Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheriff Hales, Shropshire

Sheriff Hales 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
DEAN262.576837.12
WILLIAMS252.47773.45
TALBOT252.477799.52
DODD242.378658.49
SHOTTON212.0813601.72
THOMPSON201.98226.62
EVANS191.88314.31
LEWIS181.78396.79
JONES151.48661.31
SMITH151.48661.05
PEAKE141.3875143.88
FROST141.387524.68
ALLEN131.28846.82
CHALLINOR121.1893338.03
PICKEN121.1893285.04
PLEVIN111.09022,619.05
MASON111.09028.11
EDWARDS111.09023.91
BROWN111.09021.65
JAMES111.09025.55
BEACH100.9911104.06
POWELL100.99117.94
TOMLINSON90.892019.34
PREECE90.892054.84
MORRALL90.8920502.79
DAVIES90.89201.75
PODMORE80.7929221.61
HARPER80.792912.38
PRICE80.79294.53
WARRENDER80.7929500.00
ANSLOW70.6938269.23
SMALLWOOD70.693875.19
WILLOCK70.6938518.52
LANGFORD70.693844.14
WHALLEY70.693844.08
FINNEY70.693880.00
TURNER70.69382.49
SHUKER70.6938372.34
CARTWRIGHT70.693818.20
YORK70.693852.47
WALKER70.69382.07
ARROWSMITH70.693889.51
TOWNSON70.6938165.09
MILLINGTON70.693845.81
DOODY60.5946335.20
HUDSON60.59467.26
SILLITOE60.5946419.58
STEVENSON60.59468.47
BROOME60.5946119.52
HARRIS60.59462.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLEVIN1.011,0092619.0476
MANCELL1.011,009810.8108
SHOTTON1.011,009601.7192
WILLOCK1.011,009518.5185
MORRALL1.011,009502.7933
WARRENDER1.011,009500.0000
SILLITOE1.011,009419.5804
SHUKER1.011,009372.3404
CHALLINOR1.011,009338.0282
DOODY1.011,009335.1955
WIGGIN1.011,009327.8689
PICKEN1.011,009285.0356
ANSLOW1.011,009269.2308
SPENDLOVE1.011,009258.0645
HAMMONDS1.011,009226.4151
PODMORE1.011,009221.6066
HIGHFIELD1.011,009212.7660
RALPHS1.011,009188.6792
TOWNSON1.011,009165.0943
PEAKE1.011,009143.8849
CROCKETT1.011,009126.3158
STANHOPE1.011,009123.9669
FALLOWS1.011,009123.9669
BROOME1.011,009119.5219
MADDOX1.011,009116.7315
NOCK1.011,009112.1076
BEACH1.011,009104.0583
TALBOT1.011,00999.5223
SLANEY1.011,00995.8466
ARROWSMITH1.011,00989.5141
FINNEY1.011,00980.0000
SMALLWOOD1.011,00975.1880
MAYERS1.011,00966.0066
MYATT1.011,00962.5000
DODD1.011,00958.4938
FELTON1.011,00957.6369
PREECE1.011,00954.8446
YORK1.011,00952.4738
KENDRICK1.011,00951.4933
BENBOW1.011,00950.0000
BELCHER1.011,00949.3827
FARRINGTON1.011,00946.1361
MILLINGTON1.011,00945.8115
PRYOR1.011,00944.5765
LANGFORD1.011,00944.1362
WHALLEY1.011,00944.0806
RIDGWAY1.011,00943.1965
JERVIS1.011,00938.7097
DEAN1.011,00937.1216
ADDISON1.011,00935.7910

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,009 people called PLEVIN in Sheriff Hales 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 2619.0476 in Sheriff Hales means that 2619.0476% of the people in Sheriff Hales on census day were called PLEVIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLEVIN 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 PLEVIN 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 PLEVIN 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 PLEVIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.01 in Sheriff Hales means that you are 1.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLEVIN in Sheriff Hales than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheriff Hales in 1881

