Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shropshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
JONES13,0615.17494.57
DAVIES6,9202.74185.39
EVANS5,5822.21165.06
WILLIAMS4,6611.84672.57
EDWARDS3,8301.51755.44
MORRIS3,3441.32495.95
ROBERTS2,7661.09592.91
PRICE2,6171.03695.93
GRIFFITHS2,3890.94655.78
HUGHES2,2900.90733.24
THOMAS2,2340.88512.14
LEWIS2,1370.84673.22
LLOYD2,1270.84277.22
SMITH2,1220.84080.60
OWEN1,6740.66335.59
TAYLOR1,5210.60260.94
POWELL1,5130.59954.81
MORGAN1,4850.58842.96
BROWN1,4750.58440.89
ROGERS1,4590.57814.45
RICHARDS1,3070.51783.43
PUGH1,1920.472312.36
JAMES9430.37361.90
PHILLIPS9020.35742.00
HARRIS8990.35621.40
BOWEN8640.34238.28
HALL8400.33281.13
BAILEY8280.32812.18
PREECE7870.311819.17
TURNER7830.31021.11
PRITCHARD7800.30905.74
GOUGH7770.307910.50
HILL7720.30591.20
DAVIS7550.29911.36
ELLIS7330.29042.00
CARTWRIGHT7110.28177.39
REYNOLDS7050.27933.22
WARD6940.27501.26
GREEN6690.26510.94
HUMPHREYS6660.26397.49
HAYWARD6660.26396.19
COOPER6570.26031.07
WOOD6540.25910.81
PARRY6280.24883.27
BENNETT6280.24881.51
WALKER6100.24170.72
LOWE6040.23933.19
HOWELLS5970.23659.27
ADAMS5930.23501.59
VAUGHAN5640.22356.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOOF87.39950.0376
FERRINGTON80.53760.0301
SEABURY73.84560.0222
SPEAKE63.232430.0963
GWILT59.741450.0575
RICKERS54.78540.0214
CURETON53.061100.0436
HAMAR53.05760.0301
SHUKER52.642480.0983
PURSLOW51.561990.0788
CADWALLADER49.392510.0994
HOTCHKISS49.002940.1165
BROXTON48.55720.0285
BOWDLER47.862420.0959
KYNASTON47.132240.0888
TIPTON46.352840.1125
RALPHS43.272870.1137
BYTHEWAY43.151000.0396
HODNETT41.56900.0357
EMBREY41.30710.0281
TEECE40.661350.0535
WOODFIN40.56540.0214
HOGGINS39.00930.0368
EVANSON37.471080.0428
DOODY37.251670.0662
POOLER36.11700.0277
NICKLESS35.631210.0479
DYAS35.301050.0416
WELLINGS34.412990.1185
JEBB33.811060.0420
PITCHFORD33.262680.1062
YALE31.23550.0218
SIDES30.33680.0269
YAPP29.971480.0586
LUTHER29.241040.0412
WHITTALL29.091510.0598
JACKS28.231620.0642
BETTON28.18570.0226
PARTON28.123860.1529
GARBETT27.762730.1082
TART26.55810.0321
GITTINS26.424110.1628
HIGLEY26.32570.0226
PASCALL26.02750.0297
MINTON25.982220.0880
BLAKEWAY25.95820.0325
PADDOCK25.751660.0658
MINSHALL25.511260.0499
BURD25.37620.0246
TREVOR24.911950.0773

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 95 people called HOOF in Shropshire 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 0.0376 in Shropshire means that 0.0376% of the people in Shropshire on census day were called HOOF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOOF 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 HOOF 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 HOOF 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 HOOF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 87.39 in Shropshire means that you are 87.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOOF in Shropshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Shropshire comprises 263 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Abdon 154 CHILDS WEAR
