Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spetchley, Worcestershire

Spetchley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
DAY138.125086.32
CARTER85.000029.78
BERKELEY85.00006,666.67
LANGLEY85.0000227.92
PURSER63.75001,016.95
ROSS63.750034.31
HAYNES63.7500105.08
WEST53.125032.47
WILLIAMS53.12504.35
EVERETT42.5000139.37
BROOME42.5000500.00
DALE42.500059.17
ALLEN31.87509.93
DAVIS31.87508.53
TURNER21.25004.49
EVES21.2500298.51
FEEHAN21.25006,666.67
HUGHES21.25004.46
PROSSER21.250079.68
SMITH21.25000.89
DOLPHIN21.2500333.33
NOEL21.2500465.12
BROOKES10.625026.60
LANE10.62509.07
SINGLETON10.625031.65
HUNT10.62504.71
HOLDEN10.625011.42
COOPER10.62502.57
PITT10.625029.24
HARRISON10.62502.82
WESTON10.625015.31
MASTERS10.625033.78
TAYLOR10.62500.98
KNIGHT10.62505.07
SHAW10.62503.40
HODGES10.625021.32
COLLINGS10.625052.63
PERKS10.625059.88
HALL10.62502.12
FAGAN10.6250131.58
ATTWOOD10.625063.29
JOHNSON10.62501.86
HOWELL10.625014.84
PRICE10.62503.57
CLARK10.62502.08
GUISE10.6250434.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FEEHAN6,666.6721.2500
BERKELEY6,666.6785.0000
PURSER1,016.9563.7500
BROOME500.0042.5000
NOEL465.1221.2500
GUISE434.7810.6250
DOLPHIN333.3321.2500
EVES298.5121.2500
LANGLEY227.9285.0000
EVERETT139.3742.5000
FAGAN131.5810.6250
HAYNES105.0863.7500
DAY86.32138.1250
PROSSER79.6821.2500
ATTWOOD63.2910.6250
PERKS59.8810.6250
DALE59.1742.5000
COLLINGS52.6310.6250
ROSS34.3163.7500
MASTERS33.7810.6250
WEST32.4753.1250
SINGLETON31.6510.6250
CARTER29.7885.0000
PITT29.2410.6250
BROOKES26.6010.6250
HODGES21.3210.6250
WESTON15.3110.6250
HOWELL14.8410.6250
HOLDEN11.4210.6250
ALLEN9.9331.8750
LANE9.0710.6250
DAVIS8.5331.8750
KNIGHT5.0710.6250
HUNT4.7110.6250
TURNER4.4921.2500
HUGHES4.4621.2500
WILLIAMS4.3553.1250
PRICE3.5710.6250
SHAW3.4010.6250
HARRISON2.8210.6250
COOPER2.5710.6250
HALL2.1210.6250
CLARK2.0810.6250
JOHNSON1.8610.6250
TAYLOR0.9810.6250
SMITH0.8921.2500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called FEEHAN in Spetchley 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 1.2500 in Spetchley means that 1.2500% of the people in Spetchley on census day were called FEEHAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Spetchley in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ATTWOOD (1)  BERKELEY (8)  BETTAM (5)  BROCKHOLES (3)  BROOKES (1)  BROOME (4)  CAMPDEN (2)  CARTER (8)  CLAPTON (2)  CLARK (1)  CLISSOLD (1)  COOPER (1)  DALE (4)  DAVIS (3)  DAY (13)  DOLPHIN (2)  EVES (2)  ELYES (5)  EVERETT (4)  FAGAN (1)  FEEHAN (2)  GUISE (1)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAIDON (8)  HAYNES (6)  HODGES (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (2)  HUNT (1)  INSALL (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEYTE (4)  KNIGHT (1)  NOEL (2)  LANE (1)  LANGLEY (8)  MASTERS (1)  COLLINGS (1)  PERKS (1)  PESTRIDGE (3)  PITT (1)  PRICE (1)  PROSSER (2)  PURSER (6)  ROSS (6)  SHAW (1)  SINGLETON (1)  SMITH (2)  STIBBS (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TURNER (2)  WEST (5)  WESTON (1)  WHITTAL (1)  WILLIAMS (5)