Top surnames from the 1881 census in Astley Abbotts, Shropshire

Astley Abbotts 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
JONES233.69183.26
DAVIES193.04986.00
COX182.889219.06
PREECE162.5682157.79
KYTE132.08671,226.42
MATHEWS121.926252.15
HINSLEY111.76571,182.80
SHERWOOD101.6051125.94
BAYLISS101.6051126.90
EMBREY101.60512,380.95
BENBOW91.4446364.37
EDWARDS91.44465.18
FULCHER91.4446285.71
SMITH91.44461.02
YARDLEY91.4446227.85
MEREDITH81.284163.54
GRIFFITHS81.28417.85
ARROWSMITH71.1236144.93
MAIDEN71.1236409.36
ELCOCK71.1236522.39
TODD71.123622.08
PRITCHARD71.123620.87
LLOYD71.12369.62
MORRIS71.12365.05
GOODE71.123686.85
THOMAS71.12362.72
PRICE71.12366.42
FIELD60.963119.35
HALL60.96313.27
LISTER60.963133.78
DODD60.963123.68
BENTLEY60.963122.77
MARTIN60.96313.91
OWEN60.96318.11
GWILT60.96311,000.00
JAY60.9631110.09
RATCLIFFE60.963134.86
HOLLINGS50.8026213.68
ANDREWS50.80268.38
WARWICK50.802658.00
EVANS50.80261.84
GOUGH50.802627.37
BALDWYN50.80262,500.00
SALTER50.802635.09
KAY50.802615.45
BROWN50.80261.22
HOWELLS50.802631.45
HOLLINS50.8026153.37
WOOD50.80262.52
BAYNHAM40.6421341.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALDWYN0.626232500.0000
EMBREY0.626232380.9524
KYTE0.626231226.4151
HINSLEY0.626231182.7957
TONES0.626231111.1111
GWILT0.626231000.0000
ELCOCK0.62623522.3881
MAIDEN0.62623409.3567
BENBOW0.62623364.3725
BAYNHAM0.62623341.8803
FULCHER0.62623285.7143
BICK0.62623277.7778
YARDLEY0.62623227.8481
HOLLINGS0.62623213.6752
PREECE0.62623157.7909
HOLLINS0.62623153.3742
ARROWSMITH0.62623144.9275
JARRATT0.62623139.8601
BAYLISS0.62623126.9036
SHERWOOD0.62623125.9446
JAY0.62623110.0917
GOODE0.6262386.8486
BEDDOWS0.6262383.3333
YAPP0.6262381.9672
KITSON0.6262380.3213
BODEN0.6262379.2079
OVERTON0.6262366.1157
MEREDITH0.6262363.5425
MILLMAN0.6262358.4795
WARWICK0.6262358.0046
MATHEWS0.6262352.1512
PHILPOT0.6262347.8469
BILL0.6262345.0450
FRANKS0.6262338.6100
NOCK0.6262336.3636
HINTON0.6262335.8852
PAINTER0.6262335.0877
SALTER0.6262335.0877
RATCLIFFE0.6262334.8635
LISTER0.6262333.7838
BROOME0.6262332.2581
MILLINGTON0.6262331.8134
HOWELLS0.6262331.4465
WHITNEY0.6262330.9598
MANTLE0.6262330.6748
PENNEY0.6262329.0698
RAWLINS0.6262327.6243
GOUGH0.6262327.3673
AINSWORTH0.6262324.3112
DODD0.6262323.6780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 623 people called BALDWYN in Astley Abbotts 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 2500.0000 in Astley Abbotts means that 2500.0000% of the people in Astley Abbotts on census day were called BALDWYN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALDWYN 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 BALDWYN 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 BALDWYN 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 BALDWYN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Astley Abbotts means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALDWYN in Astley Abbotts than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Astley Abbotts in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (3)  ALLAN (1)  AMIES (6)  ANDREWS (5)  ARROWSMITH (7)  BALDWYN (5)  BARKER (2)  BARRETT (1)  BAYLISS (10)  BAYNHAM (4)  BEDDOWS (1)  BELL (1)  BENBOW (9)  BENNETT (3)  BENTLEY (6)  BURY (1)  BICK (3)  BILL (1)  BINNAL (9)  BISHOP (1)  BISHTON (3)  BODEN (4)  BOWEN (4)  BOWERS (1)  BRIGHT (2)  BROOME (1)  BROWN (5)  BRYAN (1)  BULL (1)  BOURNE (2)  CAMPBELL (1)  CLEE (2)  CLUTTON (6)  COLEBATCH (2)  COLLIER (1)  COOPER (1)  CORFIELD (1)  COX (18)  CRONCH (1)  DAVIES (19)  DAVIS (1)  DODD (6)  DRAKE (4)  EASTHOPE (1)  EDWARDS (9)  ELCOCK (7)  EVANS (5)  EVASON (3)  FASNACHT (1)  FAIZEY (6)  FIELD (6)  FORD (2)  FRASER (1)  FRANKS (3)  FULCHER (9)  GARDENER (1)  GARNETT OR GARNELL (2)  JARRATT (2)  JAY (6)  GOODE (7)  GOUGH (5)  GREEN (1)  GRETTON (3)  GRIFFITHS (8)  GWILT (6)  HALL (6)  HARVEY (3)  HAYCOCKS (1)  HILL (1)  HINSLEY (11)  HINTON (3)  HOLLINGS (5)  HOLLINS (5)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWELLS (5)  HUGHES (4)  HOMFRAY (2)  EMBREY (10)  INSTONE (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (23)  KAY (5)  KYTE (13)  KITSON (4)  KNOWLES (1)  NOCK (1)  LANE (1)  LARGE (1)  LEE (1)  LISTER (6)  LITTLEFORD (1)  LLOYD (7)  LOCKE (1)  MAIDEN (7)  MANTLE (1)  MARTIN (6)  MATHEWS (12)  MC CAUSLAND (1)  KILLOP (1)  MEREDITH (8)  MERRICK (1)  MILLINGTON (3)  MILLMAN (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (7)  MULLARD (1)  NASH (4)  NORGROVE (6)  ONIONS (1)  OVERTON (4)  OWEN (6)  PAINTER (3)  PALMER (1)  PENNEY (1)  PHILPOT (2)  POWNER (4)  POWELL (2)  PREECE (16)  PRICE (7)  PRITCHARD (7)  PUGH (4)  RATCLIFFE (6)  RICHARDS (2)  RICKHUS (3)  ROBERTS (4)  ROWE (1)  RAWLINS (1)  SALT (1)  SALTER (5)  SCOTT (1)  SHERWOOD (10)  SMITH (9)  STEELE (1)  THOMAS (7)  TIMMINS (1)  TITTERTON (1)  TODD (7)  TONES (2)  TYRWHITT (8)  WALKER (4)  WARD (1)  WARDEN (1)  WARWICK (5)  WASE (6)  WATKISS (5)  WEBB (1)  WHITNEY (1)  GWILLIAM (9)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (5)  WOOLLEY (1)  YAPP (1)  YARDLEY (9)