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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Milwich, Staffordshire

Milwich 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
FOSTER152.742220.51
HALL152.74229.32
SNAPE142.5594277.78
WALKER122.19386.55
EATON122.193878.38
HEATH112.011040.50
BOWERS112.0110110.22
JOHNSON112.01105.99
ALMAN101.82824,166.67
MARTIN81.46255.94
FOWLER81.462525.61
DEAKIN81.4625105.82
BOYDEN81.4625769.23
ALLSOP71.2797124.56
COTTON71.279753.60
MORRIS71.27975.75
ELKIN71.2797630.63
GOODWIN71.279724.29
HAZELHURST71.27971,666.67
CHALLINOR61.0969310.88
GILBERT61.096919.26
WILLIAMS61.09691.53
COLLIER61.096932.82
MOORE61.09695.49
MORTON61.096920.52
ALCOCK50.914163.37
CHELL50.9141409.84
ARNOLD50.914116.95
JENKINSON40.731341.75
BROWN40.73131.11
ALSOP40.7313163.93
VERNON40.731344.44
BRADBURY40.731325.32
BARLOW40.731313.54
LOWE40.73139.75
PHILIPS40.731339.49
HOUGH30.548431.85
WOOD30.54841.72
JONES30.54840.48
JACKSON30.54841.96
GAUNT30.548455.76
HOLLINS30.5484104.53
BOURNE30.548428.28
FOX30.54845.91
RUSHTON20.365617.73
LOCKLEY20.365696.62
ASHMORE20.365649.02
FAIRBANKS20.3656294.12
CARTRIGHT20.3656606.06
DEAN20.36565.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALMAN0.555474166.6667
HAZELHURST0.555471666.6667
WALTHER0.555471111.1111
BOYDEN0.55547769.2308
ELKIN0.55547630.6306
CARTRIGHT0.55547606.0606
SWANEY0.55547526.3158
CHELL0.55547409.8361
CHALLINOR0.55547310.8808
FAIRBANKS0.55547294.1176
SNAPE0.55547277.7778
MALBON0.55547256.4103
HOMES0.55547215.0538
ALSOP0.55547163.9344
BEDSON0.55547153.8462
ELSMORE0.55547133.3333
ALLSOP0.55547124.5552
SPENDLOVE0.55547119.0476
BOWERS0.55547110.2204
MOORCROFT0.55547109.8901
DEAKIN0.55547105.8201
HOLLINS0.55547104.5296
DOODY0.55547103.0928
THOMASSON0.55547101.0101
LOCKLEY0.5554796.6184
BASTON0.5554785.4701
EATON0.5554778.3801
CHEADLE0.5554778.1250
ASKEY0.5554777.5194
TATTON0.5554770.4225
CRUTCHLEY0.5554767.1141
ALCOCK0.5554763.3714
BRISCOE0.5554756.8182
GAUNT0.5554755.7621
COTTON0.5554753.5988
ASHMORE0.5554749.0196
NICKLIN0.5554746.0829
VERNON0.5554744.4444
JENKINSON0.5554741.7537
LEESE0.5554741.6667
HEATH0.5554740.5007
PHILIPS0.5554739.4867
ALLMAN0.5554738.9105
WILLCOX0.5554733.8983
COLLIER0.5554732.8228
HOUGH0.5554731.8471
FINLAYSON0.5554731.7460
WILDING0.5554731.1042
BOURNE0.5554728.2752
GODWIN0.5554728.2486

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 547 people called ALMAN in Milwich 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 4166.6667 in Milwich means that 4166.6667% of the people in Milwich on census day were called ALMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALMAN 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 ALMAN 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 ALMAN 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 ALMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Milwich means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALMAN in Milwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Milwich in 1881

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

ALCOCK (5)  ALLEN (1)  ALPORT (5)  ALSOP (4)  ALLSOP (7)  ALMAN (10)  ALLMAN (1)  ARNOLD (5)  ASHCROFT (2)  ASHMORE (2)  ASKEY (1)  ASTBURY (15)  BAGERS (1)  BAILEY (1)  BANKS (1)  BARLOW (4)  BARNES (1)  BARNETT (1)  BEDSON (1)  BASTON (1)  BERKIN (2)  BOURDMAN (1)  BOKEWELL (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOWERS (11)  BOYDEN (8)  BRADBURY (4)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRISCOE (2)  BROOKES (1)  BROWN (4)  BUCKARD (1)  BOURNE (3)  BUXTON (1)  CHALLINOR (6)  CAPEURLL (1)  CAPEWELL (24)  CARTMAIL (1)  CARTRIGHT (2)  CHEADLE (1)  CHELL (5)  CHILTON (1)  COLLIER (6)  COTTON (7)  CRUTCHLEY (1)  DANIEL (1)  DAVOLL (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEAKIN (8)  DEAN (2)  DOODY (1)  DUROSE (1)  EATON (12)  ELKIN (7)  ELSMORE (1)  EVANS (1)  FAIRBANKS (2)  FINLAYSON (2)  FOSTER (15)  FOWLER (8)  FOX (3)  GARLE (4)  GAUNT (3)  GILBERT (6)  GODWIN (2)  GOODWIN (7)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALDEN (13)  HALL (15)  HANDLEY (1)  HANLEY (1)  HARENICKS (1)  HAYLEHURST (1)  HAZELHURST (7)  HEATH (11)  HILL (2)  HOLLINS (3)  HOLT (1)  HORNE (2)  HOROBIN (3)  HORROBIN (2)  HOUGH (3)  HUGHES (2)  HULDEN (3)  HOMES (2)  JACKSON (3)  JENKINSON (4)  JOHNSON (11)  JONES (3)  KIRKHAM (2)  KNIGHT (1)  LEEKE (5)  LAYING (3)  LEESE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKLEY (2)  LOWE (4)  MC CANN (1)  MARTIN (8)  MIDDLETON (1)  MALBON (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORCROFT (2)  MOORE (6)  MORRIS (7)  MORTON (6)  MOTTERAM (1)  MURRAY (2)  NICKLIN (1)  PATTYSON (8)  PHILIPS (4)  PICKERING (1)  PLILIPS (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RILEY (1)  ROBINS (1)  RUSHTON (2)  SARGENT (2)  SCOTT (1)  SELVIA (1)  SHANGLAR (1)  SHAW (2)  SHEKORNE (1)  SHELLEY (1)  SHEMILT (36)  SHOEBOTHAM (6)  SHREKORNE (5)  SNAPE (14)  SOLLOM (1)  SPENCER (2)  SPENDLOVE (1)  STACEY (1)  STANYER (9)  STIVINNERTON (1)  SWANEY (1)  TATTON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMASSON (1)  TITTENSOR (1)  VERNON (4)  WALKER (12)  WALTHER (1)  WARD (1)  WILLCOX (1)  WILDING (2)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WINFIELD (1)  WOOD (3)  YATES (1)