Top surnames from the 1881 census in Abberley, Worcestershire

Abberley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
JONES243.96693.50
EVANS162.64466.05
SMITH152.47931.76
WILLIAMS132.14882.99
CHILDS121.9835108.01
MIDDLETON121.983537.78
ALLEN111.81829.62
HART111.818221.32
MILES111.818230.81
QUARTERMAN111.81821,047.62
ADAMS91.487610.09
GROVE91.4876127.12
BRAZIER91.4876158.73
GALE91.487649.64
HAYWOOD91.487670.92
FREEMAN81.322320.71
CLARK81.32234.40
BISHOP81.322318.92
PHILLIPS81.32237.39
DORRELL81.3223720.72
WILKS71.157073.53
MILLS71.15708.92
ASTON71.157070.14
EDWARDS71.15704.15
SAUNDERS71.157012.61
BUTLER60.991710.17
BROOKES60.991742.22
HEY60.9917111.94
HILL60.99173.89
KEY60.991771.86
COOPER60.99174.08
DAVIS50.82643.76
MORRIS50.82643.71
STALLARD50.8264187.27
HARRIS50.82643.25
WALKER50.82642.47
REA50.8264147.06
BOOTON50.82641,041.67
HARDCASTLE50.826493.46
BRIAN50.8264177.31
BAKER50.82643.77
BRADLEY50.826410.29
KNOTT40.661233.33
LOVELAND40.6612336.13
PEARSON40.66125.69
RHODES40.661214.24
HIGGINS30.49599.81
ELLIOTT30.49595.84
SHIPLEY30.495956.07
PERRIGO30.49592,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PERRIGO2,500.0030.4959
QUARTERMAN1,047.62111.8182
BOOTON1,041.6750.8264
PEA769.2310.1653
DORRELL720.7281.3223
MERRELL384.6230.4959
HOPES361.4530.4959
LOVELAND336.1340.6612
STALLARD187.2750.8264
BRIAN177.3150.8264
WINDERS175.4410.1653
BRAZIER158.7391.4876
REA147.0650.8264
GROVE127.1291.4876
NORWOOD122.4530.4959
MALLIN121.9510.1653
SELLEY114.9410.1653
HEY111.9460.9917
CHILDS108.01121.9835
TOLLEY94.9430.4959
HARDCASTLE93.4650.8264
BOARD88.8920.3306
KINGS85.4710.1653
CLARIDGE85.2330.4959
BROADWAY81.3010.1653
WILKS73.5371.1570
KEY71.8660.9917
HAYWOOD70.9291.4876
ASTON70.1471.1570
HOPSON62.8910.1653
YEATES59.8820.3306
SHIPLEY56.0730.4959
LAWLEY54.9520.3306
COSTELLO54.2020.3306
GALE49.6491.4876
LOWNDES49.2610.1653
ADDIS48.3110.1653
BROOKES42.2260.9917
ANGELL42.1910.1653
CRADDOCK39.2920.3306
REECE37.8820.3306
MIDDLETON37.78121.9835
HOLDER36.9030.4959
KNOTT33.3340.6612
MILES30.81111.8182
STEDMAN26.6010.1653
BLAND23.9030.4959
HART21.32111.8182
FREEMAN20.7181.3223
LAYTON20.6610.1653

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called PERRIGO in Abberley 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 0.4959 in Abberley means that 0.4959% of the people in Abberley on census day were called PERRIGO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PERRIGO 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 PERRIGO 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 PERRIGO 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 PERRIGO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Abberley means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PERRIGO in Abberley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Abberley in 1881

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

ABLEY (6)  ADAMS (9)  ADAMSON (1)  ALLCOTT (5)  ALLEN (11)  ANGELL (1)  ASTON (7)  AUSTINS (9)  BAKER (5)  BEARD (1)  BELL (1)  BINT (5)  BEVAN (2)  BIRD (2)  BISHOP (8)  BLAND (3)  BLUCK (4)  BOARD (2)  BONELL (11)  BONALL (1)  BOOTH (2)  BOOTON (5)  BOWEN (2)  BRADLEY (5)  BRAY (1)  BRAZIER (9)  BROADWAY (1)  BROOKES (6)  BROWN (2)  BRIAN (5)  BURGUM (1)  BURRASTON (2)  BUTCHER (3)  BUTLER (6)  CAWTE (1)  CHILDS (12)  CLARIDGE (3)  CLARK (8)  COLES (2)  COOK (1)  COOPER (6)  COSTELLO (2)  CRADDOCK (2)  CRATLY (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIES (3)  DAVIS (5)  DEKIN (6)  DORRELL (8)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (7)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELSYE (1)  EVANS (16)  FLETCHER (2)  FREEMAN (8)  GALE (9)  GARDNER (1)  GLAZZARD (4)  GOODALL (1)  GREEN (2)  GROVE (9)  HALFPENNY (2)  HARDCASTLE (5)  HARRIS (5)  HART (11)  HAWKIS (1)  HEY (6)  HAYCOT (9)  HAYWOOD (9)  HIGGINS (3)  HILL (6)  HOPSON (1)  HODGER (5)  HOLDER (3)  HOPES (3)  HYDE (2)  JAMES (3)  JONES (24)  KAY (1)  KEY (6)  KINGS (1)  KNOTT (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LAWLEY (2)  LAYTON (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOVELAND (4)  LOWNDES (1)  MALLIN (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MERRELL (3)  MIDDLETON (12)  MILES (11)  MILLS (7)  MOILLIET (7)  MONK (1)  MORRIS (5)  NEATH (4)  NORTON (1)  NORWOOD (3)  OVERTON (1)  PAGE (2)  PALMER (2)  PEARSON (4)  PERRIGO (3)  PIRKINS (7)  PERKS (1)  PHILLIPS (8)  PITT (1)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (3)  PUGH (2)  PEA (1)  PYTHIAN (2)  QUARTERMAN (11)  REA (5)  REECE (2)  RHODES (4)  ROBERTS (1)  RUSSELL (3)  SAUNDERS (7)  SEERS (5)  SEEVE (1)  SELLEY (1)  SHIPLEY (3)  SKELDING (2)  SMITH (15)  STAYTE (1)  STALLARD (5)  STEDMAN (1)  SWATHER (1)  TETSILL (3)  THOMAS (3)  TIDMARCH (2)  TIMMINS (1)  TOLLEY (3)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (3)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALKER (5)  WARREN (2)  WEBB (2)  WEAVER (1)  WILKS (7)  WILLIAMS (13)  WINDERS (1)  YARNOLD (2)  YEATES (2)