Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hordley, Shropshire

Hordley 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
PEEL258.6207480.77
JONES217.24146.39
WILLIAMS155.17247.20
ROBERTS124.137911.00
THOMAS113.79319.19
EVANS103.44837.89
PARRY93.103440.78
DAVIES82.75865.42
TOMLINSON82.758659.84
REECE72.4138276.68
WALKER72.41387.21
KYNASTON72.41381,272.73
KIRKHAM72.4138172.84
LEE72.413814.77
CURETON62.06902,500.00
RICHARDS62.069013.70
BROOKES51.724173.42
DODD41.379333.93
ARTHUR41.379363.29
REYNOLDS41.379315.92
JACKS41.3793606.06
DICKEN41.3793487.80
HIGGINS41.379327.29
STANT41.37933,076.92
GOUGH41.379347.06
BEDDOW31.0345379.75
PADDOCK31.0345405.41
MORGAN31.03455.20
AUSTIN31.034521.17
SIMMONS20.689716.89
BURNETT20.689724.94
WYNN20.689779.68
BAILEY20.68974.58
TUDOR20.6897102.56
GRIFFITHS20.68974.21
MOORE20.68973.45
BIRCH20.689716.84
CHESHIRE20.689789.69
PEACOCK10.34489.67
HILL10.34481.35
THOMPSON10.34481.15
HARPER10.34485.39
FURBER10.3448135.14
BOWDLER10.3448172.41
WESTON10.34488.45
EGERTON10.344870.42
PRICE10.34481.97
PARTON10.344863.29
OWEN10.34482.91
BURGESS10.34484.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STANT0.292903076.9231
CURETON0.292902500.0000
KYNASTON0.292901272.7273
JACKS0.29290606.0606
DICKEN0.29290487.8049
PEEL0.29290480.7692
PADDOCK0.29290405.4054
BEDDOW0.29290379.7468
REECE0.29290276.6798
KIRKHAM0.29290172.8395
BOWDLER0.29290172.4138
FURBER0.29290135.1351
TUDOR0.29290102.5641
HUGHS0.2929095.2381
CHESHIRE0.2929089.6861
WYNN0.2929079.6813
BROOKES0.2929073.4214
EGERTON0.2929070.4225
ARTHUR0.2929063.2911
PARTON0.2929063.2911
TOMLINSON0.2929059.8355
GOUGH0.2929047.0588
PARRY0.2929040.7793
DODD0.2929033.9271
HIGGINS0.2929027.2851
DEAKIN0.2929024.9377
BURNETT0.2929024.9377
AUSTIN0.2929021.1715
SIMMONS0.2929016.8919
BIRCH0.2929016.8350
REYNOLDS0.2929015.9236
LEE0.2929014.7710
RICHARDS0.2929013.6986
ROBERTS0.2929010.9991
PEACOCK0.292909.6712
THOMAS0.292909.1919
WESTON0.292908.4531
REEVES0.292908.4175
HAYWARD0.292908.0906
EVANS0.292907.8914
WALKER0.292907.2105
WILLIAMS0.292907.2005
JONES0.292906.3939
WATKINS0.292905.6915
DAVIES0.292905.4234
HARPER0.292905.3850
MORGAN0.292905.2020
BURGESS0.292904.9652
BAILEY0.292904.5788
GRIFFITHS0.292904.2141

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 290 people called STANT in Hordley 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 3076.9231 in Hordley means that 3076.9231% of the people in Hordley on census day were called STANT.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hordley in 1881

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

ARTHERN (1)  ARTHUR (4)  AUSTIN (3)  BAILEY (2)  BEDDOW (3)  BEDDOES (1)  BIRCH (2)  BOWDLER (1)  BOYLING (2)  BROOKES (5)  BURGESS (1)  BURNETT (2)  CHETTOE (1)  CHESHIRE (2)  CHETWOOD (2)  CURETON (6)  DAVIES (8)  DEAKIN (1)  DICKEN (4)  DODD (4)  DOVASTON (3)  EDWARDS (1)  EGERTON (1)  EVANS (10)  FARMINGTON (7)  FURMSTON (1)  FOX (1)  FURBER (1)  GARMSTON (8)  GOUGH (4)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HARPER (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HEEGAN (2)  HIGGINS (4)  HILL (1)  HINKSMAN (1)  HUGHS (1)  JACKS (4)  JONES (21)  KELSHAW (6)  KIRKHAM (7)  KYNASTON (7)  LEE (7)  MOORE (2)  MORGAN (3)  MORRIS (1)  OWEN (1)  PADDOCK (3)  PARTON (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEEL (25)  PARRY (9)  PRICE (1)  REECE (7)  REEVES (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICHARDS (6)  ROBERTS (12)  SIMMONS (2)  STANT (4)  TEGGIN (1)  THOMAS (11)  THOMPSON (1)  TOMLINSON (8)  TUDOR (2)  WALKER (7)  WATKINS (1)  WESTON (1)  WILLIAMS (15)  WILSON (1)  WYNN (2)