Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wroxeter, Shropshire

Wroxeter 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
DAVIES234.71319.27
JONES204.09843.62
FORD122.459025.25
MASON122.459018.29
HALL102.04926.97
EVANS91.84434.22
CARVER91.8443203.62
EDWARDS91.84436.62
WILLIAMS81.63932.28
MACHIN81.6393163.60
HARVEY81.639315.36
SOUTHERN81.6393177.78
PAYNE81.639318.21
CHAPMAN81.639311.54
DYKE81.6393165.29
HILL81.63936.44
MORRIS81.63937.36
BURGESS71.434420.66
RIDGWAY71.4344156.25
BLOWERS71.4344564.52
JERVIS71.4344186.67
MAPP61.2295638.30
HUMPHREY61.229546.15
BLADEN61.22951,000.00
GREGORY61.229517.52
LEWIS61.22954.68
BEVAN61.229550.25
CARTER61.22957.32
DAVENPORT61.229564.86
JAMES51.02465.22
TIMMIS51.0246442.48
DERRICOTT51.02462,631.58
ROBERTS51.02462.72
PARR51.024641.02
PARTON51.0246188.68
HARPER40.819712.80
BARKER40.81976.26
FELTUS40.819713,333.33
PEARCE40.81978.92
ADAMS40.81975.56
ELLIS40.81975.64
HOLLAND40.819711.51
COOKSON40.819769.57
BOWEN40.819719.82
JARRETT40.819789.49
ROGERS40.81976.31
DYAS30.6148517.24
BREEZE30.614899.67
NOKES30.6148275.23
FOX30.61486.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FELTUS0.4948813333.3333
DERRICOTT0.494882631.5789
SEABURY0.494881333.3333
BLADEN0.494881000.0000
MAPP0.49488638.2979
BLOWERS0.49488564.5161
DYAS0.49488517.2414
CASEWELL0.49488500.0000
DORSETT0.49488454.5455
TIMMIS0.49488442.4779
KEELE0.49488434.7826
MANWARING0.49488389.6104
NOKES0.49488275.2294
PICKING0.49488217.3913
CARVER0.49488203.6199
PARTON0.49488188.6792
JERVIS0.49488186.6667
HANDY0.49488178.5714
SOUTHERN0.49488177.7778
DYKE0.49488165.2893
MACHIN0.49488163.5992
RIDGWAY0.49488156.2500
GITTENS0.49488131.5789
SPEAK0.49488117.6471
BREEZE0.4948899.6678
ELSON0.4948898.0392
JARRETT0.4948889.4855
POULTER0.4948882.6446
HAMMONDS0.4948878.1250
COOKSON0.4948869.5652
LAWLEY0.4948868.0272
DAVENPORT0.4948864.8649
MANSELL0.4948852.6316
BEVAN0.4948850.2513
HOLDING0.4948846.1894
HUMPHREY0.4948846.1538
PRYCE0.4948842.9185
PARR0.4948841.0172
HAND0.4948834.1880
DOWNES0.4948833.1126
OAKLEY0.4948829.0135
FORD0.4948825.2472
PREECE0.4948825.1889
BURGESS0.4948820.6551
BOWEN0.4948819.8216
MASON0.4948818.2871
PAYNE0.4948818.2149
GREGORY0.4948817.5234
MASSEY0.4948816.0256
GOODE0.4948815.8228

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 488 people called FELTUS in Wroxeter 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 Wroxeter means that 13333.3333% of the people in Wroxeter on census day were called FELTUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FELTUS 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 FELTUS 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 FELTUS 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 FELTUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Wroxeter means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FELTUS in Wroxeter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wroxeter in 1881

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

ACTIVE (8)  ADAMS (4)  ALLEN (2)  BALL (1)  BARKER (4)  BATHER (11)  BEVAN (6)  BLADEN (6)  BLOWERS (7)  BOWEN (4)  BREEZE (3)  BRISBOURNE (7)  BROWN (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BURGESS (7)  CALCOTT (1)  CHALLENOR (2)  CAPSEY (1)  CARESWELL (3)  CARTER (6)  CARVER (9)  CASEWELL (1)  CHAPMAN (8)  CHIDLEY (1)  COOKSON (4)  DAVENPORT (6)  DAVIES (23)  DYKE (8)  DERRICOTT (5)  DORSETT (3)  DOWNES (2)  DYAS (3)  EDWARDS (9)  EGREMONT (3)  ELLIS (4)  ELSON (3)  EVANS (9)  EVERALL (1)  FELTUS (4)  FORD (12)  FOX (3)  FRANKLIN (1)  JARRETT (4)  GITTENS (1)  GOADBY (1)  GOODALL (1)  GOODE (1)  GREGORY (6)  HABBERLEY (5)  HALL (10)  HAMMONDS (1)  HAND (2)  HANDLEY (1)  HANDY (3)  HARNAGE (1)  HARPER (4)  HARRIS (1)  HARVEY (8)  HILL (8)  HILLCOCK (1)  HOLDING (2)  HOLLAND (4)  HOWES (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHREY (6)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (5)  JERVIS (7)  JENKINS (2)  JONES (20)  JUCKES (1)  KEELE (1)  LAWLEY (2)  LEWIS (6)  MACHIN (8)  MANWARING (3)  MANSELL (3)  MAPP (6)  MASON (12)  MASSEY (2)  MEREDITH (1)  MILLINGTON (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (8)  MURRAY (1)  MEIRE (5)  NAGGINTON (1)  NOKES (3)  OAKLEY (3)  PARR (5)  PARTON (5)  PAYNE (8)  PEARCE (4)  PARRY (1)  PICKING (1)  POOLE (1)  PORTER (1)  POULTER (3)  PREECE (2)  PRYCE (1)  PYE (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGWAY (7)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (4)  ROWE (2)  SADLER (1)  SCOLTOCK (5)  SEABURY (2)  SOUTHERN (8)  SPEAK (2)  STRUFFEN (2)  TABBINER (1)  THOMAS (1)  TIMMIS (5)  TUNLEY (3)  TURNER (1)  WEST (3)  WHITEFOOT (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  GWILLIAMS (6)  WOOD (2)