Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ditton Priors, Shropshire

Ditton Priors 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
CARTWRIGHT447.3333192.39
BOWEN406.6667161.23
MORRIS213.500015.72
HICKS183.000071.68
GARBETT172.8333726.50
REYNOLDS152.500028.86
LEWIS142.33338.87
DORRELL142.33331,272.73
BURTON142.333327.39
BLUNT142.3333288.66
BELL122.000010.64
ASTON111.8333111.11
DAVIS111.83338.34
COOPER111.83337.54
INGRAM111.833360.04
JONES101.66671.47
CHILDS101.666790.74
MOORE101.66678.33
DIXON101.666715.21
LOWE91.500020.01
SMALLMAN91.5000459.18
MANSELL91.5000128.39
SMITH81.33330.94
SCOTT71.16674.61
LAWLEY71.1667193.91
EVANS61.00002.29
POTTER61.000015.42
LLOYD61.00008.56
HALL61.00003.40
GREENE50.8333304.88
MASSEY50.833332.59
SOUTHERN50.833390.42
FARR50.833356.12
GOODE50.833364.35
THOMAS50.83332.02
PRICE40.66673.81
UNDERWOOD40.666724.71
HOPKINS40.666711.07
WELLINGS40.6667193.24
BRAY40.666719.83
BRADLEY40.66678.30
MOUNTFORD40.666774.91
WILKINSON30.50003.28
WARD30.50002.29
JAMES30.50002.55
PRITCHARD30.50009.29
WADDINGTON30.500030.80
REECE30.500057.25
EDWARDS30.50001.79
SANKEY30.5000120.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DORRELL0.606001272.7273
GARBETT0.60600726.4957
SMALLMAN0.60600459.1837
HODNETT0.60600392.1569
GREENE0.60600304.8780
BLUNT0.60600288.6598
LAWLEY0.60600193.9058
WELLINGS0.60600193.2367
CARTWRIGHT0.60600192.3918
BACHE0.60600162.6016
BOWEN0.60600161.2253
CONLON0.60600152.6718
CLINTON0.60600130.4348
MANSELL0.60600128.3880
SANKEY0.60600120.4819
ASTON0.60600111.1111
CHILDS0.6060090.7441
SOUTHERN0.6060090.4159
BEAMAN0.6060087.7193
SAMBROOK0.6060080.6452
ELCOCK0.6060077.5194
MOUNTFORD0.6060074.9064
DUCE0.6060074.0741
HICKS0.6060071.6846
GOODE0.6060064.3501
INGRAM0.6060060.0437
REECE0.6060057.2519
FARR0.6060056.1167
CANE0.6060048.8998
DANBY0.6060039.0625
FINN0.6060036.4964
MASSEY0.6060032.5945
WADDINGTON0.6060030.8008
REYNOLDS0.6060028.8628
THOMASON0.6060028.5714
BURTON0.6060027.3919
UNDERWOOD0.6060024.7066
JERVIS0.6060021.6920
LOWE0.6060020.0089
BRAY0.6060019.8314
CHILD0.6060019.6078
JAY0.6060019.0476
MUMFORD0.6060017.2712
MORRIS0.6060015.7233
POTTER0.6060015.4202
BOWYER0.6060015.2905
DIXON0.6060015.2138
HUMPHRIES0.6060014.7929
VAUGHAN0.6060014.6556
POPE0.6060014.5068

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 600 people called DORRELL in Ditton Priors 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 1272.7273 in Ditton Priors means that 1272.7273% of the people in Ditton Priors on census day were called DORRELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DORRELL 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 DORRELL 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 DORRELL 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 DORRELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Ditton Priors means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DORRELL in Ditton Priors than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ditton Priors in 1881

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

ASTON (11)  BACHE (2)  BADLAND (6)  BEARD (1)  BELL (12)  BENNETT (1)  BLUNT (14)  BOWEN (40)  BEAMAN (1)  BOWYER (1)  BRADLEY (4)  BRAY (4)  BRIDGWATER (9)  BRISTOWE (1)  BRYAN (1)  BURTON (14)  CANE (2)  CARTWRIGHT (44)  CHILD (2)  CHILDS (10)  CLEETON (7)  CLINTON (3)  CONLON (2)  COOPER (11)  CORFIELD (9)  DANBY (1)  DAVIS (11)  DAVIES (1)  DIXON (10)  DORRELL (14)  DUCE (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELCOCK (1)  EVANS (6)  FARR (5)  FINN (2)  FOX (1)  GARBETT (17)  GARDENER (1)  JAY (1)  GLASE (10)  GOODE (5)  GREENE (5)  GREEN (1)  HALL (6)  HANCOCKS (5)  HICKS (18)  HODNETT (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINS (4)  HUMPHRIES (2)  INGRAM (11)  JAMES (3)  JERVIS (1)  JONES (10)  LANE (1)  LAWLEY (7)  LEWIS (14)  LLOYD (6)  LOVE (2)  LOWE (9)  MANSELL (9)  MASSEY (5)  MILES (1)  MOORE (10)  MORRIS (21)  MOUNTFORD (4)  MUMFORD (1)  MOUNFORD (MOUNTFORD) (4)  NORGROVE (3)  ONSLOW (10)  PALMER (2)  POPE (3)  POTTER (6)  POWELL (2)  PREECE (1)  PRENTICE (1)  PRICE (4)  PRIEST (1)  PRITCHARD (3)  RAY (1)  RAINSFORTH (2)  REECE (3)  REEVES (1)  REYNOLDS (15)  ROWE (1)  SAMBROOK (1)  SANKEY (3)  SCOTT (7)  SMALLMAN (9)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHERN (5)  SUSTIN (1)  THOMAS (5)  THOMASON (1)  THUSAN (2)  UNDERWOOD (4)  VAUGHAN (3)  WADDINGTON (3)  WARD (3)  WATKISS (5)  WHATMORE (5)  WEBB (2)  WELLINGS (4)  WILKINSON (3)  WOOD (1)  YATES (1)