Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tong, Shropshire

Tong 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
JONES214.14203.66
SMITH173.35312.37
BOWEN163.155876.34
PARKER152.958615.56
EVANS112.16964.97
BODEN101.9724243.31
WILLIAMS101.97242.75
MORRISS101.9724323.62
JOHNSON91.77515.28
HOWMAN91.77513,333.33
MULLINER91.77511,250.00
EDWARDS91.77516.37
GAMBLE81.5779110.19
GITTENS81.57791,012.66
ROBINSON71.38074.33
WEDGE71.3807466.67
ROCHELL71.38072,187.50
DAVIES71.38072.71
STANLEY61.183430.79
MASON61.18348.80
CRUMB61.18344,615.38
BEACH61.1834124.22
NORTON61.183435.59
SKEFFINGTON61.18342,500.00
SHONE50.9862242.72
RHODES50.986221.24
BIRD50.986212.91
CHILDS50.986253.71
ORE50.98621,923.08
DAY50.986210.48
LOCKET50.9862862.07
REYNOLDS50.986211.38
FARMER50.986231.55
MILLER40.78904.41
WATKINS40.789013.02
PLEVIN40.78901,904.76
ROBERTS40.78902.10
BLOXHAM40.7890240.96
HORTON40.789021.25
STEPHENSON40.789013.79
CLARKE40.78903.89
GEORGE30.591710.08
EVETT30.5917833.33
MURDOCK30.5917163.04
WINFIELD30.591771.26
MILNER30.591725.80
BELLINGHAM30.5917160.43
HARTLEY30.59179.44
INGLIS30.591735.42
WILLOCK20.3945294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CRUMB0.515074615.3846
HOWMAN0.515073333.3333
SKEFFINGTON0.515072500.0000
ROCHELL0.515072187.5000
ORE0.515071923.0769
PLEVIN0.515071904.7619
MULLINER0.515071250.0000
GITTENS0.515071012.6582
CUMMINGHAM0.51507909.0909
LOCKET0.51507862.0690
EVETT0.51507833.3333
WEDGE0.51507466.6667
HOLLINGSHEAD0.51507338.9831
MORRISS0.51507323.6246
WILLOCK0.51507294.1176
BODEN0.51507243.3090
SHONE0.51507242.7184
BLOXHAM0.51507240.9639
BOWDLER0.51507196.0784
MACHEN0.51507185.1852
MURDOCK0.51507163.0435
BELLINGHAM0.51507160.4278
CHESNEY0.51507156.2500
PENSON0.51507138.8889
SILLITOE0.51507138.8889
BEACH0.51507124.2236
GAMBLE0.51507110.1928
BLAGG0.51507108.6957
SHUKER0.51507105.2632
PICKEN0.5150794.3396
BENNION0.5150787.7193
BREW0.5150778.1250
BOWEN0.5150776.3359
WINFIELD0.5150771.2589
CHILDS0.5150753.7057
LOCKLEY0.5150752.0833
BENTHAM0.5150743.1034
ECCLESTON0.5150739.3701
HAUGHTON0.5150738.7597
TAYLER0.5150735.8423
NORTON0.5150735.5872
INGLIS0.5150735.4191
HAND0.5150732.8947
FARMER0.5150731.5457
STANLEY0.5150730.7850
PAINTER0.5150728.7770
MILNER0.5150725.7954
HORTON0.5150721.2540
RHODES0.5150721.2404
MARSTON0.5150721.1864

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 507 people called CRUMB in Tong 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 4615.3846 in Tong means that 4615.3846% of the people in Tong on census day were called CRUMB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CRUMB 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 CRUMB 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 CRUMB 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 CRUMB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Tong means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CRUMB in Tong than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tong in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  BAYNTON (1)  BAPETT (5)  BEBB (8)  BEACH (6)  BEETLESTONE (5)  BENNION (1)  BENTHAM (1)  BERRESFORD (2)  BELLINGHAM (3)  BIRD (5)  BISHTON (1)  BLAGG (1)  BLIXHAM (1)  BLOXHAM (4)  BODDINER (1)  BONELL (BOWNELL) (8)  BODEN (10)  BOWDLER (2)  BOWEN (16)  BOWNELL (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BREW (1)  BRYAN (2)  BUCKNALL (7)  BUCKNAL (1)  CARELESS (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CHESNEY (1)  CHILDS (5)  CLARKE (4)  CRUMB (6)  CUMMINGHAM (1)  DAVIES (7)  DAY (5)  DOUNING (3)  DYTER (4)  ECCLESTON (1)  EDWARDS (9)  EVANS (11)  EVETT (3)  AYRESS (1)  FARMER (5)  FUNNSTONE (3)  GAMBLE (8)  GEORGE (3)  GITTENS (8)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HAND (2)  HARTLEY (3)  HAYES (2)  HIGHWAY (4)  HILLIDGE (3)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLLINGSHEAD (2)  HORTON (4)  HAUGHTON (1)  HOWELLS (1)  HOWMAN (9)  HUFFADINE (1)  INGLIS (3)  JAMES (2)  JOHNSON (9)  JONES (21)  LATHAM (1)  LAWTON (2)  LOCKET (5)  LOCKLEY (1)  LOVEKIN (1)  MACHEN (1)  MANSFIELD (2)  MARSTON (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (6)  MC GLOLIN (5)  MEIGHEP (1)  MILLER (4)  MILLS (1)  MILNER (3)  MITTINGTON (9)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRISS (10)  MORRIS (1)  MOYLES (2)  MULLINER (9)  MURDOCK (3)  NORTON (6)  ONION (5)  ONIONS (2)  ORE (5)  OWENS (1)  PAINTER (2)  PARKER (15)  PENSON (1)  PICKEN (2)  PLEVIN (4)  REEVES (1)  REYNOLDS (5)  RHODES (5)  RICHARDS (2)  RIDGEVAD OR RIGWAD (10)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (7)  ROCHELL (7)  SALTER (1)  SHONE (5)  SHORTLAND (1)  SHUKER (1)  SILLITOE (1)  SIMKISS (1)  SKEFFINGTON (6)  SMITH (17)  SPRUSTON (1)  STANLEY (6)  STEPHENSON (4)  STIBBS (1)  TABNER (9)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TAYLER (1)  TERROT (3)  TIMMES (5)  TURNER (2)  WATKINS (4)  WATKISS (1)  WEDGE (7)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILLOCK (2)  WILSON (1)  WINFIELD (3)