Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitchurch Alkington, Shropshire

Whitchurch Alkington 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
BOOT64.76191,016.95
HOWELL64.7619112.99
BEDFORD64.7619200.67
MADDOCKS64.7619779.22
BOSTOCK64.7619508.47
GRIFFITHS64.761929.10
MANLEY64.7619425.53
WILSON53.96838.64
SCOTT53.968315.68
MORGAN43.174615.96
DEVENPORT43.17461,739.13
OLIVER43.174644.49
WILLIAMS32.38103.31
PRICE21.58739.07
HORTON21.587342.74
ADAMS21.587310.77
PARKER21.58738.35
SUDLOW21.58731,818.18
MORETON21.5873212.77
JONES21.58731.40
FORESTER10.7937277.78
CLARK10.79372.64
MAN10.7937434.78
BRADSHAW10.793719.31
SAVILLE10.793787.72
PHILLIPS10.79374.44
HOLT10.793711.85
PALMER10.79376.73
WARD10.79373.63
CHASE10.7937142.86
SIMPSON10.79374.54
ROBERTS10.79372.11
HOUGHTON10.793722.73
BECKET10.7937384.62
PERRY10.793710.79
COOKSON10.793767.11
TIMMIS10.7937344.83
BROWN10.79371.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUDLOW0.131261818.1818
DEVENPORT0.131261739.1304
BOOT0.131261016.9492
MADDOCKS0.13126779.2208
BOSTOCK0.13126508.4746
MAN0.13126434.7826
MANLEY0.13126425.5319
BECKET0.13126384.6154
TIMMIS0.13126344.8276
FORESTER0.13126277.7778
MORETON0.13126212.7660
BEDFORD0.13126200.6689
CHASE0.13126142.8571
HOWELL0.13126112.9944
SAVILLE0.1312687.7193
COOKSON0.1312667.1141
OLIVER0.1312644.4939
HORTON0.1312642.7350
GRIFFITHS0.1312629.0980
HOUGHTON0.1312622.7273
BRADSHAW0.1312619.3050
MORGAN0.1312615.9617
SCOTT0.1312615.6838
HOLT0.1312611.8483
PERRY0.1312610.7875
ADAMS0.1312610.7701
PRICE0.131269.0703
WILSON0.131268.6401
PARKER0.131268.3472
PALMER0.131266.7340
SIMPSON0.131264.5372
PHILLIPS0.131264.4366
WARD0.131263.6324
WILLIAMS0.131263.3146
CLARK0.131262.6406
ROBERTS0.131262.1097
JONES0.131261.4015
BROWN0.131261.2039

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 126 people called SUDLOW in Whitchurch Alkington 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 1818.1818 in Whitchurch Alkington means that 1818.1818% of the people in Whitchurch Alkington on census day were called SUDLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUDLOW 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 SUDLOW 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 SUDLOW 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 SUDLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Whitchurch Alkington means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUDLOW in Whitchurch Alkington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitchurch Alkington in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ANKERS (1)  BATHO (1)  BECKET (1)  BEDFORD (6)  BOOT (6)  BOSTOCK (6)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRASSINGTON (1)  BROWN (1)  CHASE (1)  CHESWORTH (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAWLY (4)  COOKSON (1)  DEVENPORT (4)  DUDLISTON (2)  EVINSON (5)  FORESTER (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HOCKENHULL (2)  HOLT (1)  HORTON (2)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWELL (6)  JONES (2)  MADDOCKS (6)  MANLEY (6)  MAN (1)  MORGAN (4)  MORETON (2)  NEVIT (1)  NUNNERLEY (3)  OLIVER (4)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (2)  PARY (1)  PERRY (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POVER (3)  PRICE (2)  ROBERTS (1)  SAVILLE (1)  SCOTT (5)  SIMPSON (1)  STUBS (1)  SUDLOW (2)  TIMMIS (1)  WALLAS (1)  WARD (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (5)