Top surnames from the 1881 census in Greet, Shropshire

Greet 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
SMITH1212.37118.76
TURNER88.247429.63
WHITEMAN77.21651,111.11
LEWIS77.216527.45
JACKSON77.216525.82
CADWALLADER44.12372,000.00
BISHOP44.123759.00
PERRINS33.09281,034.48
DAVIES33.09286.08
WILLIAMS33.09284.31
MASON33.092823.01
GITTINGS22.06191,052.63
ACTON11.0309178.57
VAUGHAN11.030930.21
TIPTON11.0309416.67
GREEN11.03093.66
PRINCE11.030945.66
WARING11.030981.97
MORRIS11.03094.63
JONES11.03090.91
STEVENS11.03099.87
GOUGH11.030935.21
RADCLIFFE11.030988.50
CLAYTON11.030918.98
WHITTALL11.0309500.00
POTTS11.030930.86
BENBOW11.0309263.16
WAITHE11.0309
TURLEY11.0309192.31
SQUIRES11.030972.99
PUGH11.030926.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CADWALLADER0.10972000.0000
WHITEMAN0.10971111.1111
GITTINGS0.10971052.6316
PERRINS0.10971034.4828
WHITTALL0.1097500.0000
TIPTON0.1097416.6667
BENBOW0.1097263.1579
TURLEY0.1097192.3077
ACTON0.1097178.5714
RADCLIFFE0.109788.4956
WARING0.109781.9672
SQUIRES0.109772.9927
BISHOP0.109758.9971
PRINCE0.109745.6621
GOUGH0.109735.2113
POTTS0.109730.8642
VAUGHAN0.109730.2115
TURNER0.109729.6296
LEWIS0.109727.4510
PUGH0.109726.9542
JACKSON0.109725.8207
MASON0.109723.0061
CLAYTON0.109718.9753
STEVENS0.10979.8717
SMITH0.10978.7617
DAVIES0.10976.0803
MORRIS0.10974.6318
WILLIAMS0.10974.3054
GREEN0.10973.6603
JONES0.10970.9102
WAITHE0.1097

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 97 people called CADWALLADER in Greet 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 2000.0000 in Greet means that 2000.0000% of the people in Greet on census day were called CADWALLADER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CADWALLADER 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 CADWALLADER 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 CADWALLADER 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 CADWALLADER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Greet means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CADWALLADER in Greet than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Greet in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  BEAMAND (5)  BENBOW (1)  BISHOP (4)  BOCQUET (2)  CADWALLADER (4)  CLAYTON (1)  CORFIELD (2)  DAVIES (3)  GITTINGS (2)  GOUGH (1)  GREEN (1)  JACKSON (7)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (7)  MASON (3)  MEDLICOTT (1)  MORRIS (1)  MAUND (1)  PERRINS (3)  POTTS (1)  PRINCE (1)  PUGH (1)  RADCLIFFE (1)  SMITH (12)  SQUIRES (1)  STEVENS (1)  TIPTON (1)  TURLEY (1)  TURNER (8)  VAUGHAN (1)  WARING (1)  WAITHE (1)  WHITEFOORD (4)  WHITTALL (1)  WHITEMAN (7)  WILLIAMS (3) 

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