Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acton Scott, Shropshire

Acton Scott 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
HAYWARD177.6577179.51
GARBETT104.50451,149.43
THOMAS94.05419.82
OVERTON94.0541418.60
JONES94.05413.58
PRICE83.603620.59
LEWIS73.153211.99
DAVIES73.15326.20
ALLEN62.702714.31
HOTCHKISS62.70271,132.08
DYKE62.7027272.73
EVANS62.70276.18
WILLIAMS62.70273.76
SANKEY52.2523543.48
POWELL52.252318.06
BROWN52.25233.42
ROOKE41.8018243.90
DOWNING41.8018103.63
CORBETT41.801891.95
EDWARDS31.35144.85
TURNER31.35144.85
BRADLEY31.351416.84
LLOYD31.351411.57
BIRD20.900911.79
MAGEE20.9009204.08
BEVAN20.900936.83
HOLT20.900913.46
YAPP20.9009465.12
SHOWELL20.9009869.57
BROOM20.900972.99
HYDE10.450514.64
DONNELLY10.450535.84
CARTER10.45052.68
SOUTHERN10.450548.78
KIRKHAM10.450532.26
HUGHES10.45051.61
OLIVER10.45056.31
HARWOOD10.450516.84
THOMPSON10.45051.50
BLAKEWAY10.4505357.14
BAKER10.45052.06
RICHARDS10.45052.98
HOWELLS10.450517.64
POOLE10.45059.35
HILES10.4505200.00
MORGAN10.45052.27
GREEN10.45051.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARBETT0.222221149.4253
HOTCHKISS0.222221132.0755
SHOWELL0.22222869.5652
SANKEY0.22222543.4783
YAPP0.22222465.1163
OVERTON0.22222418.6047
BLAKEWAY0.22222357.1429
DYKE0.22222272.7273
ROOKE0.22222243.9024
MAGEE0.22222204.0816
HILES0.22222200.0000
HAYWARD0.22222179.5143
DOWNING0.22222103.6269
CORBETT0.2222291.9540
BROOM0.2222272.9927
SOUTHERN0.2222248.7805
BEVAN0.2222236.8324
DONNELLY0.2222235.8423
KIRKHAM0.2222232.2581
PRICE0.2222220.5920
POWELL0.2222218.0571
HOWELLS0.2222217.6367
HARWOOD0.2222216.8350
BRADLEY0.2222216.8350
HYDE0.2222214.6413
ALLEN0.2222214.3062
HOLT0.2222213.4590
LEWIS0.2222211.9925
BIRD0.2222211.7925
LLOYD0.2222211.5741
THOMAS0.222229.8243
POOLE0.222229.3458
OLIVER0.222226.3131
DAVIES0.222226.1991
EVANS0.222226.1849
TURNER0.222224.8544
EDWARDS0.222224.8489
WILLIAMS0.222223.7625
JONES0.222223.5797
BROWN0.222223.4167
RICHARDS0.222222.9824
CARTER0.222222.6838
MORGAN0.222222.2650
BAKER0.222222.0559
HUGHES0.222221.6075
GREEN0.222221.5997
THOMPSON0.222221.5038

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 222 people called GARBETT in Acton Scott 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 1149.4253 in Acton Scott means that 1149.4253% of the people in Acton Scott on census day were called GARBETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARBETT 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 GARBETT 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 GARBETT 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 GARBETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Acton Scott means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARBETT in Acton Scott than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acton Scott in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  BAKER (1)  BEDDOES (1)  BEAVAN (4)  BEVAN (2)  BIRD (2)  BLAKEWAY (1)  BRADLEY (3)  BROOM (2)  BROWN (5)  BROWN ((DAVIES)) (2)  CADMORE (3)  CADWALLEDER (10)  CHALLONER (10)  CARTER (1)  CORBETT (4)  CORFIELD (2)  DAVIES (7)  DYKE (6)  DONNELLY (1)  DOWNING (4)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (6)  FOXALL (6)  GARBETT (10)  GREEN (1)  HARWOOD (1)  HAYWARD (17)  HILES (1)  HOLT (2)  HOTCHKISS (6)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (1)  HYDE (1)  JONES (9)  KIRKHAM (1)  LEWIS (7)  LLOYD (3)  MAGEE (2)  MALE (1)  MEDLICOTT (1)  MELLINGS (6)  MORGAN (1)  OLIVER (1)  OVERTON (9)  POOLE (1)  POWELL (5)  PRICE (8)  RICHARDS (1)  ROOKE (4)  SANKEY (5)  SHOWELL (2)  SOUTHERN (1)  THOMAS (9)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNER (3)  WILLIAMS (6)  YAPP (2)