Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wasperton, Warwickshire

Wasperton 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
NORTON135.2209157.00
OLDHAM104.0161228.31
WARD104.016118.38
SMITH104.01612.84
NEAL104.0161135.69
GARDNER93.614553.25
MILES93.614561.27
BURDEN93.6145282.13
GARDINER83.2129111.73
CLARKE62.409611.89
BERRY62.409630.36
THORPE62.409660.98
ANDERTON62.4096203.39
WRIGHT62.40967.51
HEWITT52.008041.22
WILLIAMS52.00802.80
NICHOLS52.008061.65
POWEL52.0080781.25
POWERS41.6064392.16
OSBORNE41.606433.67
GARNER41.606450.83
HUGHES31.20484.30
GODDARD31.204829.97
RUTHERFORD31.204849.34
KNIGHT31.20489.78
WARNER31.204833.04
MORRIS20.80323.61
WEST20.80328.34
PETERS20.803222.91
JONES20.80320.71
POWELL20.80326.44
CASTLE20.803240.40
BENNET20.803258.14
WILKINS20.803218.17
COATES20.803221.55
HANCOX20.8032105.26
BAKER10.40161.83
KIRBY10.401610.58
SAVAGE10.401610.45
NEWMAN10.40165.40
ALEXANDER10.40167.59
WILLIS10.40167.55
EAGLES10.4016142.86
MATHEWS10.401610.87
HADLEY10.401629.50
OWEN10.40163.38
LANE10.40165.83
STANTON10.401620.12
ARCHER10.40169.71
NEWBOLD10.401654.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POWEL781.2552.0080
POWERS392.1641.6064
BURDEN282.1393.6145
OLDHAM228.31104.0161
ANDERTON203.3962.4096
NORTON157.00135.2209
EAGLES142.8610.4016
NEAL135.69104.0161
GARDINER111.7383.2129
HANCOX105.2620.8032
MAINWARING104.1710.4016
LUMLEY65.7910.4016
NICHOLS61.6552.0080
MILES61.2793.6145
THORPE60.9862.4096
BENNET58.1420.8032
NEWBOLD54.9510.4016
GARDNER53.2593.6145
MAYO52.3610.4016
GARNER50.8341.6064
RUTHERFORD49.3431.2048
HEWITT41.2252.0080
CASTLE40.4020.8032
OSBORNE33.6741.6064
WARNER33.0431.2048
BERRY30.3662.4096
GODDARD29.9731.2048
HADLEY29.5010.4016
DICKENSON26.5310.4016
PETERS22.9120.8032
COATES21.5520.8032
STANTON20.1210.4016
WARD18.38104.0161
WILKINS18.1720.8032
STREET17.1810.4016
HARWOOD14.9910.4016
HOLLOWAY13.1110.4016
HYDE13.0510.4016
GRIFFITH12.3310.4016
CLARKE11.8962.4096
MATHEWS10.8710.4016
KIRBY10.5810.4016
SAVAGE10.4510.4016
KNIGHT9.7831.2048
ARCHER9.7110.4016
WEST8.3420.8032
ALEXANDER7.5910.4016
WILLIS7.5510.4016
WRIGHT7.5162.4096
POWELL6.4420.8032

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called POWEL in Wasperton 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 2.0080 in Wasperton means that 2.0080% of the people in Wasperton on census day were called POWEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POWEL 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 POWEL 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 POWEL 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 POWEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 781.25 in Wasperton means that you are 781.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POWEL in Wasperton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wasperton in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERTON (6)  ARCHER (1)  BAKER (1)  BENNET (2)  BERRY (6)  BLUN (2)  BONEHAM (7)  BURDEN (9)  BYEILEY (2)  BYELEY (BYEILEY) (8)  CASTLE (2)  CLARKE (6)  COATES (2)  DICKENSON (1)  EAGLES (1)  EUSTON (5)  EVANS (1)  GARDINER (8)  GARDNER (9)  GARNER (4)  GODDARD (3)  GRANT (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  HADLEY (1)  HANCOX (2)  HARWOOD (1)  HEWIN (1)  HEWITT (5)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (3)  HURSTONE (1)  HYDE (1)  JONES (2)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHT (3)  LANE (1)  LEYSAM (1)  LUMLEY (1)  MAINWARING (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MAYO (1)  MILES (9)  MORRIS (2)  MURCOT (1)  NEAL (10)  NEWBOLD (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLS (5)  NORTON (13)  OLDHAM (10)  OSBORNE (4)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (1)  PARRY (1)  PETERS (2)  PITTAWAY (1)  POWELL (2)  POWEL (5)  POWERS (4)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTHERFORD (3)  SAVAGE (1)  SCRUBY (3)  SMITH (10)  STANTON (1)  STREET (1)  THORPE (6)  WARD (10)  WARNER (3)  WEBB (1)  WEST (2)  WHERSTON (1)  WILKINS (2)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILLIS (1)  WORRAL (1)  WRIGHT (6)