Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Witley, Worcestershire

Little Witley 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
BISHOP219.8131140.47
HILL104.672918.35
FOOTMAN94.20564,736.84
EDWARDS83.738313.41
HANKINS83.73831,951.22
JONES83.73833.30
WHITE73.271010.18
JENKINS62.803723.79
YEOMANS62.8037340.91
FLETCHER52.336420.47
HOWARD52.336423.81
GLOVER52.336454.82
ELSON52.3364373.13
SMITH52.33641.65
WALKER41.86925.58
CLARKE41.86929.23
BERRY31.401917.67
BROOKS31.401914.34
UNDERWOOD31.401951.90
HAMMOND31.401924.63
VEAL20.9346152.67
EATON20.934633.39
PULLER20.93462,500.00
WOOD20.93462.93
BOWEN20.934622.60
WALL20.934626.74
HARWOOD20.934634.90
WITHERS10.467328.49
BOUGHTON10.4673113.64
MILLINGTON10.467330.86
STEWART10.46732.99
RINGER10.4673270.27
HARDING10.46736.46
PARKER10.46732.46
GREAVES10.467315.95
BOOTON10.4673588.24
LOCK10.467316.42
SPENCER10.46735.12
HICK10.4673100.00
CHILDES10.46732,000.00
MORGAN10.46732.35
HOOK10.467331.55
CROFT10.467319.80
BULL10.467311.05
PARSONS10.46736.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOOTMAN4,736.8494.2056
PULLER2,500.0020.9346
CHILDES2,000.0010.4673
HANKINS1,951.2283.7383
BOOTON588.2410.4673
ELSON373.1352.3364
YEOMANS340.9162.8037
RINGER270.2710.4673
VEAL152.6720.9346
BISHOP140.47219.8131
BOUGHTON113.6410.4673
HICK100.0010.4673
GLOVER54.8252.3364
UNDERWOOD51.9031.4019
HARWOOD34.9020.9346
EATON33.3920.9346
HOOK31.5510.4673
MILLINGTON30.8610.4673
WITHERS28.4910.4673
WALL26.7420.9346
HAMMOND24.6331.4019
HOWARD23.8152.3364
JENKINS23.7962.8037
BOWEN22.6020.9346
FLETCHER20.4752.3364
CROFT19.8010.4673
HILL18.35104.6729
BERRY17.6731.4019
LOCK16.4210.4673
GREAVES15.9510.4673
BROOKS14.3431.4019
EDWARDS13.4183.7383
BULL11.0510.4673
WHITE10.1873.2710
CLARKE9.2341.8692
HARDING6.4610.4673
PARSONS6.1510.4673
WALKER5.5841.8692
SPENCER5.1210.4673
JONES3.3083.7383
STEWART2.9910.4673
WOOD2.9320.9346
PARKER2.4610.4673
MORGAN2.3510.4673
SMITH1.6552.3364

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called FOOTMAN in Little Witley 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 4.2056 in Little Witley means that 4.2056% of the people in Little Witley on census day were called FOOTMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOOTMAN 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 FOOTMAN 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 FOOTMAN 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 FOOTMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,736.84 in Little Witley means that you are 4,736.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOOTMAN in Little Witley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Witley in 1881

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

BERRY (3)  BISHOP (21)  BOOTON (1)  BOUGHTON (1)  BOWEN (2)  BROOKS (3)  BOWKETT (13)  BULL (1)  CHILDES (1)  CLARKE (4)  COCUM (9)  COOMBY (6)  CROFT (1)  EATON (2)  EDWARDS (8)  ELSON (5)  FLETCHER (5)  FOOTMAN (9)  FOXHALL (1)  GLOVER (5)  GORDE (1)  GREAVES (1)  HAMMOND (3)  HANKINS (8)  HARDING (1)  HARWOOD (2)  HESKEY (4)  HICK (1)  HILL (10)  HOWARD (5)  HOOK (1)  JENKINS (6)  JONES (8)  LOCK (1)  MEMHALL (1)  MILLINGTON (1)  MYTTON (9)  MORGAN (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PULLER (2)  RINGER (1)  SAYCE (3)  SMITH (5)  SPENCER (1)  STEWART (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  VEAL (2)  WALKER (4)  WALL (2)  WHITE (7)  WINNALL (7)  WITHERS (1)  WOOD (2)  YEOMANS (6)