Top surnames from the 1881 census in Melverley, Shropshire

Melverley 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
JONES3920.744718.32
WILDE1910.1064693.43
BROWN147.446811.30
PUGH136.9149181.06
LEWIS115.851122.25
PARRY94.787262.89
WILLIAMS94.78726.66
DAVIES94.78729.41
GITTINS63.1915517.24
PRICHARD42.1277231.21
THORNES42.12772,666.67
ROGERS42.127716.39
LLOYD42.127718.22
EVANS42.12774.87
EDWARDS31.59575.73
PRICE31.59579.12
STRACHAN31.595792.59
VAUGHAN21.063831.20
MILLINGTON21.063870.18
PIERCE21.063872.46
PARKES21.063851.95
MORGAN21.06385.35
PRYCE21.0638222.22
GOODWIN21.063820.18
SMITH10.53190.38
RICHARDS10.53193.52
DAVIS10.53192.42
GRIFFITHS10.53193.25
PEARCE10.53195.79
ROBERTS10.53191.41
PLUMMER10.531939.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THORNES0.191882666.6667
WILDE0.19188693.4307
GITTINS0.19188517.2414
PRICHARD0.19188231.2139
PRYCE0.19188222.2222
PUGH0.19188181.0585
STRACHAN0.1918892.5926
PIERCE0.1918872.4638
MILLINGTON0.1918870.1754
PARRY0.1918862.8931
PARKES0.1918851.9481
PLUMMER0.1918839.8406
VAUGHAN0.1918831.2012
LEWIS0.1918822.2537
GOODWIN0.1918820.1816
JONES0.1918818.3167
LLOYD0.1918818.2232
ROGERS0.1918816.3867
BROWN0.1918811.2967
DAVIES0.191889.4113
PRICE0.191889.1185
WILLIAMS0.191886.6642
PEARCE0.191885.7904
EDWARDS0.191885.7252
MORGAN0.191885.3490
EVANS0.191884.8691
RICHARDS0.191883.5224
GRIFFITHS0.191883.2499
DAVIS0.191882.4207
ROBERTS0.191881.4138
SMITH0.191880.3767

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 188 people called THORNES in Melverley 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 2666.6667 in Melverley means that 2666.6667% of the people in Melverley on census day were called THORNES.

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

All the surnames recorded in Melverley in 1881

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

BROWN (14)  DAVIES (9)  DAVIS (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (4)  FARDOE (1)  GITTINS (6)  GOODWIN (2)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GRUAR (5)  JONES (39)  LEWIS (11)  LLOYD (4)  MILLINGTON (2)  MORGAN (2)  PADDUCK (2)  PARKES (2)  PEARCE (1)  PIERCE (2)  PARRY (9)  PLUMMER (1)  PRYCE (2)  PRICE (3)  PRICHARD (4)  PUGH (13)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (4)  RUSKOW (1)  SMITH (1)  STRACHAN (3)  THORNES (4)  VAUGHAN (2)  WILDE (19)  WILLIAMS (9)