Top surnames from the 1881 census in Worthen Hope, Shropshire

Worthen Hope 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
LEWIS529.719636.97
BENNETT336.168237.53
PURSLOW325.98133,902.44
PUGH264.8598127.20
HUGHES264.859817.34
EVANS254.672910.69
ROBERTS213.925210.43
JONES213.92523.47
ROWSON193.5514984.46
PERKIN193.5514659.72
BETTON152.80373,488.37
HAYMAN142.6168343.14
JOHNSON132.42997.23
PRICE122.243012.82
KINSEY91.6822257.14
WOOTTON71.3084144.03
RIDGE71.3084187.17
THOMAS71.30843.17
PREECE71.308480.46
PERKINS71.308429.08
OLDFIELD61.121567.87
BUTLER61.121511.50
BEADLES50.93463,571.43
WARDMAN50.9346364.96
GOODALL50.934643.63
SPEAKE50.9346617.28
PHILPOT40.7477111.42
SALTER40.747732.68
HIGGINS40.747714.79
WOOD40.74772.35
HEWITT40.747715.35
MADDOX40.7477146.52
WILLIAMS40.74771.04
GRIFFITHS40.74774.57
LINLEY30.5607157.89
STANAWAY30.56071,111.11
HOLMES30.56074.60
OWENS30.560711.29
BEVAN20.373815.28
CADWALLADER20.3738185.19
HOTCHKISS20.3738157.48
BOWYER20.373834.31
BONNER20.373842.55
DAVIES20.37380.73
BROWN20.37380.57
HILL20.37381.47
HERRIN10.1869333.33
PARTINGTON10.186913.18
MANN10.18693.55
PRYOR10.186928.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PURSLOW0.545353902.4390
BEADLES0.545353571.4286
BETTON0.545353488.3721
STANAWAY0.545351111.1111
ROWSON0.54535984.4560
PERKIN0.54535659.7222
SPEAKE0.54535617.2840
WARDMAN0.54535364.9635
HAYMAN0.54535343.1373
HERRIN0.54535333.3333
KINSEY0.54535257.1429
RIDGE0.54535187.1658
CADWALLADER0.54535185.1852
LINLEY0.54535157.8947
HOTCHKISS0.54535157.4803
MADDOX0.54535146.5201
WOOTTON0.54535144.0329
PUGH0.54535127.2016
PHILPOT0.54535111.4206
PREECE0.5453580.4598
OLDFIELD0.5453567.8733
GOODALL0.5453543.6300
BONNER0.5453542.5532
BENNETT0.5453537.5299
LEWIS0.5453536.9686
BOWYER0.5453534.3053
SALTER0.5453532.6797
PERKINS0.5453529.0818
PRYOR0.5453528.0112
HUGHES0.5453517.3437
HEWITT0.5453515.3492
BEVAN0.5453515.2788
HIGGINS0.5453514.7874
PARTINGTON0.5453513.1752
PRICE0.5453512.8164
BUTLER0.5453511.5031
OWENS0.5453511.2909
EVANS0.5453510.6934
ROBERTS0.5453510.4337
JOHNSON0.545357.2319
HOLMES0.545354.6048
GRIFFITHS0.545354.5688
MANN0.545353.5486
PRITCHARD0.545353.4710
JONES0.545353.4659
THOMAS0.545353.1707
POTTER0.545352.8818
STEVENSON0.545352.6638
WOOD0.545352.3465
HILL0.545351.4678

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 535 people called PURSLOW in Worthen Hope 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 3902.4390 in Worthen Hope means that 3902.4390% of the people in Worthen Hope on census day were called PURSLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PURSLOW 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 PURSLOW 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 PURSLOW 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 PURSLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Worthen Hope means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PURSLOW in Worthen Hope than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Worthen Hope in 1881

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

BONNER OR BANNER (2)  BEADLES (5)  BETTON (15)  BEAMOND (4)  BENNETT (33)  BEVAN (2)  BEAVAN (8)  BONNER (2)  BOWYER (2)  BROWN (2)  BUTLER (6)  CADWALLADER (2)  CHIDLEY (16)  CORFIELD (8)  DAVIES (2)  EVANS (25)  GOODALL (5)  GRIFFITHS (4)  GUNDREY (1)  HAYMAN (14)  HERRIN (1)  HEWITT (4)  HIGGINS (4)  HILL (2)  HOLMES (3)  HOTCHKISS (2)  HUGHES (26)  JOHNSON (13)  JONES (21)  LEWIS (52)  LINLEY (3)  LICETT (7)  MADDOX (4)  MANN (1)  KINSEY (9)  OLDFIELD (6)  OWENS (3)  PARBOTT (2)  PARTINGTON (1)  PERKIN (19)  PERKINS (7)  PHILPOT (4)  POTTER (1)  PREECE (7)  PRICE (12)  PRYOR (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  PUGH (26)  PURSLOW (32)  ROWSON (19)  RIDGE (7)  ROBERTS (21)  SALTER (4)  SANDALS (2)  SMITH (1)  SPEAKE (5)  STANAWAY (3)  STEVENSON (1)  THOMAS (7)  TITLEY (5)  TOMLINES (6)  WARDMAN (5)  GWILLIAM (2)  WILLIAMS (4)  WOOD (4)  WOOTTON (7)