Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston Jones, Staffordshire

Weston Jones 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
FELTON98.49061,232.88
THOMAS98.490620.58
EDWARDS65.660420.31
PLANT65.6604256.41
SMITH65.66044.01
RUTTER54.7170310.56
BAKER54.717021.52
ALLMAN43.7736800.00
MORRIS43.773616.95
BENNETT43.773622.96
BURNS43.773656.18
CORK32.8302379.75
STEELE32.8302105.63
HEWITT32.830258.14
CARTWRIGHT32.830274.26
DAVIES32.83025.56
BARNETT32.830262.76
BANKS21.886836.76
NICHOLLS21.886836.10
GROOM21.8868134.23
SWIFT21.886861.16
SIMKIN21.8868909.09
ROBERTS10.94342.51
OAKLEY10.943444.44
BROADHURST10.943493.46
WILLIAMS10.94341.31
BOOKER10.943478.74
TALBOT10.943437.88
MATHER10.943438.02
BATES10.943414.81
ROGERS10.94347.27
PENSON10.9434666.67
WATKIN10.9434107.53
NEVILLE10.943479.37
BIRKS10.9434142.86
JAMES10.94344.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FELTON1,232.8898.4906
SIMKIN909.0921.8868
ALLMAN800.0043.7736
PENSON666.6710.9434
CORK379.7532.8302
RUTTER310.5654.7170
PLANT256.4165.6604
BIRKS142.8610.9434
GROOM134.2321.8868
WATKIN107.5310.9434
STEELE105.6332.8302
BROADHURST93.4610.9434
NEVILLE79.3710.9434
BOOKER78.7410.9434
CARTWRIGHT74.2632.8302
BARNETT62.7632.8302
SWIFT61.1621.8868
HEWITT58.1432.8302
BURNS56.1843.7736
OAKLEY44.4410.9434
MATHER38.0210.9434
TALBOT37.8810.9434
BANKS36.7621.8868
NICHOLLS36.1021.8868
BENNETT22.9643.7736
BAKER21.5254.7170
THOMAS20.5898.4906
EDWARDS20.3165.6604
MORRIS16.9543.7736
BATES14.8110.9434
ROGERS7.2710.9434
DAVIES5.5632.8302
JAMES4.8010.9434
SMITH4.0165.6604
ROBERTS2.5110.9434
WILLIAMS1.3110.9434

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called FELTON in Weston Jones 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 8.4906 in Weston Jones means that 8.4906% of the people in Weston Jones on census day were called FELTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FELTON 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 FELTON 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 FELTON 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 FELTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,232.88 in Weston Jones means that you are 1,232.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FELTON in Weston Jones than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston Jones in 1881

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

ALLMAN (4)  BAKER (5)  BANKS (2)  BARNETT (3)  BATES (1)  BENNETT (4)  BIRKS (1)  BOOKER (1)  BRINDLY (1)  BROADHURST (1)  BURNS (4)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CORK (3)  DAVIES (3)  EDWARDS (6)  FELTON (9)  GROOM (2)  HEWITT (3)  JAMES (1)  MATHER (1)  METLAM (1)  MORRIS (4)  NEVILLE (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  OAKLEY (1)  PENSON (1)  PLANT (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUTTER (5)  SIMKIN (2)  SMITH (6)  STEELE (3)  SWIFT (2)  TALBOT (1)  THOMAS (9)  WATKIN (1)  WILLIAMS (1)