Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Witley, Worcestershire

Great Witley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
GOODMAN184.7368162.31
ALLEN123.157916.72
DUNLOP123.1579196.08
MANN102.631649.95
COOK102.631613.25
TAYLOR102.63164.12
FOX92.368425.51
HARRIS71.84217.25
STEADMAN71.8421299.15
MARTIN71.84217.48
STONE71.842125.48
MAY61.578924.80
GITTINS61.5789256.41
EDWARDS61.57895.67
DAVIS61.57897.18
TYLER61.578953.48
MORGAN61.57897.94
HALL61.57895.37
NORWOOD51.3158324.68
HOWELL51.315831.21
SKERRETT51.31582,272.73
NORMAN51.315828.39
COLLINS51.31589.17
MILES41.052617.84
NORTON41.052631.65
HILLMAN41.0526122.32
JOINER41.0526296.30
BISHOP41.052615.07
LAWLEY41.0526174.67
PRICE41.05266.02
ANDREWS30.78958.24
WESTLAND30.7895857.14
HICK30.7895169.49
JONES30.78950.70
HARDMAN30.789539.27
FREEMAN30.789512.36
MILLWARD30.789570.26
PERKINS30.789517.55
ALFORD30.789592.59
SPARROW20.526341.49
GOODWIN20.52639.99
ALDRIDGE20.526327.14
SIMMONS20.526312.89
MAPP20.5263273.97
COTTON20.526322.05
RUTHERFORD20.526321.58
HOLLAND20.52637.39
COLLEY20.526341.49
PREECE20.526332.36
CARPENTER20.526315.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SKERRETT2,272.7351.3158
BILEY1,666.6710.2632
WESTLAND857.1430.7895
CHADD370.3710.2632
NORWOOD324.6851.3158
STEADMAN299.1571.8421
SEALE298.5120.5263
JOINER296.3041.0526
MAPP273.9720.5263
FORSYTHE270.2710.2632
GITTINS256.4161.5789
DUNLOP196.08123.1579
LAWLEY174.6741.0526
HICK169.4930.7895
GOODMAN162.31184.7368
HILLMAN122.3241.0526
DANCER121.9510.2632
BOUCHER100.0020.5263
ALFORD92.5930.7895
MILLWARD70.2630.7895
BEESON65.7910.2632
CRADDOCK62.5020.5263
SHEPPERD60.6110.2632
TYLER53.4861.5789
MANN49.95102.6316
MELVILLE49.8820.5263
BANNER48.3110.2632
PARTON48.3110.2632
TEAGUE46.5110.2632
COLLEY41.4920.5263
SPARROW41.4920.5263
GOODE40.6520.5263
HARDMAN39.2730.7895
DEXTER35.8410.2632
BUNCE35.3410.2632
PREECE32.3620.5263
NORTON31.6541.0526
HOWELL31.2151.3158
NORMAN28.3951.3158
ALDRIDGE27.1420.5263
CROWE26.3910.2632
FOX25.5192.3684
STONE25.4871.8421
MAY24.8061.5789
COTTON22.0520.5263
RUTHERFORD21.5820.5263
WEAVER20.2420.5263
ASHCROFT19.6910.2632
POWER19.6510.2632
MILTON19.0810.2632

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called SKERRETT in Great Witley 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 1.3158 in Great Witley means that 1.3158% of the people in Great Witley on census day were called SKERRETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SKERRETT 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 SKERRETT 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 SKERRETT 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 SKERRETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,272.73 in Great Witley means that you are 2,272.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SKERRETT in Great Witley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Witley in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (2)  ALFORD (3)  ALLEN (12)  ANDREWS (3)  ASHCROFT (1)  BANNER (1)  BARNETT (1)  BEESON (1)  BILEY (1)  BISHOP (4)  BOSLON (3)  BRADELEY (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOKES (1)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (1)  BUNCE (1)  BOUCHER (2)  CARPENTER (2)  CHADD (1)  COLE (1)  COLLEY (2)  COLLINS (5)  CONRED (2)  COOK (10)  COTTON (2)  CRADDOCK (2)  CROWE (1)  DANCER (1)  DAVIS (6)  DAVIES (1)  DEXTER (1)  DUNLOP (12)  EDWARDS (6)  FERGUSON (2)  FERNIE (1)  FORBES (1)  FORSYTHE (1)  FOX (9)  FREEMAN (3)  GORNN (6)  GITTINS (6)  GOODE (2)  GOODMAN (18)  GOODWIN (2)  GREENSILL (9)  GUILLEM (2)  HALL (6)  HARDMAN (3)  HARRIS (7)  HEATH (1)  HICHCOCKS (1)  HICK (3)  HILL (1)  HILLMAN (4)  HODDINOTT (4)  HOLLAND (2)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOOPER (1)  HORNBLOWER (2)  HORTON (1)  HOWELL (5)  HUDSON (1)  JONES (3)  JOINER (4)  KEY (1)  KING (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LAWLEY (4)  LINBRICK (4)  MANN (10)  MAPP (2)  MARTIN (7)  MASON (2)  MAY (6)  MACLEANE (1)  MELVILLE (2)  MILES (4)  MILLS (1)  MILLWARD (3)  MILNER (1)  MILTON (1)  MYNETT (1)  MOLSEID (2)  MORGAN (6)  MOULE (6)  NICHOLS (1)  NORMAN (5)  NORTON (4)  NORWOOD (5)  OWENS (1)  PALMER (2)  PARROCK (1)  PARTON (1)  PERKINS (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  POTTER (1)  POWER (1)  PREECE (2)  PREORDEE (3)  PRICE (4)  RICHARDSON (1)  RUTHERFORD (2)  SEALE (2)  SCRINBERROW (5)  SHEPPERD (1)  SKERRETT (5)  SIMMONS (2)  SMITH (2)  SUTTERS (4)  SPARROW (2)  STEADMAN (7)  STOKES (1)  STONE (7)  TAYLOR (10)  TEAGUE (1)  TROW (1)  TURNER (1)  TWYNING (1)  TYLER (6)  WALKER (1)  WALTERS (1)  WEAVER (2)  WESTLAND (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  YOUNG (1)