Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fisherwick, Staffordshire

Fisherwick 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
HOOD88.4211304.18
RAVEN66.3158750.00
HUMPHREY55.2632197.63
STEVENS55.263250.40
BRITT44.21052,352.94
HOWITT44.21051,142.86
BAILEY33.157920.96
HARMAN33.1579211.27
GASKIN33.1579833.33
HEATHCOTE22.1053259.74
COLLINS22.105314.67
BURKE11.052635.71
KIRKLAND11.0526117.65
WESTWOOD11.052662.89
MESSENGER11.0526136.99
JOHNSON11.05263.13
NEWBOLD11.0526144.93
COATES11.052628.25
LAKIN11.0526178.57
BRAITHWAITE11.052690.91
HUNT11.05267.92
YEOMANS11.0526128.21
REDFERN11.052675.76
NEWBERY11.0526370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRITT0.10952352.9412
HOWITT0.10951142.8571
GASKIN0.1095833.3333
RAVEN0.1095750.0000
NEWBERY0.1095370.3704
HOOD0.1095304.1825
HEATHCOTE0.1095259.7403
HARMAN0.1095211.2676
HUMPHREY0.1095197.6285
LAKIN0.1095178.5714
NEWBOLD0.1095144.9275
MESSENGER0.1095136.9863
YEOMANS0.1095128.2051
KIRKLAND0.1095117.6471
BRAITHWAITE0.109590.9091
REDFERN0.109575.7576
WESTWOOD0.109562.8931
STEVENS0.109550.4032
BURKE0.109535.7143
COATES0.109528.2486
BAILEY0.109520.9644
COLLINS0.109514.6735
HUNT0.10957.9239
JOHNSON0.10953.1328

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 95 people called BRITT in Fisherwick 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 2352.9412 in Fisherwick means that 2352.9412% of the people in Fisherwick on census day were called BRITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRITT 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 BRITT 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 BRITT 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 BRITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Fisherwick means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRITT in Fisherwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fisherwick in 1881

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

BAILEY (3)  BURKE (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRITT (4)  CANTRILL (1)  COATES (1)  COLLINS (2)  GASKIN (3)  HARMAN (3)  HEATHCOTE (2)  HODGETTS (6)  HOOD (8)  HOWITT (4)  HUMPHREY (5)  HUNT (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KIRKLAND (1)  LAKIN (1)  LINDOP (8)  MESSENGER (1)  NEWBOLD (1)  NEWBERY (1)  RAVEN (6)  REDFERN (1)  SIDWELLS (1)  STEVENS (5)  WESTWOOD (1)  WETTON (1)  WHEELTON (15)  WHORWOOD (5)  YEOMANS (1)