Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ilam, Staffordshire

Ilam 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
MASSEY136.2802245.75
HAMBLETON115.31401,309.52
HEWSON94.3478532.54
ETHERINGTON73.3816448.72
WATERFALL73.38162,058.82
HODGKINSON62.8986168.54
BARKER62.898622.15
LOWNDES62.8986857.14
PRINCE52.4155106.84
TURNER52.41558.68
DITCHFIELD52.4155704.23
SHAW41.932410.52
SUTTON41.932430.35
WOOD31.44934.55
TREADWELL31.4493555.56
TAYLOR31.44932.27
PLANT31.449365.50
HARRISON31.44936.53
FORESTER31.4493500.00
LUSE31.449330,000.00
BASSETT20.966261.92
ALLCOCK20.966289.29
BURNETT20.966234.90
RICHARDSON20.96625.68
SMITH20.96620.68
MONAGHAN20.9662133.33
WESTON20.966223.70
BECK20.966241.32
BERESFORD20.9662131.58
POYSER10.4831181.82
STONES10.483140.65
CARR10.48316.69
NICHOLSON10.48316.80
GRASS10.4831625.00
WARING10.483138.46
FALLOWS10.4831101.01
ROWBOTHAM10.483198.04
BIRCH10.483111.79
LAWRENCE10.48317.44
CURRAN10.483157.80
BELLAMY10.483133.11
COX10.48313.19
BUTTER10.4831102.04
SALT10.483132.47
BROWN10.48310.73
WARD10.48312.21
ROSE10.48316.51
BILLING10.483186.96
LARGE10.483146.95
THORNLEY10.483143.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUSE0.2120730000.0000
WATERFALL0.212072058.8235
HAMBLETON0.212071309.5238
LOWNDES0.21207857.1429
DITCHFIELD0.21207704.2254
GRASS0.21207625.0000
TREADWELL0.21207555.5556
HEWSON0.21207532.5444
FORESTER0.21207500.0000
ETHERINGTON0.21207448.7179
MASSEY0.21207245.7467
CRITCHLOW0.21207185.1852
POYSER0.21207181.8182
BRADDOCK0.21207169.4915
HODGKINSON0.21207168.5393
MONAGHAN0.21207133.3333
BERESFORD0.21207131.5789
PRINCE0.21207106.8376
BUTTER0.21207102.0408
FALLOWS0.21207101.0101
ROWBOTHAM0.2120798.0392
ALLCOCK0.2120789.2857
BILLING0.2120786.9565
THORNHILL0.2120777.5194
HIGGINBOTTOM0.2120774.0741
PLANT0.2120765.5022
COXON0.2120763.2911
BASSETT0.2120761.9195
CURRAN0.2120757.8035
SHIPLEY0.2120754.6448
LARGE0.2120746.9484
THORNLEY0.2120743.4783
MILLWARD0.2120743.1034
BECK0.2120741.3223
STONES0.2120740.6504
WARING0.2120738.4615
FOLEY0.2120738.3142
BURNETT0.2120734.9040
BELLAMY0.2120733.1126
SALT0.2120732.4675
SUTTON0.2120730.3490
OLDHAM0.2120727.4725
WESTON0.2120723.6967
RUSHTON0.2120723.4192
BARKER0.2120722.1484
BIRCH0.2120711.7925
CHADWICK0.2120711.0497
SHAW0.2120710.5208
AUSTIN0.212079.8814
WOODWARD0.212079.7943

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 207 people called LUSE in Ilam 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 30000.0000 in Ilam means that 30000.0000% of the people in Ilam on census day were called LUSE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ilam in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (2)  AUSTIN (1)  BARKER (6)  BASSETT (2)  BECK (2)  BELLAMY (1)  BERESFORD (2)  BILLING (1)  BIRCH (1)  BOTHAM (1)  BRADDOCK (1)  BROWN (1)  BURNETT (2)  BURTON (1)  BUTTER (1)  CARR (1)  CHADWICK (1)  CLASSICK (1)  COX (1)  COXON (1)  CRITCHLOW (1)  CURRAN (1)  DITCHFIELD (5)  DONEGANIS ? (6)  DUNNICLIFFE (9)  ETHERINGTON (7)  FALLOWS (1)  FOLEY (1)  FORESTER (3)  GOULDSTRAW (5)  GOLDSTRAW (2)  GOUTING (1)  GRASS (1)  GREATOREX (2)  HAMBLETON (11)  HARRISON (3)  HEWSON (9)  HIGGINBOTTOM (1)  HIGTON (1)  HODGKINSON (6)  HOLDIWAY (1)  LANE (1)  LARGE (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LOUNDES (5)  LOWNDES (6)  LUSE (3)  MASSEY (13)  MILLWARD (1)  MONAGHAN (2)  MAULTON (3)  MOUNTNEY (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  OLDHAM (1)  PLANT (3)  POYSER (1)  PRINCE (5)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROSE (1)  ROTHAM (1)  ROWBOTHAM (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SALT (1)  SHAW (4)  SHIPLEY (1)  SMITH (2)  STONES (1)  SUTTON (4)  TAYLOR (3)  THORNHILL (1)  THORNLEY (1)  TREADWELL (3)  TURNER (5)  TWIGGE (3)  WARD (1)  WARING (1)  WATCH (1)  WATERFALL (7)  WESTON (2)  WOOD (3)  WOODWARD (1)