Top surnames from the 1881 census in Adbaston, Staffordshire

Adbaston 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
ADAMS173.148121.36
JACKSON173.148111.27
WAGG173.14811,349.21
KEY152.7778201.34
WHITFIELD142.5926129.87
CLARK132.40748.01
GILBERT112.037035.76
LLOYD101.851915.86
POOLE101.851938.43
PARTON101.8519340.14
BALL91.666720.18
MATTHEWS91.666719.11
BOURNE91.666785.96
HILL81.48155.82
TAYLOR81.48152.32
SMITH81.48151.05
FOX81.481515.96
EVANS71.29632.97
DANIEL71.296358.68
HEATLEY71.2963542.64
GREEN71.29634.60
PERKINS61.111124.70
ELEY61.1111179.64
THOMSON61.11118.32
NEWTON61.111114.50
PLANT50.925941.88
PEARCE50.925910.08
WARRILOW50.9259526.32
MORE50.9259119.05
DARLINGTON50.9259136.24
YATES50.925913.47
CHAPMAN50.92596.52
SIMKIN50.9259442.48
ALLMAN50.9259196.85
SHEPHERD50.925912.64
JONES50.92590.82
STACEY50.925941.25
JOHNSON40.74072.20
BIRKS40.7407111.73
GOODALL40.740734.57
MARSH40.740710.38
HARTLEY40.740711.82
DODD40.740718.21
BREEZE40.7407120.12
BARLOW40.740713.72
WATKIN40.740784.57
WALTON40.740710.52
MINSHALL40.7407377.36
HOWARD40.74077.55
SHORE30.555651.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WAGG0.545401349.2063
EMBRY0.545401304.3478
JOHSON0.54540833.3333
HEATLEY0.54540542.6357
WARRILOW0.54540526.3158
SIMKIN0.54540442.4779
MINSHALL0.54540377.3585
PARTON0.54540340.1361
SPENDER0.54540238.0952
KEY0.54540201.3423
ALLMAN0.54540196.8504
TYLOR0.54540185.1852
ELEY0.54540179.6407
LOCKET0.54540163.9344
TALBOTT0.54540162.6016
DARLINGTON0.54540136.2398
WHITFIELD0.54540129.8701
BREEZE0.54540120.1201
MORE0.54540119.0476
BRIAN0.54540119.0476
WHITEHURST0.54540116.9591
BUTTER0.54540116.7315
CRESWELL0.54540116.2791
BIRKS0.54540111.7318
HAMLET0.54540108.6957
PODMORE0.54540103.6269
GUNNING0.54540101.5228
WYLDE0.5454090.0901
PICKEN0.5454088.8889
BOURNE0.5454085.9599
SUMMERFIELD0.5454085.7143
THORLEY0.5454085.4701
WATKIN0.5454084.5666
SIMCOX0.5454072.9927
YEOMANS0.5454067.4157
HIGHFIELD0.5454066.2252
FORESTER0.5454064.1026
DANIEL0.5454058.6756
SHORE0.5454051.6351
BENBOW0.5454046.7290
PLANT0.5454041.8760
STACEY0.5454041.2541
POOLE0.5454038.4320
PYE0.5454037.1747
GILBERT0.5454035.7607
GOODALL0.5454034.5722
BAYLEY0.5454034.4432
POVEY0.5454030.5810
ADDISON0.5454026.7738
PERKINS0.5454024.7015

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 540 people called WAGG in Adbaston 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 1349.2063 in Adbaston means that 1349.2063% of the people in Adbaston on census day were called WAGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WAGG 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 WAGG 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 WAGG 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 WAGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Adbaston means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WAGG in Adbaston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Adbaston in 1881

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

ADAMS (17)  ADDISON (2)  ALLMAN (5)  MC ARTHY (1)  MC CARTHY (2)  ATHEN (1)  BAYLEY (3)  BALL (9)  BARLOW (4)  BEATTON (4)  BEESTON (2)  BENBOW (1)  BENTLEY (3)  BINERSLEY (1)  BIRKS (4)  BREEZE (4)  BRAZNALL (4)  BRIAN (3)  BOURNE (9)  BUTLER (2)  BUTTER (3)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHAMBERS (2)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARK (13)  COLDBURY (1)  COLLEY (1)  COPE (1)  CRESWELL (2)  CRUTCHLY (2)  DANIEL (7)  DARLINGTON (5)  DAVIS (2)  DODD (4)  ECCLES (1)  ELEY (6)  EVANS (7)  FINLOW (1)  FLOWER (1)  FORGHAM (1)  FORESTER (1)  FOX (8)  GAYWOOD (3)  GILBERT (11)  GOODALL (4)  GREEN (7)  GUNNING (2)  HAMLET (1)  HARPER (3)  HARTLEY (4)  HAYES (1)  HEATLEY (7)  HIGHFIELD (1)  HILL (8)  HOCKNELL (4)  HOLMES (1)  HORNE (1)  HOWARD (4)  EMBRY (3)  JACKSON (17)  JOHNSON (4)  JOHSON (1)  JONES (5)  KEY (15)  LAYNTON (4)  LEA (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LIMCOP (1)  LLOYD (10)  LOCKET (1)  LYCETT (4)  LYHT (6)  MALPAS (2)  MARSH (4)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (9)  MELLOR (3)  MINSHALL (4)  MOORE (2)  MORE (5)  MULLARD (1)  NAGINGTON (12)  NAGGINGTON (2)  NAGGINTON (1)  NEWBROOKS (6)  NEWTON (6)  ORWELL (1)  PARTON (10)  PEARCE (5)  PERKINS (6)  PICKEN (2)  PLANT (5)  PODMORE (2)  POGSON (1)  POOLE (10)  POVEY (1)  POWELL (1)  PRESTON (2)  PRINOLD (1)  PYE (3)  QUINEY (6)  REEVES (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROE (2)  SEABRIDGE (1)  SHEPHERD (5)  SHORE (3)  SIMCOX (1)  SIMKIN (5)  SIMMONS (2)  SMITH (8)  SPENDER (1)  STACEY (5)  STANTON (1)  SUMMERFIELD (3)  SWIFT (1)  SWINNERTON (3)  TALBOTT (2)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMSON (6)  THORLEY (3)  TITLEY (2)  TURNER (2)  TYLOR (1)  VAUGHAN (3)  WAGG (17)  WALKER (1)  WALTERS (1)  WALTON (4)  WARD (1)  WARRILOW (5)  WATKIN (4)  WATT (1)  WEBB (1)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITEHURST (2)  WHITFIELD (14)  WILCOX (1)  WYLDE (1)  WILKES (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  YATES (5)  YEOMANS (3)