Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moreton Say, Shropshire

Moreton Say 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
MORRIS314.769221.43
WHITTINGHAM132.0000265.85
FORRESTER132.0000148.91
GROOM121.8462131.72
TREVOR111.6923544.55
HOLDING101.5385173.61
JOHNSTONE101.538534.04
STREET101.538565.88
ASHLEY101.538591.91
WESTON101.538537.72
SARGEANT91.3846175.78
HARRIS91.38465.45
GREGORY91.384619.74
SMITH81.23080.87
SIMON81.2308186.92
PORTER81.230816.40
DAVIES81.23082.42
GOODWIN81.230823.36
BODEN81.2308151.80
POTTS71.076932.27
HORTON71.076929.02
COOPER71.07694.43
WOODCOCK71.076937.74
LEA71.076954.56
GREEN71.07693.82
HEATH71.076921.69
CARTWRIGHT71.076928.25
JOHNSON71.07693.21
RYDER60.923153.33
WRIGHT60.92312.88
BARBER60.923115.34
STONES50.769264.68
PEMBERTON50.769260.53
SHONE50.7692188.68
LLOYD50.76926.59
BAKER50.76923.51
BOULTON50.769242.66
KEMP50.769213.87
OWEN50.76926.48
FURBER50.7692301.20
HARPER50.769212.02
WILD50.769218.88
LOCKETT50.7692105.93
LANDER40.615489.89
UPTON40.615432.31
ELLISON40.615429.13
MIDDLETON40.615411.72
CARTLIDGE40.6154213.90
TACEY40.6154754.72
MOORE40.61543.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCHEL0.6565010000.0000
WEAKS0.656503333.3333
TACEY0.65650754.7170
STANLY0.65650750.0000
GOSNELL0.65650588.2353
TREVOR0.65650544.5545
HERRIMAN0.65650400.0000
FURBER0.65650301.2048
GLASSEY0.65650285.7143
CORNES0.65650281.6901
WHITTINGHAM0.65650265.8487
BOYDEN0.65650241.9355
CARTLIDGE0.65650213.9037
SHONE0.65650188.6792
SIMON0.65650186.9159
SARGEANT0.65650175.7813
HOLDING0.65650173.6111
DICKEN0.65650163.9344
MORREY0.65650162.6016
GROCOTT0.65650161.2903
BODEN0.65650151.8027
FORRESTER0.65650148.9118
EVANSON0.65650135.1351
SLOANE0.65650133.3333
GROOM0.65650131.7234
SIMISTER0.65650117.6471
BENBOW0.65650116.2791
LOCKETT0.65650105.9322
HUXLEY0.65650102.3891
ASHLEY0.6565091.9118
HAMLET0.6565090.0901
LANDER0.6565089.8876
ACKERS0.6565086.9565
SHINGLER0.6565071.4286
STREET0.6565065.8762
STONES0.6565064.6831
PEMBERTON0.6565060.5327
SILVESTER0.6565059.7610
LEA0.6565054.5596
RYDER0.6565053.3333
STOCKTON0.6565050.6329
RAVENSCROFT0.6565045.2489
BOULTON0.6565042.6621
PYNE0.6565040.4858
WOODCOCK0.6565037.7358
WESTON0.6565037.7216
JOHNSTONE0.6565034.0368
MADDOCK0.6565033.6700
BEARDMORE0.6565033.5570
WALLEY0.6565032.6797

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 650 people called ROCHEL in Moreton Say 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 10000.0000 in Moreton Say means that 10000.0000% of the people in Moreton Say on census day were called ROCHEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCHEL 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 ROCHEL 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 ROCHEL 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 ROCHEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Moreton Say means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCHEL in Moreton Say than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moreton Say in 1881

