Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashford Bowdler, Shropshire

Ashford Bowdler 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
EDWARDS1717.894764.20
SHEPPARD88.4211243.16
WRIGHT77.368422.97
STEDMAN66.31581,016.95
SMITH55.26323.73
BROWN44.21056.39
WALL33.157990.36
MORRIS33.157914.18
MILLWARD33.1579280.37
OLIVER22.105329.50
PRITCHARD22.105339.06
JONES22.10531.86
PRICE22.105312.03
DAVIS11.05264.79
BROOM11.052685.47
MERRICK11.0526142.86
SEWELL11.052649.75
HARPER11.052616.45
ROBERTS11.05262.80
WATTS11.052612.55
PEARCE11.052611.45
COOK11.05265.30
THOMAS11.05262.55
LAMBERT11.052619.31
RUSSELL11.05268.62
GOODMAN11.052636.10
DOWNS11.052659.17
WATKINS11.052617.36
PARRY11.052613.83
TANNER11.052646.95
ROGERS11.05268.11
EVANS11.05262.41
WILLIAMS11.05261.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEDMAN0.10951016.9492
MILLWARD0.1095280.3738
SHEPPARD0.1095243.1611
MERRICK0.1095142.8571
WALL0.109590.3614
BROOM0.109585.4701
EDWARDS0.109564.1994
DOWNS0.109559.1716
SEWELL0.109549.7512
TANNER0.109546.9484
PRITCHARD0.109539.0625
GOODMAN0.109536.1011
OLIVER0.109529.4985
WRIGHT0.109522.9659
LAMBERT0.109519.3050
WATKINS0.109517.3611
HARPER0.109516.4474
MORRIS0.109514.1844
PARRY0.109513.8313
WATTS0.109512.5471
PRICE0.109512.0265
PEARCE0.109511.4548
RUSSELL0.10958.6207
ROGERS0.10958.1103
BROWN0.10956.3877
COOK0.10955.2994
DAVIS0.10954.7893
SMITH0.10953.7274
ROBERTS0.10952.7980
THOMAS0.10952.5510
EVANS0.10952.4091
JONES0.10951.8589
WILLIAMS0.10951.4654

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 95 people called STEDMAN in Ashford Bowdler 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 1016.9492 in Ashford Bowdler means that 1016.9492% of the people in Ashford Bowdler on census day were called STEDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEDMAN 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 STEDMAN 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 STEDMAN 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 STEDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Ashford Bowdler means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEDMAN in Ashford Bowdler than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashford Bowdler in 1881

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

BEDDOES (1)  BROOM (1)  BROWN (4)  COOK (1)  DAVIS (1)  DOWNS (1)  EDWARDS (17)  EVANS (1)  FROGGETT (4)  GOODMAN (1)  HARPER (1)  JONES (2)  LAMBERT (1)  MERRICK (1)  MILLWARD (3)  MORRIS (3)  OLIVER (2)  PEARCE (1)  PARRY (1)  PRICE (2)  PRITCHARD (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SARIGAR (2)  SEWELL (1)  SHEPPARD (8)  SMITH (5)  STEDMAN (6)  TANNER (1)  THOMAS (1)  TURFORD (4)  WALL (3)  WATKINS (1)  WATTS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (7)