Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton, Shropshire

Broughton 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
JONES209.80398.66
DAVIS167.843135.69
NEVITT104.90203,846.15
SMITH94.41183.12
WILLIAMS83.92165.46
HINTON83.9216291.97
CARR83.921654.35
COOK73.431417.28
RATCLIFFE62.9412106.57
BAYLEY62.9412182.37
DONE62.9412857.14
MORGAN52.451012.32
EVANS52.45105.61
REEVES52.451059.81
JAMES41.96089.98
ELLIS41.960813.50
HEATLEY41.9608816.33
GOODE41.9608151.52
BARNETT31.470632.61
OWEN31.470612.39
HARRIS31.47065.79
ACTON20.9804169.49
BARBER20.980416.29
LEAP20.98046,666.67
PUGH20.980425.67
HAWLEY20.9804100.50
ALLMAN20.9804208.33
HILTON20.980428.53
WOOD10.49021.54
LYNCH10.490218.59
GROOM10.490234.97
THOMAS10.49021.19
HODNETT10.4902555.56
BROWN10.49020.74
HALES10.490234.13
HUNTER10.49024.77
EDGERTON10.4902344.83
MORRIS10.49022.20
MINTON10.4902144.93
HAINES10.490221.19
WALLACE10.49027.16
HUGHES10.49021.75
MORIS10.4902769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEAP0.202046666.6667
NEVITT0.202043846.1538
DONE0.20204857.1429
HEATLEY0.20204816.3265
MORIS0.20204769.2308
HODNETT0.20204555.5556
EDGERTON0.20204344.8276
HINTON0.20204291.9708
ALLMAN0.20204208.3333
BAYLEY0.20204182.3708
ACTON0.20204169.4915
GOODE0.20204151.5152
MINTON0.20204144.9275
RATCLIFFE0.20204106.5719
HAWLEY0.20204100.5025
REEVES0.2020459.8086
CARR0.2020454.3478
DAVIS0.2020435.6904
GROOM0.2020434.9650
HALES0.2020434.1297
BARNETT0.2020432.6087
HILTON0.2020428.5307
PUGH0.2020425.6739
HAINES0.2020421.1864
LYNCH0.2020418.5874
COOK0.2020417.2754
BARBER0.2020416.2866
ELLIS0.2020413.5044
OWEN0.2020412.3916
MORGAN0.2020412.3244
JAMES0.202049.9825
JONES0.202048.6565
WALLACE0.202047.1582
HARRIS0.202045.7870
EVANS0.202045.6092
WILLIAMS0.202045.4593
HUNTER0.202044.7733
SMITH0.202043.1246
MORRIS0.202042.2022
HUGHES0.202041.7495
WOOD0.202041.5385
THOMAS0.202041.1879
BROWN0.202040.7436

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 204 people called LEAP in Broughton 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 6666.6667 in Broughton means that 6666.6667% of the people in Broughton on census day were called LEAP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEAP 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 LEAP 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 LEAP 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 LEAP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Broughton means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEAP in Broughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton in 1881

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

ACTON (2)  ALLMAN (2)  BAYLEY (6)  BARBER (2)  BARNETT (3)  BROWN (1)  CANCK (5)  CARR (8)  COOK (7)  DAVIS (16)  DONE (6)  DULSON (4)  EDGERTON (1)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (5)  GARMSTON (2)  GOODE (4)  GROOM (1)  HALES (1)  HARRIS (3)  HAWLEY (2)  HAINES (1)  HEATLEY (4)  HILDITCH (2)  HILTON (2)  HINTON (8)  HODNETT (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (1)  JAMES (4)  JONES (20)  LEAP (2)  LYNCH (1)  MATHEWSE (3)  MINTON (1)  MORGAN (5)  MORRIS (1)  MORIS (1)  NEVITT (10)  NEWNES (7)  NEWNS (3)  OWEN (3)  PUGH (2)  RATCLIFFE (6)  REEVES (5)  SMITH (9)  SUTHERTON (1)  THOMAS (1)  WALLACE (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  WOOD (1)  WYCHERLEY (4)