Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wistanstow, Shropshire

Wistanstow 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
DAVIES556.748513.27
EVANS374.539910.39
MORRIS273.312914.88
PRICE242.944816.83
JONES222.69942.38
GRIFFITHS202.454015.00
CADWALLADER192.33131,158.54
THOMAS182.20865.35
PERRY161.963226.69
EDWARDS141.71786.16
MARSTON141.7178184.45
LUCAS141.717837.16
WILLIAMS131.59512.22
HILL111.34975.30
OWEN111.349711.37
GOODMAN111.349746.26
WOOD101.22703.85
ROGERS91.10438.51
BROOM91.104389.55
COLES91.104331.70
POOLE80.981620.37
DOUGLAS80.981620.26
GOUGH80.981633.47
SMITH80.98160.70
BRINDLEY80.9816128.41
BAYNHAM80.9816522.88
STEAD80.981647.99
GROVES70.858930.55
GREEN70.85893.05
BATES70.858913.50
LOVE70.858936.23
MEREDITH70.858942.53
HOTCHKISS70.8589360.82
HICKS70.858920.52
BROWN70.85891.30
GITTENS70.8589551.18
POPE70.858924.92
JAMES70.85894.37
MORGAN60.73623.70
TURNER60.73622.64
COX60.73624.86
MILES50.613510.40
EDMONDS50.613532.11
RICHARDS50.61354.06
GOODE50.613547.39
BAMFORD50.613540.75
WOOLLEY50.613530.92
LLOYD50.61355.25
PERKIN50.6135113.90
CARTER50.61353.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEID0.828156000.0000
CADWALLADER0.828151158.5366
TREDINNICK0.82815851.0638
GITTENS0.82815551.1811
BAYNHAM0.82815522.8758
HOTCHKISS0.82815360.8247
MARSTON0.82815184.4532
HAILEY0.82815149.2537
BEDDOE0.82815138.8889
HAYLOCK0.82815135.1351
LAMBE0.82815131.5789
BRINDLEY0.82815128.4109
EDMUND0.82815119.0476
PERKIN0.82815113.8952
TEAGUE0.82815108.4599
BROOME0.8281598.7654
ANSLOW0.8281595.2381
BROOM0.8281589.5522
RUFF0.8281576.0456
BRIDGEWATER0.8281552.9101
MOYLE0.8281550.8906
OVERTON0.8281550.5689
STEAD0.8281547.9904
GOODE0.8281547.3934
TOMKINS0.8281547.3373
GOODMAN0.8281546.2574
CORBET0.8281544.6429
MEREDITH0.8281542.5273
BAMFORD0.8281540.7498
LUCAS0.8281537.1550
MINTON0.8281536.2319
LOVE0.8281536.2319
GOUGH0.8281533.4728
EDMONDS0.8281532.1130
COLES0.8281531.7013
WOOLLEY0.8281530.9215
GROVES0.8281530.5543
BARTHOLOMEW0.8281530.3030
PERRY0.8281526.6934
HARRIES0.8281526.0926
RAWLINGS0.8281525.1678
POPE0.8281524.9199
HICKS0.8281520.5218
POOLE0.8281520.3718
DOUGLAS0.8281520.2634
DYE0.8281518.4843
GROOM0.8281517.5131
WAINWRIGHT0.8281517.4014
PRICE0.8281516.8268
DUDLEY0.8281516.3532

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 815 people called LEID in Wistanstow 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 6000.0000 in Wistanstow means that 6000.0000% of the people in Wistanstow on census day were called LEID.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEID 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 LEID 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 LEID 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 LEID here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Wistanstow means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEID in Wistanstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wistanstow in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (1)  ALLEN (1)  AMBLER (1)  ANSLOW (2)  ASTON (2)  BAMFORD (5)  BARTHOLOMEW (2)  BATE (2)  BATES (7)  BAYNHAM (8)  BEAMAND (10)  BEDDOE (2)  BEAVAN (8)  BOWEN (3)  BRADLEY (3)  BRADSHAW (3)  BRIDGEWATER (1)  BRINDLEY (8)  BROOM (9)  BROOME (4)  BROWN (7)  BULLOCK (2)  BURTON (5)  CADWALLADER (19)  CANNON (1)  CARTER (5)  CHANDLER (1)  CHILDE (3)  CLARK (4)  COLES (9)  COLLIER (3)  CORBET (1)  CORFIELD (2)  COX (6)  COXALL (5)  DAVIES (55)  DAVIS (5)  DYE (1)  DODD (1)  DOUGLAS (8)  DUDLEY (2)  EDMONDS (5)  EDMUND (1)  EDWARDS (14)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (37)  FALKENER (1)  FLETCHER (1)  GARDERTON (5)  GATLAND (1)  GEIST (1)  GITTENS (7)  GOODE (5)  GOODMAN (11)  GOUGH (8)  GREEN (7)  GRIFFITHS (20)  GROOM (2)  GROVES (7)  GWYNNE (12)  HABERLEY (1)  HARRINGTON (2)  HARRIS (3)  HARRIES (4)  HARSENT (2)  HARWOOD (1)  HAYLOCK (3)  HAILEY (2)  HEAVER (1)  HICKS (7)  HILL (11)  HOLMES (2)  HOTCHKISS (7)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHREYS (1)  INSKIP (2)  JACKSON (4)  JAMES (7)  JONES (22)  LAMBE (1)  LAW (2)  LEID (3)  LEWIS (3)  LLOYD (5)  LOVE (7)  LUCAS (14)  MARSTON (14)  MARTIN (3)  MASON (2)  MEREDITH (7)  MILES (5)  MINTON (1)  MORGAN (6)  MORNINGTON (3)  MORRIS (27)  MOYLE (2)  MAUND (5)  NICHOLLS (1)  OVERTON (4)  OWEN (11)  OWENS (1)  PALMER (1)  PASTON (2)  PEARCE (1)  PERKIN (5)  PARRY (3)  PERRY (16)  POOLE (8)  POPE (7)  POTTER (2)  POWELL (3)  PREECE (2)  PRICE (24)  REYNOLDS (2)  RICHARDS (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (9)  RAWLINGS (3)  RUFF (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHUCKER (2)  SLYNN (2)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHALL (1)  STEAD (8)  STEVENSON (1)  SWAINSON (2)  TANTRAM (2)  TANTRUM (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEAGUE (5)  THOMAS (18)  TOMKINS (4)  TOMLINS (8)  TREDINNICK (4)  TURNER (6)  URWICK (2)  WEALES (6)  WAINWRIGHT (3)  WATKINS (1)  WATSON (1)  WEAVER (2)  WHITE (1)  WHITEFOOT (2)  WITTALL (5)  WILLIAMS (13)  GWILLIAM (3)  WOOD (10)  WOOLLEY (5)  WRIGHT (1)