Top surnames from the 1881 census in Atcham, Shropshire

Atcham 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
JONES338.00977.07
GRIFFITHS153.640822.25
ROBERTS133.15538.39
EVANS122.91266.67
WILSON102.42725.28
WILLIAMS102.42723.38
PEATMAN81.94175,714.29
ROBBINS81.9417124.03
MANLEY71.6990151.84
SPINKS71.6990251.80
MARSH71.699023.82
PHILLIPS71.69909.50
GOODE71.6990131.33
CASWELL71.6990350.00
GWILT61.45631,500.00
BRAZIER61.4563155.44
MORRIS61.45636.54
CHANT61.4563350.88
JAMES61.45637.41
MASON61.456310.83
BEVAN61.456359.52
PRATT51.213621.12
SHUKER51.2136649.35
RAY51.213661.35
OWEN51.213610.22
MULLINS40.9709101.52
PRYCE40.9709203.05
HILL40.97093.81
STOCKING40.97091,176.47
EDWARDS40.97093.48
DODD40.970923.87
RICHARDS40.97096.43
STEADMAN30.7282118.11
BUMFORD30.7282833.33
WOODHOUSE30.728230.74
DYKE30.728273.35
HUGHES30.72822.60
PLANT30.728232.93
HORN30.728232.05
PEARSON30.72826.27
PRICE30.72824.16
POOLE30.728215.11
HAYCOCK20.485486.58
ASTON20.485429.41
WILKES20.485428.01
HODNETT20.4854571.43
PARR20.485419.44
BUTTERY20.4854126.58
PADDOCK20.4854190.48
LEWIS20.48541.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEATMAN0.414125714.2857
GREGGORY0.414122000.0000
GWILT0.414121500.0000
STOCKING0.414121176.4706
BUMFORD0.41412833.3333
HEAN0.41412769.2308
SHUKER0.41412649.3506
HODNETT0.41412571.4286
BARLETT0.41412555.5556
MANFORD0.41412500.0000
MERIDITH0.41412416.6667
BRICK0.41412357.1429
CHANT0.41412350.8772
CASWELL0.41412350.0000
SPEAKE0.41412317.4603
BLAYNEY0.41412277.7778
SPINKS0.41412251.7986
PRYCE0.41412203.0457
PADDOCK0.41412190.4762
YEATMAN0.41412161.2903
BRAZIER0.41412155.4404
MANLEY0.41412151.8438
GOODE0.41412131.3321
BUTTERY0.41412126.5823
ROBBINS0.41412124.0310
MINSHALL0.41412123.4568
STEADMAN0.41412118.1102
MULLINS0.41412101.5228
TIPTON0.41412100.0000
HOME0.4141297.0874
HAYCOCK0.4141286.5801
DYKE0.4141273.3496
PODMORE0.4141268.0272
MAINWARING0.4141262.8931
RAY0.4141261.3497
BEVAN0.4141259.5238
KEAY0.4141256.8182
FOULKES0.4141252.0833
PAGET0.4141245.4545
BADGER0.4141241.8410
MANSELL0.4141241.5800
HEWLETT0.4141238.9105
WIGLEY0.4141238.3142
DARLINGTON0.4141235.7143
PLANT0.4141232.9308
HORN0.4141232.0513
DODSON0.4141231.3480
WOODHOUSE0.4141230.7377
ASTON0.4141229.4118
WILKES0.4141228.0112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 412 people called PEATMAN in Atcham 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 5714.2857 in Atcham means that 5714.2857% of the people in Atcham on census day were called PEATMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEATMAN 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 PEATMAN 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 PEATMAN 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 PEATMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Atcham means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEATMAN in Atcham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Atcham in 1881

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

ASTON (2)  BADGER (1)  BAYLEY (1)  BALLARD (1)  BANNISTER (1)  BARLETT (1)  BEVAN (6)  BLAYNEY (1)  BOODLE (1)  BRAZIER (6)  BRICK (2)  BRIDLOW (1)  BRIGHT (2)  BROMLEY (1)  BROWN (2)  BULLOCK (2)  BUMFORD (3)  BURTON (2)  BUTTERY (2)  CHALLONER (6)  CASWELL (7)  CAUSER (1)  CHANT (6)  CLARKE (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEATON (1)  COOK (2)  CORFIELD (1)  CORNALL (1)  DARLINGTON (1)  DEAVES (1)  DELVES (1)  DYKE (3)  DODD (4)  DODSON (1)  DULSON (7)  EANERY (1)  EDWARDS (4)  EVANS (12)  EVERALL (4)  EVERETT (1)  FEWTRELL (2)  FOULKES (2)  FOWKS (1)  GAMWELL (4)  GIBBONS (1)  GOODE (7)  JORDAN (1)  GOWER (1)  GREGGORY (1)  GRIFFITHS (15)  GRIPTON (4)  GROVES (1)  GWILT (6)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HAYCOCK (2)  HEAN (1)  HEWLETT (1)  HIGGINSON (1)  HILL (4)  HODNETT (2)  HORN (3)  HUGHES (3)  HOME (1)  IRVINS (1)  JAMES (6)  JONES (33)  KEAY (1)  LEWIS (2)  LINELL (5)  MAINWARING (1)  MANFORD (1)  MANLEY (7)  MANSELL (2)  MARSH (7)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (6)  MEDLICOTT (1)  MERIDITH (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MINSHALL (1)  MORRIS (6)  MULLARD (3)  MULLINS (4)  OWEN (5)  PADDOCK (2)  PAGET (1)  PARKES (1)  PARR (2)  PEATMAN (8)  PEARSON (3)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (7)  PICKSTOCK (1)  PINCHES (7)  PLANT (3)  PODMORE (1)  POOLE (3)  POWELL (1)  PRATT (5)  PRICE (3)  PRYCE (4)  PUGH (2)  RAY (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (4)  ROBERTS (13)  ROBBINS (8)  ROBINSON (1)  SHELROCK (1)  SHORTHORN (1)  SHUKER (5)  SMITH (1)  SPEAKE (2)  SPINKS (7)  STEADMAN (3)  STOCKING (4)  STREFFORD (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TIPTON (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (1)  WIGLEY (1)  WILDING (1)  WILKES (2)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILSON (10)  WOODHOUSE (3)  WEATE (2)  YEATMAN (1)