Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ellesmere Kenwick, Shropshire

Ellesmere Kenwick 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
EDWARDS97.563027.13
BELLINGHAM86.72271,818.18
AUSTIN65.0420103.09
DOWNES65.0420408.16
GOUGH65.0420171.92
ROBERTS54.201711.17
KYNASTON54.20172,272.73
HAYWARD54.201798.62
BUTTERY43.3613869.57
BUTLER43.361334.48
PRICE43.361319.20
NICKSON43.36131,142.86
LEA43.3613170.21
JARVIS43.361374.91
DEAN32.521036.32
EMBERTON21.68071,666.67
JONES21.68071.48
PHILLIPS21.68079.39
MORGAN21.68078.45
YOUNG21.68077.82
DAVIES21.68073.30
TOMLINSON21.680736.43
HAMPSON10.840346.73
PARTON10.8403153.85
METCALFE10.840336.76
WILSON10.84031.83
CURETON10.84031,000.00
THOMAS10.84032.04
EGERTON10.8403172.41
LLOYD10.84037.20
WILLIAMS10.84031.17
CROFT10.840335.59
TEECE10.8403625.00
HANMER10.8403588.24
FRANCE10.840355.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KYNASTON0.121192272.7273
BELLINGHAM0.121191818.1818
EMBERTON0.121191666.6667
NICKSON0.121191142.8571
CURETON0.121191000.0000
BUTTERY0.12119869.5652
TEECE0.12119625.0000
HANMER0.12119588.2353
DOWNES0.12119408.1633
EGERTON0.12119172.4138
GOUGH0.12119171.9198
LEA0.12119170.2128
PARTON0.12119153.8462
AUSTIN0.12119103.0928
HAYWARD0.1211998.6193
JARVIS0.1211974.9064
FRANCE0.1211955.2486
HAMPSON0.1211946.7290
METCALFE0.1211936.7647
TOMLINSON0.1211936.4299
DEAN0.1211936.3196
CROFT0.1211935.5872
BUTLER0.1211934.4828
EDWARDS0.1211927.1330
PRICE0.1211919.2031
ROBERTS0.1211911.1682
PHILLIPS0.121199.3941
MORGAN0.121198.4495
YOUNG0.121197.8247
LLOYD0.121197.1994
DAVIES0.121193.3041
THOMAS0.121192.0362
WILSON0.121191.8298
JONES0.121191.4840
WILLIAMS0.121191.1699

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 119 people called KYNASTON in Ellesmere Kenwick 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 2272.7273 in Ellesmere Kenwick means that 2272.7273% of the people in Ellesmere Kenwick on census day were called KYNASTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KYNASTON 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 KYNASTON 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 KYNASTON 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 KYNASTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Ellesmere Kenwick means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KYNASTON in Ellesmere Kenwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ellesmere Kenwick in 1881

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

AUSTIN (6)  BELLINGHAM (8)  BOYLIN (2)  BRAYNE (1)  BUTLER (4)  BUTTERY (4)  CARSLEY (6)  CHETTAH (1)  CHETWOOD (4)  CROFT (1)  CURETON (1)  DAVIES (2)  DEAN (3)  DOWNES (6)  EDWARDS (9)  EGERTON (1)  EMBERTON (2)  FRANCE (1)  GOUGH (6)  HAMPSON (1)  HANMER (1)  HAYWARD (5)  JARVIS (4)  JONES (2)  KYNASTON (5)  LEA (4)  LLOYD (1)  METCALFE (1)  MORGAN (2)  NICKSON (4)  PARTON (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRICE (4)  ROBERTS (5)  TEECE (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOODBURNE (1)  YOUNG (2) 

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