Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wentnor, Shropshire

Wentnor 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
JONES456.17285.45
HOTCHKISS395.34982,254.34
EVANS375.075411.61
POTTER293.978161.34
PUGH263.566593.36
MORRIS243.292214.79
PERKIN223.0178559.80
WATERS202.743568.28
WILLIAMS192.60633.63
SMITH162.19481.55
DAVIES162.19484.32
RICHARDS121.646110.90
HAMPSON121.646191.32
ROWSON101.3717380.23
BENNETT101.37178.35
PRICE101.37177.84
WALTERS91.234625.89
SANDLES91.23462,432.43
REYNOLDS91.234614.25
MOUNTFORD91.2346138.89
COOPER81.09744.51
GRIFFITHS81.09746.71
HARRIS81.09744.32
CRUMPTON81.0974465.12
LEWIS81.09744.17
HUGHES70.96023.43
BUTLER70.96029.85
THOMAS70.96022.33
FORD70.96029.86
JARRETT70.9602104.79
WHITTALL70.9602466.67
GROVES70.960234.15
BETTON60.82301,034.48
KIRKHAM60.823059.00
BUTTER60.8230172.91
ELLIS60.82305.67
GOUGH50.685923.39
HOME50.6859274.73
ADAMS50.68594.65
BOWEN50.685916.59
GOODALL50.685932.03
NORTH50.685920.70
MARSTON50.685973.64
HAYWARD50.685916.09
MADDOX40.5487107.82
PEARCE40.54875.97
WILDE40.548737.70
DUDLEY40.548736.56
SALTER40.548724.00
VAUGHAN40.548716.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SANDLES0.737292432.4324
HOTCHKISS0.737292254.3353
BETTON0.737291034.4828
HALSTON0.737291000.0000
FRANCIES0.73729714.2857
POSTON0.73729588.2353
PERKIN0.73729559.7964
WHITTALL0.73729466.6667
CRUMPTON0.73729465.1163
ROWSON0.73729380.2281
STOCKING0.73729333.3333
EMBRY0.73729322.5806
HOME0.73729274.7253
BUTTER0.73729172.9107
MOUNTFORD0.73729138.8889
MADDOX0.73729107.8167
WARDMAN0.73729106.9519
JARRETT0.73729104.7904
HAMMONDS0.73729104.1667
PUGH0.7372993.3573
HAMPSON0.7372991.3242
MARSTON0.7372973.6377
WATERS0.7372968.2827
GITTINS0.7372966.8151
POTTER0.7372961.3367
JARRATT0.7372959.5238
KIRKHAM0.7372958.9971
MINTON0.7372940.4858
ADDIS0.7372940.1606
LETTS0.7372940.1606
WILDE0.7372937.7003
MORETON0.7372936.6300
DUDLEY0.7372936.5631
GROVES0.7372934.1463
BROOM0.7372933.3704
GOODALL0.7372932.0307
REECE0.7372931.3972
PIERCE0.7372928.0112
WALTERS0.7372925.8918
SALTER0.7372923.9952
GOUGH0.7372923.3863
MASSON0.7372922.3714
NORTH0.7372920.6954
BAGLEY0.7372918.5529
BOWEN0.7372916.5893
HAYWARD0.7372916.0875
VAUGHAN0.7372916.0836
PARTRIDGE0.7372915.7480
MORRIS0.7372914.7902
REYNOLDS0.7372914.2518

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 729 people called SANDLES in Wentnor 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 2432.4324 in Wentnor means that 2432.4324% of the people in Wentnor on census day were called SANDLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SANDLES 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 SANDLES 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 SANDLES 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 SANDLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Wentnor means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SANDLES in Wentnor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wentnor in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  BAGLEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BALE DE BALE (2)  BETTON (6)  BEAMOND (15)  BEBB (1)  BENNETT (10)  BENTING (5)  BEAVAN (5)  BINNESLEY (1)  BIRCH (1)  BIRD (1)  BOWEN (5)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOM (3)  BUTLER (7)  BUTTER (6)  CHALLONER (2)  CHIDLEY (5)  COOKE (1)  COOPER (8)  CORFIELD (2)  CRUMPTON (8)  DAVIES (16)  DODD (1)  DUDLEY (4)  EASTHOPE (1)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (6)  ELLISON (1)  EVANS (37)  FEWTRELL (7)  FORD (7)  FRANCIES (3)  GARDAR (3)  JARRETT (7)  JARRATT (1)  GITTINS (3)  GOODALL (5)  GOUGH (5)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (8)  GROVES (7)  HALSTON (1)  HAMMONDS (2)  HAMPSON (12)  HARRIS (8)  HARVEY (1)  HAYWARD (5)  HIGGS (1)  HOTCHKISS (39)  HOULSTON (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (7)  HOME (5)  EMBRY (1)  JAMES (1)  JAMESON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (45)  KIRKHAM (6)  LETTS (1)  LEWIS (8)  LITTLEHALES (7)  LOCKWOOD (1)  MADDOX (4)  MARSTON (5)  MASSON (1)  KINSAY (1)  MEDLICOTT (10)  MINTON (1)  MORRIS (24)  MORETON (2)  MOUNTFORD (9)  MUNSLOW (7)  NORTH (5)  OWEN (3)  PARTRIDGE (3)  PEARCE (4)  PIERCE (3)  PERKIN (22)  PERKEN (2)  PEWTER (1)  PINCHES (2)  POTTER (29)  POSTON (3)  PREEN (3)  PRICE (10)  PUGH (26)  ROWSON (10)  RASON OR ROSON (2)  RASON (1)  REECE (2)  REYNOLDS (9)  RICHARDS (12)  ROBERTS (3)  ROGERS (2)  SALTER (4)  SANDLES (9)  SLEEP (7)  SMITH (16)  SOUTHERTON (1)  STOCKING (2)  THOMAS (7)  TITTLY (1)  VAUGHAN (4)  VICRAGE (1)  WALKER (3)  WALTERS (9)  WARDMAN (2)  WATERS (20)  WEAVER (1)  WHITTALL (7)  WILDE (4)  WILLIAMS (19)  GWILLIAM (5)  WOOSNAM (1)  WRIGHT (3) 

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