Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lydham, Shropshire

Lydham 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
PUGH1210.3448270.88
JARMAN97.7586810.81
GRIFFITHS86.896642.15
WILLIAMS65.17247.20
HOLL54.31036,250.00
ROGERS54.310333.20
BRICK43.44832,500.00
GREEN43.448312.24
JONES32.58622.28
BEALE21.7241136.05
PREECE21.7241105.82
OAKLEY21.724181.30
HAYNES10.862124.15
BASON10.8621588.24
POTTER10.862113.30
MATHEWS10.862123.36
FRANCIS10.862114.47
COPPER10.8621526.32
SMITH10.86210.61
BIRD10.862111.29
PRICE10.86214.93
HARRIS10.86213.39
OWEN10.86217.26
LLOYD10.86217.39
EDWARDS10.86213.09
WELLINGS10.8621250.00
HUGHES10.86213.08
BUTLER10.86218.84
HEWITT10.862117.70
GWILT10.8621909.09
GOODMAN10.862129.59
DANKS10.8621196.08
TURNER10.86213.10
HOWELLS10.862133.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLL0.121166250.0000
BRICK0.121162500.0000
GWILT0.12116909.0909
JARMAN0.12116810.8108
BASON0.12116588.2353
COPPER0.12116526.3158
PUGH0.12116270.8804
WELLINGS0.12116250.0000
DANKS0.12116196.0784
BEALE0.12116136.0544
PREECE0.12116105.8201
OAKLEY0.1211681.3008
GRIFFITHS0.1211642.1496
HOWELLS0.1211633.7838
ROGERS0.1211633.2005
GOODMAN0.1211629.5858
HAYNES0.1211624.1546
MATHEWS0.1211623.3645
HEWITT0.1211617.6991
FRANCIS0.1211614.4718
POTTER0.1211613.2979
GREEN0.1211612.2436
BIRD0.1211611.2867
BUTLER0.121168.8417
LLOYD0.121167.3855
OWEN0.121167.2622
WILLIAMS0.121167.2003
PRICE0.121164.9261
HARRIS0.121163.3921
TURNER0.121163.0969
EDWARDS0.121163.0931
HUGHES0.121163.0769
JONES0.121162.2836
SMITH0.121160.6105

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 116 people called HOLL in Lydham 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 6250.0000 in Lydham means that 6250.0000% of the people in Lydham on census day were called HOLL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Lydham in 1881

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

BASON (1)  BEALE (2)  BIRD (1)  BRICK (4)  BUTLER (1)  CHALLONER (5)  COPPER (1)  DANKS (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GETHIN (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GREEN (4)  GRIFFITHS (8)  GWILT (1)  HOLL (5)  HARRIS (1)  HARTSTON (1)  HAYNES (1)  HEWITT (1)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (1)  JARMAN (9)  JONES (3)  LLOYD (1)  LUSCOTT (1)  MARSTONE (7)  MATHEWS (1)  MEDLICOTT (2)  MELLINGS (1)  MEYREDITH (1)  MEYRICK (5)  OAKLEY (2)  OWEN (1)  POTTER (1)  PREECE (2)  PRICE (1)  PUGH (12)  ROGERS (5)  SMITH (1)  TURNER (1)  WELLINGS (1)  GWILLIAM (7)  WILLIAMS (6)  EWELLS (1) 

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