Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston On Wild Moors, Shropshire

Preston On Wild Moors 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
ROWLEY135.7018217.03
HAWKINS104.386060.57
CHILTON83.5088437.16
HIGGINSON62.6316263.16
WOOD62.63168.26
HARPER62.631641.10
HOUGHTON62.631675.28
HAYWARD62.631661.73
JERVIS62.6316342.86
HANCOX62.6316344.83
BROWN52.19303.33
ASH52.1930132.63
JONES52.19301.94
AUSTIN52.193044.88
HUGHES52.19307.83
GRIFFITHS52.193013.40
WEBB41.754412.94
ROGERS41.754413.51
PRITCHARD41.754432.57
HACKETT41.7544148.70
GREEN31.31584.67
RICHARDSON31.31587.73
FENN20.877286.21
LLOYD20.87727.51
TURNER20.87723.15
DAVIES20.87721.72
STARR20.8772178.57
HALL20.87722.98
PEARCE20.87729.55
BUTTERY20.8772227.27
VICKERS20.877234.19
STANLEY20.877222.81
BULLOCK20.877226.95
HARTLEY20.877214.00
BARNS10.438668.03
SHARPS10.4386666.67
GILES10.438611.51
MORRIS10.43861.97
WARD10.43862.01
HAYFORD10.43861,111.11
BICKERTON10.4386104.17
HARRIS10.43861.73
RHODES10.43869.44
JENKINS10.43863.72
BENSON10.438616.18
POOLE10.43869.10
CHAPMAN10.43863.09
HOWMAN10.4386833.33
BEDDOWS10.4386227.27
SMART10.43869.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYFORD0.232281111.1111
HOWMAN0.23228833.3333
SHARPS0.23228666.6667
CHILTON0.23228437.1585
HANCOX0.23228344.8276
JERVIS0.23228342.8571
WARRENDER0.23228277.7778
HIGGINSON0.23228263.1579
BEDDOWS0.23228227.2727
BUTTERY0.23228227.2727
BOWDLER0.23228217.3913
ROWLEY0.23228217.0284
STARR0.23228178.5714
HACKETT0.23228148.6989
PITCHFORD0.23228136.9863
ASH0.23228132.6260
WOOLFORD0.23228121.9512
BETHELL0.23228119.0476
RUDKIN0.23228111.1111
FLEMMING0.23228108.6957
BICKERTON0.23228104.1667
BETTERIDGE0.2322897.0874
FENN0.2322886.2069
BELLIS0.2322876.9231
HOUGHTON0.2322875.2823
BARNS0.2322868.0272
GADD0.2322865.7895
SANDFORD0.2322861.7284
CANNING0.2322861.7284
HAYWARD0.2322861.7284
HAWKINS0.2322860.5694
BRINDLEY0.2322857.4713
OVERTON0.2322845.2489
AUSTIN0.2322844.8833
HARPER0.2322841.0959
SWANN0.2322840.1606
STONES0.2322836.9004
VICKERS0.2322834.1880
PRITCHARD0.2322832.5733
BULLOCK0.2322826.9542
STANLEY0.2322822.8050
MILNER0.2322819.1205
BENSON0.2322816.1812
GOUGH0.2322814.9477
HARTLEY0.2322813.9958
ROGERS0.2322813.5135
GRIFFITHS0.2322813.4012
SPENCE0.2322813.2626
WEBB0.2322812.9408
VAUGHAN0.2322812.8535

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called HAYFORD in Preston On Wild Moors 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 1111.1111 in Preston On Wild Moors means that 1111.1111% of the people in Preston On Wild Moors on census day were called HAYFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAYFORD 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 HAYFORD 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 HAYFORD 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 HAYFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Preston On Wild Moors means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAYFORD in Preston On Wild Moors than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston On Wild Moors in 1881

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

ASH (5)  ATCHERLEY (1)  AUSTIN (5)  BANKS (1)  BARNS (1)  BATES (1)  BELLIS (1)  BEDDOWS (1)  BENNETT (1)  BENSON (1)  BETHELL (1)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BICKERTON (1)  BOEYN (1)  BOWDLER (1)  BRINDLEY (1)  BROWN (5)  BULLOCK (2)  BUTTERY (2)  CANNING (1)  CARR (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEVASSERS (1)  CHILDE (1)  CHILTON (8)  CLAYTON (1)  DAVIES (2)  DEVERIL (1)  DOVESTON (11)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (1)  FENN (2)  FLEMMING (1)  GADD (1)  GILES (1)  GOUGH (1)  GREEN (3)  GRIFFITHS (5)  HACKETT (4)  HALL (2)  HANCOX (6)  HARPER (6)  HARRIS (1)  HARTLEY (2)  HAWKINS (10)  HAYFORD (1)  HAYWARD (6)  HELFORD (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGGINSON (6)  HOUGHTON (6)  HOWMAN (1)  HUGHES (5)  HULEH (1)  JACKSON (1)  JERVIS (6)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (5)  MC LEEN (2)  LLOYD (2)  MERDITH (1)  MILNER (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (1)  ONION (1)  OVERTON (1)  PEARCE (2)  PECRIE (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PITCHFORD (1)  POOLE (1)  POWELL (1)  PRITCHARD (4)  RHODES (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROGERS (4)  ROWLEY (13)  RUDKIN (1)  SANDFORD (1)  SENTANCE (1)  SHARPS (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SMART (1)  SPENCE (1)  STANLEY (2)  STARR (2)  STONES (1)  SWANN (1)  TURNER (2)  VAUGHAN (1)  VENABLES (1)  VICKERS (2)  WARD (1)  WARRENDER (1)  WASE (1)  WEBB (4)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (6)  WOOLFORD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WYCHERLEY (1) 

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