Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morville, Shropshire

Morville 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
THOMAS117.971019.32
CURETON75.07256,363.64
EVANS64.34789.95
GRIFFITHS64.347826.57
WARREN64.347865.01
WILSON53.62327.89
WILLIAMS53.62325.04
WALL53.6232103.52
BADGER53.6232625.00
KITSON42.8986363.64
POWELL42.898623.23
JONES42.89862.56
KYTE42.89861,739.13
DAVIES32.17394.27
WARD32.17399.95
BOWEN32.173952.54
BROWN32.17393.30
YAPP32.17391,111.11
BARRATT32.1739107.14
ELCOCK32.17391,000.00
HARRIS32.17398.55
HEAD21.449359.52
CHARLTON21.449350.63
BARNES10.72466.02
PAGE10.72469.07
ATKINS10.724619.31
COLLETT10.724656.50
HIGGINSON10.724672.46
CARTWRIGHT10.724619.01
SMALLMAN10.7246222.22
HARPER10.724611.33
BAKER10.72463.31
MUSGRAVE10.7246120.48
CLARKE10.72463.58
STEPHENS10.724613.05
ROWLEY10.724627.55
PARTON10.7246133.33
COX10.72464.78
THOMPSON10.72462.42
HILL10.72462.85
SMITH10.72460.51
BRIGHT10.724635.84
PREECE10.724644.44
FORREST10.724628.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURETON0.141386363.6364
KYTE0.141381739.1304
YAPP0.141381111.1111
ELCOCK0.141381000.0000
BADGER0.14138625.0000
KITSON0.14138363.6364
SMALLMAN0.14138222.2222
PARTON0.14138133.3333
MUSGRAVE0.14138120.4819
BARRATT0.14138107.1429
WALL0.14138103.5197
HIGGINSON0.1413872.4638
WARREN0.1413865.0054
HEAD0.1413859.5238
COLLETT0.1413856.4972
BOWEN0.1413852.5394
CHARLTON0.1413850.6329
PREECE0.1413844.4444
BRIGHT0.1413835.8423
FORREST0.1413828.0899
ROWLEY0.1413827.5482
GRIFFITHS0.1413826.5722
POWELL0.1413823.2288
THOMAS0.1413819.3152
ATKINS0.1413819.3050
CARTWRIGHT0.1413819.0114
STEPHENS0.1413813.0548
HARPER0.1413811.3250
WARD0.141389.9502
EVANS0.141389.9502
PAGE0.141389.0662
HARRIS0.141388.5543
WILSON0.141387.8889
BARNES0.141386.0205
WILLIAMS0.141385.0439
COX0.141384.7824
DAVIES0.141384.2741
CLARKE0.141383.5765
BAKER0.141383.3069
BROWN0.141383.2978
HILL0.141382.8450
JONES0.141382.5593
THOMPSON0.141382.4190
SMITH0.141380.5132

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 138 people called CURETON in Morville 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 6363.6364 in Morville means that 6363.6364% of the people in Morville on census day were called CURETON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CURETON 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 CURETON 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 CURETON 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 CURETON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Morville means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CURETON in Morville than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morville in 1881

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

ATKINS (1)  BADGER (5)  BAKER (1)  BARNES (1)  BARRATT (3)  BOWEN (3)  BRIGHT (1)  BROWN (3)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHARLTON (2)  CLARKE (1)  COLLETT (1)  COX (1)  CURETON (7)  DAVIES (3)  ELCOCK (3)  EVANS (6)  FORREST (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HARPER (1)  HARRIS (3)  HEAD (2)  HIGGINSON (1)  HILL (1)  HOWELS (1)  JONES (4)  KYTE (4)  KITSON (4)  LONGLAND (3)  MUSGRAVE (1)  PAGE (1)  PARTON (1)  POWELL (4)  PREECE (1)  ROWLEY (1)  SERGANT (6)  SMALLMAN (1)  SMITH (1)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMAS (11)  THOMPSON (1)  TILER (6)  WALL (5)  WARD (3)  WARREN (6)  WENLOCK (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (5)  YAPP (3)