0.363641.4957

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 364 people called GINNIS in Grindon 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 35000.0000 in Grindon means that 35000.0000% of the people in Grindon on census day were called GINNIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GINNIS 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 GINNIS 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 GINNIS 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 GINNIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Grindon means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GINNIS in Grindon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grindon in 1881

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

ALCOCK (4)  ALLEN (2)  ARMIT (1)  AUSTIN (5)  BAGSHAW (5)  BERRISFORD (3)  BESTWICK (1)  BIRCH (10)  BOULD (10)  BUCKLEY (4)  BURNETT (6)  BURNET (2)  CANTRIL (1)  CARRINGTON (3)  CHADWICK (3)  COOK (11)  CRITCHLOW (1)  DEAVILLE (8)  FERNIHOUGH (4)  FEARNS (10)  FORRESTER (1)  GINNIS (7)  GOULDSTRAW (25)  GOULD (6)  GRINDY (3)  HALL (12)  HAMBLETON (1)  HAY (4)  HENSON (1)  HILL (5)  HOWSON (12)  HURST (2)  JOHNSON (8)  KEELING (1)  KENT (8)  KIDD (9)  MARTIN (1)  MEAKIN (4)  MELLOR (5)  MOSS (1)  MYCOCK (56)  NAYLOR (10)  ORPE (1)  OULSNAM (2)  RATCLIFF (2)  REDFERN (1)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROWLANDS (1)  SALT (2)  SHAW (1)  SHERRATT (1)  SIMPSON (14)  SMITH (24)  STODDARD (4)  STUBBS (9)  TAYLOR (1)  TITTERTON (1)  TWIGG (2)  WAIN (6)  WARDLE (1)  WHILLOCK (2)  WINT (1)  WOOD (4)  WOODHOUSE (1)