Top surnames from the 1881 census in Merevale, Warwickshire

Merevale is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
MACFARLANE105.2632917.43
BROWN94.73687.19
TAPLIN84.21051,212.12
TAYLOR73.68425.76
SMITH73.68422.61
ROBINSON63.15799.90
REDFERN63.1579226.42
TILSON63.15792,608.70
HOPKINS52.631643.71
RATCLIFFE42.105376.19
STATHAM31.5789272.73
COUSINS31.578987.72
COMPTON31.5789163.93
DUGDALE31.5789229.01
MORGAN31.57897.94
SAUNDERS31.578917.21
FAUX31.57891,071.43
BARNETT31.578935.01
ALCOTT21.05263,333.33
SLATER21.052617.39
LEWIS21.05264.00
JACKSON21.05263.77
BUCKLAND21.052699.50
BOOTON21.05261,333.33
BAKER21.05264.80
PEARMAN21.0526219.78
THOMPSON21.05263.51
ATKINS10.526314.03
KEATLEY10.5263666.67
PARKER10.52632.77
CAPE10.5263208.33
MOORE10.52632.63
WYKES10.5263151.52
HALL10.52631.79
BRADY10.526329.76
MARTIN10.52632.14
TURNER10.52631.89
EMERY10.526324.10
BARLOW10.52639.75
DIXON10.52634.80
POTTS10.526315.77
ARCHER10.526312.72
STANTON10.526326.39
OSBORN10.526325.32
HOLLAND10.52637.39
SCATTERGOOD10.5263196.08
MITCHEL10.526353.76
WILLES10.5263434.78
GARFIELD10.5263333.33
ROBERSON10.5263344.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALCOTT3,333.3321.0526
TILSON2,608.7063.1579
MCALISTER2,500.0010.5263
BOOTON1,333.3321.0526
TAPLIN1,212.1284.2105
FAUX1,071.4331.5789
MACFARLANE917.43105.2632
KEATLEY666.6710.5263
WILLES434.7810.5263
ALLAM416.6710.5263
ROBERSON344.8310.5263
GARFIELD333.3310.5263
STATHAM272.7331.5789
DUGDALE229.0131.5789
REDFERN226.4263.1579
PEARMAN219.7821.0526
CAPE208.3310.5263
SCATTERGOOD196.0810.5263
LINNEY166.6710.5263
COMPTON163.9331.5789
WYKES151.5210.5263
DORE100.0010.5263
BUCKLAND99.5021.0526
RAYMOND90.9110.5263
COUSINS87.7231.5789
RATCLIFFE76.1942.1053
MITCHEL53.7610.5263
REGAN51.2810.5263
HOPKINS43.7152.6316
BARNETT35.0131.5789
BRADY29.7610.5263
HAMPSON29.2410.5263
STANTON26.3910.5263
OSBORN25.3210.5263
EMERY24.1010.5263
SLATER17.3921.0526
SAUNDERS17.2131.5789
POTTS15.7710.5263
CARPENTER15.3410.5263
HOUGHTON15.0610.5263
ATKINS14.0310.5263
ARCHER12.7210.5263
ROBINSON9.9063.1579
BARLOW9.7510.5263
MORGAN7.9431.5789
HOLLAND7.3910.5263
BROWN7.1994.7368
TAYLOR5.7673.6842
BAKER4.8021.0526
DIXON4.8010.5263

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called ALCOTT in Merevale 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 1.0526 in Merevale means that 1.0526% of the people in Merevale on census day were called ALCOTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALCOTT 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 ALCOTT 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 ALCOTT 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 ALCOTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Merevale means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALCOTT in Merevale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Merevale in 1881

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

ALCOTT (2)  ALLAM (1)  ANCOTT (4)  ARCHER (1)  ATKINS (1)  BAKER (2)  BARLOW (1)  BARNETT (3)  BARSELL (1)  BLADON (2)  BOOTON (2)  BRADY (1)  BROWN (9)  BUCKLAND (2)  CALDECOTE (1)  CAPE (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CHADAWAY (7)  CHETWYND (1)  COMPTON (3)  COUSINS (3)  COX (1)  DIXON (1)  DORE (1)  DUGDALE (3)  EMERY (1)  FAUX (3)  GARFIELD (1)  GUCE OR GRICE (2)  HALL (1)  HAMPSON (1)  HODGETTS (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINS (5)  HOBLEY (1)  HORNSLEY (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  JACKSON (2)  CHOYCE (2)  KEENARD (1)  KEATLEY (1)  KING (1)  LEWIS (2)  LINNEY (1)  MARTIN (1)  MCALISTER (1)  MACFARLANE (10)  MERSENGER (1)  MITCHEL (1)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (3)  OLDACRES (9)  OSBORN (1)  PARKER (1)  PAULLY (1)  PEARMAN (2)  POGMORE (4)  POTTS (1)  RATCLIFFE (4)  RAYMOND (1)  REDFERN (6)  REGAN (1)  REDDALL (1)  ROBERSON (1)  ROBINSON (6)  ROULEDGE (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCATTERGOOD (1)  SHARROD (1)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (7)  STANTON (1)  STATHAM (3)  SUGLEY (1)  TAPLIN (8)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMPSON (2)  TILSON (6)  TURNER (1)  WARD (1)  WYKES (1)  WILLES (1)  WINDRIDGE (1)  WINWOOD (1)