Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cound, Shropshire

Cound 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
EVANS296.079713.91
MORRIS245.031422.60
JONES204.19293.70
WILLIAMS163.35434.67
DAVIES142.93505.77
PRICE142.935016.77
CLAY132.7254132.79
CRUMP122.5157233.01
SMITH112.30611.63
HALL112.30617.84
BAKER102.09649.57
HUGHES102.09647.48
FARR81.6771112.99
PALMER81.677114.23
NORRIS81.677139.04
ROBERTS81.67714.46
SOUTHERN71.4675159.09
GREEN71.46755.21
WOODCOCK71.467551.43
STEADMAN71.4675238.10
PHILLIP61.2579247.93
HUMPHRIES61.257955.87
FRANK61.2579298.51
HILL61.25794.94
EDWARDS61.25794.51
BENBOW61.2579317.46
ALLAN51.048216.69
HAMER51.048255.99
HAYWARD51.048224.58
FOX51.048211.29
JEBB51.0482847.46
CROCKETT40.8386177.78
GRIFFITHS40.83865.12
SIMON30.628995.54
BROOME30.6289126.58
BARNFIELD30.6289254.24
TUDOR30.628993.46
YOUNG30.62892.93
HOPKINS20.41936.96
PUGH20.419310.98
BUTLER20.41934.30
TREVOR20.4193135.14
DODD20.419310.31
RICHARDS20.41932.78
CASWELL20.419386.58
PRITCHARD20.41937.79
THOMAS20.41931.02
LITTLE20.41938.87
GRANGER20.419340.98
WOOD20.41931.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JEBB0.48477847.4576
BINNER0.48477476.1905
MERIDITH0.48477357.1429
BENBOW0.48477317.4603
FRANK0.48477298.5075
PELHAM0.48477289.8551
BARNFIELD0.48477254.2373
PHILLIP0.48477247.9339
STEADMAN0.48477238.0952
CRUMP0.48477233.0097
MCMILLAN0.48477200.0000
BRASIER0.48477178.5714
CROCKETT0.48477177.7778
SOUTHERN0.48477159.0909
BILLINGSLEY0.48477149.2537
TREVOR0.48477135.1351
CLAY0.48477132.7886
BROOME0.48477126.5823
FARR0.48477112.9944
SIMON0.4847795.5414
TUDOR0.4847793.4579
CASWELL0.4847786.5801
SIMONDS0.4847781.3008
MANNION0.4847780.6452
HAMER0.4847755.9910
HUMPHRIES0.4847755.8659
WOODCOCK0.4847751.4328
HEWSON0.4847751.4139
FAY0.4847750.2513
GRANGER0.4847740.9836
NORRIS0.4847739.0434
RUDGE0.4847726.7380
HAYWARD0.4847724.5821
MORRIS0.4847722.6031
BEACH0.4847722.0264
MACHIN0.4847720.9205
PERKS0.4847720.1613
WILDING0.4847717.8253
COOKSON0.4847717.7936
BROOM0.4847717.0068
PRICE0.4847716.7705
ALLAN0.4847716.6945
PALMER0.4847714.2273
EVANS0.4847713.9129
GRAINGER0.4847713.6426
BROMLEY0.4847713.6240
HEAP0.4847712.3609
FOX0.4847711.2892
HARRIES0.4847711.1483
PUGH0.4847710.9769

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 477 people called JEBB in Cound 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 847.4576 in Cound means that 847.4576% of the people in Cound on census day were called JEBB.

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

All the surnames recorded in Cound in 1881

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

ALLAN (5)  ANDREWS (1)  ANKERS (1)  AUSTIN (1)  AVERLEY (1)  BAKER (10)  BARNFIELD (3)  BEDDOES (4)  BEACH (1)  BEMBOW (5)  BENBOW (6)  BILLINGSLEY (1)  BINNER (1)  BLAKEOUSE (4)  BONDLEY (1)  BOWEN (1)  BRASIER (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BROOME (3)  BROOM (1)  BUSHILL (1)  BUTLER (2)  CHALLONER (15)  CARTER (2)  CASWELL (2)  CLAY (13)  CLEO (1)  CLEUGH (4)  COCIA (1)  COOKSON (1)  CROCKETT (4)  CRUMP (12)  DAVIES (14)  DODD (2)  DOWNWARD (3)  EASTHOPE (1)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (29)  FARR (8)  FAY (1)  FEWTRELL (11)  FLETCHER (1)  FORD (1)  FOX (5)  FRANK (6)  GRANGER (2)  GRAINGER (1)  GREEN (7)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HALL (11)  HAMER (5)  HARRIES (1)  HAYWARD (5)  HEAP (1)  HEWSON (2)  HILL (6)  HOAD (5)  HOPKINS (2)  HUGHES (10)  HUMPHRIES (6)  INSTONE (3)  JEBB (5)  JONES (20)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (2)  LISSELL (1)  LITTLE (2)  LITTLEHALES (8)  MACHIN (1)  MANNING (1)  MANNION (1)  MCMILLAN (1)  MALLAM (1)  MERIDITH (1)  MERYICK (1)  MEYRICK (1)  MILLICHIP (3)  MORRIS (24)  MUNSLOW (4)  NICHOLLS (2)  NORRIS (8)  OLIVER (1)  OWEN (2)  PALMER (8)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PASSANTS (1)  PELHAM (2)  PERKS (1)  PHILLIP (6)  PRICE (14)  PRITCHARD (2)  PUGH (2)  PURSALL (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBARTES (1)  ROBERTS (8)  RUDGE (1)  SIMON (3)  SIMONDS (1)  SMITH (11)  SOUTHERN (7)  STEADMAN (7)  THOMAS (2)  TREVOR (2)  TUDOR (3)  WALKISS (1)  WILDING (1)  WILLIAMS (16)  WOOD (2)  WOODCOCK (7)  YOUNG (3) 

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