Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bettws, Shropshire

Bettws 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
LLOYD478.545573.19
JONES366.54555.78
EVANS305.454512.48
DAVIES274.90919.65
LEWIS203.636413.83
MORRIS203.636416.34
PRYCE193.4545722.43
RICHARDS173.090920.47
PRICE162.909116.62
GOUGH132.363680.60
EDWARDS122.18187.83
MATTHEWS101.818220.84
WILLIAMS101.81822.53
HART101.818221.32
DAKINS101.81825,263.16
HAMER91.636487.38
BRIGHT91.636480.94
JORDAN81.454532.92
MANTLE71.2727243.90
SOUTHERN71.2727138.07
HAWKINS71.272717.58
CROWTHER61.090936.54
ROUGHTON61.0909645.16
MATHEWS61.090929.54
BRAND61.090973.89
LAWLEY61.0909181.27
HUDSON61.090913.32
PARKER61.09095.74
THOMAS50.90912.20
CHANDLER50.909128.30
HUGHES50.90913.24
HARRIS50.90913.58
BROWN50.90911.38
CADWALLADER40.7273360.36
GEORGE40.727312.40
BARNET40.7273151.52
GOODMAN40.727324.92
MEACHAM40.7273360.36
GRIFFITHS30.54553.33
OWEN30.54554.60
MORGAN30.54552.74
FRANCIS30.54559.16
HEYWOOD30.545527.42
PRITCHARD30.545510.13
MERRITTS20.363620,000.00
JOHNS20.363614.08
HILL20.36361.43
BOWEN20.36368.80
MERRICK20.363649.02
WELSH20.36369.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MERRITTS0.5555020000.0000
DAKINS0.555505263.1579
PRYCE0.55550722.4335
ROUGHTON0.55550645.1613
MEACHAM0.55550360.3604
CADWALLADER0.55550360.3604
HAMAR0.55550322.5806
MANTLE0.55550243.9024
BRUMWELL0.55550227.2727
LAWLEY0.55550181.2689
BARNET0.55550151.5152
SOUTHERN0.55550138.0671
BOUNDS0.55550123.4568
MINTON0.55550107.5269
HAMER0.5555087.3786
BRIGHT0.5555080.9353
GOUGH0.5555080.5952
BRAND0.5555073.8916
LLOYD0.5555073.1859
RUFF0.5555056.1798
ADDIS0.5555053.1915
TONG0.5555051.5464
MERRICK0.5555049.0196
CROWTHER0.5555036.5408
JORDAN0.5555032.9218
EDMONDSON0.5555031.4465
MATHEWS0.5555029.5421
CHANDLER0.5555028.2965
KINSEY0.5555027.7778
HEYWOOD0.5555027.4223
HADDON0.5555027.1739
GOODMAN0.5555024.9221
DUGGAN0.5555023.7530
HART0.5555021.3174
MATTHEWS0.5555020.8420
RICHARDS0.5555020.4671
HAWKINS0.5555017.5791
PRICE0.5555016.6234
MORRIS0.5555016.3359
JOHNS0.5555014.0845
LEWIS0.5555013.8313
HUDSON0.5555013.3245
BENNET0.5555013.1752
EVANS0.5555012.4823
GEORGE0.5555012.3954
PRITCHARD0.5555010.1317
DAVIES0.555509.6511
BIGGS0.555509.6432
WELSH0.555509.1870
FRANCIS0.555509.1575

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 550 people called MERRITTS in Bettws 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 20000.0000 in Bettws means that 20000.0000% of the people in Bettws on census day were called MERRITTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MERRITTS 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 MERRITTS 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 MERRITTS 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 MERRITTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Bettws means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MERRITTS in Bettws than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bettws in 1881

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

ADIS (ADDIS) (8)  BARNET (4)  BEADUS (1)  BEDDOES (1)  BENNET (1)  BIGGS (1)  BOWEN (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BOUNDS (1)  BRAMOND (1)  BRUMWELL (1)  BRAND (6)  BRIGHT (9)  BROWN (5)  CADWALLADER (4)  CADWALEDER (2)  CARTER (1)  CHANDLER (5)  CROWTHER (6)  DAKINS (10)  DAVIES (27)  DUGGAN (1)  ADDIS (1)  ADIS (2)  EDMONDSON (2)  EDWARDS (12)  EVANS (30)  FRANCIS (3)  GEORGE (4)  GOODMAN (4)  JORDAN (8)  GOUGH (13)  GREENHOUS (1)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HAMAR (1)  HAMER (9)  HARRIS (5)  HART (10)  HADDON (1)  HAWKINS (7)  HEYWOOD (3)  HIGS (1)  HILL (2)  HUDSON (6)  HUGHES (5)  JOHNES (5)  JOHNS (2)  JONES (36)  LAWLEY (6)  LEWIS (20)  LLOYD (47)  LOW (1)  MANTLE (7)  MARPOLE (3)  MASON (1)  MATHEWS (6)  MATTHEWS (10)  KINSEY (1)  MEACHAM (4)  MERRICK (2)  MERRITTS (2)  MINTON (2)  MORGAN (3)  MORGANS (1)  MORRIS (20)  OWEN (3)  PARKER (6)  PINCHES (8)  POWELL (1)  PRYCE (19)  PRICE (16)  PRITCHARD (3)  RICHARDS (17)  ROBERTS (1)  ROUGHTON (6)  RUFF (1)  SOUTHERN (7)  STOKES (1)  THOMAS (5)  THORNTON (2)  TONG (1)  TROW (5)  WARD (1)  WELSH (2)  WHITTAL (4)  WILDING (WHILDING) (8)  WHILDING (1)  GWILLIAM (10)  WILLIAMS (10)  GWILLIAMS (1)  WOOSENCRAFT (1)