Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wootton, Staffordshire

Wootton 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
FINNEY2111.47541,320.75
GOODALL168.7432408.16
SALT158.1967551.47
WARING137.1038565.22
WHEELDON126.55741,333.33
HUDSON105.464566.76
GALLIMORE84.37161,379.31
HEATH73.825177.01
LEGG73.8251231.79
HARRISON63.278714.77
CLARKE52.732213.48
BOTT52.7322347.22
WALKER42.18586.53
COLLIS42.1858211.64
PHILLIPS42.185812.22
HAWKINS31.639322.64
BURCHELL31.6393370.37
COLLINS31.639311.42
RYLANDS21.0929800.00
GRUNDY21.092953.33
ELKS21.09291,052.63
THOMPSON21.09293.65
GILMAN10.5464181.82
VERNON10.546433.22
ARCHER10.546413.21
LOWNDES10.5464161.29
ESSEX10.5464172.41
SMALL10.546421.55
HUGHES10.54641.95
CONWAY10.546429.15
WHITE10.54641.70
PYATT10.5464285.71
BOWERS10.546429.94
MORRALL10.5464312.50
TILL10.546477.52
SHERRATT10.546495.24
ROWBOTHAM10.5464111.11
WAGSTAFF10.546443.86
LUCK10.546466.23
HUNT10.54644.11
EDWARDS10.54641.96
HODKINSON10.546477.52
RICHARDSON10.54643.21
BRINDLEY10.546471.43
OAKDEN10.5464303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALLIMORE1,379.3184.3716
WHEELDON1,333.33126.5574
FINNEY1,320.752111.4754
ELKS1,052.6321.0929
RYLANDS800.0021.0929
WARING565.22137.1038
SALT551.47158.1967
GOODALL408.16168.7432
BURCHELL370.3731.6393
BOTT347.2252.7322
MORRALL312.5010.5464
OAKDEN303.0310.5464
PYATT285.7110.5464
LEGG231.7973.8251
COLLIS211.6442.1858
GILMAN181.8210.5464
ESSEX172.4110.5464
LOWNDES161.2910.5464
ROWBOTHAM111.1110.5464
SHERRATT95.2410.5464
HODKINSON77.5210.5464
TILL77.5210.5464
HEATH77.0173.8251
BRINDLEY71.4310.5464
HUDSON66.76105.4645
LUCK66.2310.5464
GRUNDY53.3321.0929
WAGSTAFF43.8610.5464
VERNON33.2210.5464
BOWERS29.9410.5464
CONWAY29.1510.5464
HAWKINS22.6431.6393
SMALL21.5510.5464
HARRISON14.7763.2787
CLARKE13.4852.7322
ARCHER13.2110.5464
PHILLIPS12.2242.1858
COLLINS11.4231.6393
WALKER6.5342.1858
HUNT4.1110.5464
THOMPSON3.6521.0929
RICHARDSON3.2110.5464
EDWARDS1.9610.5464
HUGHES1.9510.5464
WHITE1.7010.5464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called GALLIMORE in Wootton 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 4.3716 in Wootton means that 4.3716% of the people in Wootton on census day were called GALLIMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALLIMORE 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 GALLIMORE 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 GALLIMORE 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 GALLIMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,379.31 in Wootton means that you are 1,379.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALLIMORE in Wootton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wootton in 1881

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

ARCHER (1)  BURCHELL (3)  BOTT (5)  BOWERS (1)  BRINDLEY (1)  CLARKE (5)  COLLINS (3)  COLLIS (4)  CONWAY (1)  DUROES (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELKS (2)  ESSEX (1)  FINNEY (21)  FINNEYS (3)  GALLIMORE (8)  GILMAN (1)  GOODALL (16)  GRUNDY (2)  HARRISON (6)  HAWKINS (3)  HEATH (7)  HODKINSON (1)  HUDSON (10)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (1)  LEGG (7)  LOWNDES (1)  LUCK (1)  MORRALL (1)  OAKDEN (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PYATT (1)  RYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROWBOTHAM (1)  RYLANDS (2)  SALT (15)  SHERRATT (1)  SMALL (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TILL (1)  UDALE (1)  VERNON (1)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WALKER (4)  WARING (13)  WHEELDON (12)  WHITE (1)