Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hyssington, Shropshire

Hyssington 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
WILKES247.6190439.56
JONES237.30166.45
ELLIS196.031741.54
HUGHES134.127014.73
GITTINS103.1746515.46
THOMAS103.17467.69
HIGGINS92.857156.50
SMITH82.53971.80
WATERS72.222255.29
CROWTHER72.222274.47
MOUNTFORD72.2222250.00
POUND61.9048400.00
STOKES61.904845.11
ROBERTS61.90485.06
WARDMAN61.9048740.74
BAILEY51.587310.54
DAVIES51.58733.12
WHITTALL51.5873769.23
PERKIN51.5873294.12
WILLIAMS51.58732.21
WEBSTER41.269814.60
MORRIS41.26985.70
LOCKLEY41.2698336.13
EVANS41.26982.91
POWELL41.269810.18
HOTCHKISS30.9524400.00
NORTHWOOD30.9524500.00
FRANCIS30.952415.99
CROSS30.952413.84
HILL30.95243.74
OWENS20.634912.79
COLLINS20.63494.42
EDWARDS20.63492.28
HUMPHREYS20.634918.03
HOLLOWAY20.634920.73
LEWIS20.63492.41
BUTLER10.31753.26
ROBINSON10.31751.00
PUGH10.31758.31
BRIGHT10.317515.70
PRICE10.31751.81
CHILTON10.317539.53
GOUGH10.317510.82
BENNETT10.31751.93
DUDLEY10.317521.14
RICHARDS10.31752.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITTALL0.32315769.2308
WARDMAN0.32315740.7407
GITTINS0.32315515.4639
NORTHWOOD0.32315500.0000
WILKES0.32315439.5604
POUND0.32315400.0000
HOTCHKISS0.32315400.0000
LOCKLEY0.32315336.1345
PERKIN0.32315294.1176
MOUNTFORD0.32315250.0000
CROWTHER0.3231574.4681
HIGGINS0.3231556.4972
WATERS0.3231555.2923
STOKES0.3231545.1128
ELLIS0.3231541.5391
CHILTON0.3231539.5257
DUDLEY0.3231521.1416
HOLLOWAY0.3231520.7254
HUMPHREYS0.3231518.0343
FRANCIS0.3231515.9915
BRIGHT0.3231515.6986
HUGHES0.3231514.7275
WEBSTER0.3231514.5985
CROSS0.3231513.8376
OWENS0.3231512.7877
GOUGH0.3231510.8225
BAILEY0.3231510.5374
POWELL0.3231510.1781
PUGH0.323158.3056
THOMAS0.323157.6929
JONES0.323156.4471
MORRIS0.323155.7045
ROBERTS0.323155.0629
COLLINS0.323154.4248
HILL0.323153.7392
BUTLER0.323153.2563
DAVIES0.323153.1207
EVANS0.323152.9059
LEWIS0.323152.4149
EDWARDS0.323152.2782
WILLIAMS0.323152.2097
RICHARDS0.323152.1022
BENNETT0.323151.9316
PRICE0.323151.8139
SMITH0.323151.7987
ROBINSON0.323150.9956

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 315 people called WHITTALL in Hyssington 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 769.2308 in Hyssington means that 769.2308% of the people in Hyssington on census day were called WHITTALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITTALL 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 WHITTALL 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 WHITTALL 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 WHITTALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Hyssington means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITTALL in Hyssington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hyssington in 1881

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

BAILEY (5)  BEAMAND (12)  BEAUMAND (5)  BENNETT (1)  BEAVAN (2)  BORE (2)  BRUMBILL (2)  BRIGHT (1)  BUTLER (1)  CHILTON (1)  COLLINS (2)  CORFIELD (6)  CROSS (3)  CROWTHER (7)  DAVIES (5)  DUDLEY (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (19)  EVANS (4)  FRANCIS (3)  GITTINS (10)  GOUGH (1)  HIGGINS (9)  HILL (3)  HOLLOWAY (2)  HOTCHKISS (3)  HUGHES (13)  HUMPHREYS (2)  JONES (23)  KNEEBONE (2)  LEEKE (6)  LEWIS (2)  LOCKLEY (4)  MELLINGS (10)  MORRIS (4)  MOUNTFORD (7)  NORTHWOOD (3)  ONSLOW (1)  OWENS (2)  PERKIN (5)  POPPETT (4)  POUND (6)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (1)  PUGH (1)  REDGE (17)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBINSON (1)  SMITH (8)  STOKES (6)  TIBBEY (3)  THOMAS (10)  WARDMAN (6)  WATERS (7)  WEBSTER (4)  WHITTALL (5)  WILKES (24)  WILLIAMS (5)