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

ABBOTTS (5)  ACKERS (1)  ASHLEY (10)  BAYLEY (3)  BAKER (5)  BANKS (1)  BARBER (6)  BEARDMORE (1)  BECKETT (1)  BEESTON (3)  BENBOW (3)  BENNET (1)  BENTLEY (4)  BERSWELL (1)  BLAKE (3)  BLAINEY (2)  BOULTON (5)  BODEN (8)  BOUGHEY (3)  BOYDEN (3)  BRASNELL (1)  BRIGHT (2)  BRINDLEY (1)  BRISCOE (1)  BROADHURST (1)  CARTLIDGE (4)  CARTWRIGHT (7)  CHESTERS (4)  CHIDLOW (10)  CLARK (2)  CLIFF (1)  CLUTTON (3)  COLLYER (1)  COOKE (1)  COOPER (7)  COPNALL (2)  CORNES (4)  DAVIES (8)  DAY (1)  DELVES (1)  DICKEN (3)  DODD (3)  DORRIES (1)  DOWNS (1)  DULSON (3)  DUNN (2)  EELES (1)  ECCLESTON (1)  ECELESTONE (1)  EDMONDS (3)  ELLISON (4)  ELESON (1)  ELLSONS (1)  EVANS (1)  EVANSON (1)  FORD (1)  FORRESTER (13)  FOX (1)  FRANCE (2)  FURBER (5)  FURNIVALL (3)  GADD (1)  GLASSEY (1)  GOODWIN (8)  GORLING (7)  GOSNELL (2)  GOSNALL (1)  GREEN (7)  GREGORY (9)  GRISS (1)  GROCOTT (3)  GROOM (12)  GROWCOTT (2)  HALL (3)  HAMLET (1)  HARPER (5)  HERRIMAN (1)  HARRIS (9)  HARRISON (4)  HARVEY (1)  HASSALL (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HEATH (7)  HERBERT (3)  HIGHFIELDS (2)  HILL (2)  HOLDING (10)  HORTON (7)  HOWARTH (1)  HUBANK (2)  HUDSON (1)  HUMPHREYS (3)  JERVIS (1)  JOHNSON (7)  JOHNSTONE (10)  JONES (3)  KEELING (1)  KEMP (5)  LANDER (4)  LANGFORD (3)  LEA (7)  LEIGH (1)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (5)  LOCKETT (5)  LOWE (2)  LOYNTON (1)  MADDOCK (2)  MASSEY (3)  MATHEWS (4)  MACHIM (1)  MIDDLETON (4)  MILLINGTON (3)  MOORE (4)  MORREY (2)  MORRIS (31)  MURRAY (1)  NAGINGTON (2)  NEWTON (1)  NEYROUT (1)  NICHOLLS (4)  NIELD (1)  NORRIS (1)  OWEN (5)  OWENS (1)  HUXLEY (3)  PARTON (1)  PEARCE (1)  PEMBERTON (5)  PENLINGTON (7)  PENNILL (6)  PETCHELL (8)  PLANT (1)  PLATT (3)  POLLARD (1)  POOLE (2)  PORTER (8)  POTTS (7)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (1)  PYNE (1)  RAVENSCROFT (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RYDER (6)  RIDER (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROCHEL (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  RUSCOE (2)  SARGEANT (9)  SCOTT (4)  SHARMAN (2)  SHAW (2)  SHINGLER (1)  SHONE (5)  SILVESTER (3)  SIMISTER (2)  SIMON (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SKRAGG (1)  SLOANE (2)  SMITH (8)  STANLY (3)  STOCKTON (2)  STONES (5)  STREET (10)  TACEY (4)  THOMAS (4)  THOMSON (1)  THREADGOLD (3)  TINSLEY (1)  TREVOR (11)  TURNER (2)  UPTON (4)  WALLEY (1)  WALSH (2)  WALTON (1)  WEAVER (1)  WEAKS (2)  WESTON (10)  WHITFIELD (1)  WHITTINGHAM (13)  WILD (5)  WILTON (1)  WOODCOCK (7)  WOOLEY (1)  WOOLLRIGHT (1)  WRIGHT (6)