Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wollaston, Shropshire

Wollaston 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
JONES247.43036.56
LLOYD123.715231.82
BROWN123.71525.64
EVANS113.40567.79
TURNER92.786410.01
THOMAS92.78646.75
BOWEN92.786467.37
PEARCE82.476826.96
OWEN82.476820.87
EDWARDS82.47688.89
HEATH72.167243.64
GRIFFITHS72.167213.24
HUGHES72.16727.73
POULTER72.1672291.67
WILLIAMS61.85762.59
DAVIES61.85763.65
FRANCE61.8576122.20
PARRY61.857624.41
CROFT51.548065.53
JAMES51.54807.88
PUGH51.548040.52
BIGFORD41.23845,714.29
WRIGHT41.23843.86
KEARN41.23842,352.94
ELLIS41.23848.53
MORRIS41.23845.56
BIRD41.238416.21
HAMONDS41.238420,000.00
ROBERTS41.23843.29
MERIDETH30.92882,727.27
SALTER30.928840.60
DRAYTON30.9288263.16
LEGG30.928856.29
PRICE20.61923.54
DOWNES20.619250.00
POOL20.619253.48
LEWIS20.61922.36
FORD20.61926.36
MERIDITH10.3096526.32
HAMMOND10.30965.44
BATESON10.309649.51
TWIST10.309662.50
GITTINS10.309650.25
LAURIA10.309610,000.00
SWAN10.309611.95
FUTRELL10.309610,000.00
PEACE10.309634.13
SANKEY10.309674.63
NORTHWOOD10.3096163.93
BOOTH10.30963.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMONDS0.3232320000.0000
FUTRELL0.3232310000.0000
LAURIA0.3232310000.0000
BIGFORD0.323235714.2857
MERIDETH0.323232727.2727
COOPPER0.323232500.0000
KEARN0.323232352.9412
MERIDITH0.32323526.3158
HUGES0.32323322.5806
POULTER0.32323291.6667
DRAYTON0.32323263.1579
NORTHWOOD0.32323163.9344
WEAVERS0.32323156.2500
FRANCE0.32323122.1996
SPEAK0.3232389.2857
SANKEY0.3232374.6269
BOWEN0.3232367.3653
CROFT0.3232365.5308
TWIST0.3232362.5000
LEGG0.3232356.2852
POOL0.3232353.4759
GITTINS0.3232350.2513
BREEZE0.3232350.2513
DOWNES0.3232350.0000
BATESON0.3232349.5050
PURCELL0.3232344.4444
HEATH0.3232343.6409
SALTER0.3232340.5954
PUGH0.3232340.5186
PEACE0.3232334.1297
PEAKE0.3232332.1543
LLOYD0.3232331.8218
DAVID0.3232329.7619
MANLEY0.3232327.6243
PEARCE0.3232326.9633
PARRY0.3232324.4101
OWEN0.3232320.8659
DUDLEY0.3232320.6186
PREECE0.3232319.0476
BIRD0.3232316.2075
SWAIN0.3232316.0514
BECK0.3232313.2450
GRIFFITHS0.3232313.2425
BEVAN0.3232312.6582
SWAN0.3232311.9474
GARDINER0.3232310.7759
TURNER0.3232310.0100
EDWARDS0.323238.8869
ELLIS0.323238.5288
JAMES0.323237.8802

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 323 people called HAMONDS in Wollaston 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 20000.0000 in Wollaston means that 20000.0000% of the people in Wollaston on census day were called HAMONDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMONDS 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 HAMONDS 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 HAMONDS 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 HAMONDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Wollaston means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMONDS in Wollaston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wollaston in 1881

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

AINIONS (1)  BATESON (1)  BATHER (1)  BECK (1)  BEDDOES (1)  PASSANT (4)  BEVAN (1)  BIGFORD (4)  BIRD (4)  BOOTH (1)  BOWEN (9)  BREEZE (1)  BROWN (12)  KEARN (4)  COOCK (1)  COOPPER (1)  COOPER (1)  CROFT (5)  DAVIES (6)  DAVID (1)  DOWNES (2)  DRAYTON (3)  DUDLEY (1)  DUTCHRIDGE (2)  EDOWES (9)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (11)  FUTRELL (1)  FORD (2)  FRANCE (6)  FURNEWELL (1)  FURNIVALL (9)  GARDINER (1)  GIBSON (1)  GITTINS (1)  GRAINGE (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (7)  HABERLEY (1)  HAMONDS (4)  HAMMOND (1)  HEATH (7)  HOWELS (14)  HUGHES (7)  HUGES (1)  JAMES (5)  JONES (24)  LAURIA (1)  LEGG (3)  LEWIS (2)  LLOYD (12)  LYCET (1)  MANLEY (1)  MERIDETH (3)  MERIDITH (1)  MORRIS (4)  NORTHWOOD (1)  OBERN (1)  OWEN (8)  PASSEN (2)  PEACE (1)  PEAKE (1)  PEARCE (8)  PARRY (6)  POOL (2)  POULTER (7)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (2)  PUGH (5)  PURCELL (1)  ROBERTS (4)  ROGHERS (1)  SALTER (3)  SANKEY (1)  SENNETH (4)  SPEAK (1)  SWAN (1)  SWAIN (1)  THEMMONDS (1)  THOMAS (9)  TITTLEY (2)  TITLEY (5)  TURNER (9)  TWIST (1)  WEAVERS (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WRIGHT (4) 

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