Top surnames from the 1881 census in Astley, Warwickshire

Astley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
JOHNSTON104.115250.99
ADCOCK93.7037375.00
NICHOLAS93.7037189.47
SAUNDERS83.292235.89
WHITEHEAD83.292248.72
KELSEY83.2922444.44
EVANS83.29227.53
WEST72.880729.91
WELCH62.469170.18
HAZLEWOOD62.46911,090.91
KIBBLE52.0576684.93
HINKS52.0576505.05
DODD52.057650.61
CROFT41.646169.69
GARRETT41.646172.46
CAMPTON41.64616,666.67
JOHNSON41.64614.90
HAMMOND31.234621.69
FLETCHER31.234610.81
BERRY31.234615.56
JAMES31.23466.29
EDWARDS31.23464.43
GARNER31.234639.06
FISHER31.234610.55
WALE31.2346256.41
BEALE20.823064.94
HARRISON20.82303.71
DIAL20.82304,000.00
BALL20.82309.97
GILBERT20.823014.45
BURDETT20.8230116.28
BENSON20.823030.35
MORETON20.8230109.89
LUCAS20.823017.81
CLARKE20.82304.06
GARDINER20.823028.65
POWERS20.8230202.02
BROCKHOUSE20.82302,000.00
MILLS10.41153.17
BAYLISS10.411532.57
SMITH10.41150.29
WILSON10.41150.90
JORDAN10.41159.31
PLACKETT10.4115344.83
WARREN10.41156.15
MORGAN10.41152.07
THOMSON10.41153.08
MASON10.41153.06
SHELTON10.411534.97
COCKRELL10.4115400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAMPTON6,666.6741.6461
DIAL4,000.0020.8230
ALT2,500.0010.4115
BROCKHOUSE2,000.0020.8230
HAZLEWOOD1,090.9162.4691
KIBBLE684.9352.0576
HINKS505.0552.0576
BECKHAM476.1910.4115
KELSEY444.4483.2922
COCKRELL400.0010.4115
ADCOCK375.0093.7037
PLACKETT344.8310.4115
WALE256.4131.2346
POWERS202.0220.8230
NICHOLAS189.4793.7037
SCATTERGOOD153.8510.4115
BURDETT116.2820.8230
MORETON109.8920.8230
NICKLIN104.1710.4115
JORDON91.7410.4115
GARRETT72.4641.6461
WELCH70.1862.4691
CROFT69.6941.6461
BEALE64.9420.8230
TOMS53.1910.4115
JOHNSTON50.99104.1152
DODD50.6152.0576
SPIERS50.0010.4115
RANDLE49.0210.4115
WHITEHEAD48.7283.2922
BEACH43.2910.4115
GARNER39.0631.2346
SAUNDERS35.8983.2922
SHELTON34.9710.4115
BAYLISS32.5710.4115
YORK31.1510.4115
BENSON30.3520.8230
WEST29.9172.8807
GARDINER28.6520.8230
DOWNS23.1510.4115
WILCOX21.8310.4115
HAMMOND21.6931.2346
LUCAS17.8120.8230
WHITEHOUSE15.8210.4115
BERRY15.5631.2346
GILBERT14.4520.8230
FLETCHER10.8131.2346
FISHER10.5531.2346
BALL9.9720.8230
JORDAN9.3110.4115

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called CAMPTON in Astley 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 1.6461 in Astley means that 1.6461% of the people in Astley on census day were called CAMPTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAMPTON 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 CAMPTON 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 CAMPTON 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 CAMPTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,666.67 in Astley means that you are 6,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAMPTON in Astley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Astley in 1881

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

ADCOCK (9)  ALT (1)  ANMELL (1)  BALL (2)  BAYLISS (1)  BEALE (2)  BEACH (1)  BENSON (2)  BERRY (3)  BECKHAM (1)  BROMNUDE (3)  BROMWICH (4)  BROCKHOUSE (2)  BURDETT (2)  CAMPTON (4)  CAMWELL (2)  CARDING (17)  CHITLOY (1)  CLARKE (2)  COCKRELL (1)  CROFT (4)  CROSS (1)  DIALL (4)  DODD (5)  DOWNS (1)  DIAL (2)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (8)  FISHER (3)  FLETCHER (3)  GARDINER (2)  GARNER (3)  GARRETT (4)  GIBSON (1)  GILBERT (2)  JORDON (1)  JORDAN (1)  HAMMOND (3)  HANCOCK (1)  HARRISON (2)  HAZLEWOOD (6)  HINKS (5)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSON (4)  JOHNSTON (10)  KIBBLE (5)  KELSEY (8)  KITLEY (1)  LUCAS (2)  MASON (1)  MC KILLRICK (1)  MILLS (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORETON (2)  NICHOLAS (9)  NICKLIN (1)  OLNER (8)  PLACKETT (1)  POWERS (2)  RANDLE (1)  SAUNDERS (8)  SCATTERGOOD (1)  SHELTON (1)  SMITH (1)  SPIERS (1)  TEDDS (9)  TOMS (1)  THOMSON (1)  WALE (3)  WARREN (1)  WELCH (6)  WEST (7)  WHITEHEAD (8)  WHITEHOUSE (1)  WILCOX (1)  WILSON (1)  WINDRIDGE (4)  YORK (1)