Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boraston, Shropshire

Boraston 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
HOWELLS208.8496346.62
GRIFFITHS135.752235.15
REYNOLDS125.309761.29
ENGLISH104.4248235.29
MORRIS93.982317.89
POWELL93.982331.93
DAVIS93.982318.12
SMALLMAN93.98231,216.22
FIELD73.097362.22
WOOD73.09739.72
EDWARDS73.097311.11
FAULKNER62.654998.04
MARTIN62.654910.78
BROCKWAY52.21241,515.15
PICKETT52.2124274.73
JENKINS52.212418.78
HEATH41.769935.65
BARKER31.327410.15
KENDRICK31.3274137.61
WOODWARD31.327426.91
HOMER31.3274174.42
BROWN31.32742.01
JONES31.32741.17
MIDDLETON31.327425.30
CLARK31.32744.42
DOWNES20.885071.43
LAWRENCE20.885013.62
BOWEN20.885021.41
JEFFERSON20.885081.63
WARD20.88504.05
MILES20.885015.00
STEWARD20.885068.97
LANE20.885012.85
PUGH10.442511.59
KEY10.442532.05
WILLIAMS10.44250.62
THOMAS10.44251.07
COOPER10.44251.82
MCLAUGHLIN10.4425555.56
BUTLER10.44254.54
GOOD10.442535.59
PRICE10.44252.53
PERKINS10.44259.83
DICKINS10.4425120.48
CLIFTON10.442531.25
REED10.44256.06
BODEN10.442554.64
PASSEY10.4425208.33
JAMES10.44252.25
WALL10.442512.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROCKWAY0.232261515.1515
SMALLMAN0.232261216.2162
MCLAUGHLIN0.23226555.5556
HOWELLS0.23226346.6205
PICKETT0.23226274.7253
ENGLISH0.23226235.2941
PASSEY0.23226208.3333
HOMER0.23226174.4186
KENDRICK0.23226137.6147
DICKINS0.23226120.4819
FAULKNER0.2322698.0392
MANTLE0.2322684.7458
JEFFERSON0.2322681.6327
DOWNES0.2322671.4286
STEWARD0.2322668.9655
FIELD0.2322662.2222
REYNOLDS0.2322661.2870
BODEN0.2322654.6448
HEATH0.2322635.6506
GOOD0.2322635.5872
GRIFFITHS0.2322635.1541
KEY0.2322632.0513
POWELL0.2322631.9262
CLIFTON0.2322631.2500
WOODWARD0.2322626.9058
MIDDLETON0.2322625.2951
BOWEN0.2322621.4133
JENKINS0.2322618.7758
DAVIS0.2322618.1232
MORRIS0.2322617.8891
MILES0.2322615.0038
LAWRENCE0.2322613.6240
LANE0.2322612.8452
WALL0.2322612.6582
PUGH0.2322611.5875
EDWARDS0.2322611.1129
MARTIN0.2322610.7778
BARKER0.2322610.1454
PERKINS0.232269.8328
WOOD0.232269.7209
HOLT0.232266.6094
REED0.232266.0606
BUTLER0.232264.5372
CLARK0.232264.4163
WARD0.232264.0510
PRICE0.232262.5284
JAMES0.232262.2528
BROWN0.232262.0137
COOPER0.232261.8188
GREEN0.232261.5713

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 226 people called BROCKWAY in Boraston 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 1515.1515 in Boraston means that 1515.1515% of the people in Boraston on census day were called BROCKWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROCKWAY 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 BROCKWAY 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 BROCKWAY 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 BROCKWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Boraston means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROCKWAY in Boraston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boraston in 1881

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

ABBOTS (5)  BARKER (3)  BODEN (1)  BOWEN (2)  BROCKWAY (5)  BROWN (3)  BUTLER (1)  BYTHESWAY (1)  CLARK (3)  CLIFTON (1)  COOPER (1)  CRIMDLE (2)  DAVIS (9)  DICKINS (1)  DIDLICK (1)  DOWNES (2)  EDWARDS (7)  FAULKNER (6)  FIELD (7)  GOOD (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (13)  HARNTRY (1)  HEATH (4)  HOLT (1)  HOMER (3)  HOWELLS (20)  ENGLISH (10)  JAMES (1)  JEFFERSON (2)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (3)  KENDRICK (3)  KEY (1)  LANE (2)  LAWRENCE (2)  MANTLE (1)  MARTIN (6)  MCLAUGHLIN (1)  MIDDLETON (3)  MILES (2)  MILLICHAMP (4)  MYTTON (2)  MORRIS (9)  PASSEY (1)  PEADE (3)  PERKINS (1)  PICKETT (5)  POWELL (9)  PRICE (1)  PUGH (1)  RAVENALL (3)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (12)  SHELBORNE (1)  SMALLMAN (9)  STEWARD (2)  THOMAS (1)  WALL (1)  WARD (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (7)  WOODWARD (3)