Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stockton, Worcestershire

Stockton 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
COOKE97.3171132.55
HARRIS75.691122.39
MITCHEL75.6911583.33
CARTER54.065024.21
WALKER54.065012.14
BARKER54.065031.06
HALL54.065013.82
MORRIS54.065018.26
BISHOP54.065058.14
DORRELL54.06502,173.91
REYNOLDS43.252037.56
PEARSON32.439020.99
FOWLER32.439042.74
BRIDGEWATER21.6260689.66
LUCAS21.626035.15
NASH21.626035.27
MILLER21.62609.09
JONES10.81300.72
FIELD10.813016.34
WILLIAMS10.81301.13
MATTHEWS10.81309.32
SEFTON10.8130250.00
RAYMOND10.8130140.85
GOUGH10.813027.70
PALMER10.81306.90
EVANS10.81301.86
CHURCH10.813037.31
WHITE10.81302.53
SCUTT10.8130322.58
HARDWICK10.813053.19
POTTER10.813012.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DORRELL2,173.9154.0650
BRIDGEWATER689.6621.6260
MITCHEL583.3375.6911
SCUTT322.5810.8130
SEFTON250.0010.8130
RAYMOND140.8510.8130
COOKE132.5597.3171
BISHOP58.1454.0650
HARDWICK53.1910.8130
FOWLER42.7432.4390
REYNOLDS37.5643.2520
CHURCH37.3110.8130
NASH35.2721.6260
LUCAS35.1521.6260
BARKER31.0654.0650
GOUGH27.7010.8130
CARTER24.2154.0650
HARRIS22.3975.6911
PEARSON20.9932.4390
MORRIS18.2654.0650
FIELD16.3410.8130
HALL13.8254.0650
POTTER12.5310.8130
WALKER12.1454.0650
MATTHEWS9.3210.8130
MILLER9.0921.6260
PALMER6.9010.8130
WHITE2.5310.8130
EVANS1.8610.8130
WILLIAMS1.1310.8130
JONES0.7210.8130

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called DORRELL in Stockton 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 4.0650 in Stockton means that 4.0650% of the people in Stockton on census day were called DORRELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DORRELL 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 DORRELL 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 DORRELL 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 DORRELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,173.91 in Stockton means that you are 2,173.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DORRELL in Stockton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stockton in 1881

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

ATTHILL (2)  ATHILL (1)  BADLAND (3)  BARKER (5)  BINT (2)  BISHOP (5)  BRIDGEWATER (2)  CARTER (5)  CHURCH (1)  COOKE (9)  COUNETT (1)  COWNLEY (7)  DORRELL (5)  EDKINS (1)  EVANS (1)  FIELD (1)  FOWLER (3)  GOUGH (1)  GROVENOR (5)  HALL (5)  HARDWICK (1)  HARRIS (7)  HARTRIGHT (1)  JONES (1)  LUCAS (2)  MATTHEWS (1)  MILLER (2)  MITCHEL (7)  MORRIS (5)  NASH (2)  PALMER (1)  PEARSON (3)  POTTER (1)  PORVIS (5)  RAYMOND (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  SCUTT (1)  SEFTON (1)  WALKER (5)  WHITE (1)  WHITTAL (5)  WILLIAMS (1)