Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ellastone, Staffordshire

Ellastone 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
SALT217.5000504.81
FINNEY217.5000864.20
OAKES155.3571370.37
COLLIS113.9286380.62
COX103.571423.56
BARKER93.214324.56
GOODALL93.2143150.00
HAYNES82.857180.08
ADAMS62.142914.54
HAMPSON62.1429118.81
GLOVER62.142950.25
WARING51.7857142.05
POYSER51.7857666.67
BESTWICK41.4286833.33
PREECE41.428687.72
BARNETT41.428631.67
SMITH41.42861.01
ALEXANDER41.428626.99
ASHTON31.071421.87
BOTT31.0714136.36
BABB31.0714394.74
SHERRATT31.0714186.34
WOOD31.07143.36
BODEN31.0714132.16
HALL31.07143.64
WALL31.071430.64
SAMUEL31.071489.82
HODKINSON31.0714151.52
BIRLEY31.0714697.67
EVANS31.07142.45
WALKER31.07143.20
BAGSHAW31.0714133.93
WOODWARD20.714314.48
HINDLEY20.714386.96
DAVENPORT20.714337.74
LAWLEY20.7143118.34
HOLMES20.71435.87
WESTON20.714317.51
MEAKIN20.714391.74
CHATFIELD20.7143148.15
GALLIMORE20.7143224.72
FOWER20.71433,333.33
ROBINSON20.71432.24
HAND20.714359.52
LLOYD20.71436.12
SHIPLEY20.714380.65
JACKSON10.35711.28
FROST10.35716.35
WIGLEY10.357156.50
FOSTER10.35712.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOWER0.282803333.3333
FINNEY0.28280864.1975
BESTWICK0.28280833.3333
BIRLEY0.28280697.6744
POYSER0.28280666.6667
SALT0.28280504.8077
BABB0.28280394.7368
COLLIS0.28280380.6228
OAKES0.28280370.3704
GIBBENS0.28280263.1579
GALLIMORE0.28280224.7191
ROBOTHAM0.28280192.3077
SHERRATT0.28280186.3354
AULT0.28280153.8462
HODKINSON0.28280151.5152
GOODALL0.28280150.0000
CHATFIELD0.28280148.1481
WARING0.28280142.0455
BOTT0.28280136.3636
BAGSHAW0.28280133.9286
BODEN0.28280132.1586
GILMAN0.28280119.0476
HAMPSON0.28280118.8119
LAWLEY0.28280118.3432
MEAKIN0.2828091.7431
SAMUEL0.2828089.8204
PREECE0.2828087.7193
HINDLEY0.2828086.9565
SHIPLEY0.2828080.6452
HAYNES0.2828080.0801
HAND0.2828059.5238
WIGLEY0.2828056.4972
TILL0.2828050.7614
GLOVER0.2828050.2513
AMBROSE0.2828040.4858
DAVENPORT0.2828037.7358
BARNETT0.2828031.6706
WALL0.2828030.6435
ALEXANDER0.2828026.9906
BARKER0.2828024.5633
COX0.2828023.5627
ASHTON0.2828021.8659
BOWERS0.2828019.5695
WOOLLEY0.2828017.9856
WESTON0.2828017.5131
GRUNDY0.2828017.4520
COPE0.2828015.7978
ADAMS0.2828014.5419
WOODWARD0.2828014.4823
BULLOCK0.2828010.9769

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 280 people called FOWER in Ellastone 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 3333.3333 in Ellastone means that 3333.3333% of the people in Ellastone on census day were called FOWER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOWER 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 FOWER 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 FOWER 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 FOWER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Ellastone means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOWER in Ellastone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ellastone in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ALDERSEN (3)  ALEXANDER (4)  AMBROSE (1)  ASHTON (3)  AULT (1)  BABB (3)  BAGSHAW (3)  BAILEY (1)  BARKER (9)  BARLOW (1)  BARNETT (4)  BESTWICK (4)  BOTT (3)  BODEN (3)  BOWERS (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BIRLEY (3)  CHADWICK (1)  CHATFIELD (2)  COLLIS (11)  COPE (1)  COX (10)  DAVENPORT (2)  DEATHOCK (2)  EVANS (3)  FINNEY (21)  FOSTER (1)  FOWER (2)  FREEMAN (1)  FROST (1)  GALLIMORE (2)  GIBBENS (1)  GILMAN (1)  GLOVER (6)  GOODALL (9)  GRUNDY (1)  HALL (3)  HAMPSON (6)  HAND (2)  HAYNES (8)  HAZLEHURST (1)  HINDLEY (2)  HODKINSON (3)  HOLMES (2)  JACKSON (1)  KIRK (1)  LAWLEY (2)  LLOYD (2)  MEAKIN (2)  MOUNTNEY (1)  OAKES (15)  ORPE (1)  POYSER (5)  PREECE (4)  PRICE (1)  WRELTON (2)  RIPPING (3)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBOTHAM (1)  SALT (21)  SAMUEL (3)  SANDILANDS (1)  SHEMILT (2)  SHERRATT (3)  SHIPLEY (2)  SMITH (4)  THORNELY (6)  TILL (1)  TORTOISHELL (1)  UDALE (5)  UDALL (6)  UPCHER (1)  WALKER (3)  WALL (3)  WARD (1)  WARING (5)  WESTON (2)  WIGLEY (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (3)  WOODWARD (2)  WOOLLEY (1)