Top surnames from the 1881 census in Minsterley, Shropshire

Minsterley 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
JONES737.84106.92
DAVIES687.304014.36
EVANS656.981715.98
PURSLOW373.97422,605.63
EDWARDS293.114911.18
BAILEY232.470516.40
WILLIAMS202.14822.99
LUTHER202.14821,526.72
OAKLEY181.933491.28
HUGHES151.61125.75
JACKS131.3963613.21
ARTHUR131.396364.07
CROWDER131.3963351.35
CROWTHER121.288943.17
WALKER111.18153.53
PREECE111.181572.61
PADDOCK111.1815462.18
BLAKEMORE111.1815277.08
PARRY111.181515.53
THOMAS111.18152.86
ROGERS101.07418.27
PUGH101.074128.11
BENNETT90.96675.88
BLAKEMAN80.8593291.97
HEWITT80.859317.64
ROBERTS80.85932.28
LEWIS80.85933.27
PRICE70.75194.30
BOOTH70.75197.62
BLOWER70.7519127.27
TIPTON70.7519309.73
BROWN70.75191.14
POWELL70.75196.03
JAMES70.75193.83
JOB60.6445213.52
STEPHEN60.644536.76
PIGG60.6445218.98
BAYLEY60.644539.97
MORGAN60.64453.24
PHILIP60.644596.62
LANGFORD50.537134.15
PITT50.537125.14
RICHARDS50.53713.56
LEE50.53713.29
KYNASTON50.5371285.71
HARRISON50.53712.42
NICHOLLS40.42968.23
MOORE40.42962.15
SAVAGE40.429611.18
HAYMAN40.429656.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PURSLOW0.939312605.6338
LUTHER0.939311526.7176
JACKS0.93931613.2075
WARTERS0.93931500.0000
PADDOCK0.93931462.1849
CROWDER0.93931351.3514
DELBRIDGE0.93931312.5000
TIPTON0.93931309.7345
BLAKEMAN0.93931291.9708
KYNASTON0.93931285.7143
BLAKEMORE0.93931277.0781
DYAS0.93931272.7273
MAPP0.93931223.4637
PIGG0.93931218.9781
JOB0.93931213.5231
HOMES0.93931188.6792
WIGGIN0.93931176.9912
MACARTNEY0.93931166.6667
ILIFF0.93931163.9344
EDIS0.93931160.0000
LEAMAN0.93931150.7538
BLOWER0.93931127.2727
PHILIP0.9393196.6184
OAKLEY0.9393191.2779
PREECE0.9393172.6073
COATS0.9393171.2589
BROOME0.9393164.7948
ARTHUR0.9393164.0710
GAFFNEY0.9393163.2911
NORTHWOOD0.9393156.8182
HAYMAN0.9393156.3380
WIGLEY0.9393150.8475
PRYCE0.9393144.9438
CROWTHER0.9393143.1655
WARDMAN0.9393141.8410
BAYLEY0.9393139.9734
STEPHEN0.9393136.7647
LANGFORD0.9393134.1530
MINTON0.9393131.7460
RUSSEL0.9393131.1526
SHERRY0.9393130.5810
DOLPHIN0.9393128.8184
FRANCE0.9393128.2486
PUGH0.9393128.1136
BICKLEY0.9393125.9067
PITT0.9393125.1383
RAY0.9393121.7155
GARRATT0.9393121.1864
HEWITT0.9393117.6406
BAILEY0.9393116.4016

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 931 people called PURSLOW in Minsterley 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 2605.6338 in Minsterley means that 2605.6338% of the people in Minsterley on census day were called PURSLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PURSLOW 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 PURSLOW 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 PURSLOW 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 PURSLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Minsterley means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PURSLOW in Minsterley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Minsterley in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ARTHUR (13)  MACARTNEY (1)  BAILEY (23)  BAYLEY (6)  BARKER (2)  BEAMOND (2)  BEDDOWES (5)  BENNETT (9)  PASSANT (2)  BEVAN (2)  BICKLEY (1)  BLAKEMORE (11)  BLAKEMAN (8)  BLANEL (1)  BLOWER (7)  BOLVER (12)  BOOTH (7)  BRADLEY (1)  BRUMBILL (6)  BRUMBEL (1)  BRIGHT (3)  BROOME (3)  BROWN (7)  BURNFORD OR BUMFORD (2)  BURTON (1)  BUXTON (1)  CHASTNEY (7)  CHILD (1)  COATS (3)  CORFIELD (3)  CROWDER (13)  CROWTHER (12)  DAVIES (68)  DELBRIDGE (3)  DENTUS (8)  DISLEY (1)  DOLPHIN (1)  DORRICOTT (13)  DRINK (1)  DYAS (3)  EDIS (2)  EDWARDS (29)  ELKES (3)  EVANS (65)  EVERALL (24)  EVASON (1)  FELLOWES (1)  FRANCE (4)  FROST (2)  GAFFNEY (2)  GARRATT (2)  GOODALL (1)  GOUGH (1)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HAMER (1)  HAYMAN (4)  HARRISON (5)  HELSTRIP (6)  HEWITT (8)  HAYWOOD (1)  HILDITCH (1)  HILL (1)  HOLMES (2)  HUGHES (15)  HOMES (3)  HUMPHREYS (1)  ILIFF (1)  JACKS (13)  JAMES (7)  JARMAN (1)  JOB (6)  JONES (73)  KYNASTON (5)  LAKELIN (1)  LANGFORD (5)  LEE (5)  LEAMAN (3)  LEWIS (8)  LUTHER (20)  MANN OR MAUN (8)  MAPP (4)  MICHILE (2)  MINTON (1)  MOORE (4)  MORGAN (6)  MORRIS (2)  MEIRE (3)  NICHOLLS (4)  NORTHWOOD (1)  OAKLEY (18)  OWENS (1)  PADDOCK (11)  PARKINSON (1)  PERKINS (1)  PARRY (11)  PERRY (3)  PHILIP (6)  PIGG (6)  PITT (5)  POWELL (7)  PREECE (11)  PRICE (7)  PRYCE (2)  PRINCE (2)  PRITCHARD (3)  PUGH (10)  PURSALL (1)  PURSLOW (37)  RAY (4)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (5)  ROBERTS (8)  ROGERS (10)  ROSEWARN (6)  RUSSEL (2)  SALTER (1)  SAVAGE (4)  SHERRY (1)  SMITH (1)  STAGLEY (1)  STEPHEN (6)  THOMAS (11)  TIPTON (7)  TITLEY (8)  TOMLINS (13)  TOWNSEND (1)  TURNER (1)  VAUGHAN (4)  WALKER (11)  WARDMAN (1)  WARTERS (3)  WHITEFOOT (1)  WIGGIN (2)  WIGLEY (3)  WILLIAMS (20)  WOODHOUSE (3)