Top surnames from the 1881 census in Astley, Shropshire

Astley 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
JONES187.62716.73
ADAMS145.932240.25
EVANS135.508512.61
DODD83.389883.33
LEE72.966118.15
PRYCE72.9661619.47
ROBERTS72.96617.88
GLASSEY72.96615,384.62
HALLIWELL72.9661267.18
BLOWER62.5424431.65
TEECE52.11861,612.90
DAVIES52.11864.17
GREGORY52.118630.19
WILLIAMS52.11862.95
SELLEY52.11861,470.59
MORGAN41.69498.52
MENLOVE41.69498,000.00
MINTON41.6949500.00
REES31.271214.61
WALTON31.271218.06
FROST31.271222.61
LEA31.271264.38
PETERS31.271236.23
HEATH31.271225.60
RICHARDS31.27128.42
RANDALL31.271240.60
BARKER31.27129.72
LATHAM31.271262.50
NEWILL31.27121,500.00
CROWTHER31.271242.55
WRIGHT31.27123.96
HIGGINSON20.847584.75
STANLEY20.847522.05
MADDOX20.8475166.67
RAY20.847542.83
WALKER20.84752.53
DAVENPORT20.847544.74
WAMSLEY20.84751,818.18
WADE20.847521.16
DILLOW20.84751,666.67
BOWEN10.423710.25
EDWARDS10.42371.52
CLIFT10.423777.52
BURTON10.42374.98
JOBSON10.423771.94
STREET10.423718.15
MORETON10.423756.50
CARTWRIGHT10.423711.11
MATTHEWS10.42374.86
WYKE10.4237434.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MENLOVE0.242368000.0000
GLASSEY0.242365384.6154
WAMSLEY0.242361818.1818
DILLOW0.242361666.6667
TEECE0.242361612.9032
NEWILL0.242361500.0000
SELLEY0.242361470.5882
STANLY0.24236714.2857
PRYCE0.24236619.4690
MINTON0.24236500.0000
WYKE0.24236434.7826
BLOWER0.24236431.6547
HALLIWELL0.24236267.1756
MADDOX0.24236166.6667
HIGGINSON0.2423684.7458
DODD0.2423683.3333
CLIFT0.2423677.5194
JOBSON0.2423671.9424
LEA0.2423664.3777
LATHAM0.2423662.5000
CANE0.2423662.1118
MORETON0.2423656.4972
HOLDING0.2423647.8469
DAVENPORT0.2423644.7427
RAY0.2423642.8266
CROWTHER0.2423642.5532
RANDALL0.2423640.5954
ADAMS0.2423640.2530
PETERS0.2423636.2319
GEDDES0.2423635.3357
GREGORY0.2423630.1932
HEATH0.2423625.5973
FROST0.2423622.6074
STANLEY0.2423622.0507
WADE0.2423621.1640
LEE0.2423618.1488
STREET0.2423618.1488
WALTON0.2423618.0614
REES0.2423614.6128
EVANS0.2423612.6054
CARTWRIGHT0.2423611.1111
BOWEN0.2423610.2459
BARKER0.242369.7150
MORGAN0.242368.5233
RICHARDS0.242368.4175
MANN0.242368.0451
ROBERTS0.242367.8838
JONES0.242366.7345
BURTON0.242364.9751
MATTHEWS0.242364.8567

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 236 people called MENLOVE in Astley 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 8000.0000 in Astley means that 8000.0000% of the people in Astley on census day were called MENLOVE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MENLOVE 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 MENLOVE 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 MENLOVE 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 MENLOVE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Astley means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MENLOVE in Astley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Astley in 1881

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

ADAMS (14)  ARKINSTALL (2)  BARKER (3)  BLOWER (6)  BOWEN (1)  BRAADSHAW (2)  BROOKS (1)  BURTON (1)  CANE (1)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CLIFT (1)  CROWTHER (3)  DAVENPORT (2)  DAVONPORT (7)  DAVIES (5)  DILLOW (2)  DODD (8)  EDWARDS (1)  ELKES (1)  EVANS (13)  FROST (3)  GEDDES (1)  GLASSEY (7)  GOULBOURN (1)  GREGORY (5)  HALLIWELL (7)  HEATH (3)  HIGGINSON (2)  HOLDING (1)  JOBSON (1)  JONES (18)  LATHAM (3)  LEGH (9)  LEA (3)  LEE (7)  LEWIS (1)  LISDALE (1)  LYCETT (1)  MADDOX (2)  MANN (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MENLOVE (4)  MINTON (4)  MORGAN (4)  MORETON (1)  NEWILL (3)  PETERS (3)  PRYCE (7)  RAY (2)  RANDALL (3)  REES (3)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERTS (7)  ROGERS (1)  SELLEY (5)  SHINTON (2)  SOUTHERTON (1)  STANLEY (2)  STANLY (1)  STREET (1)  TEECE (5)  TROUNCER (3)  WADE (2)  WALKER (2)  WAMSLEY (2)  WALTON (3)  WYKE (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WRIGHT (3)