Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holdgate, Shropshire

Holdgate 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
WALL1412.0690344.83
EVANS119.482821.70
JONES97.75866.85
DAVIES65.172410.17
HAYNES65.1724144.93
HAYMES65.172410,000.00
BLAKEWAY54.31033,333.33
ALLEN43.448318.26
PEARCE43.448337.52
CHILDS43.4483187.79
PREECE32.5862158.73
RAWLINGS32.5862176.47
HOWELLS32.5862101.35
SHEPPARD32.586274.63
DUCE32.58621,153.85
BOSLEY21.7241740.74
FOX21.724118.57
LAWLEY21.7241285.71
CROWE21.7241172.41
CLARK21.72415.74
HOPKINS21.724128.65
GREEN21.72416.12
PAGE10.862110.79
JAMES10.86214.39
COCKS10.8621129.87
CAIN10.862141.49
BLUNT10.8621106.38
EDWARDS10.86213.09
CADWALLADER10.8621434.78
PRICE10.86214.93
FLANAGAN10.8621109.89
PARTON10.8621158.73
CORNS10.8621312.50
WELCH10.862124.51
ROBERTS10.86212.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAYMES0.1211610000.0000
BLAKEWAY0.121163333.3333
DUCE0.121161153.8462
BOSLEY0.12116740.7407
CADWALLADER0.12116434.7826
WALL0.12116344.8276
CORNS0.12116312.5000
LAWLEY0.12116285.7143
CHILDS0.12116187.7934
RAWLINGS0.12116176.4706
CROWE0.12116172.4138
PARTON0.12116158.7302
PREECE0.12116158.7302
HAYNES0.12116144.9275
COCKS0.12116129.8701
FLANAGAN0.12116109.8901
BLUNT0.12116106.3830
HOWELLS0.12116101.3514
SHEPPARD0.1211674.6269
CAIN0.1211641.4938
PEARCE0.1211637.5235
HOPKINS0.1211628.6533
WELCH0.1211624.5098
EVANS0.1211621.7005
FOX0.1211618.5701
ALLEN0.1211618.2565
PAGE0.1211610.7875
DAVIES0.1211610.1695
JONES0.121166.8509
GREEN0.121166.1218
CLARK0.121165.7356
PRICE0.121164.9261
JAMES0.121164.3879
EDWARDS0.121163.0931
ROBERTS0.121162.2915

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 116 people called HAYMES in Holdgate 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 10000.0000 in Holdgate means that 10000.0000% of the people in Holdgate on census day were called HAYMES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAYMES 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 HAYMES 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 HAYMES 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 HAYMES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Holdgate means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAYMES in Holdgate than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holdgate in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  BLAKEWAY (5)  BLUNT (1)  BOSLEY (2)  CADWALLADER (1)  CAIN (1)  CHILDS (4)  CLARK (2)  COLEBATCH (2)  CORFIELD (1)  CORNS (1)  COCKS (1)  CROWE (2)  DAVIES (6)  DUCE (3)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (11)  FLANAGAN (1)  FOX (2)  GREEN (2)  HAYMES (6)  HAYNES (6)  HOPKINS (2)  HOWELLS (3)  JAMES (1)  JONES (9)  LAWLEY (2)  LONGHURD (1)  PAGE (1)  PARTON (1)  PEARCE (4)  PREECE (3)  PRICE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RAWLINGS (3)  SHEPPARD (3)  WALL (14)  WELCH (1)  WOOF (1)