Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hanley William, Worcestershire

Hanley William 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
SMITH1514.150910.02
LANE87.5472109.59
MAPP76.60383,500.00
HOOPER65.6604133.63
STINTON43.77362,000.00
POWELL43.773630.26
BROWN43.77365.72
BROOKS21.886819.31
WALKER21.88685.64
CORBET21.8868689.66
WILLIAMS21.88682.63
WAINRIGHT21.88684,000.00
JONES21.88681.67
DAVIES21.88683.71
BARNET21.8868392.16
SMART21.886841.41
KENNETT10.9434169.49
BADGER10.9434163.93
SHEPHARD10.943498.04
DRAPER10.943440.00
PRINCE10.943441.67
BEDFORD10.943439.68
HANDLEY10.943455.87
SARGENT10.943461.35
WALL10.943426.95
STRINGER10.943447.39
JAMES10.94344.80
GIBBON10.943493.46
ROUSE10.943465.79
DASH10.9434500.00
MARTIN10.94343.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WAINRIGHT4,000.0021.8868
MAPP3,500.0076.6038
STINTON2,000.0043.7736
CORBET689.6621.8868
DASH500.0010.9434
BARNET392.1621.8868
KENNETT169.4910.9434
BADGER163.9310.9434
HOOPER133.6365.6604
LANE109.5987.5472
SHEPHARD98.0410.9434
GIBBON93.4610.9434
ROUSE65.7910.9434
SARGENT61.3510.9434
HANDLEY55.8710.9434
STRINGER47.3910.9434
PRINCE41.6710.9434
SMART41.4121.8868
DRAPER40.0010.9434
BEDFORD39.6810.9434
POWELL30.2643.7736
WALL26.9510.9434
BROOKS19.3121.8868
SMITH10.021514.1509
BROWN5.7243.7736
WALKER5.6421.8868
JAMES4.8010.9434
MARTIN3.8310.9434
DAVIES3.7121.8868
WILLIAMS2.6321.8868
JONES1.6721.8868

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called WAINRIGHT in Hanley William 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 1.8868 in Hanley William means that 1.8868% of the people in Hanley William on census day were called WAINRIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WAINRIGHT 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 WAINRIGHT 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 WAINRIGHT 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 WAINRIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Hanley William means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WAINRIGHT in Hanley William than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hanley William in 1881

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

BADGER (1)  BARNET (2)  BEDFORD (1)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (4)  BOWKETT (8)  CORBET (2)  DASH (1)  DAVIES (2)  DRAPER (1)  GARBITT (1)  GIBBON (1)  GREATREX (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HINKSMAN (9)  HOOPER (6)  JAMES (1)  JONES (2)  KENNETT (1)  LANE (8)  MAPP (7)  MARTIN (1)  OSELAND (1)  POWELL (4)  PRIESTMAN (1)  PRINCE (1)  ROUSE (1)  SARGENT (1)  SHEPHARD (1)  SMART (2)  SMITH (15)  STINTON (4)  STRINGER (1)  VERNALS (4)  WAINRIGHT (2)  WALKER (2)  WALL (1)  WILLIAMS (2)