Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stirchley, Shropshire

Stirchley 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
BAILEY114.263628.31
HARPER93.488454.48
RODEN93.4884743.80
CROWDER83.1008776.70
POYSER83.10081,159.42
REEVES72.713266.23
GEARY72.7132346.53
UNDERWOOD72.7132100.57
ELLIOTT72.713231.98
DOWNES62.3256188.09
JONES62.32562.05
MOORE62.325611.63
MACHIN51.9380193.80
KELSEY51.9380261.78
PREECE51.9380119.05
ROWLEY51.938073.75
LAWRENCE51.938029.85
VICKERS51.938075.53
BAGNALL41.5504180.18
EVANS41.55043.55
DAVIS41.55047.05
WALFORD41.5504253.16
FRISBY41.5504357.14
CRUMPTON41.5504655.74
POWEL41.5504606.06
BAUGH31.1628322.58
YARDLEY31.1628182.93
MANTLE31.1628222.22
WYNNE31.1628120.48
MAIDEN31.1628422.54
GITTINS31.1628188.68
TONKS20.7752147.06
HYDE20.775225.19
WATTS20.77529.25
COOPER20.77523.19
PICKEN20.7752185.19
BOOTH20.77527.86
BALL20.77529.39
COX20.77525.12
BISHOP20.775211.09
LANGFORD20.775249.26
PRICE20.77524.43
JOHNSON20.77522.31
WILLIAMS20.77521.08
CORCORAN20.7752161.29
REECE10.387644.44
CLEMSON10.3876270.27
MOSLEY10.387641.15
TRANTER10.387652.63
YATES10.38765.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POYSER0.262581159.4203
CROWDER0.26258776.6990
RODEN0.26258743.8017
CRUMPTON0.26258655.7377
POWEL0.26258606.0606
MAIDEN0.26258422.5352
FRISBY0.26258357.1429
GEARY0.26258346.5347
BAUGH0.26258322.5806
CLEMSON0.26258270.2703
KELSEY0.26258261.7801
WALFORD0.26258253.1646
MANTLE0.26258222.2222
MACHIN0.26258193.7984
GITTINS0.26258188.6792
DOWNES0.26258188.0878
PICKEN0.26258185.1852
YARDLEY0.26258182.9268
BAGNALL0.26258180.1802
CORCORAN0.26258161.2903
TONKS0.26258147.0588
WYNNE0.26258120.4819
PREECE0.26258119.0476
UNDERWOOD0.26258100.5747
VICKERS0.2625875.5287
ROWLEY0.2625873.7463
REEVES0.2625866.2252
HARPER0.2625854.4794
TRANTER0.2625852.6316
LANGFORD0.2625849.2611
REECE0.2625844.4444
MOSLEY0.2625841.1523
ELLIOTT0.2625831.9781
LAWRENCE0.2625829.8507
BAILEY0.2625828.3067
HYDE0.2625825.1889
MOORE0.2625811.6302
BISHOP0.2625811.0926
CARTWRIGHT0.2625810.1729
BALL0.262589.3853
WATTS0.262589.2464
BOOTH0.262587.8585
DAVIS0.262587.0547
YATES0.262585.6402
COX0.262585.1151
PRICE0.262584.4297
EVANS0.262583.5480
FLETCHER0.262583.3956
COOPER0.262583.1867
JOHNSON0.262582.3071

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 258 people called POYSER in Stirchley 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 1159.4203 in Stirchley means that 1159.4203% of the people in Stirchley on census day were called POYSER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POYSER 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 POYSER 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 POYSER 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 POYSER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Stirchley means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POYSER in Stirchley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stirchley in 1881

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

BAGNALL (4)  BAILEY (11)  BALL (2)  BAUGH (3)  BISHOP (2)  BLOCKSIDGE (18)  BLOMLEY (1)  BOOTH (2)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLEMSON (1)  CORCORAN (2)  COOPER (2)  COX (2)  CRUMPTON (4)  CROWDER (8)  DAVIS (4)  DOWNES (6)  ELLIOTT (7)  EVANS (4)  FLETCHER (1)  FOLLOWS (5)  FRISBY (4)  GEARY (7)  GITTINS (3)  HARPER (9)  HASSALL (8)  HORNBLOWER (2)  HYDE (2)  EBISON (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (6)  KELSEY (5)  LANGFORD (2)  LAWRENCE (5)  LONGMERE (8)  LYSONS (8)  MACHIN (5)  MAIDEN (3)  MANTLE (3)  MOORE (6)  MOSLEY (1)  MOUSELEY (1)  PICKEN (2)  POWEL (4)  POYSER (8)  PREECE (5)  PRICE (2)  REECE (1)  REEVES (7)  RODEN (9)  ROWLEY (5)  TILDESLEY (1)  TONKS (2)  TRANTER (1)  TRIGGER (3)  UNDERWOOD (7)  VICKERS (5)  WATTS (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WYNNE (3)  WALFORD (4)  YARDLEY (3)  YATES (1)