Top surnames from the 1881 census in Benthall, Shropshire

Benthall 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
HARTSHORNE296.45884,202.90
JONES204.45433.93
SHAW173.786220.61
ROBERTS132.89537.70
BODEN122.6726329.67
ASTON122.6726161.94
BRADLEY112.449930.51
MAW102.2272609.76
SMITH92.00451.42
MORRIS92.00459.00
LLOYD92.004517.17
MINTON81.7817526.32
HODNETT81.78172,051.28
WILKES81.7817102.83
WILDE81.7817122.32
WALE81.7817372.09
LANGFORD71.559099.15
COOKE71.559028.25
TAYLOR61.33632.09
HUMPHRIES61.336359.35
EVANS61.33633.06
FOSTER51.11368.33
ALLEN51.11365.89
DODD51.113627.38
DAVIES51.11362.19
HARVEY51.113610.43
JAY40.8909101.78
BAGLEY40.8909120.48
BRIGHT40.890944.05
WARD40.89094.08
LANE40.890912.93
HARRINGTON40.890946.95
BURTON40.890910.46
PEARCE40.89099.70
WILKINSON30.66824.38
POTTS30.668220.01
RODEN30.6682142.86
HOWELLS30.668226.18
HILL30.66822.62
SHINGLER30.6682309.28
POWELL30.66825.36
SNEAD30.6682666.67
PUGH20.445411.66
MADDOCK20.445448.78
WATSON20.44541.92
PARKER20.44542.34
COLLINS20.44543.10
BUCKLEY20.44548.18
PREAST20.44546,666.67
BATES20.44547.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PREAST0.454496666.6667
HARTSHORNE0.454494202.8986
BAUGHEY0.454493333.3333
HODNETT0.454492051.2821
SNEAD0.45449666.6667
MAW0.45449609.7561
MINTON0.45449526.3158
WALE0.45449372.0930
BODEN0.45449329.6703
SHINGLER0.45449309.2784
ASTON0.45449161.9433
BATHURST0.45449161.2903
RODEN0.45449142.8571
WILDE0.45449122.3242
BAGLEY0.45449120.4819
FRISBY0.45449103.0928
WILKES0.45449102.8278
JAY0.45449101.7812
LANGFORD0.4544999.1501
DIBBLE0.4544977.5194
YORKE0.4544969.9301
HUMPHRIES0.4544959.3472
GARBETT0.4544957.1429
MADDOCK0.4544948.7805
MARSTON0.4544947.8469
HARRINGTON0.4544946.9484
BRIGHT0.4544944.0529
BRADLEY0.4544930.5132
MORE0.4544928.6533
COOKE0.4544928.2486
KITSON0.4544927.8552
DODD0.4544927.3823
HOWELLS0.4544926.1780
BOWER0.4544924.3013
SHAW0.4544920.6111
POTTS0.4544920.0133
BROOM0.4544918.0505
COLLEY0.4544917.5747
LLOYD0.4544917.1657
OAKES0.4544915.3846
LANE0.4544912.9282
PUGH0.4544911.6618
BURTON0.4544910.4575
HARVEY0.4544910.4297
PEARCE0.454499.6970
MORRIS0.454499.0045
FOSTER0.454498.3292
BUCKLEY0.454498.1833
LAMBERT0.454498.1599
ROBERTS0.454497.6960

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 449 people called PREAST in Benthall 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 Benthall means that 6666.6667% of the people in Benthall on census day were called PREAST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PREAST 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 PREAST 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 PREAST 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 PREAST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Benthall means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PREAST in Benthall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Benthall in 1881

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

ALLEN (5)  ARMSTRONG (2)  ASTON (12)  BAGLEY (4)  BAGNALE (2)  BATES (2)  BATHURST (1)  BAUGHEY (1)  BEETTLE (3)  BURKE (1)  BIRCHNALL (2)  BIRD (1)  BORME (1)  BODEN (12)  BOWER (2)  BRADLEY (11)  BRIGHT (4)  BROADFIELD (1)  BROOM (1)  BUCKLEY (2)  BURTON (4)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHALLNER (1)  CLARKE (1)  COCKSHALL (8)  COLLEY (1)  COLLINS (2)  CONNOR (1)  COOKE (7)  COTTLICUTT (6)  DAVIS (1)  DAVIES (5)  DENSTONE (2)  DIBBLE (1)  DODD (5)  EVANS (6)  FARMER (1)  FOSTER (5)  FRISBY (2)  GARBETT (1)  JAY (4)  GETTHINY (7)  GOTHER (5)  HALL (2)  HARRINGTON (4)  HARTSHORNE (29)  HARVEY (5)  HILL (3)  HODNETT (8)  HOWELLS (3)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHRIES (6)  INSTONE (1)  JAMES (1)  JONES (20)  KITSON (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LANE (4)  LANGFORD (7)  LEWIS (2)  LIIHN (1)  LLOYD (9)  MADDOCK (2)  MARSTON (2)  MAW (10)  MC LELLAND (5)  MEACHUN (4)  MERRECK (3)  MINTON (8)  MORE (1)  MORRIS (9)  MULARD (3)  NASH (1)  OAKES (1)  OVERHAND (3)  PARKER (2)  PEARCE (4)  POPE (1)  POTTS (3)  POWELL (3)  PREAST (2)  PUGH (2)  PUMPFORD (7)  PARDOW (1)  RAMFORD (1)  REDWARD (1)  RENADAY (1)  ROBERTS (13)  RODEN (3)  ROTHIN (12)  SHAW (17)  SHELBROOK (1)  SHINGLER (3)  SMITH (9)  SMOUT (2)  SNEAD (3)  STONE (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TOWKISS (2)  WALE (8)  WARD (4)  WATSON (2)  WEAVES (3)  WILDE (8)  WILKES (8)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOLRIDGE (1)  WOOD (1)  YORKE (1)