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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leigh, Staffordshire

Leigh 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
ALCOCK477.1756497.35
HOLLINS324.8855932.94
WALKER182.74818.21
RATCLIFFE172.595493.97
BOWERS142.1374117.15
EATON142.137476.34
STANIER111.67941,375.00
BROWN111.67942.55
COPE111.679474.27
PHILLIPS111.67949.39
TURNER111.67946.03
ARNOLD101.526728.32
BOSTOCK91.3740146.34
WHISTON91.3740526.32
SMITH91.37400.97
PERKIN81.2214226.63
MORTON81.221422.85
CHELL81.2214547.95
GOSLING71.068768.23
HUGHES71.06873.81
WHITTINGHAM71.0687141.99
KENT71.068725.36
ATKIN71.068780.00
HARTLEY71.068717.05
JOHNSON60.91602.73
CARTER60.91605.46
HAWLEY60.916093.75
PRINCE60.916040.51
MARSON60.9160201.34
FLINT60.916051.06
MARLOW60.916078.02
BURTON60.916010.75
GREENHILL60.9160212.01
HORNER60.916048.12
HALL50.76342.59
BUXTON50.763450.81
TAYLOR50.76341.19
GOSS50.763487.72
CROXTON50.7634781.25
MOORE50.76343.82
BARLOW50.763414.14
LANE40.61078.86
HEATH40.610712.30
ADAMS40.61074.14
EARDLEY40.6107162.60
GREEN40.61072.17
STARTIN40.6107816.33
LEIGHTON40.610756.82
WATTON40.6107168.78
WHEAT40.6107259.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STANIER0.666551375.0000
HOLLINS0.66655932.9446
STARTIN0.66655816.3265
CROXTON0.66655781.2500
CHELL0.66655547.9452
WHISTON0.66655526.3158
ALCOCK0.66655497.3545
KAYES0.66655416.6667
WHEAT0.66655259.7403
BOWCOCK0.66655238.0952
PERKIN0.66655226.6289
GREENHILL0.66655212.0141
MARSON0.66655201.3423
LOCKER0.66655182.9268
HARDEY0.66655175.4386
WATTON0.66655168.7764
EARDLEY0.66655162.6016
BOSTOCK0.66655146.3415
WHITTINGHAM0.66655141.9878
TATTON0.66655117.6471
BOWERS0.66655117.1548
DILKS0.66655101.0101
CLAMP0.66655100.0000
RATCLIFFE0.6665593.9746
HAWLEY0.6665593.7500
GOSS0.6665587.7193
PIERCY0.6665584.7458
ATKIN0.6665580.0000
MARLOW0.6665578.0234
EATON0.6665576.3359
COPE0.6665574.2741
GOSLING0.6665568.2261
FITCHETT0.6665562.8931
NOAKES0.6665562.6305
POYSER0.6665557.1429
LEIGHTON0.6665556.8182
SHERWIN0.6665556.6572
BAKEWELL0.6665554.0541
MAYER0.6665553.1915
FLINT0.6665551.0638
BUXTON0.6665550.8130
HORNER0.6665548.1155
PRINCE0.6665540.5132
BEARDMORE0.6665533.3333
FOULKES0.6665532.7869
BRAIN0.6665528.4495
ARNOLD0.6665528.3206
ASH0.6665527.7264
JENKINSON0.6665526.1552
KENT0.6665525.3623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 655 people called STANIER in Leigh 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 1375.0000 in Leigh means that 1375.0000% of the people in Leigh on census day were called STANIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STANIER 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 STANIER 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 STANIER 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 STANIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Leigh means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STANIER in Leigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leigh in 1881

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

ABBOTTS (1)  ADAMS (4)  ALCOCK (47)  ARNOLD (10)  ASH (3)  ATKIN (7)  BACKHOUSE (3)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BAKEWELL (1)  BANNISTER (2)  BARLOW (5)  BARNETT (1)  BATES (1)  BEARDMORE (1)  BERRISFORD (1)  BIRCH (1)  BOSTOCK (9)  BOWCOCK (2)  BOWERS (14)  BOWYERS (1)  BRAIN (2)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (11)  BURTON (6)  BUXTON (5)  CAPEWELL (1)  CARTER (6)  CHELL (8)  CLAMP (2)  CLAY (3)  CLEWS (3)  COLLIER (2)  COPE (11)  COTTON (2)  CROXTON (5)  DARBY (1)  DILKS (1)  DOWNS (1)  DUROSE (3)  DUZE (1)  EARDLEY (4)  EATON (14)  EMERY (1)  FITCHETT (1)  FLINT (6)  FOULKES (2)  FOWLER (2)  FROGGATT (2)  GATES (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GOSLING (7)  GOSS (5)  GREATBACH (1)  GREEN (4)  GREENHILL (6)  GREENSMITH (10)  GRIFFIN (2)  HALL (5)  HARDEY (1)  HARPER (2)  HARRIS (3)  HARTLEY (7)  HAWLEY (6)  HEAKON OR HEATON (2)  HEATH (4)  HILL (3)  HOLLINS (32)  HORNER (6)  HOWE (2)  HUGHES (7)  HUSOE (1)  HYDE (2)  HIDE (1)  JENKINSON (3)  JOHNSON (6)  KAYES (1)  KEATES (1)  KENT (7)  KERSHAW (1)  KEY (1)  KIDD (2)  LANE (4)  LEIGHTON (4)  LEMON (1)  LEWIS (2)  LOCKER (3)  LOURDALE (1)  LOVE (1)  LOVATT (14)  LUMER (2)  MARLOW (6)  MARSH (3)  MARSHALL (1)  MARSON (6)  MARTIN (2)  MOORE (5)  MUIR (1)  MORLEY (3)  MORRIS (2)  MORTON (8)  MOULD (1)  MAYER (2)  NELSON (1)  NELURES (1)  NOAKES (3)  KNOBBS (22)  PATRICK (1)  PEACH (1)  PERKIN (8)  PERKS (1)  PHILLIPS (11)  PIERCY (2)  PORTER (1)  POTTS (1)  POYSER (1)  PRINCE (6)  PRITCHARD (3)  RATCLIFFE (17)  ROBINSON (2)  SADLER (1)  SHEMILT (8)  SHERWIN (2)  SILCOCK (3)  SISSONS (1)  SLACK (2)  SLATER (2)  SMITH (9)  SPENCER (1)  STANIER (11)  STANLEY (3)  STARTIN (4)  TATTON (2)  TAYLOR (5)  TITTERTON (4)  TOOTH (6)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (11)  UPTON (1)  VERNON (1)  WALKEDEN (3)  WALKER (18)  WARD (1)  WATSON (1)  WEAVER (1)  WHISTON (9)  WETTON (3)  WHITTINGHAM (7)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  WATTON (4)  WHEAT (4)