Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westwood Park, Worcestershire

Westwood Park 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
DAVIS321.428697.40
GOULD321.4286588.24
SIMONS214.28571,111.11
GREENHILL17.14291,666.67
SAVAGE17.1429185.19
FROST17.1429126.58
THOMAS17.142917.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GREENHILL1,666.6717.1429
SIMONS1,111.11214.2857
GOULD588.24321.4286
SAVAGE185.1917.1429
FROST126.5817.1429
DAVIS97.40321.4286
THOMAS17.3017.1429

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called GREENHILL in Westwood Park 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 7.1429 in Westwood Park means that 7.1429% of the people in Westwood Park on census day were called GREENHILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GREENHILL 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 GREENHILL 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 GREENHILL 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 GREENHILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,666.67 in Westwood Park means that you are 1,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GREENHILL in Westwood Park than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westwood Park in 1881

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

CAPTSON (1)  DAVIS (3)  FROST (1)  GOULD (3)  GREENHILL (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SIMONS (2)  THOMAS (1)  WHITALL (1)