Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whitchurch New, Shropshire

Whitchurch New 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
SMITH137.55815.35
TRICKETT95.23261,200.00
JENNINGS95.2326103.21
LUNT84.6512720.72
HUXLEY74.0698909.09
GOODWIN63.488466.23
BROWN63.48845.29
BULKELEY52.90708,333.33
HUMBER52.90701,785.71
BLOWER42.3256392.16
WELCH42.325666.12
GREEN42.32568.26
GALLOWAY42.3256135.14
MULLINER42.32561,666.67
ARROWSMITH42.3256300.75
MORT42.3256481.93
BURTON42.325627.30
EVANSON31.74421,500.00
JONES31.74421.54
HEATH31.744235.13
GRIFFITHS31.744210.66
SCOTT21.16284.60
PATE21.1628281.69
STRINGER21.162858.31
ELSON21.1628185.19
PHILLIPS21.16286.50
TAYLOR10.58140.91
KEAY10.5814136.99
ADAMS10.58143.94
HUGHES10.58142.07
WOOLEY10.581490.91
COOPER10.58142.39
MORRIS10.58142.61
HATTON10.581429.59
LAWRENCE10.58148.95
BICKERTON10.5814138.89
ROBERTS10.58141.55
HUMPREY10.58142,000.00
HOWARD10.58145.92
WOODWARD10.581411.79
CHAPMAN10.58144.09
HALES10.581440.49
KYNASTON10.5814312.50
GRAY10.58144.07
FINCH10.581417.45
WOOLLEY10.581429.33
DAVIS10.58142.65
WITHINGTON10.5814222.22
LITT10.58141,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BULKELEY0.171728333.3333
HUMPREY0.171722000.0000
HUMBER0.171721785.7143
MULLINER0.171721666.6667
EVANSON0.171721500.0000
TRICKETT0.171721200.0000
LITT0.171721000.0000
HUXLEY0.17172909.0909
LUNT0.17172720.7207
MORT0.17172481.9277
BLOWER0.17172392.1569
KYNASTON0.17172312.5000
ARROWSMITH0.17172300.7519
PATE0.17172281.6901
WITHINGTON0.17172222.2222
ELSON0.17172185.1852
BICKERTON0.17172138.8889
KEAY0.17172136.9863
GALLOWAY0.17172135.1351
JENNINGS0.17172103.2110
WOOLEY0.1717290.9091
GOODWIN0.1717266.2252
WELCH0.1717266.1157
STRINGER0.1717258.3090
HALES0.1717240.4858
HEATH0.1717235.1288
HATTON0.1717229.5858
WOOLLEY0.1717229.3255
BURTON0.1717227.3038
FINCH0.1717217.4520
WOODWARD0.1717211.7925
GRIFFITHS0.1717210.6572
LAWRENCE0.171728.9526
GREEN0.171728.2593
PHILLIPS0.171726.4998
HOWARD0.171725.9242
SMITH0.171725.3531
BROWN0.171725.2919
SCOTT0.171724.5956
CHAPMAN0.171724.0933
GRAY0.171724.0717
ADAMS0.171723.9448
DAVIS0.171722.6455
MORRIS0.171722.6116
COOPER0.171722.3901
HUGHES0.171722.0747
ROBERTS0.171721.5454
JONES0.171721.5400
TAYLOR0.171720.9092

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 172 people called BULKELEY in Whitchurch New 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 8333.3333 in Whitchurch New means that 8333.3333% of the people in Whitchurch New on census day were called BULKELEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BULKELEY 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 BULKELEY 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 BULKELEY 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 BULKELEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Whitchurch New means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BULKELEY in Whitchurch New than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whitchurch New in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ARROWSMITH (4)  BATHO (3)  BICKERTON (1)  BLOWER (4)  BROWN (6)  BULKELEY (5)  BURTON (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHESTERS (6)  COOPER (1)  DAVIS (1)  ELSON (2)  EVANSON (3)  FINCH (1)  FLINN OR TLINN (2)  GALLOWAY (4)  GOODWIN (6)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (4)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HALES (1)  HATTON (1)  HEATH (3)  HOWARD (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUMBER (5)  HUMPREY (1)  AMSON (1)  JENNINGS (9)  JONES (3)  KEAY (1)  KYNASTON (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LITT (1)  LUNT (8)  MCGRAH (6)  MORRIS (1)  MORT (4)  MULLINER (4)  HUXLEY (7)  PATE (2)  PHILLIPS (2)  ROBERTS (1)  SCOTT (2)  SLIN (8)  SMITH (13)  STRINGER (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TIMMILLY (1)  TRICKETT (9)  WELCH (4)  WITHINGTON (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLEY (1)  WOOLLEY (1)