Top surnames from the 1881 census in Richards Castle, Shropshire

Richards Castle 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
JONES293.79083.35
RANDLE253.2680390.02
PRICE212.745115.69
HICKS172.222253.09
WILLIAMS162.09152.91
PARKER162.091511.00
DAVIES162.09154.11
RAWLINGS151.9608134.05
HUGHES151.96087.00
BERRY141.830123.06
PREECE141.8301112.45
TAYLOR131.69932.66
SMITH111.43791.02
THORNTON101.307226.00
NORTHWOOD101.3072689.66
MORRIS101.30725.87
BUFTON101.3072598.80
BRADLEY91.176514.65
ADAMS91.17657.98
JAMES91.17655.99
DOWNES91.176595.14
NEWMAN91.176515.82
ROWE91.176520.71
HANLEY81.0458126.98
SELLEY81.0458727.27
WATKINS81.045817.26
GITTINS81.0458169.49
GEORGE81.045817.82
WOODHOUSE81.045844.13
HARDEMAN81.04582,500.00
ROBERTS70.91502.43
SMALL70.915036.06
BROWN70.91501.39
WILLEY70.9150101.60
BIRD70.915011.97
RUDD70.915058.04
STEDMAN70.9150147.37
HOWELLS60.784330.74
MILLINGTON60.784351.81
POWELL60.78436.29
LOCK60.784327.55
KINSEY60.7843119.76
MATTINSON60.7843441.18
LEWIS50.65362.49
HILL50.65362.57
PEARCE50.65367.12
SLY50.6536173.01
POUND50.6536136.99
HARDWICK50.653642.74
TOWN50.6536131.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHMON0.777652500.0000
HARDEMAN0.777652500.0000
HOPP0.777651428.5714
SELLEY0.77765727.2727
NORTHWOOD0.77765689.6552
BYNON0.77765645.1613
BUFTON0.77765598.8024
MATTINSON0.77765441.1765
RANDLE0.77765390.0156
BACH0.77765352.9412
MOUND0.77765333.3333
BETTON0.77765327.8689
RIDGLEY0.77765312.5000
YAPP0.77765266.6667
PASSEY0.77765243.9024
TAY0.77765238.0952
TIPPINS0.77765175.4386
SLY0.77765173.0104
GITTINS0.77765169.4915
TONGUE0.77765156.2500
STEDMAN0.77765147.3684
GREENHOUSE0.77765140.8451
POWIS0.77765136.9863
POUND0.77765136.9863
CHILES0.77765135.1351
RAWLINGS0.77765134.0483
TOWN0.77765131.9261
INGLES0.77765129.3103
BACHE0.77765127.3885
HANLEY0.77765126.9841
KINSEY0.77765119.7605
PREECE0.77765112.4498
HAGGART0.77765108.1081
ASHWOOD0.77765103.0928
WILLEY0.77765101.5965
DOWNES0.7776595.1374
LUTHER0.7776592.5926
TONG0.7776574.0741
BOUND0.7776572.4638
OAKDEN0.7776571.4286
CHALLENGER0.7776565.7895
BOUGHTON0.7776563.2911
SHENTON0.7776561.3497
WILDSMITH0.7776561.3497
RUDD0.7776558.0431
HARDS0.7776557.4713
NEAVE0.7776555.7103
LONGMORE0.7776553.4759
HICKS0.7776553.0918
MILLINGTON0.7776551.8135

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 765 people called RICHMON in Richards Castle 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 2500.0000 in Richards Castle means that 2500.0000% of the people in Richards Castle on census day were called RICHMON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICHMON 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 RICHMON 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 RICHMON 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 RICHMON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Richards Castle means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICHMON in Richards Castle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Richards Castle in 1881

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

ADAMS (9)  ANTHONEY (2)  ARCHER (5)  ASHWOOD (1)  ATKINS (1)  BACHE (2)  BACH (3)  BARRETT (3)  BETTON (2)  BENBOW (1)  BERRY (14)  BEAVAN (1)  BYNON (2)  BIRD (7)  BOULD (1)  BOTWOOD (1)  BOUGHTON (2)  BOWEN (3)  BOUND (1)  BRADLEY (9)  BRAMPTON (1)  BRIDGES (1)  BROWN (7)  BUFFERY (2)  BUFTON (10)  BUTLER (1)  CANE (2)  CARTER (1)  CHALLENGER (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHILD (3)  CHILES (1)  COLLIER (1)  COOMBES (1)  COOPER (1)  CROWE (1)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (16)  DOWNES (9)  DOWNS (1)  EVANS (1)  FARR (4)  FEWTRELL (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (3)  FOWLER (1)  FREGGATT (1)  FROGGATT (3)  JAY (1)  GENT (2)  GEORGE (8)  GITTINS (8)  GOODWIN (2)  GOOLLIFFE (1)  GREENHOUSE (1)  GRIFFIN (2)  GRIFFITHS (4)  GROOM (3)  GUNTER (1)  HAGGART (2)  HAYLE (3)  HAMMOND (1)  HANCOCKS (4)  HANLEY (8)  HARDEMAN (8)  HARDING (1)  HARDS (1)  HARDWICK (5)  HARPER (2)  HARRIS (2)  HARWOOD (2)  HAYES (1)  HAYNES (4)  HICKS (17)  HILL (5)  HINTON (3)  HOPP (1)  HOWELLS (6)  HUGHES (15)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HUNT (1)  INGLES (3)  JAMES (9)  JANES (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (29)  LEWIS (5)  LLOYD (1)  LOCK (6)  LONGMORE (1)  LUTHER (1)  MADDISON (3)  MANTLE (2)  MORDON (1)  MASON (3)  MATTINSON (6)  MATHEWS (4)  MATTHEWS (1)  KINSEY (6)  MC NAUGHT (2)  NAUGHT (MC NAUGHT) (10)  MILLINGTON (6)  MILLS (1)  MOOR (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (10)  MORTIMER (1)  MOUND (2)  MAUND (4)  MURRAY (2)  NEAVE (2)  NEWMAN (9)  NORTHWOOD (10)  NOTTINGHAM (1)  NUNERLEY (1)  OAKDEN (1)  OLIVER (1)  PASSEY (4)  PALMER (3)  PARKER (16)  PARKIN (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEARCE (5)  PITT (1)  POSTANS (12)  POUND (5)  POWELL (6)  POWIS (4)  PREECE (14)  PRICE (21)  PUTTRELL (1)  RANDLE (25)  RICHMON (1)  RICKETTS (3)  RIDGLEY (3)  ROBERTS (7)  ROE (2)  ROWE (9)  ROUSE (1)  RAWLINGS (15)  RUDD (7)  SALWEY (4)  SELLEY (8)  SEVAIN (6)  SHEEN (1)  SHENTON (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMMONDS (1)  SLY (5)  SMALL (7)  SMITH (11)  STADMAN (1)  STANLEY (1)  STANTON (2)  STEPPLE (4)  STEDMAN (7)  STEVENS (2)  TANNER (2)  TAYLOR (13)  THOMAS (5)  THORNTON (10)  TIPPINS (1)  TOMKINS (1)  TONG (2)  TONGUE (4)  TOWN (5)  TUDGE (2)  TURNER (1)  TAY (1)  VALE (1)  WALTON (1)  WATKINS (8)  WEAVER (3)  WELLINGS (1)  WELLS (3)  WHITTAL (8)  WILDSMITH (1)  WILLIAMS (16)  WOODHOUSE (8)  WOODYAT (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WILLEY (7)  YAPP (4)  YATES (3)