Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wolstanton Ranscliffe, Staffordshire

Wolstanton Ranscliffe 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
BAILEY174.913332.62
NIXON154.3353142.32
BYRNE144.0462289.86
ROBERTS133.75729.99
FISHER113.179227.16
WOOD82.31217.26
ASPINALL82.3121168.07
JONES82.31212.04
DEAKIN72.0231146.44
GREENAWAY72.0231322.58
KELLY72.023118.47
BIBLE72.023114,000.00
BECKET72.02311,000.00
RAFTERY72.02313,500.00
GAUNT61.7341175.95
THEOBALD61.7341272.73
STALLARD61.7341392.16
BROMLEY61.7341112.57
OXLEY61.7341123.71
BUTLER61.734117.78
ARROWSMITH51.4451186.57
BROUGH51.4451118.20
JEPSON51.4451147.49
YATES51.445121.03
WHITE51.44514.50
DUFFY51.445166.14
RIGBY51.445149.80
EDGERTON51.44511,000.00
KIDD41.156156.82
EDGE41.156167.11
HARDING41.156115.97
CLIFF41.1561132.45
BERESFORD41.1561156.86
HOLLAWAY41.15611,290.32
STOCKTON41.1561190.48
RAWLINS30.8671149.25
BEECH30.867158.71
MCDONALD30.8671106.76
MATTHEWS30.86719.94
WOTTON30.8671303.03
MEADOWCROFT30.8671238.10
PHILIP20.578086.58
CLOUGH20.578025.91
ISOM20.57801,250.00
HAMMERSLEY20.5780183.49
SMITH20.57800.41
LAWTON20.578022.42
CASEY10.289019.61
MASSEY10.289011.30
BICKERTON10.289068.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIBLE14,000.0072.0231
RAFTERY3,500.0072.0231
HOLLAWAY1,290.3241.1561
ISOM1,250.0020.5780
EDGERTON1,000.0051.4451
BECKET1,000.0072.0231
STALLARD392.1661.7341
CURREN357.1410.2890
GREENAWAY322.5872.0231
WOTTON303.0330.8671
BYRNE289.86144.0462
THEOBALD272.7361.7341
MEADOWCROFT238.1030.8671
GLEAVES192.3110.2890
STOCKTON190.4841.1561
ARROWSMITH186.5751.4451
HAMMERSLEY183.4920.5780
GAUNT175.9561.7341
ASPINALL168.0782.3121
BERESFORD156.8641.1561
RAWLINS149.2530.8671
JEPSON147.4951.4451
DEAKIN146.4472.0231
NIXON142.32154.3353
CLIFF132.4541.1561
OXLEY123.7161.7341
BROUGH118.2051.4451
BROMLEY112.5761.7341
MCDONALD106.7630.8671
PHILIP86.5820.5780
BICKERTON68.9710.2890
EDGE67.1141.1561
DUFFY66.1451.4451
BEECH58.7130.8671
KIDD56.8241.1561
TIPPING50.7610.2890
RIGBY49.8051.4451
BAILEY32.62174.9133
SMALLWOOD31.3510.2890
FISHER27.16113.1792
CLOUGH25.9120.5780
LAWTON22.4220.5780
YATES21.0351.4451
CASEY19.6110.2890
KELLY18.4772.0231
BUTLER17.7861.7341
HARDING15.9741.1561
BRIGHT14.2910.2890
MASSEY11.3010.2890
MERCER11.0110.2890

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called BIBLE in Wolstanton Ranscliffe 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 2.0231 in Wolstanton Ranscliffe means that 2.0231% of the people in Wolstanton Ranscliffe on census day were called BIBLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIBLE 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 BIBLE 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 BIBLE 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 BIBLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 14,000.00 in Wolstanton Ranscliffe means that you are 14,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIBLE in Wolstanton Ranscliffe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wolstanton Ranscliffe in 1881

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

ARROWSMITH (5)  ASPINALL (8)  BAILEY (17)  BAKER (1)  BECKET (7)  BEECH (3)  BERESFORD (4)  BIBLE (7)  BICKERTON (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BROMLEY (6)  BROUGH (5)  OBRINE (8)  BUTLER (6)  BYRNE (14)  CASEY (1)  CLAYE (7)  CLIFF (4)  CLOUGH (2)  CURREN (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEAKIN (7)  DODD (1)  DUFFY (5)  EBBRILL (1)  EDGE (4)  EDGERTON (5)  FISHER (11)  GAUNT (6)  JEPSON (5)  GEPSON (5)  GLEVES (8)  GLEAVES (1)  GRANSHAW (6)  GREENAWAY (7)  HADGETT (3)  HALL (1)  HAMMERSLEY (2)  HARDING (4)  HARROWSMITH (6)  HOLLAWAY (4)  ISOM (2)  JONES (8)  KELLY (7)  KIDD (4)  LAWTON (2)  LUCAS (1)  LYTH (1)  MASSEY (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MCDONALD (3)  MC EVOY (4)  MEADOWCROFT (3)  MERCER (1)  MURPHY (1)  NIXON (15)  OXLEY (6)  PHILIP (2)  RAFTERY (7)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RIGBY (5)  ROBERTS (13)  RAWLAND (2)  RAWLINS (3)  SINKER (8)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (2)  STALLARD (6)  STOCKTON (4)  STUBBS (1)  THEOBALD (6)  TIPPING (1)  WHITE (5)  WOOD (8)  WOTTON (3)  YATES (5)