Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lapley, Staffordshire

Lapley 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
TAYLOR486.451610.09
SMITH476.31724.47
BRYAN152.016181.21
BLAKEMORE141.8817441.64
SWIFT121.612952.22
CARTWRIGHT111.478538.79
LAURENCE101.344194.52
TOMLINSON101.344129.15
CHILD91.209771.15
DOUGHTY91.209795.14
WILLIAMS91.20971.68
BAYLEY91.209775.06
THOMAS91.20972.93
BICKFORD91.2097642.86
SALE91.2097183.67
HOOD91.209743.69
STOKES81.075325.46
BUTLER81.075311.03
HUNT81.07538.10
WARD81.07534.92
MORETON70.9409125.67
ADAMS70.94096.38
PRICE70.94095.38
SARGENT70.940961.08
RIGBY70.940932.44
POWELL70.94097.54
BREW70.9409374.33
STARKEY60.806581.30
BRAYTON60.80652,608.70
PYATT60.8065422.54
MASON60.80656.00
SHAW60.80654.39
MACHIN60.806580.54
CLAY60.806539.29
LANGFORD60.806551.28
EVANS50.67201.54
TUDOR50.6720100.00
BENNETT50.67204.09
PLEVIN50.67201,612.90
FLEETWOOD50.6720193.05
WOODCOCK50.672023.55
SOUTHERN50.672072.89
JONES50.67200.59
ASTON50.672040.75
ROCHELL50.67201,086.96
MERIDETH50.67202,083.33
WHITTINGHAM50.672089.45
WALKER50.67202.01
ROBINSON40.53761.69
BOOTH40.53765.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRAYTON0.747442608.6957
MERIDETH0.747442083.3333
TURMAN0.747442000.0000
PLEVIN0.747441612.9032
TUBMAN0.747441176.4706
ROCHELL0.747441086.9565
BICKFORD0.74744642.8571
LATHE0.74744625.0000
BLAKEMORE0.74744441.6404
PYATT0.74744422.5352
BREW0.74744374.3316
DIVINE0.74744265.4867
WARRENDER0.74744254.2373
TARPEY0.74744212.7660
MANSEL0.74744200.0000
FLEETWOOD0.74744193.0502
TOLFREE0.74744188.6792
SALE0.74744183.6735
BIGNELL0.74744133.7793
RANSOME0.74744127.6596
MORETON0.74744125.6732
GROSVENOR0.74744121.2121
ANSLOW0.74744104.1667
TETLEY0.74744100.3344
TUDOR0.74744100.0000
CORNS0.7474496.1538
DOUGHTY0.7474495.1374
LAURENCE0.7474494.5180
WHITTINGHAM0.7474489.4454
STARKEY0.7474481.3008
BRYAN0.7474481.2128
MACHIN0.7474480.5369
BAYLEY0.7474475.0626
SHERWIN0.7474475.0000
SOUTHERN0.7474472.8863
CHILD0.7474471.1462
BOWDLER0.7474467.1141
SARGENT0.7474461.0820
JEPSON0.7474454.9451
BROTHERTON0.7474452.7704
SWIFT0.7474452.2193
LANGFORD0.7474451.2821
LINFORD0.7474450.7614
HOOD0.7474443.6893
ASTON0.7474440.7498
CLAY0.7474439.2927
FELTON0.7474439.0625
CARTWRIGHT0.7474438.7870
CARRINGTON0.7474438.2653
SARGEANT0.7474434.1297

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 744 people called BRAYTON in Lapley 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 2608.6957 in Lapley means that 2608.6957% of the people in Lapley on census day were called BRAYTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRAYTON 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 BRAYTON 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 BRAYTON 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 BRAYTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Lapley means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRAYTON in Lapley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lapley in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ALDRIDGE (4)  ALLEN (1)  ANDEN (2)  ANSLOW (2)  ASTON (5)  BAGALEY (3)  BAYLEY (9)  BAILEY (2)  BARBER (1)  BENNETT (5)  BICKFORD (9)  BIGNELL (4)  BIRD (1)  BISHTON (1)  BLAKEMORE (14)  BLOCKLEY (6)  BOULD (7)  BOLTON (1)  BONCE (1)  BOOTH (4)  BOWDLER (1)  BRAYN (6)  BRANSTON (8)  BRAYTON (6)  BREW (7)  BRIDGES (4)  BROTHERTON (2)  BROUGH (1)  BROWN (2)  BRYAN (15)  BUNCE (1)  BUTLER (8)  CARPENDALE (4)  CARRINGTON (3)  CARTWRIGHT (11)  CASEY (1)  CHILD (9)  CLAY (6)  COLCOMBE (1)  COOPER (2)  CORNS (2)  COTTRELL (1)  CROCKETT (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (3)  DEYKIN (7)  DEAKIN (1)  DIVINE (3)  DICKINSON (1)  DOUGHTY (9)  DOWNS (1)  DUTTON (1)  EDURY (1)  EVANS (5)  FERNYHOUGH (1)  FELLOWES (1)  FELTON (2)  FIELDFAST (1)  FLEETWOOD (5)  FORD (2)  FOSTER (1)  JEPSON (4)  GLIGNOR (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENSMITH (3)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GROSVENOR (2)  GRUNDY (1)  HADLEY (2)  HARTELL (7)  HARVEY (3)  HEATON (2)  HODSON (1)  HOLLAND (3)  HOOD (9)  HORTON (4)  HUDSON (1)  HUFFADINE (6)  HULLUST (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUNT (8)  JEARNS (1)  JEFFRIES (3)  JONES (5)  KNIGHT (2)  LANGFORD (6)  LATHE (1)  LAURENCE (10)  LAWSON (2)  LAMMIN (1)  LINFORD (1)  LITTLEFORD (1)  LOVATT (2)  LOW (1)  LYCETT (3)  MACHIN (6)  MANSEL (1)  MARDINE (1)  MARETON (6)  MARPOLE (3)  MASEFIELD (3)  MASON (6)  MATHEWS (2)  MC KINNELL (1)  MACKENZIE (2)  MERIDETH (5)  MILLS (3)  MORETON (7)  NICHOLLS (3)  OAKLEY (2)  PARR (2)  PEMBERTON (1)  PHIPSARD (1)  PLEVIN (5)  POOLE (4)  POWELL (7)  PRICE (7)  PROBERT (1)  PYATT (6)  RANSOME (3)  REEVES (2)  RIGBY (7)  ROBINSON (4)  ROCHELL (5)  ROGERS (1)  SALE (9)  SARGEANT (2)  SARGENT (7)  SHAKLES (1)  SHARP (2)  SHAW (6)  SHERWIN (3)  SIMMIS (1)  SMITH (47)  SOUTHERN (5)  SPILSBURY (1)  STARKEY (6)  STEVENSON (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STOKES (8)  STONE (1)  SWIFT (12)  TURMAN (1)  TARPEY (1)  TAYLOR (48)  TETLEY (3)  THOMAS (9)  TILL (1)  TOLFREE (1)  TONKINSON (3)  TOMLINSON (10)  TREVITT (4)  TUBMAN (4)  TUDOR (5)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (5)  WARD (8)  WARRENDER (3)  WEBB (1)  WENLOCK (20)  WEBSTER (1)  WESTON (1)  WETTON (1)  WHITTINGHAM (5)  WILD (1)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WINCER (2)  WOODCOCK (5)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODVILLE (5)  WRIGHT (4)  WEATE (22)