Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chelmarsh, Shropshire

Chelmarsh is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Shropshire

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
ELCOCK204.18411,941.75
PAINTER163.3473243.90
POWELL122.510520.12
PRICE112.301313.15
DAVIES102.09214.11
DRAPER102.092188.81
DUDLEY91.8828125.52
KING91.88288.64
JONES91.88281.66
WEAVER91.882872.41
CHILDS91.8828102.51
DODD81.673641.15
MORGAN81.67368.42
EVANS81.67363.83
STUBBS81.673663.39
RUDD81.6736106.10
BYWATERS71.46442,333.33
WILLIAMS71.46442.04
PETERS71.464441.77
GREENWOOD71.464418.86
ROCK71.4644257.35
RAY71.464474.00
ROWLEY61.255247.77
BACHE61.2552612.24
WOOD61.25523.94
BENNETT61.25527.64
NORWOOD51.0460257.73
MORRIS51.04604.70
FOX51.046011.27
LANGFORD51.046066.58
NOAKES51.0460142.86
HAMMONDS51.0460396.83
ROGERS51.04608.06
WHEELER40.836813.86
HEAD40.836834.39
MOUNTFORD40.836894.12
BODEN40.8368103.36
JARVIS40.836818.65
HUGHES30.62762.24
AINSWORTH30.627631.68
HALL30.62762.13
WALFORD30.6276102.04
BYWATER30.6276124.48
BERRY30.62767.91
PORTER30.62768.36
LEWIS30.62762.39
PAGE30.62767.85
PARRY20.41845.50
REYNOLDS20.41844.83
BOWEN20.418410.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYWATERS0.484782333.3333
ELCOCK0.484781941.7476
BACHE0.48478612.2449
TUFT0.48478476.1905
HAMMONDS0.48478396.8254
BLAKEWAY0.48478333.3333
NORWOOD0.48478257.7320
ROCK0.48478257.3529
PAINTER0.48478243.9024
NOAKES0.48478142.8571
MASSIE0.48478129.8701
DUDLEY0.48478125.5230
BYWATER0.48478124.4813
HODGKISS0.48478111.1111
RUDD0.48478106.1008
HOBDAY0.48478103.6269
BODEN0.48478103.3592
CHILDS0.48478102.5057
WALFORD0.48478102.0408
MOUNTFORD0.4847894.1176
DRAPER0.4847888.8099
RAY0.4847873.9958
WEAVER0.4847872.4055
LANGFORD0.4847866.5779
STUBBS0.4847863.3914
WELLINGS0.4847860.6061
BAUGH0.4847858.4795
HENLEY0.4847854.6448
BENBOW0.4847852.9101
HINKS0.4847851.2821
SANKEY0.4847850.5051
ANGEL0.4847848.7805
ROWLEY0.4847847.7707
RODEN0.4847844.6429
PETERS0.4847841.7661
DODD0.4847841.1523
BOUCHER0.4847839.6825
LOFTUS0.4847838.3142
HEAD0.4847834.3938
AINSWORTH0.4847831.6790
KENDRICK0.4847821.7391
POWELL0.4847820.1241
CRANE0.4847819.8413
GREENWOOD0.4847818.8578
JARVIS0.4847818.6480
HUMPHRIES0.4847818.5701
CROFT0.4847817.7148
WHEELER0.4847813.8600
RUTTER0.4847813.7363
PRICE0.4847813.1500

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 478 people called BYWATERS in Chelmarsh 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 2333.3333 in Chelmarsh means that 2333.3333% of the people in Chelmarsh on census day were called BYWATERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYWATERS 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 BYWATERS 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 BYWATERS 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 BYWATERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Chelmarsh means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYWATERS in Chelmarsh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chelmarsh in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (3)  ANGEL (1)  BACHE (6)  BARKER (1)  BAUGH (1)  BENBOW (1)  BENNETT (6)  BINT (3)  BERRY (3)  BLAKEWAY (2)  BLATHWAYT (2)  BOTFIELD (7)  BOTWOOD (2)  BODEN (4)  BOWEN (2)  BREAKWELL (10)  BULL (1)  BOUCHER (1)  BYWATERS (7)  BYWATER (3)  CHILDS (9)  CLAY (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOPER (1)  CORBETT (1)  CORFIELD (2)  CRANE (2)  CROFT (2)  DAVIES (10)  DAVIS (1)  DEAN (1)  DETTON (6)  DODD (8)  DRAPER (10)  DUDLEY (9)  DUFLEY (1)  AILS (1)  ELCOCK (20)  EVANS (8)  PHASEY (1)  FOX (5)  GETHING (8)  JORDAN (2)  JORDIN (2)  GRAY (2)  GREENWOOD (7)  HALL (3)  HAMMONDS (5)  HARRIS (1)  HARRIES (1)  HAZELDINE (1)  HEAD (4)  HENLEY (2)  HINKS (1)  HOBDAY (2)  HODGKISS (2)  HUGHES (3)  HUMPHRIES (2)  HOMFRAY (3)  HURDLEY (7)  INGRAM (1)  JARVIS (4)  JONES (9)  KENDRICK (1)  KING (9)  KNOTT (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LANGFORD (5)  LEES (1)  LEWIS (3)  LLOYD (2)  LOFTUS (1)  MASSIE (2)  MIDLETON (1)  MILLS (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOLLENEUX (7)  MORGAN (8)  MORNINGTON (7)  MORRIS (5)  MOUNTFORD (4)  NOAKES (5)  NORWOOD (5)  PAGE (3)  PAINTER (16)  PENNY (1)  PARRY (2)  PETERS (7)  PHILLIPS (1)  PORTER (3)  POTTER (1)  POWELL (12)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (11)  RADNER (1)  RAY (7)  REEVE (1)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROCK (7)  RODEN (1)  ROGERS (5)  ROWE (2)  ROWLEY (6)  RUDD (8)  RUTTER (1)  SANKEY (1)  SHAW (2)  SMITH (1)  STEEL (1)  STUBBS (8)  SWINNERTON (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TRIGGER (3)  TUFT (1)  VICKERAGE (8)  WALL (1)  WEAVER (9)  WELLINGS (1)  WESTON (1)  WHEELER (4)  WILLIAMS (7)  WINWOOD (9)  WOOD (6)  WALFORD (3) 

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