Top surnames from the 1881 census in Calton, Staffordshire

Calton 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
SMITH197.85125.56
REDFERN135.3719385.76
WARING114.5455361.84
OLDFIELD114.5455275.00
HEATHCOTE104.1322512.82
PHILLIPS93.719020.79
HOWSON83.3058529.80
PRIME72.8926736.84
HAYES72.892646.51
JONES62.47932.19
MOSS62.479340.21
BARKER52.066115.79
BLORE52.06611,666.67
SELLERS52.0661268.82
BIRCH52.066150.40
WOOLLEY52.0661104.17
TURNER41.65295.94
RATCLIFFE41.652959.88
HALL41.65295.62
LANGFORD41.6529105.26
SELLARS31.2397200.00
POYSER31.2397461.54
WOOD31.23973.89
DITCHFIELD31.2397361.45
SALT31.239783.33
YOUNG31.23975.77
WHITE31.23973.86
FORRESTER31.239792.31
MEAKIN20.8264105.82
CHADWICK20.826418.90
KIDD20.826440.57
CALLIS20.8264666.67
BRUNT20.8264119.76
SUTCLIFFE20.826420.92
ALLEN20.82644.38
SNAPE10.413244.84
AUSTIN10.41328.45
WESTON10.413210.13
ADAMS10.41322.80
WALKER10.41321.23
BULL10.41329.78
TAYLOR10.41320.65
BODEN10.413251.02
HAND10.413234.48
STAFFORD10.413219.42
OAKDEN10.4132227.27
ALTON10.4132151.52
MATKIN10.4132714.29
HAYWOOD10.413219.69
SQUIRES10.413229.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLORE0.242421666.6667
PRIME0.24242736.8421
MATKIN0.24242714.2857
CALLIS0.24242666.6667
HOWSON0.24242529.8013
HEATHCOTE0.24242512.8205
POYSER0.24242461.5385
REDFERN0.24242385.7567
WARING0.24242361.8421
DITCHFIELD0.24242361.4458
OLDFIELD0.24242275.0000
SELLERS0.24242268.8172
OAKDEN0.24242227.2727
SELLARS0.24242200.0000
ALTON0.24242151.5152
BRUNT0.24242119.7605
MEAKIN0.24242105.8201
LANGFORD0.24242105.2632
WOOLLEY0.24242104.1667
FORRESTER0.2424292.3077
SALT0.2424283.3333
RATCLIFFE0.2424259.8802
BOTT0.2424252.6316
BAGSHAW0.2424251.8135
BODEN0.2424251.0204
BIRCH0.2424250.4032
HAYES0.2424246.5116
SNAPE0.2424244.8430
KIDD0.2424240.5680
MOSS0.2424240.2145
COLLIS0.2424240.0000
HAND0.2424234.4828
SQUIRES0.2424229.1545
SUTCLIFFE0.2424220.9205
PHILLIPS0.2424220.7852
HAYWOOD0.2424219.6850
STAFFORD0.2424219.4175
CHADWICK0.2424218.9036
BARKER0.2424215.7878
STUBBS0.2424215.6495
WESTON0.2424210.1317
BULL0.242429.7752
TOMLINSON0.242428.9606
AUSTIN0.242428.4531
TURNER0.242425.9382
YOUNG0.242425.7703
HALL0.242425.6188
SMITH0.242425.5606
BURTON0.242424.8497
ALLEN0.242424.3754

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 242 people called BLORE in Calton 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 1666.6667 in Calton means that 1666.6667% of the people in Calton on census day were called BLORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLORE 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 BLORE 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 BLORE 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 BLORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Calton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLORE in Calton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Calton in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (2)  ALTON (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAGSHAW (1)  BARKER (5)  BERRISFORD (8)  BIRCH (5)  BLITTUNG (1)  BLORE (5)  BLOORE (1)  BOTT (1)  BODEN (1)  BRUNT (2)  BULL (1)  BURTON (1)  BUXTONE (3)  CALLIS (2)  CHADWICK (2)  COLLIS (1)  DITCHFIELD (3)  ETHRINGTON (4)  FERNIOUGH (4)  FORRESTER (3)  HALL (4)  HAND (1)  HAYES (7)  HEATHCOTE (10)  HAYWOOD (1)  HOWSON (8)  HOUSON (1)  JONES (6)  KIDD (2)  LANGFORD (4)  LOWNDS (1)  MATKIN (1)  MEAKIN (2)  MOSS (6)  MAULTON (1)  OAKDEN (1)  OLDFIELD (11)  PHILLIPS (9)  POYSER (3)  PRIME (7)  RATCLIFFE (4)  REDFERN (13)  ROBINSON (1)  SALT (3)  SELLARS (3)  SELLERS (5)  SHERRAT (2)  SHILCOCK (7)  SMITH (19)  SNAPE (1)  SQUIRES (1)  STAFFORD (1)  STUBBS (1)  SUTCLIFFE (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TURNER (4)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WARING (11)  WESTON (1)  WHITE (3)  WOOD (3)  WOOLLEY (5)  YOUNG (3)