Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitchurch Black Park, Shropshire

Whitchurch Black Park 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
JONES1212.500011.04
STOCKTON88.33331,379.31
DICKEN77.29172,592.59
WILLIAMS66.25008.70
EVANSON55.20834,545.45
WILSON55.208311.34
PARTON44.1667769.23
HUGHES44.166714.87
PURCELL44.1667597.01
PHILLIPS44.166723.28
ELLSON44.16672,500.00
ARROWSMITH33.1250405.41
EDWARDS33.125011.21
THOMAS33.12507.57
HUXLEY22.0833465.12
FRANCE22.0833136.99
MURRAY11.04178.40
SPARKES11.0417142.86
PLANT11.041747.17
BUTLER11.041710.68
MOSS11.041716.89
DODD11.041725.64
OAKES11.041771.94
BURROWS11.041723.81
HARRISON11.04174.69
PRICE11.04175.95
PERKS11.0417100.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EVANSON0.10964545.4545
DICKEN0.10962592.5926
ELLSON0.10962500.0000
STOCKTON0.10961379.3103
PARTON0.1096769.2308
PURCELL0.1096597.0149
HUXLEY0.1096465.1163
ARROWSMITH0.1096405.4054
SPARKES0.1096142.8571
FRANCE0.1096136.9863
PERKS0.1096100.0000
OAKES0.109671.9424
PLANT0.109647.1698
DODD0.109625.6410
BURROWS0.109623.8095
PHILLIPS0.109623.2829
MOSS0.109616.8919
HUGHES0.109614.8699
WILSON0.109611.3404
EDWARDS0.109611.2108
JONES0.109611.0375
BUTLER0.109610.6838
WILLIAMS0.10968.7007
MURRAY0.10968.4034
THOMAS0.10967.5719
PRICE0.10965.9524
HARRISON0.10964.6926

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 96 people called EVANSON in Whitchurch Black Park 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 4545.4545 in Whitchurch Black Park means that 4545.4545% of the people in Whitchurch Black Park on census day were called EVANSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EVANSON 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 EVANSON 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 EVANSON 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 EVANSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Whitchurch Black Park means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EVANSON in Whitchurch Black Park than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitchurch Black Park in 1881

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

ARROWSMITH (3)  BRYINE (1)  BURROWS (1)  BUTLER (1)  CHIDLOW (3)  DICKEN (7)  DODD (1)  DODSFORT (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLSON (4)  EVANSON (5)  FRANCE (2)  HARRISON (1)  HUGHES (4)  JONES (12)  MOSS (1)  MOUNFORD (1)  MURRAY (1)  OAKES (1)  HUXLEY (2)  PARTON (4)  PERKS (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PLANT (1)  PRICE (1)  PURCELL (4)  SPARKES (1)  STOCKTON (8)  THELWELL (3)  THOMAS (3)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILSON (5)