Top surnames from the 1881 census in Overbury, Worcestershire

Overbury 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
ATTWOOD365.3812542.99
TAYLOR274.03596.31
STANLEY202.989577.76
NICHOLLS192.840154.38
GREEN172.54119.02
PAYNE131.943221.59
STALLARD121.7937406.78
PERKS121.7937172.41
WHITTLE121.793782.30
BARNETT111.644236.46
WALKER111.64424.91
HARRIS111.64426.47
THATCHER111.6442178.86
HOLMES101.494812.27
COOMBS101.494888.42
DEAKIN101.4948108.11
HOBBS101.494841.03
BOOTH91.345313.64
BALDWIN91.345331.56
NOTT81.1958169.49
SMITH81.19580.85
CLEMENTS81.195836.05
MUSTO81.19581,428.57
WEAVER81.195845.98
DEE81.1958349.35
SPARKES71.0463142.86
SAUNDERS71.046311.41
ROBERTS71.04632.78
HUGHES71.04633.73
TURBERVILLE60.89691,500.00
EWENS60.8969491.80
JONES60.89690.79
PUGH60.896923.47
DARKE60.8969384.62
WEBB60.89696.62
LANE60.896913.02
DAY60.89699.53
WISE60.896943.04
WILSON50.74741.63
DYER50.747419.29
HUNT50.74745.63
WAGSTAFF50.747460.02
BAYLISS50.747459.10
COLLEY50.747458.96
BROWN50.74741.13
MANSELL40.597951.15
ANDREWS40.59796.24
TUSTIN40.5979347.83
TODD40.597911.75
BARNES40.59794.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIFORD10,000.0020.2990
GAMMA10,000.0010.1495
TURBERVILLE1,500.0060.8969
MUSTO1,428.5781.1958
LARMER1,176.4720.2990
ANCELL740.7440.5979
ATTWOOD542.99365.3812
EWENS491.8060.8969
STALLARD406.78121.7937
DARKE384.6260.8969
DEE349.3581.1958
TUSTIN347.8340.5979
GRINNELL250.0010.1495
CAUDLE212.7710.1495
BERKELEY204.0810.1495
THATCHER178.86111.6442
CREESE176.9920.2990
STANDLEY175.4420.2990
PERKS172.41121.7937
NOTT169.4981.1958
LOOKER151.5230.4484
SPARKES142.8671.0463
GLYNN135.1440.5979
DEAKIN108.11101.4948
WARDER101.0110.1495
COOMBS88.42101.4948
ALLINGTON86.2110.1495
WHITTLE82.30121.7937
GODSON81.9710.1495
CLINTON77.8220.2990
STANLEY77.76202.9895
LOCKE66.5640.5979
WAGSTAFF60.0250.7474
BAYLISS59.1050.7474
COLLEY58.9650.7474
GILDER57.1410.1495
NICHOLLS54.38192.8401
SPRAGG52.9110.1495
ACTON51.6820.2990
MANSELL51.1540.5979
WEAVER45.9881.1958
WISE43.0460.8969
HOBBS41.03101.4948
BARNETT36.46111.6442
CLEMENTS36.0581.1958
BAGNALL34.7820.2990
NEW34.1320.2990
BALDWIN31.5691.3453
NEWELL28.3830.4484
GAMMON27.7810.1495

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called LIFORD in Overbury 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 0.2990 in Overbury means that 0.2990% of the people in Overbury on census day were called LIFORD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Overbury in 1881

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

ACTON (2)  ALDER (1)  ALLINGTON (1)  ALLIES (1)  AMBROSE (1)  ANDREWS (4)  ANCILL (10)  ANCELL (4)  ATKINS (4)  ATTWOOD (36)  BAGNALL (2)  BALDWIN (9)  BARNES (4)  BARNETT (11)  BAYLISS (5)  BEALE (1)  BERKELEY (1)  BOOTH (9)  BOYCE (1)  BROWN (5)  BULLINGHAM (11)  BURTLETT (1)  CAUDLE (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEMANTS (4)  CLEMENTS (8)  CLINTON (2)  COLLEY (5)  COLLINS (1)  CONGATE (1)  COOMBS (10)  CREESE (2)  DARKE (6)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (6)  DEE (8)  DEAKIN (10)  DYER (5)  ELUES (1)  EWENS (6)  GAMMA (1)  GAMMON (1)  GILDER (1)  GINGILL (1)  GLYNN (4)  GODSON (1)  GOUGH (3)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (17)  GREGORY (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GRINNELL (1)  HAMPTON (2)  HANNIS (3)  HARRIS (11)  HARRISON (2)  HARTLEY (1)  HAULING (4)  HERBERT (1)  HILL (1)  HIND (1)  HOBBS (10)  HOLMES (10)  HORNIBLOW (3)  HORTON (1)  HOUGHTON (3)  HUGHES (7)  HUNT (5)  JEENS (7)  JONES (6)  KENT (4)  NOTT (8)  LANE (6)  LARMER (2)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEE (1)  LOCKE (4)  LOOKER (3)  LIFORD (2)  MANSELL (4)  MANSFIELD (1)  MARTIN (2)  MIE (1)  MORRIS (3)  MUSTO (8)  NEW (2)  NEWELL (3)  NICHOLLS (19)  OLDACRE (4)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (2)  PATERSON (3)  PAYNE (13)  PEACHY (1)  PERKS (12)  PORTER (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  PUGH (6)  RIDLEY (3)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (1)  SALT (2)  SALTER (1)  SAUNDERS (7)  SELWYN (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (8)  SPARKES (7)  SPRAGG (1)  STALLARD (12)  STANLEY (20)  STANDLEY (2)  STANDLY (1)  STEVENS (1)  STORY (1)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (27)  TEALE (16)  THATCHER (11)  TIMINS (8)  TOBASSON (1)  TODD (4)  TURBERFIELD (3)  TURBERVILLE (6)  TURNER (2)  TUSTIN (4)  VALE (1)  WAGSTAFF (5)  WALKER (11)  WARDER (1)  WASLEY (1)  WATKINS (3)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (6)  WEAVER (8)  WELLAN (4)  WELLEND (7)  WHISTENORE (1)  WHITTINGHAM (1)  WHITTLE (12)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (5)  WINMATT (1)  WISE (6)  WOODWARD (1)