Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire

Rushton Spencer 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
MITCHELL195.571827.47
DALE185.2786124.91
MOSS154.398871.36
BUXTON144.1056273.44
BOON133.8123406.25
DAKIN123.5191489.80
YARDLEY123.5191555.56
COOPER102.932612.06
GIBSON92.639321.74
COOK92.639313.29
SUTTON92.639341.46
BAILEY92.639317.52
SUMNER82.3460144.93
MYATT72.0528432.10
GOODWIN72.052838.95
SMITH72.05281.45
DEAN61.759525.35
ROWLEY61.759566.96
WOODWARD61.759535.67
VERNON61.7595106.95
NIXON61.759557.75
HARRISON51.46636.61
LOMAS51.466379.37
LANCASTER51.466359.03
BOWLER51.4663120.19
HOLLINSHEAD51.4663568.18
COPE51.466364.85
LOCKETT51.4663201.61
HULME41.173054.87
BURNETT41.173042.42
FLETCHER30.87987.71
PROCTOR30.879835.80
WARREN30.879813.16
KENT30.879820.88
CRITCHLOW30.8798340.91
RIGBY20.586520.22
COTTERELL20.5865137.93
BADDELEY20.5865266.67
HANCOCK20.586512.89
GOLDSMITH20.586537.74
CHAPPELL20.586534.78
GARDINER20.586520.41
SHARRATT20.5865188.68
LONGWORTH10.293345.87
ALLCOCK10.293327.17
LEES10.29336.61
WHISTON10.2933112.36
PERKIN10.293354.35
BRADLEY10.29333.65
THORLEY10.293345.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PREIST1,428.5710.2933
HOLLINSHEAD568.1851.4663
YARDLEY555.56123.5191
DAKIN489.80123.5191
MYATT432.1072.0528
BOON406.25133.8123
CRITCHLOW340.9130.8798
CROMWELL294.1210.2933
BUXTON273.44144.1056
BADDELEY266.6720.5865
LOCKETT201.6151.4663
SHARRATT188.6820.5865
OAKS163.9310.2933
SUMNER144.9382.3460
COTTERELL137.9320.5865
DALE124.91185.2786
BOWLER120.1951.4663
WHISTON112.3610.2933
VERNON106.9561.7595
LOMAS79.3751.4663
MOSS71.36154.3988
ROWLEY66.9661.7595
COPE64.8551.4663
LANCASTER59.0351.4663
NIXON57.7561.7595
HULME54.8741.1730
PERKIN54.3510.2933
LONGWORTH45.8710.2933
THORLEY45.0510.2933
BURNETT42.4241.1730
SUTTON41.4692.6393
GOODWIN38.9572.0528
GOLDSMITH37.7420.5865
MEAKIN37.5910.2933
SARGEANT37.1710.2933
PROCTOR35.8030.8798
WOODWARD35.6761.7595
CHAPPELL34.7820.5865
MACHIN29.3310.2933
MITCHELL27.47195.5718
ALLCOCK27.1710.2933
DEAN25.3561.7595
GIBSON21.7492.6393
KENT20.8830.8798
GARDINER20.4120.5865
RIGBY20.2220.5865
BASSETT18.8010.2933
BAILEY17.5292.6393
COOK13.2992.6393
WARREN13.1630.8798

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called PREIST in Rushton Spencer 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 0.2933 in Rushton Spencer means that 0.2933% of the people in Rushton Spencer on census day were called PREIST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PREIST 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 PREIST 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 PREIST 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 PREIST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,428.57 in Rushton Spencer means that you are 1,428.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PREIST in Rushton Spencer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rushton Spencer in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (1)  ALLEN (1)  BADDELEY (2)  BAILEY (9)  BASSETT (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BLACKSHAW (1)  BOON (13)  BOWLER (5)  BRADLEY (1)  BRASSINGTON (5)  BULLOCK (1)  BURNETT (4)  BUXTON (14)  CHAPPELL (2)  COOK (9)  COOPER (10)  COPE (5)  COTTERELL (2)  CRITCHLOW (3)  CROMWELL (1)  DAKIN (12)  DALE (18)  DEAN (6)  FLETCHER (3)  GARDINER (2)  GEE (1)  GIBSON (9)  GOLDSMITH (2)  GOODWIN (7)  HALL (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HARRISON (5)  HARVEY (1)  HILDITCH (1)  HODGSKISS (1)  HOLLINSHEAD (5)  HULME (4)  KENNERLEY (3)  KENT (3)  LANCASTER (5)  LEES (1)  LOCKETT (5)  LOMAS (5)  LONGWORTH (1)  MACHIN (1)  MEAKIN (1)  MITCHELL (19)  MOSS (15)  MYATT (7)  NEWBROOK (5)  NIXON (6)  OAKS (1)  PEMBLOTT (5)  PERKIN (1)  POYATT (6)  PREIST (1)  PROCTOR (3)  RIGBY (2)  ROWLEY (6)  SARGEANT (1)  SHARRATT (2)  SHUFFLEBOTHAM (3)  SMITH (7)  SUMNER (8)  SUTTON (9)  TAYLOR (1)  THORLEY (1)  THORNEYCROFT (4)  TORR (4)  VERNON (6)  WARREN (3)  WHISTON (1)  WOODWARD (6)  YARDLEY (12)