Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire

Shelsley Walsh is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
BISHOP512.5000178.57
HERDMAN410.00004,000.00
COLE37.500082.42
WALTON37.5000106.38
WILLIAM37.5000882.35
GRIFFITHS25.000030.53
HADLEY25.0000370.37
BARKER12.500019.12
HOOPER12.500059.17
BROOKES12.5000106.38
WILLIAMS12.50003.48
TAYLOR12.50003.91
DAVIS12.500011.38
POWELL12.500020.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERDMAN4,000.00410.0000
WILLIAM882.3537.5000
HADLEY370.3725.0000
BISHOP178.57512.5000
BROOKES106.3812.5000
WALTON106.3837.5000
COLE82.4237.5000
HOOPER59.1712.5000
GRIFFITHS30.5325.0000
POWELL20.0412.5000
BARKER19.1212.5000
DAVIS11.3812.5000
TAYLOR3.9112.5000
WILLIAMS3.4812.5000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called HERDMAN in Shelsley Walsh 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 10.0000 in Shelsley Walsh means that 10.0000% of the people in Shelsley Walsh on census day were called HERDMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HERDMAN 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 HERDMAN 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 HERDMAN 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 HERDMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,000.00 in Shelsley Walsh means that you are 4,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HERDMAN in Shelsley Walsh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shelsley Walsh in 1881

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

AMPHLETT (9)  BADHAM (2)  BARKER (1)  BISHOP (5)  BROOKES (1)  COLE (3)  DAVIS (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HADLEY (2)  HERDMAN (4)  HOOPER (1)  POWELL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WALTON (3)  WILLIAM (3)  WILLIAMS (1)