Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hope Bowdler, Shropshire

Hope Bowdler 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
JONES2213.496911.92
WILLIAMS127.362010.25
ROGERS116.748551.98
CARTER106.135036.55
COLLEY106.1350483.09
BENSON95.5215203.62
CROXTON84.90805,000.00
WILDING63.6810312.50
GRAINGER63.6810239.04
HARLEY53.0675238.10
MERRICK31.8405247.93
SHENTON31.8405288.46
PRICE31.840510.52
MORGAN31.84059.25
HUMPHRIES21.227054.50
HAMMOND21.227021.55
PRICHARD21.2270133.33
LEWIS21.22704.67
ROBERTS21.22703.26
SEABURY10.61352,000.00
REYNOLDS10.61357.08
POWELL10.61354.92
BRIGHT10.613530.30
SPEAKE10.6135400.00
CRAIG10.613513.97
POSTON10.6135909.09
CASWELL10.6135126.58
BOWEN10.613514.84
HINCE10.61351,000.00
COX10.61354.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROXTON0.161635000.0000
SEABURY0.161632000.0000
HINCE0.161631000.0000
POSTON0.16163909.0909
COLLEY0.16163483.0918
SPEAKE0.16163400.0000
WILDING0.16163312.5000
SHENTON0.16163288.4615
MERRICK0.16163247.9339
GRAINGER0.16163239.0438
HARLEY0.16163238.0952
BENSON0.16163203.6199
PRICHARD0.16163133.3333
CASWELL0.16163126.5823
HUMPHRIES0.1616354.4959
ROGERS0.1616351.9849
CARTER0.1616336.5497
BRIGHT0.1616330.3030
HAMMOND0.1616321.5517
BOWEN0.1616314.8368
CRAIG0.1616313.9665
JONES0.1616311.9177
PRICE0.1616310.5152
WILLIAMS0.1616310.2485
MORGAN0.161639.2535
REYNOLDS0.161637.0822
POWELL0.161634.9188
LEWIS0.161634.6674
COX0.161634.0486
ROBERTS0.161633.2616

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called CROXTON in Hope Bowdler 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 5000.0000 in Hope Bowdler means that 5000.0000% of the people in Hope Bowdler on census day were called CROXTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROXTON 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 CROXTON 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 CROXTON 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 CROXTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Hope Bowdler means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROXTON in Hope Bowdler than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hope Bowdler in 1881

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

BENSON (9)  BOWEN (1)  BREISE (8)  BRIDGWATER (6)  BRIGEWATER (1)  BRIGHT (1)  CADWALETER (1)  CARTER (10)  CASWELL (1)  CHENINGTON (1)  COLLEY (10)  CORFIELD (1)  COX (1)  CRAIG (1)  CROXTON (8)  DAIVEIS (1)  EAVANS (4)  GRAINGER (6)  HAMMOND (2)  HARLEY (5)  HEYNES (7)  HINCE (1)  HUMPHRIES (2)  JONES (22)  LEWIS (2)  MERRICK (3)  MORGAN (3)  POSTON (1)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (3)  PRICHARD (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (11)  SEABURY (1)  SHENTON (3)  SPEAKE (1)  WATKISS (1)  WILDING (6)  WILLIAMS (12)