Top surnames from the 1881 census in Abdon, Shropshire

Abdon 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
CHILDS1610.3896565.37
WEAR138.44162,708.33
CAINE95.84421,406.25
BRADLEY85.194864.72
EVANS85.194811.89
BURTON85.194860.98
BOWEN74.5455109.89
REEVES63.896195.09
COOPER63.896116.02
RUDD53.2468205.76
FOX42.597427.97
DAVIS42.597411.82
HUMPHRIES42.5974115.27
DUCE42.59741,142.86
PEARCE42.597428.27
JAMES42.597413.22
JONES31.94811.72
HOWELL31.948146.23
BENNETT31.948111.85
BRAY21.298738.61
GLAZE21.29871,111.11
THOMAS10.64941.57
BENNET10.649446.95
CARTWRIGHT10.649417.04
BROWN10.64940.99
HANSON10.649420.12
SPEAKE10.6494434.78
PREECE10.649439.84
JENKINS10.64945.51
WOOD10.64942.04
THORNTON10.649412.92
WILLIAMS10.64940.90
HICKS10.649415.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEAR0.151542708.3333
CAINE0.151541406.2500
DUCE0.151541142.8571
GLAZE0.151541111.1111
CHILDS0.15154565.3710
SPEAKE0.15154434.7826
RUDD0.15154205.7613
HUMPHRIES0.15154115.2738
BOWEN0.15154109.8901
REEVES0.1515495.0872
BRADLEY0.1515464.7249
BURTON0.1515460.9756
BENNET0.1515446.9484
HOWELL0.1515446.2250
PREECE0.1515439.8406
BRAY0.1515438.6100
PEARCE0.1515428.2686
FOX0.1515427.9720
HANSON0.1515420.1207
CARTWRIGHT0.1515417.0358
COOPER0.1515416.0171
HICKS0.1515415.5039
JAMES0.1515413.2231
THORNTON0.1515412.9199
EVANS0.1515411.8871
BENNETT0.1515411.8530
DAVIS0.1515411.8203
JENKINS0.151545.5096
WOOD0.151542.0379
JONES0.151541.7201
THOMAS0.151541.5736
BROWN0.151540.9850
WILLIAMS0.151540.9039

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 154 people called WEAR in Abdon 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 2708.3333 in Abdon means that 2708.3333% of the people in Abdon on census day were called WEAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEAR 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 WEAR 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 WEAR 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 WEAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Abdon means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEAR in Abdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Abdon in 1881

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

BEADLEY (6)  BENNETT (3)  BENNET (1)  BOWEN (7)  BRADLEY (8)  BRAY (2)  BROWN (1)  BURTON (8)  CAINE (9)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHILDS (16)  COOPER (6)  DAVIS (4)  DUCE (4)  EVANS (8)  FOX (4)  GLAZE (2)  HANSON (1)  HICKS (1)  HOWELL (3)  HUMPHRIES (4)  JAMES (4)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (3)  MARRES (4)  MULLARD (1)  NORGROVE (7)  PEARCE (4)  PREECE (1)  REEVES (6)  RUDD (5)  SMALMAN (1)  SPEAKE (1)  THOMAS (1)  THORNTON (1)  WEAR (13)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (1)