Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acton Round, Shropshire

Acton Round 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
LEWIS1910.270339.06
MINTON137.02702,063.49
RHODEN126.48659,230.77
THOMAS105.405413.10
DAY84.324345.92
LISTER73.7838132.83
EMBREY73.78385,384.62
ANSON63.2432869.57
POPE63.243294.04
SANKEY63.2432779.22
BRIDGES42.1622136.05
JONES42.16221.91
WILKES42.1622124.61
SWAN42.162283.51
SHEFFIELD42.1622412.37
POWELL42.162217.33
SCALE31.62162,727.27
LAWLEY31.6216270.27
WEAVER31.621662.37
PREECE31.621699.67
RYAN31.621652.26
HUMPHRIES31.621671.94
BROOME21.0811217.39
EVANS21.08112.47
TAYLOR21.08111.69
MASSEY21.081142.28
WELLINGS21.0811312.50
SPENCER21.081111.84
HOWELLS10.540521.19
SHEPPERD10.5405125.00
HALL10.54051.84
THOMASON10.540592.59
MORE10.540569.44
LUCUS10.54051,428.57
DAVIES10.54051.06
BRADLEY10.54056.73
GIBSON10.54054.45
DOWNES10.540543.67
LOWE10.54057.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RHODEN0.191859230.7692
EMBREY0.191855384.6154
SCALE0.191852727.2727
MINTON0.191852063.4921
LUCUS0.191851428.5714
ANSON0.19185869.5652
SANKEY0.19185779.2208
SHEFFIELD0.19185412.3711
WELLINGS0.19185312.5000
LAWLEY0.19185270.2703
BROOME0.19185217.3913
BRIDGES0.19185136.0544
LISTER0.19185132.8273
SHEPPERD0.19185125.0000
WILKES0.19185124.6106
PREECE0.1918599.6678
POPE0.1918594.0439
THOMASON0.1918592.5926
SWAN0.1918583.5073
HUMPHRIES0.1918571.9424
MORE0.1918569.4444
WEAVER0.1918562.3701
RYAN0.1918552.2648
DAY0.1918545.9242
DOWNES0.1918543.6681
MASSEY0.1918542.2833
LEWIS0.1918539.0625
HOWELLS0.1918521.1864
POWELL0.1918517.3310
THOMAS0.1918513.0993
SPENCER0.1918511.8413
LOWE0.191857.2098
BRADLEY0.191856.7340
GIBSON0.191854.4524
EVANS0.191852.4740
JONES0.191851.9091
HALL0.191851.8372
TAYLOR0.191851.6905
DAVIES0.191851.0627

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 185 people called RHODEN in Acton Round 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 9230.7692 in Acton Round means that 9230.7692% of the people in Acton Round on census day were called RHODEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RHODEN 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 RHODEN 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 RHODEN 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 RHODEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Acton Round means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RHODEN in Acton Round than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acton Round in 1881

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

ACOCKS (3)  ANSON (6)  BINNAL (3)  BRADLEY (1)  BRIDGES (4)  BROOME (2)  CORFIELD (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (8)  DOWNES (1)  EVANS (2)  GIBSON (1)  HABBERLEY (1)  HALL (1)  HORDLEY (2)  HOWELLS (1)  HUMPHRIES (3)  EMBREY (7)  JONES (4)  LAWLEY (3)  LEWIS (19)  LISTER (7)  LITTLEFORD (4)  LOWE (1)  LUCUS (1)  MASSEY (2)  MINTON (13)  MORE (1)  POPE (6)  POWELL (4)  PREECE (3)  PREEN (12)  RHODEN (12)  RYAN (3)  SANKEY (6)  SHEFFIELD (4)  SHEPPERD (1)  SCALE (3)  SPENCER (2)  SWAN (4)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (10)  THOMASON (1)  WEAVER (3)  WELLINGS (2)  WILKES (4)