Top surnames from the 1881 census in Halford, Shropshire

Halford 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
JONES176.82736.03
GRIFFITHS114.417726.99
NICHOLAS114.4177226.34
DAVIES93.61457.11
MORRIS93.614516.24
FARRINGTON93.6145420.56
POWELL83.212925.76
BAYLESS72.81125,384.62
WILLIAMS72.81123.91
SAWYER72.8112152.51
JAMES72.811214.31
ALLEN62.409612.76
HARVEY52.008018.81
SHUKER52.00801,086.96
HARVARD52.00807,142.86
CORBETT52.0080102.46
ROGERS41.606412.37
BLOOR41.6064291.97
MILLER41.60648.98
GOUGH41.606454.79
BIGGS41.606485.29
EDWARD41.6064173.16
THOMAS41.60643.89
BICKERTON31.2048288.46
DEVENPORT31.2048652.17
REYNOLDS31.204813.91
MORGAN31.20486.06
LUMB31.2048127.66
COCKS31.2048181.82
ROBERTS31.20483.20
CADWALLADER31.2048600.00
BOWEN31.204829.13
LAMBE20.8032869.57
HOWARD20.80328.19
LAW20.803217.76
HUGHS10.4016111.11
COLLINGS10.401633.78
WEAVER10.401615.43
BROWN10.40160.61
FARMER10.401612.85
RODEN10.401685.47
PUGH10.401610.52
WALL10.401611.48
BRIDGEWATER10.4016172.41
BARNES10.40163.34
PRICE10.40162.29
HEATH10.40168.09
WHITTLE10.401618.42
GROVES10.401614.29
MILES10.40166.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARVARD0.252497142.8571
BAYLESS0.252495384.6154
SHUKER0.252491086.9565
LAMBE0.25249869.5652
DEVENPORT0.25249652.1739
CADWALLADER0.25249600.0000
FARRINGTON0.25249420.5607
BLOOR0.25249291.9708
BICKERTON0.25249288.4615
NICHOLAS0.25249226.3374
COCKS0.25249181.8182
EDWARD0.25249173.1602
BRIDGEWATER0.25249172.4138
SAWYER0.25249152.5054
LUMB0.25249127.6596
HUGHS0.25249111.1111
CORBETT0.25249102.4590
RODEN0.2524985.4701
BIGGS0.2524985.2878
GOUGH0.2524954.7945
COLLINGS0.2524933.7838
BOWEN0.2524929.1262
GRIFFITHS0.2524926.9939
POWELL0.2524925.7566
HARVEY0.2524918.8111
WHITTLE0.2524918.4162
LAW0.2524917.7620
MORRIS0.2524916.2367
WEAVER0.2524915.4321
JAMES0.2524914.3120
GROVES0.2524914.2857
REYNOLDS0.2524913.9082
FARMER0.2524912.8535
ALLEN0.2524912.7551
ROGERS0.2524912.3724
WALL0.2524911.4811
PUGH0.2524910.5152
MILLER0.252498.9787
HOWARD0.252498.1867
HEATH0.252498.0906
DAVIES0.252497.1062
MILES0.252496.8074
MORGAN0.252496.0582
JONES0.252496.0284
WILLIAMS0.252493.9135
THOMAS0.252493.8929
BARNES0.252493.3367
ROBERTS0.252493.2024
PRICE0.252492.2946
BROWN0.252490.6092

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 249 people called HARVARD in Halford 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 7142.8571 in Halford means that 7142.8571% of the people in Halford on census day were called HARVARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARVARD 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 HARVARD 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 HARVARD 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 HARVARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Halford means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARVARD in Halford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Halford in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  BARNES (1)  BAYLESS (7)  BEDDOES (5)  BICKERTON (3)  BIGGS (4)  BLOOR (4)  BOWEN (3)  BRADELEY (1)  BRIDGEWATER (1)  BROWN (1)  CADWALLADER (3)  CADWALLEDER (4)  CARFIELD (3)  CORBETT (5)  COCKS (3)  DEVENPORT (3)  DAVIES (9)  DEACIN OR DEACEN (4)  EYDEN (2)  EDWARD (4)  ENNIES (1)  FARMER (1)  FARRINGTON (9)  FREWTRELS (4)  GOUGH (4)  GRIFFITHS (11)  GROVES (1)  HARVARD (5)  HARVEY (5)  HEATH (1)  HEFFER (1)  HARROBIN (1)  HOWARD (2)  HUGHS (1)  JAMES (7)  JONES (17)  LAMBE (2)  LATTERS (3)  LAW (2)  LUMB (3)  COLLINGS (1)  MEDLICOTT (4)  MILES (1)  MILLER (4)  MORGAN (3)  MORRIS (9)  NICHOLAS (11)  PERREY (1)  PHILIPEMAN (1)  POWELL (8)  PRICE (1)  PUGH (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  ROBERTS (3)  RODEN (1)  ROGERS (4)  SAWYER (7)  SHUKER (5)  SMOUT (1)  THOMAS (4)  TORR (3)  WALL (1)  WEAVER (1)  WHITEFOOT (6)  WHITTLE (1)  WILLIAMS (7)