Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kinnersley, Shropshire

Kinnersley 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
JONES125.58144.93
WILLIAMS104.65126.48
TEECE94.18603,214.29
THOMASON73.2558560.00
TURNER73.255811.70
HUGHES62.79079.96
EVANS62.79076.39
HICKS62.790766.67
DEAN62.790740.21
JACKSON62.79079.99
THOMAS52.32565.64
BIRKS52.3256349.65
WESTON52.325657.01
REYNOLDS52.325626.85
HOOPER52.325654.88
GRIFFITH52.325671.43
HARWOOD41.860569.44
ROGERS31.395310.75
HOLLIS31.3953100.67
BAILEY31.39539.27
DAVID31.3953133.93
HUMPHRIES20.930241.32
WALKER20.93022.78
OWEN20.93027.84
TAYLOR20.93021.45
SPENDER20.93021,176.47
BOSTER20.930220,000.00
RICHARDS20.93026.16
GROOM20.930266.45
PALIN20.9302217.39
HEMMINGS20.9302109.29
BURN20.930269.20
BENNET10.465133.67
EVANSON10.4651400.00
PYE10.465131.15
AUSTIN10.46519.51
EDGE10.465127.03
HEATH10.46519.36
COOK10.46512.34
MANSELL10.465139.84
HANLEY10.465156.50
JOHN10.465112.87
GREEN10.46511.65
BARLOW10.46518.61
PURCELL10.465166.67
OGLE10.4651144.93
TALBOTT10.4651204.08
CLAY10.465122.68
LOVETT10.465151.02
SPENCER10.46515.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOSTER0.2221520000.0000
TEECE0.222153214.2857
SPENDER0.222151176.4706
THOMASON0.22215560.0000
EVANSON0.22215400.0000
BIRKS0.22215349.6503
PALIN0.22215217.3913
TALBOTT0.22215204.0816
OGLE0.22215144.9275
DAVID0.22215133.9286
GARBETT0.22215119.0476
HEMMINGS0.22215109.2896
HOLLIS0.22215100.6711
STOCKTON0.2221576.3359
TINSLEY0.2221576.3359
GRIFFITH0.2221571.4286
HARWOOD0.2221569.4444
BURN0.2221569.2042
HICKS0.2221566.6667
PURCELL0.2221566.6667
GROOM0.2221566.4452
WESTON0.2221557.0125
HANLEY0.2221556.4972
HOOPER0.2221554.8847
LOVETT0.2221551.0204
HUMPHRIES0.2221541.3223
DEAN0.2221540.2145
MANSELL0.2221539.8406
BENNET0.2221533.6700
PYE0.2221531.1526
EDGE0.2221527.0270
REYNOLDS0.2221526.8528
MEREDITH0.2221523.0415
CLAY0.2221522.6757
JOHN0.2221512.8700
TURNER0.2221511.6959
ROGERS0.2221510.7488
JACKSON0.222159.9850
HUGHES0.222159.9602
AUSTIN0.222159.5147
HEATH0.222159.3633
BAILEY0.222159.2650
BARLOW0.222158.6133
OWEN0.222157.8370
WILLIAMS0.222156.4750
EVANS0.222156.3864
RICHARDS0.222156.1595
THOMAS0.222155.6357
SPENCER0.222155.0942
JONES0.222154.9281

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 215 people called BOSTER in Kinnersley 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 20000.0000 in Kinnersley means that 20000.0000% of the people in Kinnersley on census day were called BOSTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOSTER 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 BOSTER 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 BOSTER 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 BOSTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Kinnersley means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOSTER in Kinnersley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kinnersley in 1881

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

ATCHERLY (5)  ATCHERLEY (1)  AUSTIN (1)  BAILEY (3)  BANSTER (1)  BARLOW (1)  BEESTON (1)  BENNET (1)  BIRKS (5)  BOSTER (2)  BURN (2)  CLAY (1)  COOK (1)  DAIVES (4)  DAVID (3)  DEAN (6)  ECCLESHALE (2)  EDGE (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ESKEY (4)  EVANS (6)  EVANSON (1)  GARBETT (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITH (5)  GROOM (2)  HANLEY (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARWOOD (4)  HEAFORD (2)  HEATH (1)  HEMMINGS (2)  HICKS (6)  HOLLIS (3)  HOOPER (5)  HUGHES (6)  HUMPHRIES (2)  JACKSON (6)  JOHN (1)  JONES (12)  KILVERT (2)  LAFFORD (4)  LEECE (2)  LOVETT (1)  LOYNTON (1)  MANSELL (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MICKLETON (1)  OGLE (1)  OFFLANE (2)  OWEN (2)  PALIN (2)  PURCELL (1)  PYE (1)  REYNOLDS (5)  RICHARDS (2)  ROGERS (3)  RUSCOE (9)  SPENCER (1)  SPENDER (2)  STOCKTON (1)  TALBOTT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEECE (9)  THOMAS (5)  THOMASON (7)  TINSLEY (1)  TURNER (7)  WALKER (2)  WESTON (5)  WILLIAMS (10)  WALLFORD (7)