Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fitz, Shropshire

Fitz 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
DAVIES289.622018.92
EDWARDS196.529223.43
JONES186.18565.46
EDGE155.1546299.40
THOMAS103.43648.33
PADDOCK82.74911,081.08
HAYWARD82.749164.46
BRETT72.4055126.58
BLAKE72.405549.65
GRIFFITHS62.061912.60
RIDGE62.0619294.12
HUGHES62.06197.36
BOWEN62.061949.88
CROFT51.718272.78
BIRCH51.718241.95
LEWIS51.71826.54
VAUGHN41.3746459.77
ROGERS41.374610.59
RODERICK41.3746392.16
SMITH31.03090.73
KENYON31.030949.34
ANTLEY31.03097,500.00
GOODWIN31.030919.57
HOWELLS31.030940.38
CAREW20.6873740.74
GITTINS20.6873111.73
ROBERTS20.68731.83
BROMLEY20.687344.64
PAYNE20.68737.64
LLOYD20.68735.89
FRANCE20.687345.15
PARRY20.68739.03
STUBBS20.687326.04
BROWN20.68731.04
WRIGHT20.68732.14
BISHOP10.34364.92
MAILE10.3436256.41
ALLEN10.34361.82
GROOM10.343624.51
LEAKE10.343683.33
JARVIS10.34367.66
WOOD10.34361.08
BOOTH10.34363.48
HOLBROOK10.343647.62
MIDDLETON10.34366.54
HANDLEY10.343620.37
TAYLOR10.34360.54
CLARK10.34361.14
BYTHEWAY10.3436370.37
WILLIAMS10.34360.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ANTLEY0.292917500.0000
PADDOCK0.292911081.0811
CAREW0.29291740.7407
VAUGHN0.29291459.7701
RODERICK0.29291392.1569
BYTHEWAY0.29291370.3704
EDGE0.29291299.4012
RIDGE0.29291294.1176
MAILE0.29291256.4103
BRETT0.29291126.5823
GITTINS0.29291111.7318
LEAKE0.2929183.3333
CROFT0.2929172.7802
HAYWARD0.2929164.4641
BOWEN0.2929149.8753
BLAKE0.2929149.6454
KENYON0.2929149.3421
HOLBROOK0.2929147.6190
FRANCE0.2929145.1467
BROMLEY0.2929144.6429
CHESHIRE0.2929144.6429
BIRCH0.2929141.9463
HOWELLS0.2929140.3769
CRUMP0.2929131.8471
STUBBS0.2929126.0417
GROOM0.2929124.5098
EDWARDS0.2929123.4279
HANDLEY0.2929120.3666
GOODWIN0.2929119.5695
DAVIES0.2929118.9164
GRIFFITHS0.2929112.5997
GROVES0.2929112.2249
ROGERS0.2929110.5876
PARRY0.292919.0293
DODD0.292918.4531
THOMAS0.292918.3278
JARVIS0.292917.6570
PAYNE0.292917.6365
HUGHES0.292917.3584
MIDDLETON0.292916.5445
LEWIS0.292916.5351
LLOYD0.292915.8858
JONES0.292915.4617
BISHOP0.292914.9188
BOOTH0.292913.4843
MASON0.292912.5556
WRIGHT0.292912.1425
PHILLIPS0.292911.9205
ROBERTS0.292911.8268
ALLEN0.292911.8192

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 291 people called ANTLEY in Fitz 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 7500.0000 in Fitz means that 7500.0000% of the people in Fitz on census day were called ANTLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ANTLEY 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 ANTLEY 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 ANTLEY 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 ANTLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Fitz means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ANTLEY in Fitz than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fitz in 1881

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

ABBOTS (2)  ALLEN (1)  ANTLEY (3)  BEBB (1)  BEDELSTON (1)  BENYON (5)  BIRCH (5)  BISHOP (1)  BLAKE (7)  BLODWELL (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOWEN (6)  BRETT (7)  BROMLEY (2)  BROWN (2)  BYTHEWAY (1)  CADWALLADAR (1)  CARNAGIE (1)  CHESHIRE (1)  CLARK (1)  CLEATON (1)  CORFIELD (1)  CROFT (5)  CRUMP (1)  DAVIES (28)  DIGGORY (3)  DODD (1)  DORRICOTT (8)  EDGE (15)  EDWARDS (19)  EVANS (1)  FRANCE (2)  GITHIN (1)  GITTINS (2)  GOODWIN (3)  GRIECE (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  GROOM (1)  GROVES (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HAYWARD (8)  HILL (1)  HOLBROOK (1)  HOWELLS (3)  HUGHES (6)  HUMPHYRES (1)  JARVIS (1)  JONES (18)  KENYON (3)  CAREW (2)  LEAKE (1)  LEWIS (5)  LITTLEHALES (12)  LLOYD (2)  MAILE (1)  MASON (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  NAGINTON (1)  NUNNERLY (1)  ONIONS (1)  PADDOCK (8)  PAYNE (2)  PECOCK (1)  PARRY (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  RIDGE (6)  ROBERTS (2)  RODERICK (4)  ROGERS (4)  SAYCE (2)  SMITH (3)  STUBBS (2)  SWAINSON (1)  TERANCE (2)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (10)  TOMLINS (1)  TURNER (1)  VAUGHN (4)  VON SCHON (1)  WALKER (1)  WHALLY (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YEAMONS (6)