Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tamhorn, Staffordshire

Tamhorn 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
GILL824.2424343.35
HEATHCOTE721.21212,592.59
ELSON618.18182,857.14
BARKER412.121292.59
BOOTH412.1212122.70
PARKER13.030315.92
MILES13.030351.28
BIRD13.030339.68
LENNARD13.03031,428.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELSON2,857.14618.1818
HEATHCOTE2,592.59721.2121
LENNARD1,428.5713.0303
GILL343.35824.2424
BOOTH122.70412.1212
BARKER92.59412.1212
MILES51.2813.0303
BIRD39.6813.0303
PARKER15.9213.0303

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called ELSON in Tamhorn 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 18.1818 in Tamhorn means that 18.1818% of the people in Tamhorn on census day were called ELSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELSON 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 ELSON 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 ELSON 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 ELSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,857.14 in Tamhorn means that you are 2,857.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELSON in Tamhorn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tamhorn in 1881

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

BARKER (4)  BIRD (1)  BOOTH (4)  ELSON (6)  GILL (8)  HEATHCOTE (7)  LENNARD (1)  MILES (1)  PARKER (1)