Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kemberton, Shropshire

Kemberton 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
JONES238.39427.41
POWELL176.204449.74
KELSEY124.3796591.13
FENN114.0146395.68
DAVIES103.64967.18
OVERTON93.2847338.35
HEWLETT82.9197467.84
MEREDITH82.9197144.40
MILLARD72.5547154.19
BOULTON72.5547141.70
BATES72.554740.14
WEBB72.554718.85
HAMMOND72.554744.87
LAWRENCE62.189833.73
LUMLEY62.1898359.28
GOUGH62.189874.72
EDWARDS51.82486.55
POOLER51.82482,380.95
LOCK51.824864.10
REECE51.8248209.21
DODD51.824844.88
TROTH51.82481,724.14
REYNOLDS41.459916.85
PAYNTER41.4599519.48
VAUGHAN41.459942.78
EVANS41.45993.34
WILLIAMS41.45992.03
BROOKS31.094911.20
GUY31.094950.00
LEWIS31.09494.16
WALL31.094931.32
TAYLOR31.09491.71
THOMASON20.7299125.00
ROGERS20.72995.62
WARD20.72993.34
DYAS20.7299625.00
GRIFFITHS20.72994.46
ROBERTS20.72991.94
BOOTH20.72997.40
BENTLEY10.36508.63
WATKINS10.36506.02
BALL10.36504.42
HILL10.36501.43
WALKER10.36501.09
PARTON10.365067.11
HAYWARD10.36508.56
WHEELER10.36506.05
COX10.36502.41
HARPER10.36505.70
THOMAS10.36500.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POOLER0.272742380.9524
TROTH0.272741724.1379
BRIMFIELD0.272741000.0000
HESSION0.27274909.0909
DYAS0.27274625.0000
KELSEY0.27274591.1330
PAYNTER0.27274519.4805
HEWLETT0.27274467.8363
FENN0.27274395.6835
LUMLEY0.27274359.2814
OVERTON0.27274338.3459
REECE0.27274209.2050
MILLARD0.27274154.1850
MEREDITH0.27274144.4043
BOULTON0.27274141.7004
THOMASON0.27274125.0000
GOUGH0.2727474.7198
BROTHERTON0.2727471.4286
PARTON0.2727467.1141
LOCK0.2727464.1026
GUY0.2727450.0000
POWELL0.2727449.7367
DODD0.2727444.8833
HAMMOND0.2727444.8718
VAUGHAN0.2727442.7807
BATES0.2727440.1376
LAWRENCE0.2727433.7268
WALL0.2727431.3152
BROMLEY0.2727423.6967
BATE0.2727421.5517
WEBB0.2727418.8476
REYNOLDS0.2727416.8492
BROOKS0.2727411.2024
BENTLEY0.272748.6281
HAYWARD0.272748.5616
JONES0.272747.4117
BOOTH0.272747.3992
DAVIES0.272747.1751
EDWARDS0.272746.5479
WHEELER0.272746.0459
WATKINS0.272746.0241
HARPER0.272745.7013
ROGERS0.272745.6227
NEWTON0.272744.7619
GRIFFITHS0.272744.4603
BALL0.272744.4189
LEWIS0.272744.1644
PAYNE0.272744.0552
WARD0.272743.3411
EVANS0.272743.3409

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 274 people called POOLER in Kemberton 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 2380.9524 in Kemberton means that 2380.9524% of the people in Kemberton on census day were called POOLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POOLER 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 POOLER 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 POOLER 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 POOLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Kemberton means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POOLER in Kemberton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kemberton in 1881

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

BALL (1)  BATES (7)  BATE (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BOULTON (7)  BOOTH (2)  BOYCOTT (3)  BRIMFIELD (1)  BROMLEY (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROTHERTON (1)  CAUDLIN (1)  COX (1)  DAVIES (10)  DODD (5)  DUNCALFE (1)  DYAS (2)  EDWARDS (5)  EVANS (4)  FENN (11)  GOUGH (6)  GREATBATCH (6)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GUY (3)  HAMMOND (7)  HARPER (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HESSION (1)  HEWLETT (8)  HILL (1)  HORYCOTT (1)  JONES (23)  KELSEY (12)  LAWRENCE (6)  LEWIS (3)  LOCK (5)  LUMLEY (6)  MEREDITH (8)  MEYRICK (1)  MILLARD (7)  MORRES (1)  NEWTON (1)  OVERTON (9)  PAYNTER (4)  PARTON (1)  PAYNE (1)  POOLER (5)  POWELL (17)  REECE (5)  REYNOLDS (4)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (2)  STREETEN (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (1)  THOMASON (2)  TITLEY (5)  TROTH (5)  VAUGHAN (4)  WALKER (1)  WALL (3)  WARD (2)  WATKINS (1)  WEBB (7)  WELSBY (5)  WHEELER (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  YATE (1) 

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