Acton Burnell 327 DAVIES GUST
Acton Round 185 LEWIS RHODEN
Acton Scott 222 HAYWARD GARBETT
Adderley 434 LUNT HERRIMAN
Alberbury 594 JONES GRIFFITTS
Albrighton 1219 MORRIS NALLEY
Albrighton St Mary 102 EVANS BLAKEWAY
Alveley 1001 SCRIVEN DOOLITTLE
Ashford Bowdler 95 EDWARDS STEDMAN
Ashford Carbonell 293 DAVIES COLIN
Astley 236 JONES MENLOVE
Astley Abbotts 623 JONES BALDWYN
Aston Botterell 165 NOAKES WIGGAN
Atcham 412 JONES PEATMAN
Badger 147 MACE ROUGHT
Barrow 343 MORRISS EMBRY
Baschurch 1727 JONES PARKISON
Battlefield 91 JONES RALPHS
Beckbury 329 SMITH STARKS
Bedstone 137 MORRIS HOGGINS
Benthall 449 HARTSHORNE PREAST
Berrington 989 JONES BILLINSLEY
Bettws 550 LLOYD MERRITTS
Billingsley 125 JONES BAGGER
Bishops Castle In 1472 JONES QUESNELL
Bishops Castle Out 516 DAVIES HAMMANS
Bitterley 998 MARTIN BOWNDS
Bolas Magna 304 WILD MINOR
Boningale 197 TAYLOR ROYSTER
Boraston 226 HOWELLS BROCKWAY
Boscobel 23 BROWN MARSTON
Bridgnorth St Leonard 2862 BAKER DUFFICY
Bridgnorth St Mary 2462 JONES MAUN
Bromfield 565 JONES LIPPITT
Brompton Rhiston 164 DAVIES SHEVLIN
Broseley 4485 JONES STEPHAN
Broughton 204 JONES LEAP
Buildwas 259 EDWARDS BLAKEWAY
Burford 431 MORRIS WAITHE
Burwarton 146 NOAKES NOAKES
Cainham 1170 EDWARDS MONINGTON
Cardeston 278 JONES BOWDLER
Cardington 576 EVANS SEABURY
Chelmarsh 478 ELCOCK BYWATERS
Cheswardine 1077 HUGHES SHROPSHIRE
Chetton 498 JONES TATNALL
Chetwynd 815 BREEZE MINSHALL
Childs Ercall 439 CARTWRIGHT MCKERROW
Chirbury 1487 JONES EMBREY
Church Preen 117 ALSOP HULET
Church Pulverbach 401 MANSELL SHEWARD
Church Stretton 1693 JONES SEABURY
Claverley 1704 JONES CLAYBROOK
Clee St Margaret 270 TURNER WEAL
Cleobury Mortimer 1591 EDWARDS CONNIFF
Cleobury North 190 GARBETT HODNETT
Clive 393 JONES SARRATT
Clun 1792 DAVIES SWANCUTT
Clun Eddycliff 477 PRICE HUDON
Clunbury 986 DAVIES HUFFER
Clungunford 586 DAVIS GREENHOUSE
Cold Weston 30 HUMPHREYS HUMPHREYS
Condover 1777 DAVIES CLOUD
Coreley 625 WILLIAMS COLDER
Cound 477 EVANS JEBB
Cressage 259 HARRIES BADGLEY
Culmington 556 JONES TARTE
Dawley 9184 JONES FOULKE
Deuxhill 45 POTTS WELLINGS
Diddlebury 832 JONES SYAS
Dinmore 2 RAWLINGS RAWLINGS
Ditton Priors 600 CARTWRIGHT DORRELL
Donington 396 JONES DEAKINS
Dowles 128 GEORGE STRANGE
Drayton In Hales 5203 JONES MONTFORD
Eardington 263 FRYER BROKS
Easthope 111 JONES EWERS
Eaton 451 JONES TENCH
Eaton Constantine 239 JONES TART
Edgmond 2778 TAYLOR PEE
Edgton 223 EVANS CROXTON
