Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hints, Staffordshire

Hints 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
DAVIS83.738317.01
LEES73.271073.76
STYLES73.2710309.73
GOUGH73.2710111.64
THOMAS73.27107.93
STEED73.2710679.61
SHENTON73.2710510.95
BROWNING62.8037137.61
ANDREWS52.336424.39
HART52.336427.40
WALLIS52.336468.97
HARRIS52.33649.19
ANSELL52.3364202.43
SWIFT41.869260.51
STORER41.8692298.51
SMITH41.86921.32
BATES41.869229.37
STOKES41.869244.25
DOUGLAS41.869238.57
COTON41.86922,000.00
MASON41.869213.90
MOUNTFORD31.4019157.89
LEEK31.4019288.46
VERNON31.401985.23
JOHNSTON20.934611.58
PAGET20.9346175.44
GRIFFIN20.934619.86
TURNER20.93463.36
JOHNSON20.93462.78
WEBB20.93466.89
BROWN20.93461.42
GIBSON20.93467.70
JACKSON20.93463.34
STRINGER20.934646.95
SANGSTER10.467398.04
ATKINS10.467312.45
FUNNELL10.467384.75
ROBERTS10.46731.24
HUNT10.46733.52
WRIGHT10.46731.46
SHAW10.46732.54
GLYNN10.4673105.26
SALT10.467331.45
ANSON10.4673126.58
DOWNES10.467337.74
RAWLINGS10.467331.95
HUDSON10.46735.71
COX10.46733.08
ORME10.467355.87
SLATTERY10.4673270.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SELVESTER0.212142500.0000
COTON0.212142000.0000
STEED0.21214679.6117
SHENTON0.21214510.9489
STYLES0.21214309.7345
STORER0.21214298.5075
LEEK0.21214288.4615
SLATTERY0.21214270.2703
ANSELL0.21214202.4291
PAGET0.21214175.4386
MOUNTFORD0.21214157.8947
BROWNING0.21214137.6147
ANSON0.21214126.5823
GOUGH0.21214111.6427
GLYNN0.21214105.2632
SANGSTER0.2121498.0392
ROWBOTHAM0.2121495.2381
VERNON0.2121485.2273
FUNNELL0.2121484.7458
MAYS0.2121481.9672
LEES0.2121473.7619
WALLIS0.2121468.9655
SWIFT0.2121460.5144
HEATHCOTE0.2121457.8035
ORME0.2121455.8659
STRINGER0.2121446.9484
STOKES0.2121444.2478
DOUGLAS0.2121438.5728
DOWNES0.2121437.7358
RAWLINGS0.2121431.9489
SALT0.2121431.4465
HAMPTON0.2121429.5858
BATES0.2121429.3686
HART0.2121427.3973
ANDREWS0.2121424.3902
GRIFFIN0.2121419.8610
BATEMAN0.2121418.0832
DAVIS0.2121417.0104
MASON0.2121413.9034
ATKINS0.2121412.4533
JOHNSTON0.2121411.5808
HARRIS0.212149.1929
THOMAS0.212147.9266
GIBSON0.212147.6982
GORDON0.212147.4129
WEBB0.212146.8942
HUDSON0.212145.7078
PAYNE0.212145.1921
MURRAY0.212143.7679
HUNT0.212143.5186

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 214 people called SELVESTER in Hints 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 Hints means that 2500.0000% of the people in Hints on census day were called SELVESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SELVESTER 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 SELVESTER 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 SELVESTER 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 SELVESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Hints means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SELVESTER in Hints than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hints in 1881

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

ANDREWS (5)  ANSELL (5)  ANSON (1)  ARGENT (8)  ATKINS (1)  BATEMAN (1)  BATES (4)  BENNETT (1)  BRIGHTLAND (5)  BROWN (2)  BROWNING (6)  COTON (4)  COX (1)  DAVIS (8)  DE CLIFFORD (2)  DOUGLAS (4)  DOWNES (1)  DEWES (6)  FUNNELL (1)  GIBSON (2)  GLYNN (1)  GORDON (1)  GOUGH (7)  GRIFFIN (2)  GUYMER (8)  HAMPTON (1)  HARRIS (5)  HART (5)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HERSHEL (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUNT (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JOHNSTON (2)  LEEK (3)  LEES (7)  LEAVESLEY (4)  MASON (4)  MAYS (1)  MOUNTFORD (3)  MURRAY (1)  ORME (1)  PAGET (2)  PAYNE (1)  RAMSELL (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWBOTHAM (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  SALT (1)  SANGSTER (1)  SHAW (1)  SHENTON (7)  SHARRAT (1)  SELVESTER (1)  SLATTERY (1)  SMITH (4)  STEED (7)  STOKES (4)  STORER (4)  STRANKS (4)  STRINGER (2)  STYLES (7)  SWIFT (4)  THOMAS (7)  TURNER (2)  VERNON (3)  WALKER (1)  WALLIS (5)  WARD (1)  WEBB (2)  WHITEFOOT (4)  WRIGHT (1)