Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wall, Staffordshire

Wall 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
BOTT119.48281,208.79
BATEMAN86.8966266.67
WATTON76.03451,666.67
BLOWER65.1724869.57
STOKES54.3103102.04
MOSS54.310369.93
CANTLEY54.310310,000.00
BROOKER43.4483285.71
PERRY43.448346.89
ELLIOTT32.586230.49
LEES32.586258.37
GRIFFIN32.586254.95
CRADDOCK32.5862306.12
HOLMES32.586221.23
DAWSON21.724115.64
COLEMAN21.724134.60
EDWARDS21.72416.19
WILLETTS21.7241307.69
DAVIES21.72413.39
GILL21.724124.36
LEWIS10.86213.28
JAMES10.86214.39
HEATH10.862117.36
GEE10.862133.78
WARD10.86213.95
HOWARD10.86218.79
CHESHIRE10.8621112.36
SMITH10.86210.61
BROADHURST10.862185.47
PARSONS10.862111.35
FAULKNER10.862131.85
BIRD10.862111.29
MINTON10.8621256.41
DUVAL10.86211,111.11
WEDD10.86211,111.11
JONES10.86210.76
TAYLOR10.86211.35
SEDGWICK10.8621119.05
NICKS10.86211,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CANTLEY10,000.0054.3103
WATTON1,666.6776.0345
NICKS1,250.0010.8621
BOTT1,208.79119.4828
WEDD1,111.1110.8621
DUVAL1,111.1110.8621
BLOWER869.5765.1724
WILLETTS307.6921.7241
CRADDOCK306.1232.5862
BROOKER285.7143.4483
BATEMAN266.6786.8966
MINTON256.4110.8621
SEDGWICK119.0510.8621
CHESHIRE112.3610.8621
STOKES102.0454.3103
BROADHURST85.4710.8621
MOSS69.9354.3103
LEES58.3732.5862
GRIFFIN54.9532.5862
PERRY46.8943.4483
COLEMAN34.6021.7241
GEE33.7810.8621
FAULKNER31.8510.8621
ELLIOTT30.4932.5862
GILL24.3621.7241
HOLMES21.2332.5862
HEATH17.3610.8621
DAWSON15.6421.7241
PARSONS11.3510.8621
BIRD11.2910.8621
HOWARD8.7910.8621
EDWARDS6.1921.7241
JAMES4.3910.8621
WARD3.9510.8621
DAVIES3.3921.7241
LEWIS3.2810.8621
TAYLOR1.3510.8621
JONES0.7610.8621
SMITH0.6110.8621

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called CANTLEY in Wall 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 4.3103 in Wall means that 4.3103% of the people in Wall on census day were called CANTLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CANTLEY 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 CANTLEY 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 CANTLEY 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 CANTLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Wall means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CANTLEY in Wall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wall in 1881

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

BATEMAN (8)  BIRD (1)  BLOWER (6)  BOTT (11)  BRADBURNE (4)  BROADHURST (1)  BROOKER (4)  CAMMILLERI (1)  CANTLEY (5)  CHESHIRE (1)  COLEMAN (2)  CRADDOCK (3)  DUVAL (1)  DAVIES (2)  DAWSON (2)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIOTT (3)  FAULKNER (1)  GEE (1)  GILL (2)  GRIFFIN (3)  HEATH (1)  HOLMES (3)  HOWARD (1)  JAMES (1)  JEACOCK (5)  JONES (1)  CAYLEY (1)  LEES (3)  LEWIS (1)  MINTON (1)  MOSS (5)  MC NEALE (1)  NICKS (1)  PARSONS (1)  PERRY (4)  RATHBORNE (2)  SEDGWICK (1)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (5)  TAYLOR (1)  VOUSDEN (1)  WARD (1)  WEDD (1)  WILLETTS (2)  WATTON (7)