Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willenhall, Warwickshire

Willenhall is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
SMITH129.91747.02
BRADBURY86.6116228.57
MAYCOCK75.78511,250.00
WILLIAMS75.78518.05
POULTER64.9587666.67
GREEN64.958717.61
AKINS54.132216,666.67
KEMP54.132274.52
ASHBOURNE43.30588,000.00
WELLS43.305839.72
ELKINGTON43.3058869.57
CLARK43.305811.00
OLDHAM43.3058187.79
HARRIS43.305813.01
DONOVAN32.4793156.25
COMPTON21.6529172.41
ATKINS21.652944.05
RANDLE21.6529198.02
MAYO21.6529215.05
ADAMS10.82645.61
SPICER10.826461.35
BURKE10.826428.09
BERRY10.826410.42
HANCOX10.8264108.70
WATERS10.826420.58
BROWN10.82641.25
WILKINS10.826418.69
ADKINS10.8264126.58
WALE10.8264172.41
DARBY10.826451.55
CARTIER10.826410,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AKINS16,666.6754.1322
CARTIER10,000.0010.8264
ASHBOURNE8,000.0043.3058
MAYCOCK1,250.0075.7851
ELKINGTON869.5743.3058
POULTER666.6764.9587
BRADBURY228.5786.6116
MAYO215.0521.6529
RANDLE198.0221.6529
OLDHAM187.7943.3058
COMPTON172.4121.6529
WALE172.4110.8264
DONOVAN156.2532.4793
ADKINS126.5810.8264
HANCOX108.7010.8264
KEMP74.5254.1322
SPICER61.3510.8264
DARBY51.5510.8264
ATKINS44.0521.6529
WELLS39.7243.3058
BURKE28.0910.8264
WATERS20.5810.8264
WILKINS18.6910.8264
GREEN17.6164.9587
HARRIS13.0143.3058
CLARK11.0043.3058
BERRY10.4210.8264
WILLIAMS8.0575.7851
SMITH7.02129.9174
ADAMS5.6110.8264
BROWN1.2510.8264

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called AKINS in Willenhall 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 4.1322 in Willenhall means that 4.1322% of the people in Willenhall on census day were called AKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AKINS 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 AKINS 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 AKINS 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 AKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,666.67 in Willenhall means that you are 16,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AKINS in Willenhall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willenhall in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ADKINS (1)  ASHBOURNE (4)  AKINS (5)  ATKINS (2)  BATTINE (2)  BERRY (1)  BINLEY (6)  BURKE (1)  BOSSER (1)  BRADBURY (8)  BROWN (1)  BUCKBY (2)  CANENTON (1)  CARTIER (1)  CLARK (4)  CLULEY (1)  COMPTON (2)  DARBY (1)  DONOVAN (3)  ELKINGTON (4)  GEATMAN (3)  GREEN (6)  HANCOX (1)  HARRIS (4)  KEMP (5)  MAYCOCK (7)  MAYO (2)  OLDHAM (4)  POULTER (6)  RANDLE (2)  SMITH (12)  SPICER (1)  STEANE (1)  TWIGGER (1)  WALE (1)  WATERS (1)  WELLS (4)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (7)