Top surnames from the 1881 census in High Offley, Staffordshire

High Offley 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
TALBOT607.3801296.44
JOHNSON283.444010.25
WALKER242.95208.82
TURNER192.33708.40
DAVIS182.214010.08
JAMES151.84509.39
SMITH151.84501.31
CORK141.7220232.17
THACKER121.4760203.74
NICHOLLS111.353025.91
ALLMAN111.3530287.96
MALPASS111.3530523.81
FELTON101.2300178.89
BAILEY101.23008.17
WOOD101.23003.86
ETHEL101.23006,666.67
KEELING101.2300140.85
BALL91.107013.40
GREENFIELD91.107099.56
HEATH91.107022.29
STOCKTON80.9840161.94
DUTTON80.984043.48
KEY80.984071.30
ATKINS80.984026.24
JONES80.98400.87
CLIFF80.9840112.52
HYATT80.9840299.63
ASHLEY80.984058.82
GILBERT80.984017.27
WHITTINGHAM70.8610114.57
FURBER70.8610336.54
SOUTHALL70.8610113.64
POVEY70.8610142.28
HIGGINS70.861017.03
JENKS70.8610252.71
FORRESTER70.861064.16
CARTWRIGHT60.738019.36
OAKLEY60.738034.84
DUNN60.73808.87
FOSTER60.73805.52
SHENTON60.7380115.38
SELMAN60.7380428.57
LOWE60.73809.84
PERRINS60.7380242.92
LIGHTFOOT50.615044.21
BROADHURST50.615060.75
LEES50.615013.87
BENNETT50.61503.74
ECCLES50.615038.43
VICKERS50.615023.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ETHEL0.818136666.6667
SHULT0.818135000.0000
MALPASS0.81813523.8095
TEES0.81813476.1905
SELMAN0.81813428.5714
WIGGIN0.81813404.0404
HAMBLET0.81813377.3585
FURBER0.81813336.5385
HYATT0.81813299.6255
TALBOT0.81813296.4427
ALLMAN0.81813287.9581
NEVITT0.81813285.7143
JENKS0.81813252.7076
PERRINS0.81813242.9150
CORK0.81813232.1725
SELVEY0.81813212.7660
THACKER0.81813203.7351
BRATTON0.81813196.0784
FELTON0.81813178.8909
KNIGHTON0.81813175.4386
CLEMSON0.81813172.4138
STOCKTON0.81813161.9433
BUTTERY0.81813160.2564
BARRINGTON0.81813151.5152
POVEY0.81813142.2764
KEELING0.81813140.8451
SHARRATT0.81813119.0476
WYER0.81813118.3432
SHENTON0.81813115.3846
WHITTINGHAM0.81813114.5663
SOUTHALL0.81813113.6364
CLIFF0.81813112.5176
CARTY0.81813104.7120
GREENFIELD0.8181399.5575
MAIDEN0.8181389.6861
JINKS0.8181388.2353
WARRENDER0.8181377.5194
WRENCH0.8181373.8007
KEY0.8181371.3012
BELLINGHAM0.8181366.8896
HAYCOCK0.8181365.7895
FORRESTER0.8181364.1613
BROADHURST0.8181360.7533
PEAK0.8181358.8235
SIMKIN0.8181358.8235
ASHLEY0.8181358.8235
THORLEY0.8181356.7108
BARNET0.8181351.2821
ANSLOW0.8181347.6190
LIGHTFOOT0.8181344.2087

