Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shelsley Kings, Worcestershire

Shelsley Kings is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
PHILLIPS269.154951.17
DOWDING124.2254991.74
BUNCE124.2254566.04
JONES93.16902.80
ROGERS93.169024.41
BRYAN82.8169113.48
HALLETT72.4648200.57
BUTLER72.464825.28
HILL72.46489.68
POTTER62.112732.57
SMITH62.11271.50
LAMB51.760633.38
PERRY51.760623.93
YOUNG41.40856.56
DANIEL41.408563.80
MARTIN41.40855.72
PREECE41.408586.58
KETTLE41.4085161.29
DYKE41.4085141.84
FOWLER41.408524.66
BISHOP41.408520.15
TEAGUE31.0563186.34
EATON31.056337.74
BIRD31.056313.82
LEEK31.0563218.98
YEOMANS31.0563128.21
REYNOLDS31.056312.20
POWELL31.05638.47
HARDMAN31.056352.54
DAVENPORT31.056355.76
MIDDLETON31.056320.12
WEBB20.70425.19
JAMES20.70423.58
RICHARDS20.70424.66
WALKER20.70422.10
EDWARDS20.70422.53
CHILD20.704241.41
REEVES20.704217.20
LEYLAND10.352157.47
BELL10.35211.87
FLETCHER10.35213.08
COLLIER10.352110.54
BAILEY10.35212.34
PARTON10.352164.94
CALLOW10.352156.82
SAUNDERS10.35213.84
NACK10.352110,000.00
WILKS10.352122.37
FRANCIS10.35215.91
COOK10.35211.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEVAUX10,000.0010.3521
NACK10,000.0010.3521
GOSSARD10,000.0010.3521
DOWDING991.74124.2254
BUNCE566.04124.2254
WHITTY256.4110.3521
LEEK218.9831.0563
HALLETT200.5772.4648
TEAGUE186.3431.0563
LOVELAND178.5710.3521
KETTLE161.2941.4085
BAND153.8510.3521
DYKE141.8441.4085
YEOMANS128.2131.0563
BRYAN113.4882.8169
PREECE86.5841.4085
PARTON64.9410.3521
DANIEL63.8041.4085
LEYLAND57.4710.3521
CALLOW56.8210.3521
DAVENPORT55.7631.0563
HARDMAN52.5431.0563
PHILLIPS51.17269.1549
BURY47.3910.3521
CHILD41.4120.7042
EATON37.7431.0563
LAMB33.3851.7606
POTTER32.5762.1127
PAINTER25.6410.3521
BUTLER25.2872.4648
FOWLER24.6641.4085
ROGERS24.4193.1690
PERRY23.9351.7606
WILKS22.3710.3521
BISHOP20.1541.4085
MIDDLETON20.1231.0563
REEVES17.2020.7042
BIRD13.8231.0563
DREW13.3310.3521
REYNOLDS12.2031.0563
CROWTHER11.7910.3521
COLLIER10.5410.3521
HILL9.6872.4648
POWELL8.4731.0563
SANDERS7.7710.3521
YOUNG6.5641.4085
FRANCIS5.9110.3521
MARTIN5.7241.4085
WEBB5.1920.7042
LANE5.1110.3521

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called DEVAUX in Shelsley Kings 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 0.3521 in Shelsley Kings means that 0.3521% of the people in Shelsley Kings on census day were called DEVAUX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEVAUX 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 DEVAUX 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 DEVAUX 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 DEVAUX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Shelsley Kings means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEVAUX in Shelsley Kings than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shelsley Kings in 1881

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

AUSTINS (5)  BADLAND (9)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BAND (1)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (1)  BURY (1)  BIRD (3)  BISHOP (4)  BRYAN (8)  BOWKETT (2)  BUNCE (12)  BUTLER (7)  CALLOW (1)  CHILD (2)  CLARK (1)  COLLIER (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (1)  COX (1)  CROWTHER (1)  DAINTY (5)  DANCOCK (2)  DANIEL (4)  DAVENPORT (3)  DEVAUX (1)  DYKE (4)  DOWDING (12)  DREW (1)  EATON (3)  EDWARDS (2)  EVANS (1)  EVERILL (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOWLER (4)  FRANCIS (1)  GOSSARD (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALLETT (7)  HANCOCKS (1)  HARDMAN (3)  HARES (6)  HILL (7)  JAMES (2)  JONES (9)  KETTLE (4)  LEEK (3)  LAMB (5)  LANE (1)  LARKEN (1)  LEYLAND (1)  LOVELAND (1)  MARTIN (4)  MIDDLETON (3)  MORRIS (1)  NACK (1)  OWEN (1)  PAGGETT OR PAGET (6)  PAGGETT (1)  PAINTER (1)  PARTON (1)  PERRY (5)  PHILLIPS (26)  POTTER (6)  POWELL (3)  PREECE (4)  REEVES (2)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICHARDS (2)  ROGERS (9)  ROWBERRY (6)  SAUNDERS (1)  SANDERS (1)  SMITH (6)  STONE (1)  TEAGUE (3)  THOMAS (1)  VALIANT (2)  WALKER (2)  WEBB (2)  WILKS (1)  GWILLAM (6)  WHITTY (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YARNOLD (1)  YEOMANS (3)  YOUNG (4)