Top surnames from the 1881 census in Highley, Shropshire

Highley 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
EVANS226.044013.83
BURGESS164.395663.29
LUCAS133.571477.24
EDWARDS123.296711.83
LLOYD102.747323.53
BERRY102.747334.63
LAWTON102.7473106.61
GIBSON102.747322.63
RICHARDS92.472516.37
HUGHES82.19787.84
BEACH71.9231201.73
BRICK71.92311,400.00
MAYER61.6484287.08
BREWER61.648462.18
WHITNEY61.6484317.46
HARLEY61.6484127.93
SHIPLEY61.6484186.34
HEAD61.648467.72
PALMER61.648413.98
BYTHEWAY61.64841,818.18
BILL61.6484461.54
WALKER51.37364.10
GIBBS51.373627.96
ROWLEY51.373652.30
ROBINSON41.09893.45
BILLINGSLEY41.0989784.31
JONES41.09890.97
BEDDARD41.0989888.89
FRANCE41.098972.20
PITTS41.0989107.24
YATES30.824211.99
WRENN30.8242810.81
WILLIAMS30.82421.15
WALFORD30.8242133.93
GEORGE30.824214.04
RAINES30.8242410.96
GALLEY20.5495153.85
BURROWS20.549512.55
RHODES20.549511.83
GROVES20.549519.55
STOKES20.549513.01
PERRY20.54957.47
BATTS20.5495333.33
BRADLEY20.54956.84
PRICE20.54953.14
CROSSFIELD20.5495392.16
WYER20.5495263.16
WOOD20.54951.72
HARRIS20.54952.16
LOWE20.54957.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYTHEWAY0.363641818.1818
BRICK0.363641400.0000
BEDDARD0.36364888.8889
WRENN0.36364810.8108
BILLINGSLEY0.36364784.3137
GALEY0.36364500.0000
BILL0.36364461.5385
RAINES0.36364410.9589
CROSSFIELD0.36364392.1569
BATTS0.36364333.3333
WHITNEY0.36364317.4603
MAYER0.36364287.0813
WYER0.36364263.1579
BEACH0.36364201.7291
SHIPLEY0.36364186.3354
RELPH0.36364163.9344
GALLEY0.36364153.8462
WALFORD0.36364133.9286
HARLEY0.36364127.9318
HOTCHKISS0.36364114.9425
PITTS0.36364107.2386
LAWTON0.36364106.6098
HAMMERSLEY0.3636487.7193
LUCAS0.3636477.2430
FRANCE0.3636472.2022
HEAD0.3636467.7201
BURGESS0.3636463.2911
BREWER0.3636462.1762
ROWLEY0.3636452.3013
BLOOR0.3636449.7512
WILLETTS0.3636449.0196
LAWLEY0.3636445.6621
CANE0.3636440.3226
NOAKES0.3636437.5940
BERRY0.3636434.6260
RICHARD0.3636431.8471
GIBBS0.3636427.9642
LLOYD0.3636423.5294
GIBSON0.3636422.6347
DOUGHTY0.3636421.5983
GROVES0.3636419.5503
ALCOCK0.3636419.0476
HARDWICK0.3636417.9533
RICHARDS0.3636416.3726
DOWNING0.3636415.7978
GEORGE0.3636414.0449
PALMER0.3636413.9828
EVANS0.3636413.8313
STOKES0.3636413.0124
BURROWS0.3636412.5549

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 364 people called BYTHEWAY in Highley 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 1818.1818 in Highley means that 1818.1818% of the people in Highley on census day were called BYTHEWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYTHEWAY 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 BYTHEWAY 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 BYTHEWAY 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 BYTHEWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Highley means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYTHEWAY in Highley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Highley in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  ANDERSON (1)  AUSTINS (1)  BATTS (2)  BEDDARD (4)  BEDDOES (1)  BEACH (7)  BERRY (10)  BILL (6)  BILLINGSLEY (4)  BLOOR (1)  BLUR (1)  BOOTH (2)  BRADLEY (2)  BREWER (6)  BRICK (7)  BREAKWELL (1)  BUIT (4)  BURGESS (16)  BURROWS (2)  BYTHEWAY (6)  CANE (1)  COOPER (2)  COTTEARING (1)  COUNDLEY (3)  CROSSFIELD (2)  DALLONAY (1)  DARRENCE (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAVIES (1)  DERRICUTT (8)  DOUGHTY (1)  DOWNING (1)  DU PRE (2)  ADDISS (3)  EDWARDS (12)  EVANS (22)  EVERISS (1)  FARMER (1)  FRANCE (4)  GALEY (1)  GALLEY (2)  GATER (1)  GEORGE (3)  GIBBS (5)  GIBSON (10)  JILSON (1)  JORDIN (1)  GOUGH (1)  GROVES (2)  HAMMERSLEY (1)  HARDWICK (1)  O HARA (1)  HARLEY (6)  HARRIS (2)  HEAD (6)  HIGGINS (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HOBLEY (1)  HOTCHKISS (1)  HUGHES (8)  HOMFRAY (3)  JONES (4)  LANE (1)  LAWLEY (1)  LAWTON (10)  LLOYD (10)  LOWE (2)  LUCAS (13)  MILLS (1)  MORRIS (1)  MAYER (6)  NOAKES (1)  NORGRAVE (1)  ONIONS (1)  PALMER (6)  PERRY (2)  PITTS (4)  POUNTAIN (6)  POUNTNEY OR POUNTNAY (2)  PRICE (2)  PUGH (1)  RAINES (3)  RHODES (2)  RICHARDS (9)  RICHARD (1)  ROBINSON (4)  RELPH (1)  ROWLEY (5)  SCRAGG (1)  SHELBROOK (1)  SHIPLEY (6)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (1)  STOKES (2)  THORNTON (2)  VIGGIRS (1)  VIGGERS (4)  WALKER (5)  WARNER (1)  WYER (2)  WHETINS (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITNEY (6)  WILLETTS (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (2)  WALFORD (3)  WRENN (3)  WYATT (1)  YATES (3)