WAFER in the 1881 British Census
| Top UK Counties by Total Occurrances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Lancashire | 27 | 0.0008 | 4.5762 |
| London | 10 | 0.0003 | 2.0111 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 | 0.0018 | 10.4446 |
| Surrey | 4 | 0.0003 | 1.6510 |
| Kent | 1 | 0.0001 | 0.5894 |
| Derbyshire | 1 | 0.0002 | 1.2847 |
| Devon | 1 | 0.0002 | 0.9662 |
| Top UK Counties by Frequency/Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 | 0.0018 | 10.4446 |
| Lancashire | 27 | 0.0008 | 4.5762 |
| Surrey | 4 | 0.0003 | 1.6510 |
| London | 10 | 0.0003 | 2.0111 |
| Derbyshire | 1 | 0.0002 | 1.2847 |
| Devon | 1 | 0.0002 | 0.9662 |
| Kent | 1 | 0.0001 | 0.5894 |
| Top UK Towns by Total Occurrances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Liverpool, Lancashire | 17 | 0.0081 | 47.4463 |
| Kirkdale, Lancashire | 8 | 0.0137 | 80.5639 |
| St Pancras London, London | 8 | 0.0034 | 19.9900 |
| Nottingham St Mary, Nottinghamshire | 7 | 0.0069 | 40.3924 |
| Bermondsey, Surrey | 4 | 0.0046 | 27.0270 |
| Bethnal Green London, London | 2 | 0.0016 | 9.2593 |
| Claylane, Derbyshire | 1 | 0.0157 | 92.5926 |
| Devonport, Devon | 1 | 0.0143 | 84.0336 |
| Everton, Lancashire | 1 | 0.0009 | 5.3191 |
| Milton In Gravesend, Kent | 1 | 0.0067 | 39.3701 |
| Top UK Towns by Frequency/Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Total | Frequency % | Index |
| Claylane, Derbyshire | 1 | 0.0157 | 92.5926 |
| Devonport, Devon | 1 | 0.0143 | 84.0336 |
| Kirkdale, Lancashire | 8 | 0.0137 | 80.5639 |
| Liverpool, Lancashire | 17 | 0.0081 | 47.4463 |
| Nottingham St Mary, Nottinghamshire | 7 | 0.0069 | 40.3924 |
| Milton In Gravesend, Kent | 1 | 0.0067 | 39.3701 |
| Bermondsey, Surrey | 4 | 0.0046 | 27.0270 |
| St Pancras London, London | 8 | 0.0034 | 19.9900 |
| Bethnal Green London, London | 2 | 0.0016 | 9.2593 |
| Everton, Lancashire | 1 | 0.0009 | 5.3191 |
| Top Forenames for WAFER | |
|---|---|
| Male | Female |
| Thomas WAFER James WAFER George WAFER William WAFER Peter WAFER Arthur WAFER Andrew WAFER John WAFER Samuel WAFER Patrick WAFER Francis WAFER | Mary WAFER Maria WAFER Rebecca WAFER Margaret WAFER Sarah WAFER Bridget WAFER Alice WAFER Violet WAFER Jane WAFER Elizabeth WAFER Beatrice WAFER Ann WAFER Maude WAFER Louisa WAFER Frances WAFER Annie WAFER |
| Top Occupations for WAFER |
|---|
| Scholar Labourer Infant School Carter Brickmakers Laborer Stoker Silk Winder Store Keeper (Fact Lab) Railway Porter Prostitute Milliner Milk Seller Labourers Wife Able Seaman Carman Coal Miner Dock Lab Fch Polisher General Labourer Hkeeper House Laborer Traveller In Books For more information on these occupations, see Work in 1881 |
Notes
County and town names are as used on the 1881 census, and may not necessarily correlate with modern names and borders. Where a Scottish county is now known by a significantly different name, the modern name is shown in brackets. Welsh counties are shown in both English and Welsh names.
The Total Occurrences tables show which counties and towns contained the highest number of people with the surname WAFER. This is obviously biased towards counties and towns that have more people in them overall, but it does show where the majority of people called WAFER lived at the time of the 1881 census.
The Frequency tables show which counties and towns had the highest proportion of people with the surname WAFER. These are the places where you would be most likely to find someone called WAFER, if you picked people at random from the population.
- The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called WAFER in Nottinghamshire 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 0.0018 in Nottinghamshire means that 0.0018% of the people in Nottinghamshire on census day were called WAFER.
- The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WAFER 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 WAFER a if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. If the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someoen called WAFER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and if 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 WAFER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10.4446 in Nottinghamshire means that you are 10.4446 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WAFER in Nottinghamshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.
The maximum Index values tend to be higher for towns than counties, as a single extended family in a small town can comprise a significant proportion of the total population. For less common surnames, it's quite likely that all the residents of a small town who shared that name were related.
