Top surnames from the 1881 census in Acton Burnell, Shropshire

Acton Burnell 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
DAVIES288.562716.83
HARVEY123.669734.37
JACKSON113.363912.04
HILL103.058112.01
DYER92.752371.03
SPRAGG82.4465869.57
PARTRIDGE82.446593.68
TAYLOR82.44653.83
EVANS72.14074.90
HIGGS61.8349100.67
RAWLINGS61.8349125.52
DURNELL61.83493,750.00
SWIFT61.834959.41
EDWARDS61.83496.58
HUGHES51.52915.46
TILLEY51.5291116.55
PERKS51.5291147.06
FLETCHER51.529113.39
HIGLEY51.52911,785.71
PUGH51.529140.03
DUFFY51.529170.03
BENNETT41.22327.44
PERRY41.223216.63
BOWEN41.223229.59
DAWSON41.223211.10
BUCKLEY41.223222.47
WILLIAMS41.22321.70
POWELL30.91747.35
WEST30.91749.53
MORGAN30.91744.61
SMYTH30.917498.04
MUSSON30.9174185.19
HEWITT30.917418.83
BEASON30.91741,764.71
PRICE30.91745.24
SMITH30.91740.65
PARKER30.91744.82
REYNOLDS30.917410.59
HAYES30.917414.76
BARKER20.61164.67
GUST20.61166,666.67
HOPKINS20.611610.16
BREEZE20.611699.01
PRYCE20.6116128.21
MATHEWS20.611616.56
HALL20.61162.08
KEY20.611644.35
CRAWLEY20.611647.06
HOWELLS20.611623.95
LAVIN10.3058175.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUST0.333276666.6667
DURNELL0.333273750.0000
HIGLEY0.333271785.7143
BEASON0.333271764.7059
FINEY0.333271000.0000
SPRAGG0.33327869.5652
MUSSON0.33327185.1852
LAVIN0.33327175.4386
GIBLIN0.33327158.7302
PERKS0.33327147.0588
BUFTON0.33327140.8451
PRYCE0.33327128.2051
RAWLINGS0.33327125.5230
TILLEY0.33327116.5501
HIGGS0.33327100.6711
BREEZE0.3332799.0099
SMYTH0.3332798.0392
PARTRIDGE0.3332793.6768
DYER0.3332771.0339
DUFFY0.3332770.0280
MYATT0.3332764.1026
SWIFT0.3332759.4059
LAVENDER0.3332748.5437
CRAWLEY0.3332747.0588
KEY0.3332744.3459
PUGH0.3332740.0320
REECE0.3332734.9650
HARVEY0.3332734.3741
BOWEN0.3332729.5858
HOWELLS0.3332723.9521
FOREMAN0.3332723.4192
BUCKLEY0.3332722.4719
DEAKIN0.3332722.1239
HEWITT0.3332718.8324
DAVIES0.3332716.8340
PERRY0.3332716.6320
MATHEWS0.3332716.5563
HAYES0.3332714.7565
FLETCHER0.3332713.3941
JACKSON0.3332712.0363
HILL0.3332712.0062
DAWSON0.3332711.0988
REYNOLDS0.3332710.5895
HOPKINS0.3332710.1574
WEST0.333279.5299
COLES0.333278.7796
BIRCH0.333277.4627
BENNETT0.333277.4432
DAVEY0.333277.4405
POWELL0.333277.3547

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 327 people called GUST in Acton Burnell 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 6666.6667 in Acton Burnell means that 6666.6667% of the people in Acton Burnell on census day were called GUST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUST 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 GUST 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 GUST 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 GUST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Acton Burnell means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUST in Acton Burnell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Acton Burnell in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALBOT (1)  ALLCROFT (1)  ANGES (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (2)  BEASON (3)  BELLONIS (1)  BENNETT (4)  BIRCH (1)  BOULD (5)  BOWEN (4)  BREEZE (2)  BUCKLEY (4)  BUFTON (1)  CHALLONER (2)  COLES (1)  CORFIELD (4)  CRAWLEY (2)  DAVIES (28)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (4)  DEAKIN (1)  DUGLAS (1)  DUFFY (5)  DULSON (5)  DURNELL (6)  DYER (9)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (7)  FINEY (1)  FLETCHER (5)  FOREMAN (1)  GIBLIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GUST (2)  HALL (2)  HARVEY (12)  HAYES (3)  HAWARD (?) (1)  HEWITT (3)  HIGGS (6)  HIGLEY (5)  HILL (10)  HOPKINS (2)  HOWELLS (2)  HUGHES (5)  JACKSON (11)  JANDRELL (1)  JUYKE (1)  KEY (2)  LAVENDER (1)  LAVIN (1)  LYMER (1)  MAGARY (1)  MEATE (1)  MATHEWS (2)  MEYRICK (2)  MORGAN (3)  MURRAY (1)  MUSSON (3)  MYATT (1)  ONIONS (3)  PARKER (3)  PARTRIDGE (8)  PERKS (5)  PERRY (4)  PARRY (1)  POWELL (3)  PRYCE (2)  PRICE (3)  PUGH (5)  REECE (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICKRIDGE (2)  RAWLINGS (6)  SERJEASTONE (4)  SHARKY (1)  SHAW (1)  SISSONS (4)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (3)  SMYTH (3)  SOWTHEM (6)  SPRAGG (8)  SWIFT (6)  TAYLOR (8)  THOMAS (1)  TILLEY (5)  TOMLINS (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TROUGHT (4)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (1)  WEST (3)  WILLIAMS (4)  YEAISTHAAD (1)