Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanton, Staffordshire

Stanton 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
THOMPSON196.031720.14
BUXTON165.0794338.27
SMITH154.76193.37
WARING144.4444353.54
FINNEY144.4444512.82
GRUNDY134.1270201.55
CHADWICK123.809587.08
RATCLIFFE113.4921126.44
ALLEN113.492118.49
HEATH113.492170.33
GERRARD113.4921272.95
POYSER113.49211,309.52
BRADSHAW92.857169.55
WARRINGTON92.8571348.84
ROBOTHAM82.53971,379.31
BOTT82.5397322.58
KEELING72.2222254.55
ROBINS72.2222104.79
WATSON72.22229.58
BILLINGS61.9048394.74
SALT61.9048128.21
HOLMES61.904815.64
SUTTON51.587324.93
JACKSON51.58735.68
HULME51.587374.18
DEAKIN41.269891.95
HARRISON41.26985.72
HAMPSON41.269870.42
YATES30.952413.86
SHAW30.95245.18
HOWARD30.95249.71
BRINDLEY30.9524124.48
CRITCHLOW30.9524365.85
BRANDON30.9524187.50
CLARK20.63492.11
CHARLESWORTH20.634949.14
HANDLEY20.634937.59
STREET20.634927.17
MILLER20.63493.55
WARD20.63492.91
DERBYSHIRE10.317530.49
WALKER10.31750.95
PEACH10.317529.33
HARRIS10.31751.25
NELSON10.31756.55
WESTON10.31757.78
RAINS10.3175185.19
HARVEY10.31752.97
TURNER10.31751.14
PARSONS10.31754.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOSSARD5,000.0010.3175
ROBOTHAM1,379.3182.5397
POYSER1,309.52113.4921
FINNEY512.82144.4444
BILLINGS394.7461.9048
CRITCHLOW365.8530.9524
WARING353.54144.4444
WARRINGTON348.8492.8571
BUXTON338.27165.0794
BOTT322.5882.5397
MANIFOLD294.1210.3175
GERRARD272.95113.4921
KEELING254.5572.2222
GRUNDY201.55134.1270
BRANDON187.5030.9524
RAINS185.1910.3175
SALT128.2161.9048
RATCLIFFE126.44113.4921
BRINDLEY124.4830.9524
ROBINS104.7972.2222
DEAKIN91.9541.2698
CHADWICK87.08123.8095
HULME74.1851.5873
HAMPSON70.4241.2698
HEATH70.33113.4921
BRADSHAW69.5592.8571
CHARLESWORTH49.1420.6349
HANDLEY37.5920.6349
BAGNALL36.9010.3175
DERBYSHIRE30.4910.3175
PEACH29.3310.3175
STREET27.1720.6349
SUTTON24.9351.5873
OAKES21.9310.3175
THOMPSON20.14196.0317
ALLEN18.49113.4921
HOLMES15.6461.9048
YATES13.8630.9524
BRADBURY10.9910.3175
HOWARD9.7130.9524
WATSON9.5872.2222
WESTON7.7810.3175
NELSON6.5510.3175
GOODWIN6.0210.3175
HARRISON5.7241.2698
JACKSON5.6851.5873
SHAW5.1830.9524
PARSONS4.1810.3175
MILLER3.5520.6349
WILLIAMSON3.5410.3175

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GOSSARD in Stanton 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 0.3175 in Stanton means that 0.3175% of the people in Stanton on census day were called GOSSARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOSSARD 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 GOSSARD 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 GOSSARD 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 GOSSARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Stanton means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOSSARD in Stanton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stanton in 1881

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

ALLEN (11)  BAGNALL (1)  BILLINGS (6)  BOTT (8)  BRADBURY (1)  BRADSHAW (9)  BRANDON (3)  BRINDLEY (3)  BUXTON (16)  BUXTEN (1)  CHADWICK (12)  CHARLESWORTH (2)  CLARK (2)  CRITCHLOW (3)  DEAKIN (4)  DERBYSHIRE (1)  FELTHORNE (2)  FINNEY (14)  FROGGATT (2)  GERRARD (11)  GOODWIN (1)  GOSSARD (1)  GRUNDY (13)  HAMPSON (4)  HANDLEY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (4)  HARVEY (1)  HASELHURST (1)  HEATH (11)  HOLMES (6)  HULME (5)  HOWARD (3)  JACKSON (5)  KEELING (7)  MANIFOLD (1)  MILLER (2)  NELSON (1)  OAKES (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEACH (1)  POYSER (11)  RAINS (1)  RATCLIFFE (11)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINS (7)  ROBOTHAM (8)  SALT (6)  SHAW (3)  SHERRAT (1)  SMITH (15)  SPILSBURY (1)  STREET (2)  SUTTON (5)  THOMPSON (19)  TURNER (1)  WARRINGTON (9)  WALKER (1)  WARD (2)  WARING (14)  WATSON (7)  WESTON (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (3)