Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ramshorn, Staffordshire

Ramshorn 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
SMITH109.90107.01
POYSER76.93072,592.59
BULL65.9406140.52
KENT65.9406140.85
GOODALL65.9406277.78
WARRINGTON54.9505602.41
MOULD54.9505574.71
BROWN43.96046.01
SALT21.9802133.33
COLLIER21.980259.17
JOHNSON21.98025.89
HANSELL10.9901500.00
BARNETT10.990121.93
GODWIN10.990176.34
PRIME10.9901250.00
COLLINS10.99016.90
MELLOR10.990128.09
WHEELDON10.9901200.00
HUDSON10.990112.09
BEVANS10.9901666.67
GRUNDY10.990148.31
RUSHTON10.990148.08
COX10.99016.53
BUCKLEY10.990118.18
HOLMES10.99018.13
BENNETT10.99016.02
SIMPSON10.99015.66
RATCLIFFE10.990135.84
COWLEY10.990153.76
CLARK10.99013.29
WARING10.990178.74

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POYSER2,592.5976.9307
BEVANS666.6710.9901
WARRINGTON602.4154.9505
MOULD574.7154.9505
HANSELL500.0010.9901
GOODALL277.7865.9406
PRIME250.0010.9901
WHEELDON200.0010.9901
KENT140.8565.9406
BULL140.5265.9406
SALT133.3321.9802
WARING78.7410.9901
GODWIN76.3410.9901
COLLIER59.1721.9802
COWLEY53.7610.9901
GRUNDY48.3110.9901
RUSHTON48.0810.9901
RATCLIFFE35.8410.9901
MELLOR28.0910.9901
BARNETT21.9310.9901
BUCKLEY18.1810.9901
HUDSON12.0910.9901
HOLMES8.1310.9901
SMITH7.01109.9010
COLLINS6.9010.9901
COX6.5310.9901
BENNETT6.0210.9901
BROWN6.0143.9604
JOHNSON5.8921.9802
SIMPSON5.6610.9901
CLARK3.2910.9901

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called POYSER in Ramshorn 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 6.9307 in Ramshorn means that 6.9307% of the people in Ramshorn on census day were called POYSER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POYSER 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 POYSER 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 POYSER 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 POYSER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,592.59 in Ramshorn means that you are 2,592.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POYSER in Ramshorn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ramshorn in 1881

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

BARNETT (1)  BENNETT (1)  BEVANS (1)  BROWN (4)  BUCKLEY (1)  BULL (6)  CLARK (1)  COLLIER (2)  COLLINS (1)  COWLEY (1)  COX (1)  DRAYCOTT (1)  ELLY (1)  GOODALL (6)  GODWIN (1)  GRUNDY (1)  HANSELL (1)  HOLMES (1)  HOROBIN (4)  HUDSON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KENT (6)  MC CANN (1)  MC DOUGALL (1)  MELLOR (1)  MOULD (5)  POYSER (7)  PRIME (1)  RATCLIFFE (1)  ROWLINSON (18)  RUSHTON (1)  SALT (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (10)  WARRINGTON (5)  WARING (1)  WHEELDON (1)