Top surnames from the 1881 census in Neenton, Shropshire

Neenton 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
EVANS128.510619.48
JONES107.09226.26
CHATHAM96.38304,090.91
PRITCHARD85.6738105.40
AINSWORTH74.9645250.90
EDWARDS74.964517.81
HARLEY74.9645384.62
BLOUNT64.25531,250.00
DOWNES64.2553344.83
CROWTHER53.5461118.76
SIMPSON53.546120.28
BROMLEY42.8369184.33
PREECE32.1277131.00
SKIDMORE21.4184192.31
GOOD21.4184114.29
PRICE21.41848.10
JAMES21.41847.22
FRENCH10.709214.53
MORRIS10.70923.19
LAWLEY10.7092117.65
HUGHES10.70922.53
GLAZE10.7092588.24
FELL10.709250.51
MILES10.709212.02
DOWNS10.709239.84
COLLEY10.709255.87
SMITH10.70920.50
GARBETT10.7092181.82
PALMER10.70926.02
MERRICK10.709295.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHATHAM0.141414090.9091
BLOUNT0.141411250.0000
GLAZE0.14141588.2353
HARLEY0.14141384.6154
DOWNES0.14141344.8276
AINSWORTH0.14141250.8961
SKIDMORE0.14141192.3077
BROMLEY0.14141184.3318
GARBETT0.14141181.8182
PREECE0.14141131.0044
CROWTHER0.14141118.7648
LAWLEY0.14141117.6471
GOOD0.14141114.2857
PRITCHARD0.14141105.4018
MERRICK0.1414195.2381
COLLEY0.1414155.8659
FELL0.1414150.5051
DOWNS0.1414139.8406
SIMPSON0.1414120.2758
EVANS0.1414119.4774
EDWARDS0.1414117.8117
FRENCH0.1414114.5349
MILES0.1414112.0192
PRICE0.141418.1037
JAMES0.141417.2202
JONES0.141416.2621
PALMER0.141416.0168
MORRIS0.141413.1857
HUGHES0.141412.5310
SMITH0.141410.5023

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 141 people called CHATHAM in Neenton 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 4090.9091 in Neenton means that 4090.9091% of the people in Neenton on census day were called CHATHAM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Neenton in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (7)  AMIES (5)  BEETLESTONE (2)  BINNALL (1)  BLOUNT (6)  BROMLEY (4)  CHATHAM (9)  COLLEY (1)  COORFIELD (1)  CORFIELD (1)  CORSER (4)  CROWTHER (5)  DOWNES (6)  DOWNS (1)  EDWARDS (7)  EVANS (12)  FELL (1)  FRENCH (1)  GARBETT (1)  GLAZE (1)  GOOD (2)  HAMORE (5)  HARLEY (7)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (2)  JONES (10)  LAWLEY (1)  MERRICK (1)  MILES (1)  MORRIS (1)  PALMER (1)  PREECE (3)  PRICE (2)  PRITCHARD (8)  SCANDRIT (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SKIDMORE (2)  SMITH (1)  WHITEFOOT (11)