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 813 people called ETHEL in High Offley 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 6666.6667 in High Offley means that 6666.6667% of the people in High Offley on census day were called ETHEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ETHEL 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 ETHEL 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 ETHEL 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 ETHEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in High Offley means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ETHEL in High Offley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in High Offley in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ALLMAN (11)  ANSLOW (1)  ARKINSTALL (2)  ARNOLD (3)  ASHLEY (8)  ATKINS (8)  AUSTIN (4)  BAILEY (10)  BALL (9)  BARLOW (1)  BARNETT (4)  BARNET (2)  BARRATT (2)  BARRINGTON (4)  BIRTLES (1)  BEESTON (2)  BENNETT (5)  BENTLEY (2)  BELLINGHAM (2)  BLANTORN (2)  BOFFY (3)  BOON (3)  BOTT (2)  BOXFORD (7)  BRADBURY (2)  BRATTON (2)  BRATTAN (5)  BRAYFORD (1)  BRAZENALL (4)  BRINDLEY (1)  BROADHURST (5)  BUCKLY (1)  BUTTERY (5)  CHALINER (1)  CARGILL (1)  CARTY (2)  CARTWRIGHT (6)  CASELEY (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHILD (3)  CLEMSON (2)  CLIFF (8)  COBB (1)  COLLEY (2)  COOKSON (1)  COPLEY (1)  CORK (14)  DAVIS (18)  DOBSON (2)  DUNN (6)  DUTTON (8)  ECCLES (5)  ECCLESTON (1)  EMERY (2)  ETHEL (10)  ETHELL (3)  EVANS (4)  FARMER (3)  FELTON (10)  FIRMSTONE (1)  FISHER (1)  FORGHAM (1)  FORRESTER (7)  FOSTER (6)  FURBER (7)  GHAM (4)  GILBERT (8)  GIMBERT (1)  GREENFIELD (9)  GRIFFIN (2)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GROUCOT (1)  HAMBLET (2)  HARPUR (2)  HAYCOCK (3)  HEATH (9)  HIGGINS (7)  HILL (5)  HODSON (2)  HODGSON (1)  HORLEY (1)  HORROBIN (1)  HOWE (4)  HYATT (8)  JAMES (15)  JERVIS (1)  JINKS (3)  JENKS (7)  JOULES (3)  JOHNSON (28)  JONES (8)  KEELING (10)  KELLY (1)  KEY (8)  KNIGHTON (5)  LEDBURY (2)  LEES (5)  LEWIS (3)  LIGHT (1)  LIGHTFOOT (5)  LESTER (4)  LOVATT (1)  LOWE (6)  LOWNES (1)  MAIDEN (2)  MALPASS (11)  MASON (3)  MASSIE (1)  MCDONALD (2)  MILDSLEY (4)  MILLINGTON (1)  MOORE (3)  NAGGINGTON (4)  NAYNTON (3)  NEVOLS (7)  NEVITT (3)  NICHOLLS (11)  NORRIS (1)  NORTON (2)  OAKLEY (6)  OAKLY (2)  OWEN (1)  PARKER (1)  PEAK (2)  PEAKE (1)  PEARCE (2)  PERCIVAL (2)  PERRINS (6)  PLANT (3)  POVEY (7)  PRESTON (3)  PRICE (2)  RHODES (4)  RODGERS (3)  RUSSELL (1)  RUTTER (3)  SELVEY (1)  SELMAN (6)  SHARROD (1)  SHENTON (6)  SHARRATT (3)  SCARROT (1)  SHULT (3)  SIMKIN (1)  SMITH (15)  SOUTHALL (7)  SPILSBURY (3)  STACEY (3)  STANLEY (2)  STOCKTON (8)  STOREY (1)  TALBOT (60)  TAYLOR (4)  TEES (2)  THACKER (12)  THOMAS (1)  THORLEY (3)  TOYER (4)  TRUBSHAW (1)  TURNER (19)  VENABLES (5)  VICKERS (5)  WALKER (24)  WALTERS (1)  WARD (3)  WARRENDER (1)  WYER (2)  WHITTINGHAM (7)  WICKSTEAD (11)  WIGGIN (4)  WILLIAMS (4)  WISEMAN (4)  WOOD (10)  WOODS (1)  WRENCH (2)  WRIGHT (2)