Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolstaston, Shropshire

Woolstaston 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
HARRIES99.2784494.51
HODGES88.2474281.69
EDWARDS88.247429.60
HUGHES55.154618.40
RUFF55.15461,612.90
DOWNS44.1237231.21
EVANS44.12379.44
MARSH44.123757.80
LEWIS33.092811.76
WIGLEY22.0619327.87
GREEN22.06197.32
CARR22.061928.57
DAVIES22.06194.05
JONES22.06191.82
COLES11.030929.59
MANSELL11.030988.50
BETTERIDGE11.0309227.27
RHODES11.030922.22
PREECE11.030963.29
MIDDLETON11.030919.65
RAWLINGS11.030970.42
PERRY11.030914.03
BOWDEN11.030935.71
WILDING11.030987.72
ROGERS11.03097.94
PUGH11.030926.95
MINTON11.0309303.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUFF0.10971612.9032
HARRIES0.1097494.5055
WIGLEY0.1097327.8689
MINTON0.1097303.0303
HODGES0.1097281.6901
DOWNS0.1097231.2139
BETTERIDGE0.1097227.2727
MANSELL0.109788.4956
WILDING0.109787.7193
RAWLINGS0.109770.4225
PREECE0.109763.2911
MARSH0.109757.8035
BOWDEN0.109735.7143
EDWARDS0.109729.5967
COLES0.109729.5858
CARR0.109728.5714
PUGH0.109726.9542
RHODES0.109722.2222
MIDDLETON0.109719.6464
HUGHES0.109718.3959
PERRY0.109714.0252
LEWIS0.109711.7647
EVANS0.10979.4362
ROGERS0.10977.9428
GREEN0.10977.3206
DAVIES0.10974.0535
JONES0.10971.8205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 97 people called RUFF in Woolstaston 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 1612.9032 in Woolstaston means that 1612.9032% of the people in Woolstaston on census day were called RUFF.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUFF 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 RUFF 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 RUFF 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 RUFF here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Woolstaston means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUFF in Woolstaston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolstaston in 1881

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

BETTERIDGE (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRIGHTLAND (1)  CARR (2)  CLEE (6)  COLES (1)  DAVIES (2)  DOWNS (4)  EDWARDS (8)  EVANS (4)  EVERALL (2)  GREEN (2)  HARRIES (9)  HEIGHWAY (7)  HODGES (8)  HUGHES (5)  JONES (2)  LEWIS (3)  MANSELL (1)  MARSH (4)  MELLINGS (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MINTON (1)  MULLARD (1)  PERRY (1)  PINCHES (4)  PREECE (1)  PUGH (1)  RHODES (1)  ROGERS (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  RUFF (5)  TITLEY (2)  WIGLEY (2)  WILDING (1)