Top surnames from the 1881 census in Heaton, Staffordshire

Heaton 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
DALE257.6220180.38
BAILEY206.097640.48
HEATH154.573292.08
RILEY154.573257.80
BUXTON144.2683283.98
RODGERS92.7439100.22
TRUMAN92.7439441.18
GIBSON92.743922.61
NEEDHAM92.7439128.94
HULME92.7439128.39
KIRKHAM82.4390174.67
GOODWIN82.439046.30
MOSS72.134134.62
WARREN61.829327.36
MELLOR61.829351.95
BIRCH61.829344.64
GOODFELLOW61.8293206.90
SEWARD61.8293333.33
WILLIAMSON61.829320.41
BARBER51.524425.33
PICKERING51.524442.27
BELFIELD51.5244602.41
ALLEN41.21956.46
NIXON41.219540.04
DAKIN41.2195170.21
CRITCHLOW41.2195470.59
GOULD41.219533.76
HUNT30.91466.89
STEELE20.609822.78
MAYDEW20.60982,500.00
CASEY20.609841.41
REDHEAD20.6098112.36
SMITH20.60980.43
PYATT20.6098322.58
HALL20.60982.07
MELLER20.6098357.14
DAVENPORT20.609832.21
TURNER20.60982.19
GOODE20.609847.06
BAKER10.30491.39
BOURN10.3049138.89
LOVETT10.304933.33
ROBINSON10.30490.96
YATES10.30494.44
VERNON10.304918.52
THOMPSON10.30491.02
BALL10.30493.69
AUSTIN10.30496.24
LOMAS10.304916.50
BROWN10.30490.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAYDEW0.333282500.0000
BELFIELD0.33328602.4096
CRITCHLOW0.33328470.5882
TRUMAN0.33328441.1765
MELLER0.33328357.1429
SEWARD0.33328333.3333
PYATT0.33328322.5806
BUXTON0.33328283.9757
GOODFELLOW0.33328206.8966
DALE0.33328180.3752
KIRKHAM0.33328174.6725
DAKIN0.33328170.2128
BOURN0.33328138.8889
NEEDHAM0.33328128.9398
HULME0.33328128.3880
REDHEAD0.33328112.3596
RODGERS0.33328100.2227
HEATH0.3332892.0810
RILEY0.3332857.8035
MELLOR0.3332851.9481
GOODE0.3332847.0588
GOODWIN0.3332846.2963
BIRCH0.3332844.6429
PICKERING0.3332842.2654
CASEY0.3332841.4079
BAILEY0.3332840.4776
NIXON0.3332840.0400
MOSS0.3332834.6192
GOULD0.3332833.7553
LOVETT0.3332833.3333
DAVENPORT0.3332832.2061
WARREN0.3332827.3598
BARBER0.3332825.3293
STEELE0.3332822.7790
GIBSON0.3332822.6074
WILLIAMSON0.3332820.4082
VERNON0.3332818.5185
LOMAS0.3332816.5017
HUNT0.333286.8871
ALLEN0.333286.4558
AUSTIN0.333286.2383
YATES0.333284.4366
BALL0.333283.6914
TURNER0.333282.1906
HALL0.333282.0725
BAKER0.333281.3914
THOMPSON0.333281.0177
ROBINSON0.333280.9562
BROWN0.333280.4625
SMITH0.333280.4319

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 328 people called MAYDEW in Heaton 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 2500.0000 in Heaton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Heaton on census day were called MAYDEW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAYDEW 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 MAYDEW 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 MAYDEW 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 MAYDEW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Heaton means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAYDEW in Heaton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heaton in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ARMETT (2)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILEY (20)  BAKER (1)  BALL (1)  BARBER (5)  BELFIELD (5)  BERRISFORD (1)  BIDULPH (1)  BIRCH (6)  BOLSHAW (1)  BORMINGTON (5)  BRASSINGTON (8)  BROWN (1)  BOURN (1)  BUXTON (14)  CASEY (2)  CATTRIL (1)  CRITCHLOW (4)  DAKIN (4)  DALE (25)  DAVENPORT (2)  DOORBAR (4)  GIBSON (9)  GOODE (2)  GOODFELLOW (6)  GOODWIN (8)  GOULD (4)  HALL (2)  HARROWSMITH (2)  HEAPY (2)  HEATH (15)  HULME (9)  HOREBIN (1)  HUNT (3)  ERLAM (4)  KIRKHAM (8)  LINDAYE (3)  LINDUP (1)  LOMAS (1)  LOVETT (1)  MAYDEW (2)  MELLER (2)  MELLOR (6)  MOSS (7)  NADIN (1)  NEEDHAM (9)  NIXON (4)  PIRKIN (1)  PICKERING (5)  POYSON (5)  PYATT (2)  REDHEAD (2)  RILEY (15)  ROBINSON (1)  RODGERS (9)  SEWARD (6)  SHUFFLEBOTHAM (1)  SMITH (2)  STEELE (2)  SWINDELLS (4)  SWINDLLS (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THOMPSTONE (1)  TOMKINSON (4)  TRUMAN (9)  TURNER (2)  TURNOCK (7)  VERNON (1)  WALWIN (1)  WARREN (6)  WILLIAMSON (6)  YATES (1)