Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishops Castle Out, Shropshire

Bishops Castle Out 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
DAVIES397.558114.86
LOWE224.263656.88
MORRIS193.682216.54
LEWIS173.294612.53
JONES173.29462.91
HOWARD163.100831.60
NICHOLAS163.1008158.73
MORGAN163.100815.59
JAMES152.907014.80
ADDIS142.7132795.45
PRICE122.325613.29
PUGH122.325660.88
ELLIS122.325616.01
EDWARDS112.13187.65
CADWALLADER101.9380961.54
HARRIS101.93807.63
RUDGE91.7442222.22
EVANS81.55043.55
MILES81.550426.27
BOWEN71.356632.80
BIRD71.356617.75
BROWN71.35662.06
BRADLEY71.356616.90
HAMMONDS71.3566514.71
WALTERS61.162824.39
POWELL61.16289.32
TILLEY61.162888.63
LEECH50.969059.45
ROBERTS50.96902.58
HUGHES50.96903.46
LLOYD50.96908.30
GRIFFITHS50.96905.92
REYNOLDS40.77528.95
BISHOP40.775211.09
BREESE40.7752289.86
SPEAKE40.7752506.33
DUNSFORD40.7752519.48
FARMER30.581418.60
STEPHENS30.581410.48
MADDOX30.5814114.07
HAMMANS30.58143,000.00
GREEN30.58142.06
GOUGH30.581419.83
OWEN20.38763.27
SELLEY20.3876270.27
GROVES20.387613.78
CURTIS20.38766.83
YARDLEY20.387660.98
RICHARDS20.38762.57
PHILLIPS20.38762.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMMANS0.525163000.0000
LAVANDER0.525162000.0000
CADWALLADER0.52516961.5385
ADDIS0.52516795.4545
DUNSFORD0.52516519.4805
HAMMONDS0.52516514.7059
SPEAKE0.52516506.3291
CROMER0.52516476.1905
BREESE0.52516289.8551
SELLEY0.52516270.2703
RUDGE0.52516222.2222
CANTY0.52516166.6667
NICHOLAS0.52516158.7302
MADDOX0.52516114.0684
MORRALL0.52516109.8901
YAPP0.5251699.0099
BLAKEMORE0.5251690.9091
TILLEY0.5251688.6263
YARDLEY0.5251660.9756
PUGH0.5251660.8828
LEECH0.5251659.4530
LOWE0.5251656.8769
BARDEN0.5251650.7614
BENBOW0.5251648.7805
MANTLE0.5251637.0370
MANSELL0.5251633.1675
BOWEN0.5251632.8022
BLOWER0.5251632.7869
HOWARD0.5251631.5956
MILES0.5251626.2726
WALTERS0.5251624.3902
MOUNTFORD0.5251621.7865
GOUGH0.5251619.8282
FARMER0.5251618.5989
BIRD0.5251617.7530
BRADLEY0.5251616.8960
MORRIS0.5251616.5419
ELLIS0.5251616.0149
MORGAN0.5251615.5915
DAVIES0.5251614.8594
JAMES0.5251614.7987
GROVES0.5251613.7836
PRICE0.5251613.2890
LLEWELLYN0.5251613.2802
RAWLINGS0.5251613.2450
LEWIS0.5251612.5313
BISHOP0.5251611.0926
STEPHENS0.5251610.4785
MEREDITH0.525169.5969
BRIGHT0.525169.5877

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 516 people called HAMMANS in Bishops Castle Out 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 3000.0000 in Bishops Castle Out means that 3000.0000% of the people in Bishops Castle Out on census day were called HAMMANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMMANS 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 HAMMANS 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 HAMMANS 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 HAMMANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Bishops Castle Out means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMMANS in Bishops Castle Out than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishops Castle Out in 1881

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

ALFIELD (4)  BARDEN (1)  BEADOES (9)  BENBOW (1)  BEVAN (1)  BIRD (7)  BISHOP (4)  BLAKEMORE (2)  BLOWER (1)  BODENHAM (1)  BORE (1)  BOTFIELD (2)  BOWEN (7)  BREESE (4)  BRADLEY (7)  BRIGHT (1)  BROWN (7)  CADWALLADER (10)  CADWALADER (2)  CANTY (1)  CLEE (4)  COLLINS (1)  CROMER (1)  CROSS (1)  CURTIS (2)  DAVIES (39)  DAY (1)  DUNSFORD (4)  ADDIS (14)  ADDS (1)  EDWARDS (11)  ELLIS (12)  EVANS (8)  EVERALL (1)  FARMER (3)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  GEORGE (1)  GITTOES (1)  GOUGH (3)  GREEN (3)  GRIFFITHESE (4)  GRIFFITHS (5)  GROVES (2)  HAMMANS (3)  HAMMONDS (7)  HARRIS (10)  HOWARD (16)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (5)  JAMES (15)  JONES (17)  KILVERT (3)  LAVANDER (1)  LEECH (5)  LEWIS (17)  LLEWELLYN (1)  LLOYD (5)  LOWE (22)  LUSCOTT (6)  MADDOX (3)  MANSELL (2)  MANTLE (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MERRIDTH (9)  MEYRICK (1)  MILES (8)  MORGAN (16)  MORGANS (1)  MORRALL (1)  MORRIS (19)  MOUNTFORD (1)  NELSON (1)  NICHOLAS (16)  OAKLEY (1)  OLIVER (1)  ONIONS (1)  OWEN (2)  PHILLIPS (2)  POWELL (6)  PRICE (12)  PUGH (12)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (5)  ROWLAND (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  RUDGE (9)  SAYCE (5)  SELLEY (2)  SMALL (1)  SPEAKE (4)  STEPHENS (3)  TILLEY (6)  VENABLES (2)  WALKER (1)  WHEEL (1)  WALTERS (6)  WARDSON (3)  WEAVER (1)  WEEKS (1)  WHITEFOOT (1)  GWILLIAM (1)  YAPP (1)  YARDLEY (2)  EWELS (5)