Top surnames from the 1881 census in Waters Upton, Shropshire

Waters Upton 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
WOOLLEY199.7436490.96
TUDOR84.1026610.69
EVANS84.10269.39
BENNETT73.589721.84
MATHEWS63.076983.33
LEIGHTON63.0769285.71
CARTWRIGHT63.076980.75
BALL63.076937.24
DAVIES63.07696.05
OWEN63.076925.93
RIDGWAY63.0769335.20
WALKER63.07699.19
MORGAN63.076915.47
FLETCHER52.564122.46
SAMBROOK52.56411,250.00
AUSTIN52.564152.47
HARPER42.051332.05
JONES42.05131.81
LLOYD42.051317.57
JAMES42.051310.44
SQUIRES31.5385108.70
RIDER31.5385157.89
COLLINS31.538510.72
RAWLINGS31.5385105.26
PRITCHARD31.538528.57
MILWARD21.0256222.22
MARTIN21.02564.16
MILLINGTON21.025667.80
CREW21.0256162.60
CASEWELL21.02562,500.00
BATEMAN10.512819.84
DODD10.512812.61
AMOS10.512831.25
WRIGHT10.51281.60
PRICE10.51282.93
HUGHES10.51281.83
WILKES10.512829.59
PASCALL10.5128454.55
COLLEY10.512840.49
POWELL10.51284.11
HOPWOOD10.512845.05
WEAVER10.512819.72
BUTTERY10.5128133.33
GOUGH10.512817.48
TAYLOR10.51280.80
BENNET10.512837.17
WILLIAMS10.51280.71
PATRICK10.512825.71
HIGGINS10.512810.14
BROWN10.51280.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CASEWELL0.201952500.0000
SAMBROOK0.201951250.0000
TUDOR0.20195610.6870
WOOLLEY0.20195490.9561
PASCALL0.20195454.5455
RIDGWAY0.20195335.1955
LEIGHTON0.20195285.7143
MILWARD0.20195222.2222
CREW0.20195162.6016
RIDER0.20195157.8947
BUTTERY0.20195133.3333
SQUIRES0.20195108.6957
RAWLINGS0.20195105.2632
MATHEWS0.2019583.3333
CARTWRIGHT0.2019580.7537
MILLINGTON0.2019567.7966
AUSTIN0.2019552.4659
HOPWOOD0.2019545.0450
COLLEY0.2019540.4858
BALL0.2019537.2439
BENNET0.2019537.1747
HARPER0.2019532.0513
AMOS0.2019531.2500
WILKES0.2019529.5858
PRITCHARD0.2019528.5714
OWEN0.2019525.9291
PATRICK0.2019525.7069
FLETCHER0.2019522.4618
BENNETT0.2019521.8409
BATEMAN0.2019519.8413
WEAVER0.2019519.7239
LLOYD0.2019517.5670
GOUGH0.2019517.4825
MORGAN0.2019515.4719
GILES0.2019513.4590
DODD0.2019512.6103
COLLINS0.2019510.7219
JAMES0.2019510.4439
HIGGINS0.2019510.1420
EVANS0.201959.3886
WALKER0.201959.1912
DAVIES0.201956.0490
MARTIN0.201954.1632
POWELL0.201954.1102
PRICE0.201952.9300
HUGHES0.201951.8302
JONES0.201951.8112
WRIGHT0.201951.5985
TAYLOR0.201950.8019
BROWN0.201950.7780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 195 people called CASEWELL in Waters Upton 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 Waters Upton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Waters Upton on census day were called CASEWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CASEWELL 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 CASEWELL 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 CASEWELL 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 CASEWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Waters Upton means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CASEWELL in Waters Upton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Waters Upton in 1881

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

AMOS (1)  AUSTIN (5)  BALL (6)  BATEMAN (1)  BENNETT (7)  BENNET (1)  BLANTERN (1)  BROWN (1)  BUTTERY (1)  CARTWRIGHT (6)  CASEWELL (2)  COLLEY (1)  COLLINS (3)  CREW (2)  DAVIES (6)  DODD (1)  DULSON (2)  EVANS (8)  FLETCHER (5)  FOWLKS (2)  GILES (1)  JORDIN (1)  GOUGH (1)  GOZZARD (5)  GROUCOCK (3)  HARPER (4)  HIGGINS (1)  HOPWOOD (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (4)  JONES (4)  LEIGHTON (6)  LLOYD (4)  MARTIN (2)  MATHEWS (6)  MILLINGTON (2)  MILWARD (2)  MORGAN (6)  OWEN (6)  PASCALL (1)  PATRICK (1)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (1)  PRITCHARD (3)  RIDER (3)  RIDGWAY (6)  RAWLINGS (3)  RUSCOE (1)  SAMBROOK (5)  SHAKSHAFT (2)  SQUIRES (3)  STRAFFEN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TITLEY (4)  TUDOR (8)  WALKER (6)  WEAVER (1)  WILKES (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOLLEY (19)  WRIGHT (1)