Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buildwas, Shropshire

Buildwas 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
EDWARDS228.494230.48
SHAW166.177633.63
HUMPHRIES103.8610171.53
MOSELEY93.4749381.36
JONES93.47493.07
THOMAS83.08887.49
CHESHIRE72.7027350.00
MORGAN72.702713.59
ROBERTS72.70277.18
WOODHOUSE72.7027114.01
BEECH62.3166157.07
POOLE62.316648.08
VAUGHAN62.316667.87
HILL51.93057.58
MATHEWS51.930552.25
WILLIAMS51.93052.69
BARKER51.930514.75
HUGHES51.93056.89
ROGERS51.930514.87
WOOD51.93056.06
EVANS51.93054.42
WOODS41.544424.49
BLAKEWAY41.54441,250.00
CROWTHER41.544451.75
GILBERT41.544427.12
BIRD41.544420.21
CHILDS41.544484.03
CLINTON31.1583303.03
PARRY31.158315.22
HEWLETT31.1583185.19
CLAYTON31.158321.31
PAGE31.158314.49
PURSLOW20.7722500.00
JAMES20.77223.93
GITTINS20.7722125.00
GREGORY20.772211.01
COOKSON20.772265.57
WARD10.38611.77
DAVIS10.38611.76
PEARSON10.38613.32
AINSWORTH10.386119.49
OWEN10.38613.25
GRIFFITHS10.38612.36
SAXTON10.386165.36
WILSON10.38610.84
BARNES10.38613.21
STOKES10.38619.14
SANKEY10.386193.46
BROMLEY10.386125.06
MONTFORD10.3861833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLAKEWAY0.262591250.0000
MONTFORD0.26259833.3333
DURNELL0.26259769.2308
PURSLOW0.26259500.0000
MOSELEY0.26259381.3559
CHESHIRE0.26259350.0000
CLINTON0.26259303.0303
BOWDLER0.26259192.3077
HEWLETT0.26259185.1852
HUMPHRIES0.26259171.5266
BEECH0.26259157.0681
GITTINS0.26259125.0000
WOODHOUSE0.26259114.0065
SANKEY0.2625993.4579
CHILDS0.2625984.0336
VAUGHAN0.2625967.8733
COOKSON0.2625965.5738
SAXTON0.2625965.3595
TUDOR0.2625957.4713
MATHEWS0.2625952.2466
CROWTHER0.2625951.7464
POOLE0.2625948.0769
PERKS0.2625937.0370
SHAW0.2625933.6276
EDWARDS0.2625930.4794
GILBERT0.2625927.1186
BROMLEY0.2625925.0627
WOODS0.2625924.4948
CLAYTON0.2625921.3068
BIRD0.2625920.2122
AINSWORTH0.2625919.4932
PARRY0.2625915.2207
ROGERS0.2625914.8677
BARKER0.2625914.7536
PAGE0.2625914.4858
MORGAN0.2625913.5896
GREGORY0.2625911.0072
STOKES0.262599.1408
HILL0.262597.5792
THOMAS0.262597.4850
GOODWIN0.262597.3260
ROBERTS0.262597.1839
HUGHES0.262596.8899
WOOD0.262596.0591
REYNOLDS0.262594.4563
EVANS0.262594.4177
JAMES0.262593.9316
PEARSON0.262593.3234
OWEN0.262593.2531
BARNES0.262593.2072

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 259 people called BLAKEWAY in Buildwas 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 1250.0000 in Buildwas means that 1250.0000% of the people in Buildwas on census day were called BLAKEWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLAKEWAY 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 BLAKEWAY 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 BLAKEWAY 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 BLAKEWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Buildwas means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLAKEWAY in Buildwas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buildwas in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  BARKER (5)  BARNES (1)  BEECH (6)  BIRD (4)  BLAKEWAY (4)  BLAUHERHASSETT (1)  BOWDLER (1)  BROMLEY (1)  CHESHIRE (7)  CHILDS (4)  CLAYTON (3)  CLINTON (3)  COOKSON (2)  CROWTHER (4)  DAVIS (1)  DURNELL (1)  EDDOWES (1)  EDWARDS (22)  EVANS (5)  JARRAT (1)  GILBERT (4)  GITTINS (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GREGORY (2)  GRETTON (2)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEWLETT (3)  HILL (5)  HUGHES (5)  HUMPHRIES (10)  JAKEWAYS (8)  JAMES (2)  JONES (9)  LYSONS (2)  MATHEWS (5)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (7)  MORRIS (1)  MOSELEY (9)  MONTFORD (1)  OWEN (1)  PAGE (3)  PEARSON (1)  PERKS (1)  PARRY (3)  POOLE (6)  PURSLOW (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBERTS (7)  ROGERS (5)  SANDELLS (1)  SANKEY (1)  SCOLTOCK (3)  SAXTON (1)  SHAW (16)  STOKES (1)  STRETT (1)  THOMAS (8)  TITLEY (2)  TUDOR (1)  VAUGHAN (6)  VENABLES (3)  WARD (1)  WHITEFOOT (3)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (5)  WOODS (4)  WOODHOUSE (7)