Top surnames from the 1881 census in Childs Ercall, Shropshire

Childs Ercall 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
CARTWRIGHT265.9226155.41
DODD153.416984.03
WALKER143.18919.53
HIGGINSON122.7335273.35
PRESTON112.505750.16
WOODCOCK102.277979.81
JACKSON102.27798.15
BROWN92.05013.11
WHITFIELD92.0501102.62
ROGERS92.050115.79
MINSHALL81.8223930.23
HIGGINS81.822336.04
LEA81.822392.27
PALMER81.822315.46
COOKE71.594528.89
SHUKER71.5945853.66
ROWLANDS71.594563.99
TAYLOR71.59452.49
TALBOT71.594564.04
DUNN71.594519.17
ASTIN61.3667472.44
THOMAS61.36673.31
MADDOX61.3667267.86
NORTON51.139034.25
BLANEY51.1390568.18
MCKERROW51.139010,000.00
HARRIS51.13904.48
FOX51.139012.27
NOBLE51.139027.43
BICKLEY51.1390274.73
HIGGENS51.13901,515.15
HAYCOCK40.9112162.60
BRADSHAW40.911222.19
EVANSON30.6834600.00
TUDOR30.6834101.69
CHESHIRE30.683488.76
HARPER30.683410.67
FOWLER30.683411.97
MORGAN30.68343.44
TURNER20.45561.64
HANLEY20.455655.25
WOODHOUSE20.455619.23
WARD20.45562.09
BEARD20.455617.30
WHISTON20.4556175.44
HOBSON20.455617.56
EDWARDS20.45561.63
KENDRICK20.455647.28
GREEN20.45561.62
PALIN20.4556106.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCKERROW0.4443910000.0000
RISTER0.4443910000.0000
HIGGENS0.444391515.1515
ROYSTER0.444391250.0000
MINSHALL0.44439930.2326
SHUKER0.44439853.6585
EVANSON0.44439600.0000
BLANEY0.44439568.1818
ASTIN0.44439472.4409
DORSET0.44439434.7826
STARTIN0.44439303.0303
BICKLEY0.44439274.7253
HIGGINSON0.44439273.3485
MADDOX0.44439267.8571
TRENCH0.44439238.0952
WHISTON0.44439175.4386
HAYCOCK0.44439162.6016
CARTWRIGHT0.44439155.4094
CARNALL0.44439120.4819
PALIN0.44439106.3830
WHITFIELD0.44439102.6226
TUDOR0.44439101.6949
BUTTERS0.4443992.5926
LEA0.4443992.2722
CHESHIRE0.4443988.7574
DODD0.4443984.0336
WOODCOCK0.4443979.8085
TALBOT0.4443964.0439
ROWLANDS0.4443963.9854
HANLEY0.4443955.2486
WATKIN0.4443952.0833
PRESTON0.4443950.1596
KENDRICK0.4443947.2813
HIGGINS0.4443936.0360
NORTON0.4443934.2466
MEE0.4443929.9401
COOKE0.4443928.8898
NOBLE0.4443927.4273
WYNN0.4443926.2467
CARNEY0.4443925.1889
BOURNE0.4443923.5018
BRADSHAW0.4443922.1852
WOODHOUSE0.4443919.2308
DUNN0.4443919.1728
WORRALL0.4443917.9211
HOBSON0.4443917.5593
BEARD0.4443917.3010
ROGERS0.4443915.7895
PALMER0.4443915.4589
HANDLEY0.4443913.4953

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 439 people called MCKERROW in Childs Ercall 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 10000.0000 in Childs Ercall means that 10000.0000% of the people in Childs Ercall on census day were called MCKERROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCKERROW 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 MCKERROW 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 MCKERROW 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 MCKERROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Childs Ercall means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCKERROW in Childs Ercall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Childs Ercall in 1881

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

ALLDIS (1)  ARKINSTAL (6)  ASTIN (6)  BARNETT (1)  BEARD (2)  BECKETT (1)  BEESTON (10)  BICKLEY (5)  BLANEY (5)  BOUGHEY (3)  BRESS (1)  BRADSHAW (4)  BROWN (9)  BRUCKSHAW (4)  BOURNE (2)  BUTTERS (2)  CARNEY (1)  CARNALL (1)  CARTWRIGHT (26)  CHESHIRE (3)  CHIDLOW (10)  COBEN (1)  COOKE (7)  D...OYMORE (1)  DODD (15)  DORSET (1)  DUNN (7)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIMOOR (1)  ELLSMOOR (2)  EVANSON (3)  FOWLER (3)  FOX (5)  GAULTON (10)  GRAHAM (1)  GREEN (2)  HALFPENNY (1)  HANLEY (2)  HANDLEY (1)  HARPER (3)  HARRIS (5)  HAYCOCK (4)  HIGGENS (5)  HIGGINS (8)  HIGGINSON (12)  HOBSON (2)  HOLMES (1)  HOPE (1)  ICKE (4)  JACKSON (10)  JONES (1)  KENDRICK (2)  MCKERROW (5)  LEA (8)  LITTLE (1)  MADDOX (6)  MALEUS (1)  MEESON (1)  MEE (1)  MERYL (7)  MICKLEWRIGHT (2)  MIDDLETON (1)  MIFFLEN (3)  MINSHALL (8)  MORGAN (3)  NAGINGTON (1)  NEWNES (2)  NOBLE (5)  NORTON (5)  PALIN (2)  PALMER (8)  PEARCE (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRESTON (11)  RISTER (1)  ROGERS (9)  ROWLANDS (7)  ROYSTER (1)  RUSCOE (9)  SCOREY (1)  SEGGS (2)  SEWELL (1)  SHUKER (7)  SIMPSON (1)  SLEATH (9)  SMITH (1)  STARTIN (1)  TALBOT (7)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (6)  TOYNTON (5)  TRENCH (1)  TUDOR (3)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (14)  WARD (2)  WARDLY (2)  WATKIN (2)  WHISTON (2)  WHITTAKER (1)  WHITFIELD (9)  WYNN (1)  WOODBINE (3)  WOODCOCK (10)  WOODHOUSE (2)  WORRALL (1)