Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edgton, Shropshire

Edgton 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
EVANS167.174916.42
CARTER104.484326.72
MORRIS94.035918.13
JONES94.03593.56
PRICE94.035923.06
SMALL83.5874141.34
BARRETT83.587453.40
MORRISS83.5874588.24
RICHARDS83.587423.75
BRERETON83.5874860.22
BARNETT73.139069.58
OWEN73.139026.45
GRIFFITHS73.139019.18
SHERWOOD62.6906211.27
CROXTON62.69062,727.27
KELLY62.690624.57
ANSLOW52.2422877.19
GREEN41.79376.37
BOND41.793733.90
LEWIS31.34535.12
STEPHENS31.345324.23
WOOD31.34534.22
SOUTHERN31.3453145.63
EDWARDS31.34534.83
WEAVER20.896934.48
BOWDLER20.8969444.44
GOUGH20.896930.58
SHELTON20.896976.34
LUCAS20.896919.40
THOMAS20.89692.17
DAVIES10.44840.88
ROGERS10.44843.45
REED10.44846.14
JERVIS10.448458.48
BOWEN10.448410.85
PREECE10.448427.55
BISHOP10.44846.42
BALL10.44845.43
LUTHER10.4484322.58
RICHARDSON10.44842.63
CANTY10.4484384.62
PUGH10.448411.74
HAMMONDS10.4484169.49
WALDRON10.448451.02
POOLE10.44849.31
ASTON10.448427.17
CHESTER10.448436.63
WILDING10.448438.17
PARKER10.44842.36
FRANCIS10.44847.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROXTON0.222232727.2727
ANSLOW0.22223877.1930
BRERETON0.22223860.2151
MORRISS0.22223588.2353
BOWDLER0.22223444.4444
CANTY0.22223384.6154
LUTHER0.22223322.5806
SHERWOOD0.22223211.2676
HAMMONDS0.22223169.4915
SOUTHERN0.22223145.6311
SMALL0.22223141.3428
SHELTON0.2222376.3359
BARNETT0.2222369.5825
JERVIS0.2222358.4795
BARRETT0.2222353.4045
WALDRON0.2222351.0204
WILDING0.2222338.1679
CHESTER0.2222336.6300
WEAVER0.2222334.4828
BOND0.2222333.8983
GOUGH0.2222330.5810
PREECE0.2222327.5482
ASTON0.2222327.1739
CARTER0.2222326.7165
OWEN0.2222326.4450
KELLY0.2222324.5700
STEPHENS0.2222324.2326
RICHARDS0.2222323.7530
PRICE0.2222323.0592
LUCAS0.2222319.3986
GRIFFITHS0.2222319.1833
MORRIS0.2222318.1305
EVANS0.2222316.4187
PUGH0.2222311.7371
BOWEN0.2222310.8460
POOLE0.222239.3110
FRANCIS0.222237.5301
BISHOP0.222236.4185
GREEN0.222236.3694
REED0.222236.1425
BALL0.222235.4289
LEWIS0.222235.1168
EDWARDS0.222234.8270
WOOD0.222234.2224
JONES0.222233.5635
ROGERS0.222233.4542
RICHARDSON0.222232.6344
PARKER0.222232.3579
THOMAS0.222232.1734
DAVIES0.222230.8816

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called CROXTON in Edgton 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 2727.2727 in Edgton means that 2727.2727% of the people in Edgton on census day were called CROXTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Edgton in 1881

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

ANSLOW (5)  ASTON (1)  BALL (1)  BARNETT (7)  BARRETT (8)  BEDDOES (7)  BISHOP (1)  BOND (4)  BOWDLER (2)  BOWEN (1)  BRERETON (8)  CARTER (10)  CANTY (1)  CHESTER (1)  CROXTON (6)  DAVIES (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (16)  FRANCIS (1)  GOUGH (2)  GREEN (4)  GRIFFITHS (7)  HAMMONDS (1)  JERVIS (1)  JONES (9)  KELLY (6)  LEWIS (3)  LOKIER (1)  LUCAS (2)  LUTHER (1)  MEDDINS (3)  MEYRICK (6)  MORRIS (9)  MORRISS (8)  MULLARD (1)  NICHOLASS (2)  OWEN (7)  PARKER (1)  POOLE (1)  POUNDLEY (1)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (9)  PUGH (1)  REED (1)  RICHARDS (8)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  SHERWOOD (6)  SHELTON (2)  SMALL (8)  SOUTHERN (3)  STEPHENS (3)  THOMAS (2)  VENMORE (1)  WALDRON (1)  WEAVER (2)  WILDING (1)  GWILLIAM (9)  WOOD (3)