Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bromfield, Shropshire

Bromfield 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
JONES193.36282.97
ARCHER173.008872.74
RICHARDS162.831918.75
BAKER152.654912.12
TIPTON142.47791,021.90
OVERTON142.4779255.47
SMITH122.12391.50
DAVIES111.94693.83
MORGAN101.76998.90
EVANS101.76994.05
SANDERS91.592935.14
LEWIS91.59296.06
PARTON91.5929293.16
LOWE91.592921.25
LIPPITT91.59296,000.00
JACKS81.4159625.00
BUFTON81.4159650.41
WAIT81.4159280.70
PRICE81.41598.09
HOLLAND81.415919.89
HUXLEY71.2389274.51
NORTHWOOD71.2389654.21
CARTER71.23897.38
BENNETT71.23897.54
LAMB61.061920.13
GREENHOUSE61.06191,153.85
MAWSON61.0619131.58
FARMER61.061933.98
BROMWELL61.06193,000.00
MATHEWS61.061928.75
WEAVER61.061940.84
PEARCE61.061911.56
FLETCHER61.06199.30
HODGSON50.885012.77
TOMKINS50.885085.32
MINTON50.8850261.78
GREEN50.88503.14
WYATT50.885030.18
MORRIS40.70803.18
PASSEY40.7080330.58
PAGE40.70808.86
HOMES40.7080416.67
WILLIAMS40.70800.99
TEW40.7080161.29
WATKINS40.708011.68
EDWARDS30.53101.91
RIDGLEY30.5310422.54
PROSSER30.531033.90
WARD30.53102.43
COOKE30.53109.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIPPITT0.575656000.0000
BROMWELL0.575653000.0000
GREENHOUSE0.575651153.8462
TIPTON0.575651021.8978
NORTHWOOD0.57565654.2056
BUFTON0.57565650.4065
JACKS0.57565625.0000
RIDGLEY0.57565422.5352
HOMES0.57565416.6667
HODNETT0.57565416.6667
LAMBORN0.57565400.0000
DILLOW0.57565357.1429
PASSEY0.57565330.5785
PARTON0.57565293.1596
CLIVE0.57565285.7143
WAIT0.57565280.7018
HUXLEY0.57565274.5098
MINTON0.57565261.7801
OVERTON0.57565255.4745
OLDEN0.57565222.2222
TEW0.57565161.2903
ROLES0.57565140.8451
MAWSON0.57565131.5789
TOMKINS0.5756585.3242
ARCHER0.5756572.7428
CURRAN0.5756563.4249
TEAGUE0.5756562.5000
NICKSON0.5756559.5238
BICKLEY0.5756542.7350
WEAVER0.5756540.8441
ALSOP0.5756539.6825
BOSTON0.5756538.6100
DYKE0.5756535.6506
SANDERS0.5756535.1425
FARMER0.5756533.9751
PROSSER0.5756533.8983
CLIFT0.5756532.3625
WYATT0.5756530.1750
MATHEWS0.5756528.7494
MEREDITH0.5756526.2927
POULTER0.5756523.8095
CHESHIRE0.5756522.9885
TIMMINS0.5756522.0264
LOWE0.5756521.2515
WINDSOR0.5756521.2314
NIGHTINGALE0.5756521.0084
LAMB0.5756520.1342
HOLLAND0.5756519.8906
VINE0.5756519.0476
RICHARDS0.5756518.7507

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 565 people called LIPPITT in Bromfield 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 6000.0000 in Bromfield means that 6000.0000% of the people in Bromfield on census day were called LIPPITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIPPITT 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 LIPPITT 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 LIPPITT 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 LIPPITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Bromfield means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIPPITT in Bromfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bromfield in 1881

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

AGRIS (1)  ALLFIELD (2)  ALSOP (1)  ARCHER (17)  ARCHIS (1)  BAKER (15)  BARKER (1)  BARRATT (1)  BECKETTS (1)  BEDDOES (5)  BENGRY (1)  BENNETT (7)  BENNET (1)  BEVAN (1)  BICKLEY (1)  BLOCKLEY (10)  BOSTON (1)  BROMWELL (6)  BUFTON (8)  KEDDIE (6)  CARTER (7)  CHESHIRE (1)  CLEE (1)  CLIFT (1)  CLIVE (2)  COOKE (3)  COOMBS (1)  COX (1)  COXALL (2)  CROSS (2)  CROWTHER (1)  CURRAN (3)  DAVIES (11)  DAVIS (1)  DYKE (2)  DIDLICK (3)  DILLOW (1)  DISLEY (1)  DIXON (1)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (10)  FARMER (6)  FLETCHER (6)  FORD (1)  FRIEND (1)  MC GEORGE (1)  GRAVENOR (9)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (5)  GREENHOUSE (6)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRIS (2)  HEMSTOCK (1)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (5)  HODNETT (2)  HOGAN (1)  HOLLAND (8)  HOLMES (2)  HOWARD (3)  HOMES (4)  JACKS (8)  JAMES (2)  GENNER (1)  JONES (19)  KYNSTON (1)  LAMB (6)  LAMBORN (1)  LEWIS (9)  LIPPITT (9)  LOWE (9)  MANNING (2)  MAP (9)  MASON (1)  MATHEWS (6)  MAWSON (6)  MC BAIN (3)  MEEHAM (2)  MEEK (1)  MELLINGS (8)  MEREDITH (3)  MILLICHAMP (19)  MINTON (5)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (10)  MORRIS (4)  NASH (1)  NIGHTINGALE (2)  NICKSON (1)  NORTHWOOD (7)  OLDEN (1)  OVERTON (14)  OWEN (1)  HUXLEY (7)  PASSEY (4)  PAGE (4)  PALMER (3)  PARTON (9)  PEEVOR (3)  PEARCE (6)  PEARSON (1)  PORTER (3)  POTTER (1)  POULTER (1)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (8)  PROSSER (3)  RICHARDS (16)  RIDGLEY (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWE (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  RUDD (1)  ROLES (1)  SALWEY (5)  SANDERS (9)  SCOTT (1)  SELWYN (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMCOT (1)  SMITH (12)  TEAGUE (2)  TENFORD (1)  TEW (4)  THOMAS (2)  TIMMINS (1)  TIPTON (14)  TOMKINS (5)  VINE (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALL (3)  WARD (3)  WATKINS (4)  WEBB (2)  WEAVER (6)  WILKS (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WINDSOR (1)  WYATT (5)  WAIT (8)