Top surnames from the 1881 census in Donington, Shropshire

Donington 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
JONES133.28282.90
WEDGE133.28281,111.11
CARRINGTON112.7778263.79
EVANS112.77786.36
MASON92.272716.90
REYNOLDS92.272726.24
HARVEY82.020218.92
KIRKLAND82.0202226.63
FELTON82.0202294.12
PENSON71.76771,250.00
ELLIOTT71.767720.83
NOCK71.7677400.00
HUMPHRIES71.767778.48
DEAKINS61.51521,463.41
YATES61.515222.05
HODGES61.515251.68
NICHOLLS61.515229.01
BOON51.2626134.77
BRISCOE51.2626196.08
DUNN51.262615.18
WOOLEY51.2626197.63
BRAZIER51.2626134.77
HARTLEY51.262620.15
DOUGLAS51.262626.07
PRICE51.26267.22
CLARK51.26264.20
SHOTTON51.2626364.96
DYKE51.2626127.23
WALKER51.26263.77
WOOLLEY41.010150.89
SALTER41.010144.15
PERRY41.010113.74
JENNING41.0101975.61
PAINTER41.010173.66
HARRIS41.01013.97
JORDAN30.757617.14
MORRIS30.75763.40
JACKSON30.75762.71
FLETCHER30.75766.64
HAYES30.757612.19
CROWTHER20.505116.92
SMITH20.50510.36
FORRESTER20.505137.59
TOWNSEND20.505111.89
BOULTON20.505128.01
RATCLIFFE20.505118.28
TAYLOR20.50510.79
CREWE20.5051192.31
SHUTT20.5051139.86
LINK20.5051277.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEAKINS0.403961463.4146
PENSON0.403961250.0000
WEDGE0.403961111.1111
JENNING0.40396975.6098
GOSNELL0.40396500.0000
BOONE0.40396425.5319
NOCK0.40396400.0000
SHOTTON0.40396364.9635
MOUND0.40396322.5806
FELTON0.40396294.1176
LINK0.40396277.7778
CARRINGTON0.40396263.7890
TOTTY0.40396243.9024
KIRKLAND0.40396226.6289
HAMLETT0.40396212.7660
WOOLEY0.40396197.6285
BRISCOE0.40396196.0784
CREWE0.40396192.3077
DEVEY0.40396169.4915
SHUTT0.40396139.8601
BOON0.40396134.7709
BRAZIER0.40396134.7709
DYKE0.40396127.2265
HUMPHRIES0.4039678.4753
PAINTER0.4039673.6648
LOCKLEY0.4039666.6667
LEAKE0.4039661.3497
LEADBEATER0.4039661.3497
RICHARD0.4039658.6510
HODGES0.4039651.6796
WOOLLEY0.4039650.8906
PARTON0.4039646.5116
BOWYER0.4039646.2963
SALTER0.4039644.1501
YARDLEY0.4039639.8406
PLATTS0.4039637.8788
FORRESTER0.4039637.5940
GREGG0.4039635.8423
PERCIVAL0.4039632.2581
PROBERT0.4039632.0513
NICHOLLS0.4039629.0135
BOULTON0.4039628.0112
THATCHER0.4039627.4725
FOULKES0.4039627.1003
REYNOLDS0.4039626.2391
DOUGLAS0.4039626.0688
YATES0.4039622.0507
ELLIOTT0.4039620.8333
ROWLANDS0.4039620.2840
HARTLEY0.4039620.1450

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 396 people called DEAKINS in Donington 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 1463.4146 in Donington means that 1463.4146% of the people in Donington on census day were called DEAKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEAKINS 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 DEAKINS 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 DEAKINS 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 DEAKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Donington means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEAKINS in Donington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Donington in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BALL (1)  BATE (1)  BETTAMY (1)  BOULTON (2)  BOON (5)  BOONE (2)  BOWYER (2)  BRAZIER (5)  BRISCOE (5)  BROADMEADOW (6)  BUCKNALL (7)  BULLOCK (2)  DE BUNSEN (3)  BURNE (4)  BUTLER (1)  PAIN OR CAIN (2)  CARRINGTON (11)  CLARK (5)  CREWE (2)  CROWTHER (2)  DAINTY (1)  DEVEY (1)  DEVY (DEVEY) (2)  DAY (1)  DEAKINS (6)  DYKE (5)  DIMELOW (10)  DOUGLAS (5)  DUNN (5)  ELLIOTT (7)  EVANS (11)  FELTON (8)  FLETCHER (3)  FORRESTER (2)  FOULKES (1)  JORDAN (3)  JARDAN (5)  GOSNELL (1)  GREGG (1)  GRETTON (1)  HALL (1)  HAMLETT (1)  HARRIS (4)  HARTLEY (5)  HARVEY (8)  HAYES (3)  HENDEN (1)  HINCKESMAN (4)  HIP (1)  HODGES (6)  HOULSWORTH (2)  HOWELLS (1)  HUMPHRIES (7)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (3)  JENNING (4)  JONES (13)  KIRKLAND (8)  NOCK (7)  LEAKE (1)  LANGFORD (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LEADBEATER (1)  LEEDHAM (6)  LEWIS (1)  LYNALL (1)  LOCKLEY (1)  LINK (2)  MADELEY (3)  MACEFIELD (4)  MASON (9)  MEDLICOTT (8)  MESSAGE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOUND (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  NICHOLLS (6)  NORTON (1)  PAINTER (4)  PARTON (1)  PENSON (7)  PERCIVAL (2)  PERRY (4)  PLATTS (1)  PRICE (5)  PRITCHARD (1)  PROBERT (1)  PYE (1)  RATCLIFFE (2)  RATLIFFE (2)  REYNOLDS (9)  RICHARD (2)  ROGERS (1)  ROWLANDS (2)  ROWLAND (1)  ROLANDS (1)  SALTER (4)  SHUTT (2)  SHINTON (2)  SHOTTON (5)  SMITH (2)  STEPHENSON (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THATCHER (1)  THORNETT (1)  TOTTY (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  UDALL (1)  WOOLLEY OR WODLEY (2)  WAKELAM (1)  WALKER (5)  WEDGE (13)  WETTON (4)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOLLEY (4)  WOOLEY (5)  YARDLEY (1)  YATES (6)