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

ADDISON (5)  ALLEN (13)  AMOS (1)  ANSLOW (7)  ARROWSMITH (7)  ARTHUR (4)  ATCHERLEY (2)  BAILEY (5)  BANNISTER (2)  BASSENETT (1)  BEDALL (3)  BEDDELL (1)  BEACH (10)  BEECH (1)  BEESTON (9)  BELCHER (6)  BENBOW (2)  BETTERIDGE (1)  BILLINGTON (3)  BLEST (5)  BLOCKLEY (3)  BOULTON (3)  BOLTON (5)  BOLAS (1)  BRADBURNE (8)  BRADLEY (1)  BRASSINGTON (1)  BRAY (2)  BRISCOE (1)  BROOME (6)  BROWN (11)  BROWNE (1)  BURGESS (3)  BERROW (10)  BUTLER (6)  CHALLINOR (12)  CARTWRIGHT (7)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHETTAR (4)  CLAXTON (1)  CLUTTON (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (5)  CORSER (2)  COX (1)  CROCKETT (6)  CROSS (1)  DAMM (1)  DAVIES (9)  DAY (3)  DEAKIN (1)  DEAN (26)  DODD (24)  DONEGANI (5)  DOODY (6)  EABRY (3)  ECCLESHALL (1)  EDWARDS (11)  ELLIS (3)  ELLISS (2)  EVANS (19)  FALLOWS (6)  FARMER (2)  FARRINGTON (4)  FELTON (4)  FINNEY (7)  FOX (3)  FROST (14)  JEGGO (11)  GILES (1)  GRIPTON (3)  GWYNNE (1)  HALL (4)  HAMMONDS (6)  HAND (1)  HARPER (8)  HARRIS (6)  HARROWSMITH (10)  HARRYSMITH (1)  HASHELL (1)  HAWKINS (5)  HAYNES (1)  HICKMAN (1)  HIGHFIELD (6)  HODSON (1)  HOLDER (1)  HOLLAND (2)  HOLT (1)  HOULSTON (6)  HUDSON (6)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHRES (2)  HUMPHRIES (5)  HUNT (1)  ICKE (1)  INGRAM (1)  INSTONE (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (11)  JERVIS (3)  JONES (15)  KENDRICK (5)  KEY (1)  NOCK (5)  LANGFORD (7)  LAWLESS (1)  LEECH (1)  LEEDHAM (4)  LEWIS (18)  LOVEKIN (4)  LOVETT (3)  LOVATT (5)  LOWE (1)  MACHIN (1)  MADDOX (6)  MALPAS (1)  MANCELL (3)  MANSELL (3)  MASON (11)  MACKRORY (2)  MEDDINGS (3)  MERCER (1)  MILES (2)  MILLER (1)  MILLINGTON (7)  MINSHALL (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRELL (2)  MORRALL (9)  MOSS (1)  MYATT (3)  MAYERS (2)  NICHOLLS (4)  NORBURY (1)  PEAKE (14)  PEARCE (4)  PERRY (5)  PHILLIPS (3)  PICKEN (12)  PLAVENS (1)  PLEVIN (11)  PODMORE (8)  POINTON (1)  POOLE (1)  PORTER (5)  POWELL (10)  PREECE (9)  PRICE (8)  PRYOR (3)  PRITCHARD (6)  RICHARDS (2)  RIDGWAY (4)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROCHELL (1)  RALPHS (5)  ROWLANDS (5)  SCOTT (4)  SCRIMSHAW (1)  SHAW (2)  SHERWOOD (2)  SHORTLAND (1)  SHOTTON (21)  SCOTTON (1)  SHUKER (7)  SILLITOE (6)  SIMMELL (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SLANEY (3)  SMALLWOOD (7)  SMITH (15)  SPENCER (5)  SPENDLOVE (4)  STANHOPE (3)  STEVENSON (6)  TALBOT (25)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (3)  THOMPSON (20)  TITLEY (2)  TODD (6)  TOMLINSON (9)  TOOTH (17)  TOWNSON (7)  TREVITT (1)  TURNER (7)  VICKERS (5)  WALKER (7)  WHALLEY (7)  WARD (4)  WARRENDER (8)  WEGG (3)  WENLOCK (4)  WESTBROOK (1)  WHITBY (1)  WHITE (6)  WHITTLE (5)  WIGGIN (4)  WILLIAMS (25)  WILLOCK (7)  WINDSOR (3)  YATES (4)  YEOMANS (2)  YORK (7)