Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colton, Staffordshire

Colton 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
BULL202.949969.78
ALLSOP121.7699172.41
MYATT121.7699371.52
BRADBURY111.622456.15
NORMAN111.622435.01
TAYLOR101.47492.31
WEAVER101.474956.72
ARCHER91.327432.10
SAMMONS91.3274865.38
LEADBEATER91.3274322.58
TOMLINSON91.327428.78
DIX91.3274134.53
HILL91.32745.21
HALL91.32744.51
RADFORD91.327469.98
STOCKLEY81.1799273.97
PRESTON81.179923.62
UPTON81.179961.92
BALL81.179914.29
DAVIS81.17995.37
WOOD81.17993.70
RIGBY81.179940.67
SHAW81.17996.42
WOOLLEY81.179959.48
NICKLIN71.0324260.22
BARTON71.032419.11
SUTTON71.032416.22
ALCOCK71.032471.57
ROWLEY71.032439.30
MORRALL71.0324583.33
COPE60.885039.14
SOUTHERN60.885096.00
PADDOCK60.8850346.82
HAYWOOD50.737535.16
KEAY50.7375173.01
CRUTCHLEY50.7375271.74
BENTLEY50.737517.43
HOLT50.737511.02
NICHOLS50.737522.63
POTTS50.737522.09
HAYWARD50.737517.30
FAIRBROTHER50.7375129.53
LYONS50.737533.13
GLOVER50.737517.30
BANNISTER50.737542.70
DEAKIN50.737553.36
MUMFORD50.737576.34
PARKER50.73753.88
ABEL40.590091.53
HORSLEY40.590063.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOYTE0.686782000.0000
DEVAL0.686781666.6667
SAMMONS0.68678865.3846
ROYALS0.68678714.2857
MORRALL0.68678583.3333
ARIES0.68678500.0000
MYATT0.68678371.5170
PADDOCK0.68678346.8208
LEADBEATER0.68678322.5806
WILDAY0.68678303.0303
STOCKLEY0.68678273.9726
CRUTCHLEY0.68678271.7391
NICKLIN0.68678260.2230
BROW0.68678256.4103
THORNES0.68678181.8182
KEAY0.68678173.0104
ALLSOP0.68678172.4138
DIX0.68678134.5291
FAIRBROTHER0.68678129.5337
HANDY0.68678128.2051
TIMMIS0.68678127.3885
HUBBLE0.68678124.2236
LINDSEY0.68678115.9420
SOUTHERN0.6867896.0000
DOXEY0.6867891.7431
ABEL0.6867891.5332
BLOOR0.6867880.2139
MUMFORD0.6867876.3359
ALCOCK0.6867871.5746
RADFORD0.6867869.9844
BULL0.6867869.7837
GRIMLEY0.6867869.4444
TOMPSON0.6867868.9655
DENMAN0.6867866.2252
SHELLY0.6867863.2911
HORSLEY0.6867863.0915
UPTON0.6867861.9195
WOOLLEY0.6867859.4796
WEAVER0.6867856.7215
BRADBURY0.6867856.1511
MOTTRAM0.6867854.4959
EDE0.6867854.0541
DEAKIN0.6867853.3618
BOLD0.6867853.1915
ROCK0.6867851.8135
COLLYER0.6867847.6190
HAMMERSLEY0.6867846.9484
BANNISTER0.6867842.6985
LIGHTFOOT0.6867842.4178
RIGBY0.6867840.6711

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 678 people called BOYTE in Colton 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 2000.0000 in Colton means that 2000.0000% of the people in Colton on census day were called BOYTE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOYTE 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 BOYTE 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 BOYTE 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 BOYTE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Colton means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOYTE in Colton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colton in 1881

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

ABEL (4)  ALCOCK (7)  ALLSOP (12)  ALLSOPP (5)  ARCHER (9)  ARIES (1)  ARNOLD (2)  ASH (3)  BAILY (1)  BALL (8)  BANNISTER (5)  BARTON (7)  BEARDSMORE (6)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BECK (1)  BENNET (1)  BENTLEY (5)  BLOOR (3)  BOLD (1)  BOULTON (1)  BOYD (3)  BOYTE (1)  BRADBURY (11)  BRAIN (1)  BRAZENELL (7)  BROW (1)  BROWN (3)  BULL (20)  BURTON (2)  CALLADINE (6)  CAPEWELL (1)  CARTER (2)  CAUSER (6)  CHARLES (1)  COLLYER (2)  COPE (6)  COX (1)  CRANAGE (1)  CRUTCHLEY (5)  DAINTY (3)  DAKIN (1)  DALE (2)  DEVAL (2)  DEVOLLE (17)  DAVOLL (2)  DEVOL (1)  DAVIS (8)  DEAKIN (5)  DEGGE (2)  DENMAN (2)  DIX (9)  DICKIN (1)  DOWNING (1)  DOXEY (1)  EDE (2)  ELKINTON (6)  EVANS (1)  FAIRBROTHER (5)  FORD (2)  FROGGART (1)  GARNER (2)  GEARY (1)  GEE (1)  GLAIZIER (1)  GLOVER (5)  GRATTIDGE (4)  GREGORY (1)  GRIMLEY (1)  HALL (9)  HAMMERSLEY (1)  HANDLEY (2)  HANDY (3)  HARLAND (1)  HARVEY (3)  HAYWARD (5)  HERBERT (1)  HAYWOOD (5)  HILL (9)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLIS (1)  HOLT (5)  HORSLEY (4)  HUBBLE (2)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KEAY (5)  KENDRICK (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEADBEATER (9)  LEES (1)  LIGHTFOOT (4)  LINDSEY (4)  LOWNDS (5)  LYONS (5)  MADDOX (1)  MARTIN (2)  MC METH (2)  MEDDINGS (6)  MOORE (2)  MORGAN (1)  MORRALL (7)  MOSEDALE (1)  MOSS (3)  MOTTERAM (10)  MOTTRAM (2)  MUMFORD (5)  MYATT (12)  NASH (1)  NEVILLE (1)  NICHOLS (5)  NICKLIN (7)  NORMAN (11)  OAKLEY (1)  OLDHAM (1)  PADDOCK (6)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (5)  PARR (1)  PEACE (1)  PEACH (2)  POTTS (5)  PRESTON (8)  RADFORD (9)  RIGBY (8)  RILEY (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROCK (2)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (1)  ROWLEY (7)  ROYALS (1)  SALKALD (5)  SAMMONS (9)  SEATON (1)  SHAW (8)  SHELLY (1)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHERN (6)  STEFENSON (3)  STOCKLEY (8)  SUTTON (7)  TAYLOR (10)  TOMPSON (1)  THORNES (1)  TIMMIS (2)  TIPPER (5)  TOMLINSON (9)  TOOTH (7)  TWIGG (1)  UPTON (8)  WAKELIN (3)  WALKEDINE (14)  WALKEDEN (3)  WALKADINE (5)  WALKERDINE (5)  WARD (1)  WEBB (1)  WEAVER (10)  WELLS (1)  WELNER (1)  WILDAY (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (8)  WILLISCROFT (29)  WOOLLEY (8)  YATES (3)