Ellesmere 4333 JONES URION
Ellesmere Cockshutt 309 HANMER HUSBANDS
Ellesmere Criftins 206 JONES FARLOW
Ellesmere Kenwick 119 EDWARDS KYNASTON
Ellesmere Penley 330 WILLIAMS LEDSOME
Ellesmere Trench 328 JONES RHONE
Ercall Magna 1807 BUTTERY ATCHLEY
Eyton Upon Wild Moors 434 HUGHES BLADEN
Farlow 347 PRICE HAMONDS
Fitz 291 DAVIES ANTLEY
Ford 373 JONES QUAY
Frodesley 235 JONES JOHSON
Glazeley 37 POOLE GWILT
Greet 97 SMITH CADWALLADER
Grinshill 345 DAVIES EMBREY
Gt Hanwood 324 JONES MILLERD
Gt Ness 658 JONES RODES
Habberley 138 VAUGHAN HIGLEY
Hadnall 531 DAVIES FARDO
Halford 249 JONES HARVARD
Harley 178 JONES BEDDOE
Haughmond Demesne 132 JONES SEARGENT
Highley 364 EVANS BYTHEWAY
Hinstock 865 WILLIAMS ROYSTER
Hodnet 1972 JONES UDE
Holdgate 116 WALL HAYMES
Hope Baggot 79 HOPEWELL HOPEWELL
Hope Bowdler 163 JONES CROXTON
Hopesay 642 DAVIES BASON
Hopton Cangeford 34 REECE REECE
Hopton Castle 117 WILLIAMS ELLES
Hopton Wafers 433 EDWARDS GITTENS
Hordley 290 PEEL STANT
Hughley 110 SAVAGE BYWATERS
Hyssington 315 WILKES WHITTALL
Ightfield 344 ELLISON ELLISON
Kemberton 274 JONES POOLER
Kenley 217 ROBERTS HEADMAN
Kinlet 433 HUGHES ETHEREDGE
Kinnerley 1201 JONES FOWLKES
Kinnersley 215 JONES BOSTER
Knockin 265 JONES THEODORE
Lee Brockhurst 97 CROWDER CARTE
Leebotwood 178 JONES BEAMAN
Leighton 298 THOMAS FELTUS
Leintwardine 1220 JONES GRIFFETH
Lilleshall 3858 LOWE FELSON
Linley 58 INGRAM MANTLE
Llanfair Waterdine 556 DAVIES RUELL
Llansilin 1837 JONES CARLES
Llanyblodwell 937 JONES CASEWELL
Llanymynech 493 JONES KYNASTON
Longdon On Tern 135 THOMAS BRISBANE
Longford 95 CARNEY POOLER
Longnor 201 EVANS DURNELL
Loppington 540 PUGH FREDRICK
Loughton 84 MASSEY BYTHEWAY
Lt Wenlock 555 JONES BOOSE
Ludford 461 EDWARDS LILLO
Ludlow Castle 5 COLLINGS COLLINGS
Ludlow St Lawrence 5021 JONES PILSON
Lydham 116 PUGH HOLL
Madeley 9254 JONES STEPHAN
Mainstone 187 SHERRY HUFFER
Melverley 188 JONES THORNES
Meole Brace 1307 JONES GARVIS
Middle 689 JONES BOLIVER
Middleton Scriven 93 BANKS BACHE
Milson 121 JONES BERY
Mindtown 38 WATKINS PLAIN
Minsterley 931 JONES PURSLOW
Monkhopton 171 EVANS WADLOW
Montford 500 JONES MANFORD
More 200 JONES GITTENS
Moreton Corbet 251 WILLIAMS GAITER
Moreton Say 650 MORRIS ROCHEL
Morville 138 THOMAS CURETON
Morville Aston Eyre 89 JONES BYTHEWAY
Much Wenlock 2328 JONES SKUTT
Munslow 609 EDWARDS SYAS
N Lydbury 981 JONES NICKLAS
Nash 587 JONES HYKES
Neen Savage 333 LANE BOKER
Neen Sollars 190 BISHOP TRILLO
Neenton 141 EVANS CHATHAM
Newport 3046 WILLIAMS LUDDEN
Norbury 375 EVANS COTNEY
Norton In Hales 373 MORREY MORREY
Oldbury 257 DAVIES HARDINE
Onibury 458 EVANS BAWCOMBE
Oswestry Rural 3867 JONES LONGUEVILLE
Oswestry Town 8082 JONES FAULKES
Pattingham 155 NICHOLLS LAWLEY
Petton 38 TATTON TATTON
