Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acton Trussell, Staffordshire

Acton Trussell 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
MARSHALL274.927029.37
WOOD224.014612.60
DAWSON193.467231.45
EVANS112.00734.59
STOCKLEY101.8248423.73
JOHNSON101.82485.43
FERGUSON101.824825.75
YARD91.64231,363.64
BRADBURY91.642356.85
MOORE81.45997.30
ASKEY81.4599620.16
DAVIS81.45996.64
HOLFORD81.4599454.55
BLACKBURN81.459938.72
NEWTON71.277416.67
TALBOT71.277451.32
WYATT71.277443.53
HARRIS71.27745.03
WALL71.277436.53
BOTT71.2774162.41
WRIGHT71.27743.98
ECCLESTON61.0949218.18
HARPER61.094917.10
CROSS61.094915.91
RILEY61.094913.84
BARKER61.09498.37
SIMPSON61.09496.26
RICHARDS61.09497.25
STANLEY61.094928.48
ADAMS61.09497.43
NICKOLS61.0949821.92
JACKSON61.09493.92
MATHEWS50.912424.70
HOBSON50.912435.16
ALSOP50.9124204.92
BARTLET50.9124925.93
HOOD40.729926.37
BUTTERY40.7299189.57
NEEDHAM40.729934.31
COOK40.72993.67
WATWOOD40.72998,000.00
BROUGH40.729959.70
HANDY40.7299211.64
BANCROFT40.729975.33
COTTON40.729930.58
REYNOLDS40.72998.43
HAWKINS40.729910.08
MERRICK40.729998.28
WATT30.547414.28
SMITH30.54740.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WATWOOD0.555488000.0000
BELMORE0.555484000.0000
HUSSELBEE0.555481500.0000
YARD0.555481363.6364
BONSELL0.555481111.1111
ASPLEY0.555481052.6316
BARTLET0.55548925.9259
NICKOLS0.55548821.9178
ASKEY0.55548620.1550
BENION0.55548476.1905
HOLFORD0.55548454.5455
STOCKLEY0.55548423.7288
PYATT0.55548288.4615
ECCLESTON0.55548218.1818
HANDY0.55548211.6402
ALSOP0.55548204.9180
OAKDEN0.55548200.0000
BUTTERY0.55548189.5735
BAGGOTT0.55548188.6792
BOTT0.55548162.4130
HOLLINGSHEAD0.55548156.2500
TOWLE0.55548137.9310
MERRICK0.5554898.2801
MORREY0.5554897.0874
SANT0.5554891.7431
LEESE0.5554883.3333
WOOTTEN0.5554876.9231
BANCROFT0.5554875.3296
SIMISTER0.5554869.9301
BLEWETT0.5554868.4932
BROUGH0.5554859.7015
BRADBURY0.5554856.8541
TALBOT0.5554851.3196
JERVIS0.5554847.5059
WYATT0.5554843.5323
LYLE0.5554839.0625
ALLMAN0.5554838.9105
BLACKBURN0.5554838.7222
WALL0.5554836.5344
HOBSON0.5554835.1617
NEEDHAM0.5554834.3053
ACTON0.5554831.5457
DAWSON0.5554831.4517
COTTON0.5554830.5810
MARSHALL0.5554829.3734
STANLEY0.5554828.4765
HOOD0.5554826.3678
FERGUSON0.5554825.7467
MATHEWS0.5554824.7036
MUNDY0.5554824.6305

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 548 people called WATWOOD in Acton Trussell 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 8000.0000 in Acton Trussell means that 8000.0000% of the people in Acton Trussell on census day were called WATWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WATWOOD 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 WATWOOD 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 WATWOOD 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 WATWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Acton Trussell means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WATWOOD in Acton Trussell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acton Trussell in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ADAMS (6)  ALLEN (1)  ALSOP (5)  ALLMAN (1)  ASKEY (8)  ASPLEY (2)  ATKINS (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAGGOTT (3)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BANCROFT (4)  BARKER (6)  BARNES (1)  BARTLET (5)  BEARD (3)  BELMORE (2)  BENION (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKBURN (8)  BLEWETT (1)  BLOORE (1)  BONSELL (1)  BOTT (7)  BRADBURY (9)  BRIDGEWOOD (3)  BROOKS (3)  BROUGH (4)  BUTTERY (4)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHESTER (1)  CHILTON (1)  CLEWLOW (3)  COLLEY (1)  COOK (4)  COOPER (2)  COTTON (4)  COXON (1)  CROSS (6)  DAVIS (8)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (19)  DEACON (1)  DEWSBURY (7)  DODD (1)  ECCLESTON (6)  EMERY (1)  EVANS (11)  FERGUSON (10)  FLETCHER (1)  FOLLOWS (11)  FOSTER (2)  GOOD (1)  HOLFORD (8)  HALL (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HANDY (4)  HARDING (3)  HARPER (6)  HARRIS (7)  HARRISON (1)  HARTELL (1)  HAWKINS (4)  HAYNES (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HEATH (1)  HEDWICK (1)  HEWTORY (1)  HOBSON (5)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLLINGSHEAD (1)  HOOD (4)  HUCKER (1)  HORTON (1)  HOUGH (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUSSELBEE (3)  HUSSEY (1)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (2)  JERVIS (2)  JOHNSON (10)  JONES (3)  LEESE (2)  LEES (1)  LYLE (1)  LOWKE (1)  MANLINGS (1)  MARSHALL (27)  MARTIN (3)  MATHEWS (5)  MERRICK (4)  MIDDLETON (1)  MOORE (8)  MORREY (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  MUNDY (1)  MUNSE (2)  NEEDHAM (4)  NEWTON (7)  NICKOLS (6)  OAKDEN (2)  PARKER (1)  PITT (2)  PORJEN (1)  PYATT (3)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICHARDS (6)  RILEY (6)  ROGERS (3)  ROSTER (4)  SANT (1)  SHAKESPERE (7)  SHARPEN (1)  SIMISTER (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SIMPSON (6)  SMITH (3)  STANDON (11)  STANLEY (6)  STOCKLEY (10)  STOKES (1)  SUTTON (1)  TALBOT (7)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (2)  TITTERTON (6)  TOMLINSON (2)  TOWLE (2)  HUMPHRESTON (1)  VINE (1)  WALKER (2)  WALL (7)  WARD (1)  WATT (3)  WEATHERER (6)  WEBB (1)  WETTON (12)  WHITEHOUSE (1)  WATWOOD (4)  WOOD (22)  WOOTTEN (1)  WRIGHT (7)  WYATT (7)  YARD (9)  YATES (2)