Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rushbury, Shropshire

Rushbury 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
FINCH224.3912131.89
BLAKEWAY193.79243,015.87
DOWNES183.5928290.32
EDWARDS173.393212.18
HIGGINS132.594851.32
BIGGS132.5948137.71
BOULTON101.9960110.74
WEBSTER101.996022.95
MARSH91.796425.18
SPEAKE91.79641,184.21
TAYLOR91.79642.81
BRIGHT91.796488.85
LAWLEY81.5968264.90
WATKINS71.397223.06
MOORE71.39726.99
WALL71.397239.95
PRITCHARD71.397225.95
HILL71.39725.49
STRANGE71.3972130.35
JOHNSON71.39724.16
FRANCE61.197678.74
DAVIES61.19762.35
LLOYD61.197610.26
PARTON61.1976219.78
NORRIS50.998023.23
ADAMS50.99806.77
GRAINGER50.998064.94
BARLOW50.998018.48
HOLDEN50.998018.22
DICKSON50.998026.95
HAMMOND50.998017.53
WILLIAMS50.99801.39
BENSON50.998036.82
ROGERS50.99807.69
HOTCHKISS50.9980420.17
CORBETT50.998050.92
JAMES40.79844.06
CROXTON40.7984816.33
SOUTHERN40.798486.58
GEORGE40.798413.61
OWEN40.79846.73
REN40.798413,333.33
WILKES40.798446.08
BROMLEY30.598838.91
PUGH30.598815.67
CHILD30.598835.21
OWENS30.598812.06
WILCOX30.598831.78
WADLOW30.5988882.35
PRICE30.59883.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REN0.5050113333.3333
BLAKEWAY0.505013015.8730
SPEAKE0.505011184.2105
WADLOW0.50501882.3529
CROXTON0.50501816.3265
BERRELL0.50501769.2308
HOTCHKISS0.50501420.1681
DOWNES0.50501290.3226
RHODEN0.50501277.7778
LAWLEY0.50501264.9007
PARTON0.50501219.7802
BIGGS0.50501137.7119
FINCH0.50501131.8945
STRANGE0.50501130.3538
BOULTON0.50501110.7420
SANKEY0.5050196.1538
BRIGHT0.5050188.8450
SOUTHERN0.5050186.5801
FRANCE0.5050178.7402
GRAINGER0.5050164.9351
DUCKETT0.5050162.5000
MINTON0.5050158.8235
ANSON0.5050153.7634
HIGGINS0.5050151.3225
CORBETT0.5050150.9165
WILKES0.5050146.0829
DANKS0.5050145.8716
WALL0.5050139.9543
BROMLEY0.5050138.9105
BENSON0.5050136.8189
REA0.5050135.4610
CHILD0.5050135.2113
WILCOX0.5050131.7797
DICKSON0.5050126.9542
BRINDLEY0.5050126.1097
PRITCHARD0.5050125.9451
MARSH0.5050125.1819
NORRIS0.5050123.2342
WATKINS0.5050123.0567
WEBSTER0.5050122.9516
HUTCHINS0.5050119.7628
BARLOW0.5050118.4843
HOLDEN0.5050118.2216
HAMMOND0.5050117.5316
MANSELL0.5050117.0940
PUGH0.5050115.6740
GARDINER0.5050113.8889
GEORGE0.5050113.6054
EDWARDS0.5050112.1750
OWENS0.5050112.0579

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 501 people called REN in Rushbury 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 13333.3333 in Rushbury means that 13333.3333% of the people in Rushbury on census day were called REN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REN 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 REN 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 REN 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 REN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Rushbury means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REN in Rushbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rushbury in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ANSON (1)  BARLOW (5)  BEANWIN (1)  BEDDOES (1)  BENNETT (1)  BENSON (5)  BEVAN (1)  BIGGS (13)  BIRCH (1)  BLAKEWAY (19)  BOULTON (10)  BRAY (2)  BRIGHT (9)  BRINDLEY (1)  BROMLEY (3)  BULL (1)  BERRELL (1)  BUTLER (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CORSEN (1)  CARTER (1)  CHILD (3)  CLEETON (6)  CORBETT (5)  CORFIELD (17)  CROXTON (4)  DANKS (1)  DAVIES (6)  DICKSON (5)  DOWNES (18)  DUCKETT (2)  EASTHOPE (5)  EDWARDS (17)  ELSDEN (3)  ESP (12)  PHEASEY (2)  FEWTRELL (4)  FINCH (22)  TOONE OR FOONE (2)  FOX (2)  FRANCE (6)  FREWTRELL (9)  FEWHELL (1)  GARDINER (2)  GEORGE (4)  GRAINGER (5)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HAMMOND (5)  HIGGINS (13)  HILL (7)  HODGETTS (2)  HOLDEN (5)  HORTON (2)  HOTCHKISS (5)  HOTHAM (5)  HOWELLS (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUTCHINS (1)  JAMES (4)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (2)  LAWLEY (8)  LLOYD (6)  MANSELL (1)  MARSH (9)  MINTON (1)  MOORE (7)  NORREY (1)  NORRIS (5)  OWEN (4)  OWENS (3)  PARTON (6)  PEARCE (2)  POPPET (3)  POSTONS (1)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (3)  PRITCHARD (7)  PUGH (3)  RAY (1)  REA (1)  RAISWELL (7)  READ (1)  ROBERTS (2)  RHODEN (1)  ROGERS (5)  RUSSELL (2)  SANKEY (2)  SEABREY (5)  SMOLT (1)  SMOUT (16)  SOUTHERN (4)  SPEAKE (9)  STRANGE (7)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMAS (1)  WADLOW (3)  WALL (7)  WATKINS (7)  WEBSTER (10)  WILCOX (3)  WILKES (4)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (2)  REN (4)