Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitgreave, Staffordshire

Whitgreave 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
BAILEY128.000053.12
BOYDEN117.33333,793.10
TAMS85.33334,000.00
HOLLOWAY85.3333173.91
WARD85.333324.41
FARMER85.3333170.58
DENT74.6667244.76
BATKIN64.00006,666.67
MARLOW64.0000340.91
KEY53.3333241.55
DEAN42.666738.42
HARPER42.666741.67
MARSH42.666737.38
HIGGINSON42.6667266.67
GUBBINS32.00001,153.85
LEA32.0000101.35
RANDLES32.0000882.35
DEAVILLE32.00001,250.00
AVERILL21.33331,428.57
LEADBEATER21.3333322.58
MASSEY10.666726.04
DEVALLE10.666710,000.00
WINFIELD10.666780.00
CHEADLE10.6667285.71
PORTER10.66678.88
MILLS10.66675.14
GRICE10.666764.52
DANIELS10.666721.23
BRAIN10.666762.11
OWEN10.66675.62
HAMER10.666735.59
MEADOWS10.666747.62
WRIGHT10.66672.08
THORLEY10.6667102.04
COOK10.66673.36
QUIN10.666762.11
HERBERT10.666717.86
MOORE10.66673.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEVALLE10,000.0010.6667
BATKIN6,666.6764.0000
TAMS4,000.0085.3333
BOYDEN3,793.10117.3333
AVERILL1,428.5721.3333
DEAVILLE1,250.0032.0000
GUBBINS1,153.8532.0000
RANDLES882.3532.0000
MARLOW340.9164.0000
LEADBEATER322.5821.3333
CHEADLE285.7110.6667
HIGGINSON266.6742.6667
DENT244.7674.6667
KEY241.5553.3333
HOLLOWAY173.9185.3333
FARMER170.5885.3333
THORLEY102.0410.6667
LEA101.3532.0000
WINFIELD80.0010.6667
GRICE64.5210.6667
BRAIN62.1110.6667
QUIN62.1110.6667
BAILEY53.12128.0000
MEADOWS47.6210.6667
HARPER41.6742.6667
DEAN38.4242.6667
MARSH37.3842.6667
HAMER35.5910.6667
MASSEY26.0410.6667
WARD24.4185.3333
DANIELS21.2310.6667
HERBERT17.8610.6667
PORTER8.8810.6667
OWEN5.6210.6667
MILLS5.1410.6667
COOK3.3610.6667
MOORE3.3310.6667
WRIGHT2.0810.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called DEVALLE in Whitgreave 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 0.6667 in Whitgreave means that 0.6667% of the people in Whitgreave on census day were called DEVALLE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Whitgreave in 1881

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

AVERILL (2)  BATKIN (6)  BAILEY (12)  BOYDEN (11)  BRAIN (1)  CAPEWELL (1)  CHEADLE (1)  COOK (1)  DANIELS (1)  DEAVILLE (3)  DEVALLE (1)  DEAN (4)  DENT (7)  FARMER (8)  FERNYHOUGH (3)  GRICE (1)  GUBBINS (3)  HAMER (1)  HARPER (4)  HERBERT (1)  HIGGINSON (4)  HILDITCH (10)  HOLLOWAY (8)  KELESDINE (1)  KEY (5)  LEADBEATER (2)  LEA (3)  MARLOW (6)  MARSH (4)  MASSEY (1)  MCMALLY (1)  MEADOWS (1)  MILLOR (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (1)  MOWDEN (3)  OWEN (1)  PORTER (1)  QUIN (1)  RANDLES (3)  TAMS (8)  THORLEY (1)  WARD (8)  WINCER (1)  WINFIELD (1)  WRIGHT (1)