Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stretton, Staffordshire

Stretton 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
BLAKEMORE114.72101,111.11
BROTHERTON104.2918840.34
HENSHAW104.2918502.51
NIGHTINGALE93.8627229.01
HOLFORD93.86271,200.00
BISHOP93.862755.28
BOWDLER73.00431,489.36
BATE73.0043177.22
BREWSTER73.0043309.73
SMITH73.00432.13
HARPER62.575140.21
JONES62.57512.27
COLLINS62.575117.95
POOL62.5751222.22
WEST52.145922.29
POOLE41.716735.62
WATKINS41.716728.33
CLARK41.71675.71
PRATT41.716729.87
BUTCHER31.287630.55
GAUNT31.2876131.00
MOORE31.28766.44
HALL31.28764.38
BOYDEN31.2876681.82
WILLIAMS31.28761.79
RICHARDS20.85845.68
MOREHOUSE20.85841,666.67
THOMAS20.85842.08
PYATT20.8584454.55
CROSS20.858412.48
PERRY20.858411.67
TAYLOR20.85841.34
GARNIER20.85842,222.22
ROBERTS20.85842.28
QUICK20.858476.63
MILLER20.85844.80
LOWE20.858411.45
ILES20.8584111.11
COPE10.429218.98
PARKER10.42922.26
AGAR10.4292111.11
WARD10.42921.96
HOBSON10.429216.56
BRADLEY10.42925.34
MEACHEM10.42921,250.00
STONE10.42925.94
POWELL10.42923.44
SIMPSON10.42922.45
HUGHES10.42921.53
SALE10.429264.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCHICK5,000.0010.4292
GARNIER2,222.2220.8584
MOREHOUSE1,666.6720.8584
BOWDLER1,489.3673.0043
MEACHEM1,250.0010.4292
HOLFORD1,200.0093.8627
BLAKEMORE1,111.11114.7210
BROTHERTON840.34104.2918
BOYDEN681.8231.2876
HENSHAW502.51104.2918
PYATT454.5520.8584
BREWSTER309.7373.0043
NIGHTINGALE229.0193.8627
POOL222.2262.5751
BATE177.2273.0043
GAUNT131.0031.2876
GENTLE129.8710.4292
AGAR111.1110.4292
ILES111.1120.8584
PERKIN80.0010.4292
TAYLER78.1310.4292
QUICK76.6320.8584
SALE64.9410.4292
PURCELL61.7310.4292
BISHOP55.2893.8627
ARROWSMITH55.2510.4292
NAPIER53.4810.4292
HARPER40.2162.5751
POOLE35.6241.7167
BUTCHER30.5531.2876
PRATT29.8741.7167
WATKINS28.3341.7167
HICKMAN25.5110.4292
WEST22.2952.1459
COPE18.9810.4292
COTTON17.9910.4292
COLLINS17.9562.5751
HOBSON16.5610.4292
UNDERWOOD15.9010.4292
BRADBURY14.8610.4292
CROSS12.4820.8584
PERRY11.6720.8584
LOWE11.4520.8584
REEVES10.4810.4292
STOKES10.1610.4292
FIELD8.6310.4292
MOORE6.4431.2876
STONE5.9410.4292
CLARK5.7141.7167
RICHARDS5.6820.8584

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called SCHICK in Stretton 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 0.4292 in Stretton means that 0.4292% of the people in Stretton on census day were called SCHICK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Stretton in 1881

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

AGAR (1)  ALLSOPP (2)  ARROWSMITH (1)  BATE (7)  BISHOP (9)  BLAKEMORE (11)  BOWDLER (7)  BOYDEN (3)  BRADBURY (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BREWSTER (7)  BROTHERTON (10)  BUTCHER (3)  CLARK (4)  COLLINS (6)  COPE (1)  COTTON (1)  CROSS (2)  DULSON (1)  EVERALL (6)  FIELD (1)  FOXALL (2)  GARNIER (2)  GAUNT (3)  GENTLE (1)  HOLFORD (9)  HALL (3)  HARPER (6)  HENSHAW (10)  HICKMAN (1)  HOBSON (1)  HUGHES (1)  ILES (2)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (6)  KIDSON (1)  LOWE (2)  MASON (1)  MEACHEM (1)  MILLER (2)  MONKTON (4)  MOORE (3)  MOREHOUSE (2)  NAPIER (1)  NIGHTINGALE (9)  NOLLSTADT (1)  PARKER (1)  PERKIN (1)  PERRY (2)  POOLE (4)  POOL (6)  POWELL (1)  PRATT (4)  PURCELL (1)  PYATT (2)  QUICK (2)  REEVES (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (2)  SALE (1)  SCHICK (1)  SHAW (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (7)  SOLIENS (4)  STOKES (1)  STONE (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TAYLER (1)  THOMAS (2)  TURNER (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VICERY (1)  WARD (1)  WATKINS (4)  WENLOCK (1)  WEST (5)  WHISTANCE (4)  WILLIAMS (3)  WORSEY (1)