Top surnames from the 1881 census in Linley, Shropshire

Linley 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
INGRAM813.7931451.98
BROOM58.6207694.44
RUSHTON58.6207416.67
HARPER46.8966107.82
RAWLINGS46.8966470.59
MANTLE35.17241,000.00
OAKLEY35.1724243.90
HOWELLS23.4483135.14
ROBERTS23.44839.17
PATTEN11.7241277.78
READING11.7241222.22
LOWE11.724122.99
TIPTON11.7241714.29
HUGHES11.72416.15
RUSE11.7241833.33
DOWNES11.7241138.89
MORTON11.724132.26
LEWIS11.72416.56
SQUIRES11.7241121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANTLE0.06581000.0000
RUSE0.0658833.3333
TIPTON0.0658714.2857
BROOM0.0658694.4444
RAWLINGS0.0658470.5882
INGRAM0.0658451.9774
RUSHTON0.0658416.6667
PATTEN0.0658277.7778
OAKLEY0.0658243.9024
READING0.0658222.2222
DOWNES0.0658138.8889
HOWELLS0.0658135.1351
SQUIRES0.0658121.9512
HARPER0.0658107.8167
MORTON0.065832.2581
LOWE0.065822.9885
ROBERTS0.06589.1659
LEWIS0.06586.5574
HUGHES0.06586.1538

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 58 people called MANTLE in Linley 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 1000.0000 in Linley means that 1000.0000% of the people in Linley on census day were called MANTLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANTLE 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 MANTLE 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 MANTLE 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 MANTLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Linley means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANTLE in Linley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Linley in 1881

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

AMIES (1)  BROOM (5)  CARBINES (1)  DOWNES (1)  HARPER (4)  HOWELLS (2)  HUGHES (1)  INGRAM (8)  LEWIS (1)  LOWE (1)  LOWNDS (2)  MANTLE (3)  MORTON (1)  NACH (1)  OAKLEY (3)  PATTEN (1)  READING (1)  ROBERTS (2)  RUSE (1)  RAWLINGS (4)  RUSHTON (5)  SIMKISS (6)  SQUIRES (1)  TIPTON (1)  TRISTONE (1) 

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