Top surnames from the 1881 census in Onibury, Shropshire

Onibury 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
EVANS265.676912.99
FRANCIS204.366873.31
JONES204.36683.86
HUMPHRIES122.6201116.28
POWELL112.401719.25
HARDING112.401733.18
HARRINGTON102.1834115.07
JAMES102.183411.12
OWEN91.965116.56
PRITCHARD91.965136.50
HAMAR81.74673,076.92
MARTIN81.74677.09
PRICE81.74679.98
CARTER81.746710.41
BAWCOMBE81.746713,333.33
BACK71.5284285.71
LEWIS71.52845.81
HUGHES71.52845.45
BARKER71.528411.68
CADWALLADER71.5284760.87
BOWEN71.528436.96
DAVIES71.52843.00
WILLIAMS71.52842.13
EDWARDS61.31004.70
WEBSTER61.310015.06
BLAKEWAY61.31001,052.63
DARBY61.310081.63
EDGE51.091763.37
BIRD51.091714.29
WOODHOUSE51.091746.08
RUSSELL51.09178.94
YATES51.091715.88
MANTLE51.0917209.21
CANTRELL40.8734634.92
ANSON40.8734235.29
PATERSON40.873412.83
WATSON40.87343.77
PEARCE40.87349.51
HAYNES40.873424.48
HAMMOND40.873415.34
HODGES30.655022.34
DAWES30.655048.08
PUGH30.655017.14
MILES30.655011.10
MORRIS30.65502.94
BENNETT30.65503.99
COOPER30.65502.69
MASSEY30.655025.62
HOWARD20.43674.45
BROMLEY20.436728.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAWCOMBE0.4645813333.3333
CLUVER0.4645810000.0000
HAMAR0.464583076.9231
BLAKEWAY0.464581052.6316
COSTON0.46458769.2308
CADWALLADER0.46458760.8696
CANTRELL0.46458634.9206
HODNETT0.46458512.8205
TYLOR0.46458434.7826
BACK0.46458285.7143
WORTHING0.46458285.7143
ANSON0.46458235.2941
MANTLE0.46458209.2050
JACKS0.46458192.3077
HOTCHKISS0.46458183.4862
HUMPHRIES0.46458116.2791
HARRINGTON0.46458115.0748
TIPTON0.4645890.0901
DARBY0.4645881.6327
FRANCIS0.4645873.3138
EDGE0.4645863.3714
WELLINGS0.4645863.2911
MERRICK0.4645858.8235
PROBERT0.4645855.4017
SANKEY0.4645852.6316
DAWES0.4645848.0769
WOODHOUSE0.4645846.0829
PRYCE0.4645845.6621
BOWEN0.4645836.9588
PRITCHARD0.4645836.4964
KINSEY0.4645833.3333
HARDING0.4645833.1825
ASTLEY0.4645832.8947
BROMLEY0.4645828.3688
MASSEY0.4645825.6191
DOWNS0.4645824.5399
HAYNES0.4645824.4798
HODGES0.4645822.3380
MEREDITH0.4645821.6216
POWELL0.4645819.2510
PUGH0.4645817.1429
OWEN0.4645816.5563
PAINTER0.4645815.9236
YATES0.4645815.8831
HAMMOND0.4645815.3374
WEBSTER0.4645815.0640
BIRD0.4645814.2857
RUDD0.4645813.8504
ASTON0.4645813.2450
EVANS0.4645812.9909

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 458 people called BAWCOMBE in Onibury 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 13333.3333 in Onibury means that 13333.3333% of the people in Onibury on census day were called BAWCOMBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAWCOMBE 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 BAWCOMBE 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 BAWCOMBE 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 BAWCOMBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Onibury means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAWCOMBE in Onibury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Onibury in 1881

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

ANSON (4)  ASTON (1)  ASTLEY (1)  BACK (7)  BAKER (1)  BAWCOMBE (8)  BARKLY (3)  BARKER (7)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BENGOUGH (3)  BENNETT (3)  BIRD (5)  BLAKEWAY (6)  BLUCK (8)  BOWEN (7)  BRAKEWELL (3)  BRIDGWATER (5)  BROMLEY (2)  BROWN (1)  CADWALLADER (7)  CAMMELL (2)  CANTRELL (4)  CARTER (8)  CASSTREY (?) (1)  CASTREE (2)  CHARMER (1)  CLUVER (1)  COOMBS (1)  COOPER (3)  COSTON (2)  CRUNDELL (6)  DARBY (6)  DAVIES (7)  DAWES (3)  DIGGORY (1)  DOWNS (2)  DUBBERLEY (5)  DYER (2)  EDGE (5)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (26)  EVERALL (1)  PHASEY (1)  FARMER (1)  FRANCIS (20)  GROVENOR (1)  GRIFFIN (2)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALL (1)  HAMAR (8)  HAMMOND (4)  HARDING (11)  HARRINGTON (10)  HARTLAND (1)  HAYNES (4)  HILL (1)  HODGES (3)  HODNETT (2)  HOTCHKISS (2)  HOWARD (2)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (7)  HUMPHRIES (12)  JACKS (2)  JAMES (10)  JONES (20)  LEWIS (7)  MALPAS (1)  MANTLE (5)  MARTIN (8)  MASON (1)  MASSEY (3)  MATHEWS (1)  MACHELL (1)  KINSEY (1)  MELLINGS (2)  MEREDITH (2)  MERRICK (2)  MILES (3)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (3)  OWEN (9)  PAINTER (1)  PATERSON (4)  PEARCE (4)  PARRY (1)  PITT (1)  POWELL (11)  PRICE (8)  PRYCE (1)  PRITCHARD (9)  PROBERT (2)  PUGH (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUDD (1)  RUSSELL (5)  SANKEY (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SMITH (1)  SMOUT (3)  SPRIGINGS (6)  THOMAS (1)  TIPTON (1)  TYLOR (2)  WATKINS (2)  WATSON (4)  WEAVER (1)  WELLINGS (1)  WEBSTER (6)  WEST (1)  WILLIAMS (7)  WOODHOUSE (5)  WORTHING (1)  YATES (5)