Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wombourn Woodford, Staffordshire

Wombourn Woodford 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
LAW2313.2948293.74
LOWE84.624361.68
HAY74.0462110.41
ROBERTS74.046210.76
GRIFFITHS63.468221.19
ROGERS63.468226.71
HUGHES63.468212.38
TURNER63.468212.46
DEANS63.4682512.82
PRYCE52.8902602.41
JENKS52.8902847.46
OAKES52.8902199.20
PARKER52.890215.20
LAMB52.890254.76
PIPER52.8902146.20
LEMING42.312120,000.00
DAVIES42.31214.55
CLIFF42.3121264.90
NEW31.7341197.37
WALKER31.73415.18
MORGAN31.73418.72
POOLE31.734135.97
HIGGINS21.156122.86
ARMSTRONG21.156115.13
DOBBINS21.1561645.16
DICKINS21.1561312.50
HARDWICK21.156175.47
SMITH21.15610.82
WARD21.15615.29
THATCHER10.578062.89
GWILT10.5780588.24
SHERWOOD10.578045.45
KENNY10.578048.31
WOOD10.57801.81
PERKS10.578055.56
CHARLES10.578027.93
STUBBS10.578021.88
JONES10.57800.51
WHITEHOUSE10.578022.22
CRESSWELL10.578054.95
BOUCHER10.5780109.89
NOCK10.5780131.58
EDMONDS10.578030.21
JOHNSON10.57801.72
OUTEN10.57801,250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEMING20,000.0042.3121
OUTEN1,250.0010.5780
JENKS847.4652.8902
DOBBINS645.1621.1561
PRYCE602.4152.8902
GWILT588.2410.5780
DEANS512.8263.4682
DICKINS312.5021.1561
LAW293.742313.2948
CLIFF264.9042.3121
OAKES199.2052.8902
NEW197.3731.7341
PIPER146.2052.8902
NOCK131.5810.5780
HAY110.4174.0462
BOUCHER109.8910.5780
HARDWICK75.4721.1561
THATCHER62.8910.5780
LOWE61.6884.6243
PERKS55.5610.5780
CRESSWELL54.9510.5780
LAMB54.7652.8902
KENNY48.3110.5780
SHERWOOD45.4510.5780
POOLE35.9731.7341
EDMONDS30.2110.5780
CHARLES27.9310.5780
ROGERS26.7163.4682
HIGGINS22.8621.1561
WHITEHOUSE22.2210.5780
STUBBS21.8810.5780
GRIFFITHS21.1963.4682
PARKER15.2052.8902
ARMSTRONG15.1321.1561
TURNER12.4663.4682
HUGHES12.3863.4682
ROBERTS10.7674.0462
MORGAN8.7231.7341
WARD5.2921.1561
WALKER5.1831.7341
DAVIES4.5542.3121
WOOD1.8110.5780
JOHNSON1.7210.5780
SMITH0.8221.1561
JONES0.5110.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called LEMING in Wombourn Woodford 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 2.3121 in Wombourn Woodford means that 2.3121% of the people in Wombourn Woodford on census day were called LEMING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEMING 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 LEMING 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 LEMING 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 LEMING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Wombourn Woodford means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEMING in Wombourn Woodford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wombourn Woodford in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (2)  BOWATER (1)  BOUCHER (1)  CHARLES (1)  CLIFF (4)  CRESSWELL (1)  CROYDEN (1)  DAVIES (4)  DEANS (6)  DICKINS (2)  DOBBINS (2)  EDMONDS (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  GRINDLEY (4)  GWILT (1)  HARDWICK (2)  HAY (7)  HIGGINS (2)  OUTEN (1)  HUGHES (6)  JENKS (5)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KENNY (1)  KEYSELL (3)  NOCK (1)  LAMB (5)  LAW (23)  LEMING (4)  LOWE (8)  MORGAN (3)  NEW (3)  OAKES (5)  PARKER (5)  PERKS (1)  PIPER (5)  POOLE (3)  PRYCE (5)  ROBERTS (7)  ROGERS (6)  SHERWOOD (1)  SMITH (2)  STUBBS (1)  THATCHER (1)  TITLEY (5)  TURNER (6)  WALKER (3)  WARD (2)  WHITEHOUSE (1)  WOOD (1)