Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ightfield, Shropshire

Ightfield 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
ELLISON339.5930453.92
MORRIS277.848835.26
ALLEN144.069821.55
CLIFF133.7791431.89
SIMPSON113.197718.28
ASHLEY102.9070173.61
GREEN92.61639.29
LANGFORD92.6163166.36
REEVES92.616363.88
HINTON92.6163194.81
WOOD82.32567.30
JONES72.03491.80
WILLIAMS72.03492.83
ARROWSMITH72.0349262.17
DAVIES72.03494.00
WAITE72.034998.04
DARLINGTON72.0349299.15
CHEETHAM61.7442112.78
MILLINGTON51.453595.97
WOOLEY51.4535227.27
PLATT51.453554.88
WILKINSON51.45359.52
BOWKER51.4535149.25
GREGORY41.162816.58
ROGERS41.16288.96
DODD41.162828.59
BURROWS30.872119.92
LEES30.872119.67
GRIFFIN30.872118.53
EDGE20.581433.73
HEATH20.581411.71
PALIN20.5814136.05
BOOT20.5814123.46
WAINWRIGHT20.581427.47
HARDING20.58148.03
BECKETT20.581429.15
ALLERTON20.5814253.16
DORSETT20.5814434.78
PARKER20.58143.06
SMITH10.29070.21
CLEWES10.2907200.00
EVANS10.29070.67
HOWARD10.29072.96
BRATT10.290784.03
HAND10.290724.21
COOPER10.29071.20
SLACK10.290718.45
JENKINS10.29072.47
ROBERTS10.29070.77
BURNS10.29074.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLISON0.34344453.9202
DORSETT0.34344434.7826
CLIFF0.34344431.8937
TACEY0.34344357.1429
DARLINGTON0.34344299.1453
ARROWSMITH0.34344262.1723
ALLERTON0.34344253.1646
WOOLEY0.34344227.2727
CLEWES0.34344200.0000
HINTON0.34344194.8052
ASHLEY0.34344173.6111
LANGFORD0.34344166.3586
DOWLER0.34344158.7302
BOWKER0.34344149.2537
PALIN0.34344136.0544
BOOT0.34344123.4568
CHEETHAM0.34344112.7820
WAITE0.3434498.0392
MILLINGTON0.3434495.9693
BRATT0.3434484.0336
HUXLEY0.3434464.5161
REEVES0.3434463.8751
HANN0.3434463.6943
PLATT0.3434454.8847
PARTON0.3434453.4759
MORRIS0.3434435.2619
EDGE0.3434433.7268
BECKETT0.3434429.1545
DODD0.3434428.5919
WAINWRIGHT0.3434427.4725
HAND0.3434424.2131
BROOM0.3434423.5849
ALLEN0.3434421.5451
BURROWS0.3434419.9203
LEES0.3434419.6721
FRANCE0.3434419.1205
GRIFFIN0.3434418.5300
SLACK0.3434418.4502
SIMPSON0.3434418.2815
GREGORY0.3434416.5769
HEATH0.3434411.7096
WOODCOCK0.3434410.1833
WILKINSON0.343449.5238
GREEN0.343449.2908
ROGERS0.343448.9566
HARDING0.343448.0321
HORTON0.343447.8309
WOOD0.343447.2986
BRADSHAW0.343447.0771
BURNS0.343444.3290

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 344 people called ELLISON in Ightfield 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 453.9202 in Ightfield means that 453.9202% of the people in Ightfield on census day were called ELLISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELLISON 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 ELLISON 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 ELLISON 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 ELLISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Ightfield means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELLISON in Ightfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ightfield in 1881

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

ABBOTTS (10)  ALLEN (14)  ALLERTON (2)  ARROWSMITH (7)  ARTHERN (1)  ASHLEY (10)  BECKETT (2)  BETTELEY (2)  BOWKER (5)  BOOT (2)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRATT (1)  BROOM (1)  BURNS (1)  BURROWS (3)  BUTLER (1)  CHEETHAM (6)  CHESTERS (7)  CLAWLEY (1)  CLEWES (1)  CLEWS (3)  CLIFF (13)  COOPER (1)  DARLINGTON (7)  DAVIES (7)  DODD (4)  DORSETT (2)  DOWLER (1)  EDGE (2)  ELLIS (1)  ELLISON (33)  EVANS (1)  FARNALL (1)  FRANCE (1)  GAD (2)  GREEN (9)  GREGORY (4)  GRESTY (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HAND (1)  HANN (1)  HARDING (2)  HASSALL (2)  HEATH (2)  HINTON (9)  HOULDING (3)  HORTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (7)  LANGFORD (9)  LEES (3)  MEALAM (8)  MILLINGTON (5)  MORRIS (27)  NUNNERLEY (1)  HUXLEY (1)  PALIN (2)  PARKER (2)  PARTON (1)  PLATT (5)  REEVES (9)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (4)  SIMPSON (11)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (1)  TACEY (1)  VENABLES (12)  WAINWRIGHT (2)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLIAMS (7)  WOOD (8)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLEY (5)  WAITE (7)  YOUNG (1)