Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wishaw, Warwickshire

Wishaw 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
WALTON95.202373.89
BROWN95.20237.89
SALT84.6243311.28
MOSS84.624375.05
GOODE84.6243357.14
KNIGHT74.046232.83
PRICHARD74.0462440.25
GRIFFIN74.046286.00
STEVENSON63.468249.42
AUSTIN52.890259.10
BROUGHTON52.8902154.80
PEGG42.3121235.29
THOMPSON42.31217.72
HAYWOOD42.3121110.19
MORRIS42.312110.39
JENNINGS42.312145.61
WHITWORTH31.7341103.81
BUSH31.734170.26
TAYLOR31.73412.71
MILLS31.734113.37
MALLORY21.15611,818.18
MORRISS21.1561188.68
BAYLISS21.156191.32
DEVILLE21.15611,666.67
HOWKINS21.1561869.57
FARMER21.156136.97
QUINBY21.15616,666.67
BASSETT21.156174.07
RITCHEY10.57803,333.33
BERRY10.57807.28
DITCHFIELD10.5780169.49
PROWSE10.5780126.58
ILIFF10.5780909.09
CROSS10.57808.40
HICKEN10.5780454.55
HARRIS10.57802.27
BROOK10.578014.99
MEDOWS10.57802,500.00
FLEMING10.578013.91
REYNOLDS10.57806.67
COLON10.57805,000.00
NOEL10.5780212.77
ROBINSON10.57801.81
BILLINGTON10.578053.19
MATHEWS10.578015.65
DAVIS10.57802.63
PRENTICE10.578049.02
HILL10.57802.27
THORPE10.578014.62
CLARK10.57801.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
QUINBY6,666.6721.1561
COLON5,000.0010.5780
RITCHEY3,333.3310.5780
MEDOWS2,500.0010.5780
MALLORY1,818.1821.1561
DEVILLE1,666.6721.1561
ILIFF909.0910.5780
HOWKINS869.5721.1561
HICKEN454.5510.5780
PRICHARD440.2574.0462
GOODE357.1484.6243
SALT311.2884.6243
PEGG235.2942.3121
NOEL212.7710.5780
MORRISS188.6821.1561
HARROD172.4110.5780
DITCHFIELD169.4910.5780
BROUGHTON154.8052.8902
PROWSE126.5810.5780
HAYWOOD110.1942.3121
WHITWORTH103.8131.7341
BAYLISS91.3221.1561
GRIFFIN86.0074.0462
MOSS75.0584.6243
BASSETT74.0721.1561
WALTON73.8995.2023
BUSH70.2631.7341
AUSTIN59.1052.8902
BILLINGTON53.1910.5780
STEVENSON49.4263.4682
PRENTICE49.0210.5780
JENNINGS45.6142.3121
FARMER36.9721.1561
KNIGHT32.8374.0462
MATHEWS15.6510.5780
BROOK14.9910.5780
THORPE14.6210.5780
FLEMING13.9110.5780
MILLS13.3731.7341
MORRIS10.3942.3121
CROSS8.4010.5780
BROWN7.8995.2023
THOMPSON7.7242.3121
BERRY7.2810.5780
REYNOLDS6.6710.5780
TAYLOR2.7131.7341
DAVIS2.6310.5780
HARRIS2.2710.5780
HILL2.2710.5780
CLARK1.9210.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called QUINBY in Wishaw 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 1.1561 in Wishaw means that 1.1561% of the people in Wishaw on census day were called QUINBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called QUINBY 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 QUINBY 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 QUINBY 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 QUINBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Wishaw means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of QUINBY in Wishaw than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wishaw in 1881

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

AUSTIN (5)  BASSETT (2)  BAYLISS (2)  BERRY (1)  BILLINGTON (1)  BINTON (1)  BOODLE (1)  BROOK (1)  BROUGHTON (5)  BROWN (9)  BUSH (3)  CLARK (1)  COLON (1)  CRIPS (6)  CROSS (1)  DEVILLE (2)  DAVIS (1)  DEAKEN (3)  DITCHFIELD (1)  FARMER (2)  FLEMING (1)  FURGSON (1)  GOODE (8)  GRIFFIN (7)  HARRIS (1)  HARROD (1)  HEVNFRE (?) (1)  HAYWOOD (4)  HILL (1)  HICKEN (1)  HOWKINS (2)  ILIFF (1)  IZON (1)  JENNINGS (4)  JENNINGS (?) (1)  KNIGHT (7)  NOEL (1)  LAPWORTH (1)  LYCETT (1)  MALLORY (2)  MATHEWS (1)  CAUSLAND (2)  MEDOWS (1)  MILLS (3)  MORRIS (4)  MORRISS (2)  MOSS (8)  PEGG (4)  PRENTICE (1)  PRICHARD (7)  PROWSE (1)  QUINBY (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RITCHEY (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SALT (8)  STARTEN (1)  STEVENSON (6)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (4)  THORPE (1)  WALTON (9)  WENLOCK (3)  WHITWORTH (3)