Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mainstone, Shropshire

Mainstone 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
SHERRY158.02142,272.73
ROBINSON115.882418.45
EVANS94.812811.01
CHESTER94.8128393.01
DAVIES84.27818.41
JONES73.74333.31
JAMES63.208616.34
LEWIS63.208612.21
PRICE63.208618.33
HUFFER63.20864,615.38
MORRIS63.208614.41
HOWELLS63.2086125.79
FRANCIS63.208653.86
HAMAR52.67384,545.45
MORGAN52.673813.44
EDWARDS52.67389.59
WILLIAMS42.13902.98
BOWEN42.139051.75
CASEWELL31.60433,750.00
PHILLIPS31.60438.97
MINTON31.6043476.19
RAWLINS31.6043275.23
POWELL31.604312.86
OWEN31.604313.52
SANKEY31.6043389.61
GWILT21.06951,111.11
WEBB21.06957.89
LLOYD21.06959.16
WATKIN21.0695121.95
LLEWELLYN21.069573.26
PUGH10.534814.01
ADDIS10.5348156.25
NEWMAN10.53487.19
FLETCHER10.53484.68
THOMAS10.53481.30
BROWN10.53480.81
PARTON10.534898.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUFFER0.191874615.3846
HAMAR0.191874545.4545
CASEWELL0.191873750.0000
SHERRY0.191872272.7273
GWILT0.191871111.1111
MINTON0.19187476.1905
CHESTER0.19187393.0131
SANKEY0.19187389.6104
RAWLINS0.19187275.2294
ADDIS0.19187156.2500
HOWELLS0.19187125.7862
WATKIN0.19187121.9512
PARTON0.1918798.0392
LLEWELLYN0.1918773.2601
FRANCIS0.1918753.8600
BOWEN0.1918751.7464
ROBINSON0.1918718.4502
PRICE0.1918718.3318
JAMES0.1918716.3354
MORRIS0.1918714.4127
PUGH0.1918714.0056
OWEN0.1918713.5196
MORGAN0.1918713.4445
POWELL0.1918712.8590
LEWIS0.1918712.2050
EVANS0.1918711.0132
EDWARDS0.191879.5932
LLOYD0.191879.1617
PHILLIPS0.191878.9659
DAVIES0.191878.4104
WEBB0.191877.8895
NEWMAN0.191877.1942
FLETCHER0.191874.6838
JONES0.191873.3053
WILLIAMS0.191872.9777
THOMAS0.191871.2958
BROWN0.191870.8112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 187 people called HUFFER in Mainstone 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 4615.3846 in Mainstone means that 4615.3846% of the people in Mainstone on census day were called HUFFER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUFFER 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 HUFFER 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 HUFFER 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 HUFFER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Mainstone means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUFFER in Mainstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mainstone in 1881

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

BEAMOND (5)  BEBB (2)  BEDDOES (3)  BOWEN (4)  BROWN (1)  CADWALADAR (1)  CASEWELL (3)  CHESTER (9)  DAVIES (8)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (5)  EVANS (9)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANCIS (6)  GITTOES (1)  GWILT (2)  HAMAR (5)  HEIGHWAY (1)  HOWELLS (6)  HUFFER (6)  JAMES (6)  JONES (7)  LEWIS (6)  LLEWELLYN (2)  LLOYD (2)  LUSCOTT (6)  MINTON (3)  MORGAN (5)  MORRIS (6)  NEWMAN (1)  OWEN (3)  PAICE (1)  PARTON (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (6)  PUGH (1)  ROBINSON (11)  RAWLINS (3)  SANKEY (3)  SHERRY (15)  THOMAS (1)  VENABLES (5)  WATKIN (2)  WEBB (2)  WILLIAMS (4)