Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hopesay, Shropshire

Hopesay 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
DAVIES396.074811.94
MORRIS396.074827.29
JONES233.58263.16
EVANS172.64806.06
WILLIAMS162.49223.47
SMITH142.18071.54
CORNS132.0249726.26
JAMES132.024910.31
FRANCIS132.024934.00
PUGH121.869248.92
DODD111.713442.13
BRADLEY111.713421.34
GOUGH111.713458.45
TURNER101.55765.60
WHITTALL101.5576757.58
ADDIS91.4019409.09
TEAGUE91.4019247.93
GRIFFITHS91.40198.57
JUKES91.4019232.56
PRITCHARD91.401926.03
RICHARDS91.40199.28
BUCKLEY81.246122.89
BASON81.2461842.11
PRICE81.24617.12
MORGAN81.24616.27
MILES71.090318.48
ROBINSON71.09033.42
POOLE71.090322.63
DEANE71.0903130.60
HAYNES60.934626.19
BRIGHT60.934646.23
DEAKIN60.934667.64
MATTHEWS60.934610.71
THOMAS60.93462.26
PROSSER60.934659.64
WALDRON60.9346106.01
PENNY50.778843.78
RICKARDS50.7788303.03
STUBBS50.778829.50
DIX50.778878.86
WEBB50.77885.75
WEYMAN40.6231769.23
HALL40.62312.12
CROWTHER40.623120.87
CARTER40.62313.71
ROBERTS40.62311.66
COLE40.62316.84
BEDFORD40.623126.26
MARSTON40.623166.89
WATKIN40.623171.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASON0.64642842.1053
WEYMAN0.64642769.2308
WHITTALL0.64642757.5758
CORNS0.64642726.2570
WELSON0.64642714.2857
HENCE0.64642714.2857
BEDELL0.64642512.8205
EVENSON0.64642476.1905
ADDIS0.64642409.0909
GWILT0.64642322.5806
SPEAKE0.64642306.1224
RICKARDS0.64642303.0303
HAMAR0.64642277.7778
TEAGUE0.64642247.9339
MERRELL0.64642243.9024
JUKES0.64642232.5581
CADWALLADER0.64642232.5581
LUTHER0.64642222.2222
CHEESE0.64642208.3333
BREESE0.64642174.4186
MEACHAM0.64642153.8462
DEANE0.64642130.5970
TIPTON0.64642128.2051
WALDRON0.64642106.0071
GITTENS0.64642100.0000
RUFF0.6464296.1538
LETTS0.6464291.3242
PARTON0.6464285.9599
DIX0.6464278.8644
BACHE0.6464275.7576
WATKIN0.6464271.1744
JACKS0.6464268.4932
DEAKIN0.6464267.6437
MARSTON0.6464266.8896
PROSSER0.6464259.6421
GOUGH0.6464258.4485
LAWLEY0.6464251.6796
PUGH0.6464248.9197
SMALLMAN0.6464247.6190
BRIGHT0.6464246.2250
MINTON0.6464246.0829
BANNERMAN0.6464244.4444
PENNY0.6464243.7828
DODD0.6464242.1295
PROBERT0.6464239.5257
PETTIT0.6464239.3701
FRANCIS0.6464233.9958
RICKETTS0.6464232.1027
SALT0.6464231.4465
STUBBS0.6464229.4985

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 642 people called BASON in Hopesay 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 842.1053 in Hopesay means that 842.1053% of the people in Hopesay on census day were called BASON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASON 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 BASON 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 BASON 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 BASON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Hopesay means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASON in Hopesay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hopesay in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ABERLEY (1)  BACHE (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAMFORD (1)  BANNERMAN (1)  BARRATT (1)  BASON (8)  BEDELL (2)  BEAMOND (1)  BEDDOES (4)  BEDFORD (4)  BEVAN (2)  BLUCK (1)  BORE (2)  BOWEN (3)  BREESE (3)  BRADLEY (11)  BRIGHT (6)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLEY (8)  CADWALLADER (3)  CARTER (4)  CHARLES (1)  CHEESE (2)  CHILD (3)  CLAYTON (1)  COLE (4)  COLES (1)  CORNS (13)  COX (2)  CROWTHER (4)  DAVIES (39)  DAVIS (2)  DEAKIN (6)  DEANE (7)  DIX (5)  DODD (11)  DAULBY (1)  DUDLEY (1)  ESTHOPE (1)  ADDIS (9)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (17)  EVENSON (1)  FARMER (1)  FENTON (1)  FRANCIS (13)  FRINCE (1)  GARDENER (1)  GARDNER (1)  GITTENS (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GOUGH (11)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFITHS (9)  GROVES (1)  GWILT (2)  HALL (4)  HAMAR (1)  HARDING (2)  HARRALL (2)  HAYNES (6)  HEALEY (1)  HENLEY (1)  HENCE (1)  HERBERT (1)  HIGGS (3)  HOWELL (1)  JACKS (1)  JAMES (13)  JONES (23)  JUKES (9)  KAY (1)  LAWLEY (2)  LAWRENCE (3)  LETTS (2)  LEWIS (1)  LLEWELLYN (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOWE (2)  LUTHER (2)  MARSTON (4)  MATTHEWS (6)  MEACHAM (2)  MEPSTEAD (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MERRELL (2)  MILES (7)  MINTON (1)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (8)  MORRIS (39)  MULLARD (5)  NASH (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  OWENS (3)  OWEN (1)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (2)  PARTON (3)  PEARCE (2)  PENNY (5)  PETTIT (2)  POOLE (7)  POSTERN (1)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (8)  PRITCHARD (9)  PROBERT (2)  PROSSER (6)  PUGH (12)  WYNN ((PUGH)) (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (9)  RICKARDS (5)  RICKETTS (2)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (7)  RUFF (2)  SALT (3)  SMALL (1)  SMALLMAN (1)  SMITH (14)  SPEAKE (3)  SPENCER (1)  STUBBS (5)  TEADSTONE (5)  TEAGUE (9)  THOMAS (6)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNLEY (1)  TIPTON (2)  TURNER (10)  WALDRON (6)  WALL (1)  WARD (2)  WATKINS (2)  WATKIN (4)  WAY (1)  WEBB (5)  WEYMAN (4)  WELSON (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITEFOOT (6)  WHITTALL (10)  WILLIAMS (16)  GWILLIAM (1)  WINCER (6)  WOOD (2)  WOODHOUSE (1)