Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wormleighton, Warwickshire

Wormleighton 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
GREEN229.523833.82
WALLIS219.0909268.54
THORNTON166.9264137.81
GILKES146.06064,242.42
HILL146.060623.80
BULL135.6277133.06
TURNER125.194818.66
SELBY104.3290362.32
DRAPER83.4632147.06
BIGNELL83.4632860.22
CLEAVER62.5974306.12
WEST52.164522.48
SUMMERS52.164577.16
GARDINER41.731660.24
ROBINS41.731681.63
SCRIVEN31.2987258.62
OWEN31.298710.94
WYATT31.298744.25
THURSBY31.29871,111.11
DAVENPORT31.298768.49
BAKER20.86583.95
LLOYD20.86587.42
CANNING20.8658121.95
BASELEY20.86581,052.63
SMALLWOOD10.432946.95
FIDDLER10.4329200.00
STEERMAN10.432910,000.00
SHEASBY10.4329384.62
SABIN10.4329181.82
DUMBLETON10.4329222.22
NEWMAN10.43295.82
DAVEY10.432910.53
TALBOT10.432917.39
SMITH10.43290.31
GODFREY10.432914.60
GARDENER10.432924.10
DUCKETT10.432968.03
MANTLE10.432982.64
HAWKINS10.43295.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEERMAN10,000.0010.4329
GILKES4,242.42146.0606
THURSBY1,111.1131.2987
BASELEY1,052.6320.8658
BIGNELL860.2283.4632
SHEASBY384.6210.4329
SELBY362.32104.3290
CLEAVER306.1262.5974
WALLIS268.54219.0909
SCRIVEN258.6231.2987
DUMBLETON222.2210.4329
FIDDLER200.0010.4329
SABIN181.8210.4329
DRAPER147.0683.4632
THORNTON137.81166.9264
BULL133.06135.6277
CANNING121.9520.8658
MANTLE82.6410.4329
ROBINS81.6341.7316
SUMMERS77.1652.1645
DAVENPORT68.4931.2987
DUCKETT68.0310.4329
GARDINER60.2441.7316
SMALLWOOD46.9510.4329
WYATT44.2531.2987
GREEN33.82229.5238
GARDENER24.1010.4329
HILL23.80146.0606
WEST22.4852.1645
TURNER18.66125.1948
TALBOT17.3910.4329
GODFREY14.6010.4329
OWEN10.9431.2987
DAVEY10.5310.4329
LLOYD7.4220.8658
HAWKINS5.9810.4329
NEWMAN5.8210.4329
BAKER3.9520.8658
SMITH0.3110.4329

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called STEERMAN in Wormleighton 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 0.4329 in Wormleighton means that 0.4329% of the people in Wormleighton on census day were called STEERMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Wormleighton in 1881

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

ALIBONE (8)  BAKER (2)  BASELEY (2)  BIGNELL (8)  BULL (13)  BIRDETT (6)  CANNING (2)  CLEAVER (6)  COMBOROUGH (1)  DAVENPORT (3)  DAVEY (1)  DRAPER (8)  DUCKETT (1)  DUMBLETON (1)  FABLING (6)  FESSEY (2)  FIDDLER (1)  GARDINER (4)  GARDENER (1)  GILKES (14)  GODFREY (1)  GREEN (22)  HAWKINS (1)  HILL (14)  LLOYD (2)  MANTLE (1)  MOLDS (1)  MOLD (1)  MUSTERS (1)  NAYLES (1)  NEPTON (1)  NEWMAN (1)  OWEN (3)  RAMLING (1)  ROBINS (4)  SABIN (1)  SANSOME (1)  SCRIVEN (3)  SELBY (10)  SHEASBY (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  STEERMAN (1)  SUMMERS (5)  TALBOT (1)  THORNTON (16)  THURSBY (3)  TURNER (12)  WALLIS (21)  WEST (5)  WILKING (1)  WYATT (3)