Top surnames from the 1881 census in Easthope, Shropshire

Easthope 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
JONES98.10817.16
BIRCH87.2072175.82
PEARSON87.207262.06
THORNTON76.3063125.45
RUSSELL76.306351.66
PHILPOTT65.4054705.88
MORRIS65.405424.28
GRIFFITHS54.504527.53
THOMAS54.504510.91
EVANS43.60368.25
GOUGH43.6036123.08
BENSON21.801866.45
EWERS21.80181,666.67
BRYAN10.900936.23
BARKER10.90096.88
MURRAY10.90097.27
WILLIAMS10.90091.25
DAVIES10.90091.77
POPE10.900926.11
NORRIS10.900920.96
TYLER10.900930.49
SEWELL10.900942.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EWERS0.111111666.6667
PHILPOTT0.11111705.8824
BIRCH0.11111175.8242
THORNTON0.11111125.4480
GOUGH0.11111123.0769
BENSON0.1111166.4452
PEARSON0.1111162.0636
RUSSELL0.1111151.6605
SEWELL0.1111142.5532
BRYAN0.1111136.2319
TYLER0.1111130.4878
GRIFFITHS0.1111127.5330
POPE0.1111126.1097
MORRIS0.1111124.2817
NORRIS0.1111120.9644
THOMAS0.1111110.9146
EVANS0.111118.2457
MURRAY0.111117.2674
JONES0.111117.1593
BARKER0.111116.8823
DAVIES0.111111.7712
WILLIAMS0.111111.2541

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 111 people called EWERS in Easthope 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 1666.6667 in Easthope means that 1666.6667% of the people in Easthope on census day were called EWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EWERS 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 EWERS 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 EWERS 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 EWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Easthope means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EWERS in Easthope than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Easthope in 1881

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

BARKER (1)  BENSON (2)  BIRCH (8)  BRYAN (1)  CROSSE (5)  DAVIES (1)  DOWNWARD (4)  ESP (6)  EVANS (4)  EWERS (2)  GOUGH (4)  GRIFFITHS (5)  HARTITT (5)  JONES (9)  MORRIS (6)  MURRAY (1)  NORRIS (1)  OFFLAND (1)  PEARSON (8)  PHILPOTT (6)  POPE (1)  RUSSELL (7)  SEWELL (1)  THOMAS (5)  THORNTON (7)  TROW (5)  TYLER (1)  WATKISS (3)  WILLIAMS (1) 

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