Top surnames from the 1881 census in Croxden, Staffordshire

Croxden 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
STEVENSON147.7348110.24
WALTERS116.0773127.46
CARRINGTON105.5249523.56
GENT84.4199516.13
HARRISON84.419919.91
CANWELL63.314912,000.00
MART63.31495,000.00
ARNOLD63.314961.48
SUTTON52.762443.40
SALT52.7624185.87
SWETNAM52.762410,000.00
GREEN42.20997.85
BULLOCK42.209967.91
TURNER42.20997.94
GILBERT42.209938.80
MELLOR31.657547.02
SMITH31.65751.17
JOHNSON31.65754.93
WOODS31.657526.29
HAYES31.657526.67
PARKER21.10505.81
KENT21.105026.21
FLANAGAN21.1050140.85
GOODALL21.105051.55
EVANS21.10502.53
ROWBOTHAM21.1050224.72
WARING10.552544.05
TOWER10.5525625.00
ALLEN10.55252.92
SHAW10.55253.01
HOLLINS10.5525105.26
WINTER10.552515.58
CARTER10.55253.29
ROBINSON10.55251.73
OAKES10.552538.17
TAYLOR10.55250.86
FOWLER10.55259.67
KEELING10.552563.29
WOOLRIDGE10.5525416.67
HILL10.55252.17
WARRINGTON10.552567.57
PEGG10.552556.18
HARRIS10.55252.17
MILLWARD10.552549.26
MARSH10.55257.75
FOSTER10.55254.13
ELKS10.5525526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CANWELL0.1818112000.0000
SWETNAM0.1818110000.0000
MART0.181815000.0000
TOWER0.18181625.0000
ELKS0.18181526.3158
CARRINGTON0.18181523.5602
GENT0.18181516.1290
WOOLRIDGE0.18181416.6667
ROWBOTHAM0.18181224.7191
SALT0.18181185.8736
FLANAGAN0.18181140.8451
WALTERS0.18181127.4623
STEVENSON0.18181110.2362
HOLLINS0.18181105.2632
BULLOCK0.1818167.9117
WARRINGTON0.1818167.5676
KEELING0.1818163.2911
ARNOLD0.1818161.4754
PEGG0.1818156.1798
GOODALL0.1818151.5464
MILLWARD0.1818149.2611
MELLOR0.1818147.0219
WARING0.1818144.0529
SUTTON0.1818143.4028
GILBERT0.1818138.7973
OAKES0.1818138.1679
HAYES0.1818126.6667
WOODS0.1818126.2927
KENT0.1818126.2123
HARRISON0.1818119.9104
WINTER0.1818115.5763
FOWLER0.181819.6712
TURNER0.181817.9397
GREEN0.181817.8478
MARSH0.181817.7459
PARKER0.181815.8089
JOHNSON0.181814.9334
FOSTER0.181814.1322
CARTER0.181813.2916
SHAW0.181813.0075
ALLEN0.181812.9248
EVANS0.181812.5288
HARRIS0.181812.1739
HILL0.181812.1692
ROBINSON0.181811.7328
SMITH0.181811.1739
TAYLOR0.181810.8639

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 181 people called CANWELL in Croxden 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 12000.0000 in Croxden means that 12000.0000% of the people in Croxden on census day were called CANWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CANWELL 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 CANWELL 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 CANWELL 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 CANWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Croxden means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CANWELL in Croxden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Croxden in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ARNOLD (6)  BARTLEM (3)  BASNET (1)  BRANDRICK (3)  BULLOCK (4)  CANWELL (6)  CARRINGTON (10)  CARTER (1)  DRAYCOTT (3)  ELKS (1)  EVANS (2)  FLANAGAN (2)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  FROGGART (5)  GENT (8)  GILBERT (4)  GOODALL (2)  GREEN (4)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (8)  HAYES (3)  HILL (1)  HOLLINS (1)  HOUNSLOW (7)  JOHNSON (3)  KEELING (1)  KENT (2)  MARSH (1)  MART (6)  MELLOR (3)  MILLWARD (1)  MULRENAN (1)  OAKES (1)  PARKER (2)  PEGG (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWBOTHAM (2)  SALT (5)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (3)  STEVENSON (14)  SUTTON (5)  SWETNAM (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TOWER (1)  TURNER (4)  WARRINGTON (1)  WALTERS (11)  WARING (1)  WHIELDON (5)  WINTER (1)  WOODS (3)  WOOLRIDGE (1)  YENDLEY (5)