Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wichenford, Worcestershire

Wichenford 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
EATON184.7244168.70
HOLLOWAY164.1995137.10
HILL143.674514.43
PUGH143.674596.15
HICKEN123.14962,448.98
JONES112.88712.55
RIVERS112.8871466.10
DAVIS92.362210.75
ALLEN82.099711.12
TYLER82.099771.11
SMITH82.09971.49
DAY71.837319.51
GILLIM71.837335,000.00
NASH71.837339.84
SANDERS71.837340.53
GROSVENOR61.5748705.88
INGLES61.5748517.24
SURMAN61.5748697.67
PORTMAN61.5748869.57
BRADBURN61.5748394.74
CLARKE51.31236.48
SHERWOOD51.3123102.88
GOUGH51.312344.76
BARNETT51.312329.10
BOX51.3123161.81
CALLOW41.0499169.49
WALTON41.049914.91
BRUTON41.0499312.50
WAGSTAFF41.049984.39
RODGERS30.787428.76
TURNER30.78742.83
GOODYEAR30.7874148.51
HALL20.52491.78
BEVAN20.524921.46
KINSEY20.524980.32
HARVEY20.52494.92
YEOMANS20.524963.69
BULLOCK20.524916.13
WILKES20.524930.30
FORD20.52495.39
GREGG20.524974.63
HARWOOD20.524919.61
GERRARD20.524941.07
ROWLEY10.26259.99
FARRINGTON10.262530.58
TAYLOR10.26250.41
RANFORD10.2625454.55
EDWARDS10.26250.94
BURCH10.262534.72
GREEN10.26250.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLIM35,000.0071.8373
HICKEN2,448.98123.1496
PORTMAN869.5761.5748
GROSVENOR705.8861.5748
SURMAN697.6761.5748
SUMERS666.6710.2625
INGLES517.2461.5748
RIVERS466.10112.8871
RANFORD454.5510.2625
BRADBURN394.7461.5748
BRUTON312.5041.0499
FRIPP256.4110.2625
MOULDEN212.7710.2625
CALLOW169.4941.0499
EATON168.70184.7244
BOX161.8151.3123
GOODYEAR148.5130.7874
STINTON140.8510.2625
EVERTON138.8910.2625
HOLLOWAY137.10164.1995
SPRAGUE113.6410.2625
SHERWOOD102.8851.3123
GROUT102.0410.2625
PUGH96.15143.6745
CORNS94.3410.2625
WAGSTAFF84.3941.0499
KINSEY80.3220.5249
BLOUNT76.3410.2625
GREGG74.6320.5249
TYLER71.1182.0997
YEOMANS63.6920.5249
DEIGHTON52.3610.2625
GOUGH44.7651.3123
ETHERIDGE44.0510.2625
GERRARD41.0720.5249
SANDERS40.5371.8373
NASH39.8471.8373
BURCH34.7210.2625
DANCE32.7910.2625
BLUNT32.4710.2625
FARRINGTON30.5810.2625
WILKES30.3020.5249
BARNETT29.1051.3123
RODGERS28.7630.7874
MOSELEY28.7410.2625
BEVAN21.4620.5249
HARWOOD19.6120.5249
DAY19.5171.8373
PAINTER19.1210.2625
CORNISH18.1810.2625

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called GILLIM in Wichenford 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 1.8373 in Wichenford means that 1.8373% of the people in Wichenford on census day were called GILLIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLIM 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 GILLIM 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 GILLIM 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 GILLIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 35,000.00 in Wichenford means that you are 35,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLIM in Wichenford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wichenford in 1881

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

ALLEN (8)  ALLIES (3)  ANTHONIES (2)  BARNETT (5)  BEVAN (2)  BURCH (1)  BLOUNT (1)  BLUNT (1)  BOX (5)  BRADBURN (6)  BROOKS (1)  BRUTON (4)  BULLOCK (2)  BARROW (1)  BUTCHER (1)  CALLOW (4)  CATTLEY (1)  CLARKE (5)  CLAY (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOMBY (2)  CORNS (1)  CORNISH (1)  COX (1)  DANCE (1)  DAVIS (9)  DAY (7)  DEIGHTON (1)  EATON (18)  EDWARDS (1)  ETHERIDGE (1)  EVERTON (1)  FARRINGTON (1)  FIDOE (6)  FORD (2)  FOXHALL (1)  GERRARD (2)  GILES (1)  GILLIM (7)  GOODYEAR (3)  GOUGH (5)  GREEN (1)  GREGG (2)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GROSVENOR (6)  GROUT (1)  HALL (2)  HANDLEY (1)  HARVEY (2)  HARWOOD (2)  HAINES (1)  HEMUS (9)  HIAMS (2)  HILL (14)  HICKEN (12)  HOLLOWAY (16)  HOLMES (1)  INETT (7)  INGLES (6)  JELF (3)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (11)  JONES WILLIAMS (14)  LEWIS (1)  KINSEY (2)  MORRIS (1)  MOSELEY (1)  MOULDEN (1)  NASH (7)  NEATHWAY (1)  ORGEE (3)  PAINTER (1)  PERKINS (1)  FRIPP (1)  PORTMAN (6)  POWICK (6)  PRICE (1)  PUGH (14)  RANFORD (1)  RIVERS (11)  RODGERS (3)  ROWLEY (1)  SANDERS (7)  SANDARS (SANDERS) (2)  SHERWOOD (5)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMITH (8)  SPILSBURY (7)  SPRAGUE (1)  STINTON (1)  SUMERS (1)  SURMAN (6)  SUTTON (1)  SWAIN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TROW (5)  TURNER (3)  TYLER (8)  WAGSTAFF (4)  WALTON (4)  WATKINS (1)  WELLS (1)  WHITHAND (1)  WILKES (2)  WINNALL (1)  WISE (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YEOMANS (2)