Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kingston, Staffordshire

Kingston 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
JOHNSON134.642913.82
CAMPION113.9286561.22
MARTIN93.214313.05
SMITH93.21432.28
WILSON93.21437.00
STONIER82.85711,600.00
ELLSMORE72.50005,384.62
FINNEMORE72.50003,181.82
COTTRELL72.5000281.12
DEAVILLE62.14291,363.64
PRITCHARD62.142939.79
POTTS62.142964.24
MOSS62.142934.76
SHERRATT51.7857310.56
MEAKIN51.7857229.36
LAND51.7857247.52
SHAW51.78579.72
BEARD41.428654.27
MELLOR41.428640.57
AINSWORTH41.428672.07
PHILLIPS41.42867.98
WARDLE41.428673.80
SPOONER31.071474.26
DAY31.071411.38
TAMS20.7143540.54
DEAKIN20.714351.68
PERKIN20.7143132.45
GREEN20.71432.54
UPTON20.714337.52
PAINE20.714351.81
HEATH20.714314.39
SAYER10.357127.25
RATCLIFFE10.357112.94
LAWRENCE10.35715.50
STEELE10.357113.35
SLATER10.35715.90
COLLIS10.357134.60
PAGE10.35714.47
WOODWARD10.35717.24
HAMSON10.3571227.27
BOOLE10.35711,000.00
MORRIS10.35711.60
SANDERS10.35717.88
BABB10.3571131.58
STUBBS10.357113.53
HOLMES10.35712.93
SLANEY10.3571114.94
CHELL10.3571158.73
MOULD10.357141.67
WOOD10.35711.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLSMORE0.282805384.6154
FINNEMORE0.282803181.8182
STONIER0.282801600.0000
DEAVILLE0.282801363.6364
BOOLE0.282801000.0000
CAMPION0.28280561.2245
TAMS0.28280540.5405
SHERRATT0.28280310.5590
FAIRBANKS0.28280285.7143
COTTRELL0.28280281.1245
LAND0.28280247.5248
MEAKIN0.28280229.3578
HAMSON0.28280227.2727
CHELL0.28280158.7302
PERKIN0.28280132.4503
BABB0.28280131.5789
SLANEY0.28280114.9425
SHIPTON0.2828086.2069
SPOONER0.2828074.2574
WARDLE0.2828073.8007
AINSWORTH0.2828072.0721
POTTS0.2828064.2398
ROCK0.2828062.8931
BEARD0.2828054.2741
PAINE0.2828051.8135
DEAKIN0.2828051.6796
MOULD0.2828041.6667
MELLOR0.2828040.5680
PRITCHARD0.2828039.7878
UPTON0.2828037.5235
MOSS0.2828034.7625
COLLIS0.2828034.6021
SAYER0.2828027.2480
ALCOCK0.2828024.7525
BETTS0.2828016.6945
HEATH0.2828014.3885
JOHNSON0.2828013.8180
STUBBS0.2828013.5318
STEELE0.2828013.3511
MARTIN0.2828013.0473
RATCLIFFE0.2828012.9366
DAY0.2828011.3809
SHAW0.282809.7220
PHILLIPS0.282807.9840
SANDERS0.282807.8802
WOODWARD0.282807.2411
WILSON0.282806.9984
MIDDLETON0.282806.8027
SLATER0.282805.8997
LAWRENCE0.282805.5006

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 280 people called ELLSMORE in Kingston 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 5384.6154 in Kingston means that 5384.6154% of the people in Kingston on census day were called ELLSMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELLSMORE 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 ELLSMORE 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 ELLSMORE 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 ELLSMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Kingston means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELLSMORE in Kingston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kingston in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (4)  ALCOCK (1)  BABB (1)  BATHEN (6)  BEARD (4)  BETTSON (8)  BETTS (1)  BOOLE (1)  BRANDIRCK (5)  BRIDGEWOOD (1)  CAPEWELL (3)  CARTMAIL (1)  CAMPION (11)  CHARSLEY (1)  CHELL (1)  CLEWS (1)  COLLIS (1)  COTTRELL (7)  DEAVILLE (6)  DAY (3)  DEAKIN (2)  DEAN (1)  ELLSMORE (7)  FAIRBANKS (1)  FERNEYHOUGH (14)  FERNYEYHOUGH (2)  FINNEMORE (7)  FISHER (1)  FRADLEY (21)  JERRAT (1)  GREEN (2)  GRIMBLY (1)  HAMSON (1)  HAULT (1)  HEATH (2)  HOBBIS (6)  HOLMES (1)  JOHNSON (13)  KNIGHT (1)  LAND (5)  LAWRENCE (1)  MARTIN (9)  MEAKIN (5)  MELLOR (4)  MIDDLETON (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOSS (6)  MOULD (1)  PAGE (1)  PATTYSON (1)  PAINE (2)  PERKIN (2)  PHILLIPS (4)  POTTS (6)  PRITCHARD (6)  PRITHARD (1)  RAINTHORPE (1)  RATCLIFFE (1)  ROCK (1)  SANDERS (1)  SAYER (1)  SHAW (5)  SHERRATT (5)  SHIPTON (1)  SLANEY (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (9)  SPOONER (3)  STEELE (1)  STONIER (8)  STUBBS (1)  TAMS (2)  TAVERNOR (1)  UPTON (2)  WARDLE (4)  WILSON (9)  WOOD (1)  WOODINGS (6)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLISCROFT (4)  WORSEY (2)