Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norbury, Shropshire

Norbury 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
EVANS154.00009.15
JONES143.73333.30
MORGAN123.200016.09
WILLIAMS123.20004.45
EDWARDS112.933310.53
HOME92.4000957.45
JARRETT92.4000261.63
FINCH92.400072.12
BOWEN82.133351.58
RUSSELL82.133317.47
MATHEWS82.133357.76
PRICE82.133312.19
BROOM82.1333173.16
SHUKER82.13331,142.86
TAYLOR71.86672.92
SHARP71.866722.40
MINTON61.6000472.44
WILKES61.600092.31
DAVIES61.60003.15
HARVEY61.600014.99
ROBINSON51.33334.18
TUBB51.3333320.51
WATKIN51.3333152.44
HAYWARD51.333331.27
MARSTON51.3333143.27
BUFTON51.3333609.76
KIND41.0667909.09
GOODALL41.066749.81
MORRIS41.06674.79
HUGHES41.06673.81
ALKINS41.06672,857.14
DOWNES41.066786.21
CRUMPTON30.8000337.08
GROVES30.800028.46
HOWELLS30.800031.35
SAVAGE30.800020.82
WEAVERS30.8000405.41
LEWIS30.80003.04
PUGH20.533313.96
JAMESON20.533348.19
HOTCHKISS20.5333224.72
THOMAS20.53331.29
ROGERS20.53334.11
COTNEY20.533310,000.00
TEAGUE20.533394.34
GOUGH20.533318.18
OWEN20.53334.49
HOWARD10.26672.72
ELLIS10.26671.84
MADDOX10.266752.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COTNEY0.3837510000.0000
ALKINS0.383752857.1429
SHUKER0.383751142.8571
HOME0.38375957.4468
KIND0.38375909.0909
ROSEN0.38375666.6667
BUFTON0.38375609.7561
MINTON0.38375472.4409
WEAVERS0.38375405.4054
CRUMPTON0.38375337.0787
TUBB0.38375320.5128
JARRETT0.38375261.6279
HOTCHKISS0.38375224.7191
BROOM0.38375173.1602
WATKIN0.38375152.4390
MARSTON0.38375143.2665
WARDMAN0.38375104.1667
TEAGUE0.3837594.3396
WILKES0.3837592.3077
DOWNES0.3837586.2069
FINCH0.3837572.1154
MATHEWS0.3837557.7617
ROBERT0.3837554.6448
MADDOX0.3837552.3560
BOWEN0.3837551.5796
GOODALL0.3837549.8132
JAMESON0.3837548.1928
BRUNT0.3837538.7597
HOWELLS0.3837531.3480
HAYWARD0.3837531.2695
GROVES0.3837528.4630
SHARP0.3837522.4000
SAVAGE0.3837520.8189
GOUGH0.3837518.1818
RUSSELL0.3837517.4749
MORGAN0.3837516.0901
HARVEY0.3837514.9850
HIGGS0.3837514.6199
HARRIES0.3837514.1844
PUGH0.3837513.9567
WOOLLEY0.3837513.4409
PRICE0.3837512.1895
EDWARDS0.3837510.5253
WEAVER0.3837510.2564
EVANS0.383759.1536
FARMER0.383758.5324
HUMPHREYS0.383757.5758
BIRCH0.383756.5062
BUTCHER0.383756.3291
STEPHENS0.383754.8054

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 375 people called COTNEY in Norbury 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 10000.0000 in Norbury means that 10000.0000% of the people in Norbury on census day were called COTNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COTNEY 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 COTNEY 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 COTNEY 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 COTNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Norbury means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COTNEY in Norbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norbury in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALKINS (4)  BEAMOND (24)  BEDDOES (3)  BIRCH (1)  BOWEN (8)  BROOM (8)  BRUNT (1)  BUFTON (5)  BUTCHER (1)  CLEE (6)  COOK (1)  CORFIELD (1)  COTNEY (2)  CRUMPTON (3)  DAVIES (6)  DEAVON OR DEAVIN (2)  DOWNES (4)  EDWARDS (11)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (15)  EVERALL (13)  PHASEY (1)  FARMER (1)  FINCH (9)  FORD (1)  JARRETT (9)  GOODALL (4)  GOUGH (2)  GROVES (3)  HARRIES (1)  HARVEY (6)  HAYWARD (5)  HIGGS (1)  HOTCHKISS (2)  HOULSTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWELLS (3)  HUGHES (4)  HOME (9)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JAMES (1)  JAMESON (2)  JONES (14)  KIND (4)  LEWIS (3)  LITTLEHALES (9)  LOWE (1)  MADDOX (1)  MARSTON (5)  MATHEWS (8)  MEDLICOTT (2)  MELLINGS (4)  MEYRICK (2)  MINTON (6)  MORGAN (12)  MORRIS (4)  OWEN (2)  PINCHES (5)  PRICE (8)  PUGH (2)  ROBERT (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROGERS (2)  RUSSELL (8)  ROSEN (1)  SAVAGE (3)  SHARP (7)  SHUKER (8)  STEPHENS (1)  SYASS (4)  TANTRUM (5)  TAYLOR (7)  TEAGUE (2)  THOMAS (2)  TUBB (5)  WARDMAN (1)  WATKIN (5)  WEBB (1)  WEAVERS (3)  WEAVER (1)  WHITEFOOT (2)  WILKES (6)  WILLIAMS (12)  GWILLIAM (1)  WOOLLEY (1)