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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forton, Staffordshire

Forton 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
TAYLOR152.77264.34
TALBOT132.403096.51
PARKER112.033310.69
BARBER112.033333.78
RHODES112.033343.79
WHEAT101.8484787.40
JONES101.84841.63
THORNLEY101.8484166.67
BROUGH101.8484151.29
MORREY101.8484980.39
EARP91.6636456.85
WATKIN81.4787169.13
WILLIAMS81.47872.06
BARLOW81.478727.39
RUSSELL81.478712.11
WIGGIN81.47871,212.12
CASEWELL81.47873,478.26
MASON81.478711.00
MILNER71.293956.41
TYRER71.2939292.89
DEAR71.2939175.00
PLANT71.293958.53
BURGESS71.293918.63
JAMES61.10915.65
PODMORE61.1091309.28
WALKER61.10913.31
HODSON61.109153.57
OAKLEY61.109152.36
TALBOTT61.1091487.80
BOOKER50.924277.16
RAY50.924246.73
SHERWIN50.9242171.82
PEAK50.9242220.26
ASH50.924255.93
NICHOLLS50.924217.69
WEDGE50.9242312.50
YEOMANS50.9242112.11
TRACEY50.9242145.77
HALL40.73942.51
ADDIS40.7394216.22
WHITMORE40.739484.21
ALLMAN40.7394157.48
MASSEY40.739428.92
JOHNSON40.73942.20
WOODCOCK40.739425.91
RICHARDS40.73944.90
LAKIN40.7394126.18
LOCKLEY40.7394195.12
WHITTAKER40.739415.61
BAILEY40.73944.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CASEWELL0.545413478.2609
WIGGIN0.545411212.1212
MORREY0.54541980.3922
PEA0.54541833.3333
WHEAT0.54541787.4016
POOLER0.54541714.2857
TALBOTT0.54541487.8049
EARP0.54541456.8528
WEDGE0.54541312.5000
PODMORE0.54541309.2784
TYRER0.54541292.8870
PEAK0.54541220.2643
ADDIS0.54541216.2162
LOCKLEY0.54541195.1220
SHARRATT0.54541178.5714
DEAR0.54541175.0000
SHERWIN0.54541171.8213
WATKIN0.54541169.1332
THORNLEY0.54541166.6667
ALLMAN0.54541157.4803
BROUGH0.54541151.2859
BRATTON0.54541147.0588
TRACEY0.54541145.7726
FURBER0.54541144.9275
BICKERTON0.54541132.1586
LAKIN0.54541126.1830
CHERRINGTON0.54541120.4819
MYATT0.54541116.2791
FIELDHOUSE0.54541115.8301
YEOMANS0.54541112.1076
JENKS0.54541108.1081
TALBOT0.5454196.5108
WHITMORE0.5454184.2105
KNAPP0.5454181.3008
BARNEY0.5454179.3651
CHEADLE0.5454179.3651
BOOKER0.5454177.1605
BREESE0.5454168.9655
SPRAGG0.5454165.3595
PLANT0.5454158.5284
MILNER0.5454156.4061
ASH0.5454155.9284
HODSON0.5454153.5714
RODERICK0.5454152.9101
OAKLEY0.5454152.3560
TAGG0.5454148.5437
RUDGE0.5454147.1698
RAY0.5454146.7290
RHODES0.5454143.7898
KEY0.5454140.2145

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 541 people called CASEWELL in Forton 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 3478.2609 in Forton means that 3478.2609% of the people in Forton on census day were called CASEWELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Forton in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  ALLMAN (4)  ARKINSTALL (1)  ARNOLD (1)  ASH (5)  ASPBURY (4)  AUSTIN (3)  BAILEY (4)  BARBER (11)  BARLOW (8)  BARNES (2)  BARNEY (1)  BARRATT (1)  BEDDALL (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BERRY (1)  BICKERTON (3)  BINNERSLEY (8)  BLYTHE (1)  BOOKER (5)  BOUGHEY (11)  BREESE (1)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRATTON (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BROUGH (10)  BRYAN (2)  BURGESS (7)  CAIN (2)  CALLCOTT (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CASEWELL (8)  CHEADLE (1)  CHERRINGTON (1)  COLLIER (1)  CRUMP (1)  DAVIES (1)  DUCKERS (6)  DEAR (7)  EARP (9)  ECCLESHALL (2)  ECCLESTONE (1)  ADDIS (4)  ELKES (1)  EVANS (1)  FIELDHOUSE (3)  FORGHAM (1)  FORSTER (2)  FRANCIS (1)  FROST (3)  FURBER (2)  GOSLING (2)  GRINDLEY (1)  GROOM (1)  HALL (4)  HEAFORD (1)  HIGGITT (7)  HODSON (6)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  JAMES (6)  JENKS (2)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (10)  KEBLE (3)  KEY (3)  KIRK (2)  LAKIN (4)  LANGFORD (1)  LATHAM (4)  LAWTON (1)  LEIGH (3)  LESSELS (2)  LOCKLEY (4)  LOVATT (8)  LOWES (1)  LOWE (1)  MASEFIELD (2)  MASON (8)  MASSEY (4)  MICKLEWRIGHT (1)  MILNER (7)  MORREY (10)  MORRIS (1)  MYATT (3)  KNAPP (3)  NEVALLS (1)  NICHOLLS (5)  NORTON (2)  OAKLEY (6)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (11)  PEAKE (1)  PEAK (5)  PLANT (7)  PODMORE (6)  POOLER (3)  POWELL (2)  PEA (1)  RAY (5)  RHODES (11)  RICHARDS (4)  RODERICK (1)  RUDGE (2)  RUSSELL (8)  SHENTON (1)  SHARRATT (3)  SHERWIN (5)  SIMMELL (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (3)  SPRAGG (1)  STANLEY (3)  TAGG (1)  TALBOT (13)  TALBOTT (6)  TAYLOR (15)  THORNLEY (10)  TOMKINSON (11)  TRACEY (5)  TURNER (1)  TYRER (7)  VENABLES (1)  VICKERS (2)  VYSE (10)  WALKER (6)  WATKIN (8)  WEDGE (5)  WEST (1)  WHITTAKER (4)  WHITE (2)  WHITMORE (4)  WIGGIN (8)  WILLIAMS (8)  WOOD (1)  WOODCOCK (4)  WORRALL (2)  WHEAT (10)  WYCHERLEY (5)  YEOMANS (5)