Pitchford 214 EVANS MYOTT
Pontesbury 3070 JONES COSWELL
Posenhall 28 SHINGLER WHALER
Prees 3074 JONES BETTERLEY
Preston Gubbals 427 JONES HOWMAN
Preston On Wild Moors 228 ROWLEY HAYFORD
Quatford 197 BIRD CLARO
Quatt 346 JONES JILES
Quatt Jervis 201 JONES POOLER
Ratlinghope 270 JONES BUFTON
Richards Castle 765 JONES RICHMON
Rodington 397 HUMPHREYS WELLING
Rushbury 501 FINCH REN
Ruyton Of Eleven Towns 1115 JONES BRADICK
Ryton 212 MASON KELSAY
Selattyn 1145 JONES MANFORD
Shawbury 969 JONES ELLIES
Sheinton 107 MORRIS HODNETT
Shelve 153 POWELL SANDLES
Sheriff Hales 1009 DEAN PLEVIN
Shifnal 6852 JONES LUTER
Shipton 185 SMITH HUGHSTON
Shrawardine 193 JONES YEAMANS
Shrewsbury Holy Cross 2788 JONES BARRE
Shrewsbury St Alkmond 1402 JONES CHANCELLOR
Shrewsbury St Chad 8858 JONES EAKIN
Shrewsbury St Julian 6244 JONES INSKEEP
Shrewsbury St Mary 9959 JONES TUDER
Sibdon Carwood 67 GRIFFITHS CADWALLADER
Sidbury 49 LUCAS MAPP
Silvington 48 JONES POYNER
Smethcott 283 BROMLEY HOTCHKISS
St Martin 2822 JONES HARDEY
Stanton Lacy 2180 GRIFFITHS BOODY
Stanton Long 264 DAVIES WADLOW
Stanton Upon Hine Heath 666 JONES HEATLY
Stapleton 259 EVANS ANTLEY
Stirchley 258 BAILEY POYSER
Stockton 538 PARTON KEIRNAN
Stoke St Milborough 526 JONES EDGERLY
Stoke Upon Tern 931 MEREDITH DORSET
Stokesay 744 JONES LATOUCHE
Stottesdon 1145 JONES HAMMONS
Stowe 254 KINSEY BRIDGEWATER
Sutton 74 BIDDLE BIDDLE
Sutton Maddock 390 WARD HULETT
Tasley 77 PREECE WHITNEY
Tong 507 JONES CRUMB
Tugford 110 MARSH GREENHOUSE
Uffington 224 REYNOLDS OARE
Uppington 96 PEACOCK BOORE
Upton Cressett 307 JONES HUSE
Upton Magna 465 JONES HOLBROOKS
W Felton 1071 JONES FUTRELL
Waters Upton 195 WOOLLEY CASEWELL
Wellington 14185 JONES PRESTWOOD
Welsh Hampton 521 EVANS FELTUS
Wem 3754 WILLIAMS MENLOVE
Wentnor 729 JONES SANDLES
Westbury 1303 JONES GRIFFIES
Wheathill 105 HARDING BYTHEWAY
Whitchurch 4898 JONES SHARPES
Whitchurch Alkington 126 BOOT SUDLOW
Whitchurch Black Park 96 JONES EVANSON
Whitchurch Broughall 250 CHESHIRE EVANSON
Whitchurch Hinton 51 BURROWS REAVES
Whitchurch Hollyhurst 42 PARKER GLASSEY
Whitchurch New 172 SMITH BULKELEY
Whitchurch Old 26 DOWNING DOWNING
Whitchurch Tilstock 624 EVANS ROBERSTON
Whittington 2113 JONES YOUNES
Whittington English 160 WILLIAMS BEAMON
Whitton 88 JONES CRAW
Willey 173 BENTLEY STOKEY
Wistanstow 815 DAVIES LEID
Wistanstow Cheney 147 CADWALLADER SPEAKES
Withington 259 EVANS REIVES
Wollaston 323 JONES HAMONDS
Wombridge 3116 DAVIES HOOF
Woodhouse 4 NICHOLLS STEWARD
Woolstaston 97 HARRIES RUFF
Woore 668 ROWLEY OBERY
Worfield 1752 PREECE SYNER
Worthen 2681 JONES EAKIN
Worthen Hope 535 LEWIS PURSLOW
Wrockwardine 5550 JONES HOGGINS
Wroxeter 488 DAVIES FELTUS

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