Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willey, Shropshire

Willey 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
BENTLEY126.9364163.93
JONES116.35845.61
POINTON95.20231,232.88
DAVIES95.202310.23
PATES84.62433,333.33
TAYLOR74.04626.33
SCOTT63.468213.71
EVANS63.46827.94
LLOYD52.890224.75
THOMAS42.31215.60
MELLISH42.31211,081.08
FISHER42.312119.75
MITCHELL42.312111.40
PRICE42.312113.21
ROBERTS31.73414.61
WAYNE31.73411,666.67
GOFF21.1561178.57
RAWLINGS21.156179.05
HAYES21.156118.59
RABY21.1561240.96
HOWARD21.156111.78
NEAL21.156139.06
BROWN21.15611.75
MANTLE21.1561222.22
JEBB21.1561952.38
MORRIS21.15615.19
RICHARDS10.57803.83
BRAZIER10.578061.73
MILLAR10.578015.85
EMBERY10.57801,666.67
POWELL10.57804.63
INGRAM10.578018.94
CORBETT10.578029.50
OWEN10.57804.87
BUTLER10.57805.93
MONK10.578027.55
GORDON10.57809.17
REYNOLDS10.57806.67
BOWYER10.578052.91
DEVEREUX10.5780212.77
COLLINS10.57804.03
HALL10.57801.96
GOODWIN10.578010.96
REECE10.578066.23
BIRCH10.578014.10
HOGGINS10.5780625.00
STOKEY10.57805,000.00
CLARKE10.57802.85
GRIFFIS10.57802,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STOKEY0.171735000.0000
PATES0.171733333.3333
GRIFFIS0.171732000.0000
WAYNE0.171731666.6667
EMBERY0.171731666.6667
POINTON0.171731232.8767
MELLISH0.171731081.0811
JEBB0.17173952.3810
HOGGINS0.17173625.0000
RABY0.17173240.9639
MANTLE0.17173222.2222
DEVEREUX0.17173212.7660
GOFF0.17173178.5714
BENTLEY0.17173163.9344
RAWLINGS0.1717379.0514
REECE0.1717366.2252
BRAZIER0.1717361.7284
BOWYER0.1717352.9101
NEAL0.1717339.0625
CORBETT0.1717329.4985
MONK0.1717327.5482
LLOYD0.1717324.7525
FISHER0.1717319.7531
INGRAM0.1717318.9394
HAYES0.1717318.5874
MILLAR0.1717315.8479
BIRCH0.1717314.1044
SCOTT0.1717313.7080
PRICE0.1717313.2100
HOWARD0.1717311.7786
MITCHELL0.1717311.3993
GOODWIN0.1717310.9649
DAVIES0.1717310.2273
GORDON0.171739.1743
EVANS0.171737.9365
REYNOLDS0.171736.6711
TAYLOR0.171736.3274
BUTLER0.171735.9277
JONES0.171735.6142
THOMAS0.171735.6030
MORRIS0.171735.1935
OWEN0.171734.8709
POWELL0.171734.6339
ROBERTS0.171734.6097
COLLINS0.171734.0290
RICHARDS0.171733.8270
CLARKE0.171732.8531
HALL0.171731.9646
BROWN0.171731.7538

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 173 people called STOKEY in Willey 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 5000.0000 in Willey means that 5000.0000% of the people in Willey on census day were called STOKEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Willey in 1881

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

ALLPORT (1)  BENTLEY (12)  BIRCH (1)  BOWYER (1)  BRAZIER (1)  BROKES (4)  BROWN (2)  BUTLER (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLLINS (1)  CORBETT (1)  CORFIELD (1)  DAVIES (9)  DEVEREUX (1)  EMBERY (1)  EVANS (6)  FISHER (4)  GOODWIN (1)  GORDON (1)  GOFF (2)  GRETTON (1)  GRIFFIS (1)  HALL (1)  HAYES (2)  HAZLEDENE (1)  HOGGINS (1)  HOWARD (2)  INGRAM (1)  JEBB (2)  JONES (11)  KERRIMAN (1)  LLOYD (5)  MANTLE (2)  MERYICK (4)  MILLAR (1)  MELLISH (4)  MITCHELL (4)  MONK (1)  MORRIS (2)  MORRISE (1)  MULLARD (1)  NEAL (2)  OWEN (1)  PATES (8)  POINTON (9)  POWNER (3)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (4)  RABY (2)  REECE (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (3)  RAWLINGS (2)  SCOTT (6)  SEDGLEY (1)  STEVANS (5)  STOKEY (1)  TABBINER (5)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (4)  WAYNE (3)  GWILLIAM (2)