Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shrewley, Warwickshire

Shrewley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Warwickshire

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
KNIGHT133.542228.74
PAGET102.7248510.20
BACHELOR102.72481,886.79
WRIGHT92.45237.64
CLARKE92.452312.10
PAGE82.179827.27
ADAMS71.907412.94
MASON71.907414.18
MORRIS71.90748.57
LUDLOW71.9074364.58
COURT61.6349128.48
CARPENTER61.634947.66
LEESON61.6349281.69
BROOKES61.634969.61
MARRIOTT61.634972.99
HAYWARD61.634938.34
CRITCHLOW61.6349631.58
STANLEY61.634942.52
MURRELL51.3624190.84
JEFFS51.3624174.22
SIMMONS51.362433.38
SHREEVE51.3624704.23
TAYLOR51.36242.13
JOHNS51.362452.74
PALMER41.08999.25
HARVEY41.089910.21
MILLS41.08998.41
POWELL41.08998.74
HALL41.08993.70
OLIVER41.089915.28
JOHNSON41.08993.24
GREEN41.08993.87
BYERLY41.089920,000.00
NASH41.089923.64
PRICE41.08996.23
BUCKLEY30.817415.02
HULL30.817439.11
BELLAMY30.817456.07
PERKINS30.817418.17
HOLTHAM30.8174600.00
HINKS30.8174201.34
FAIRFAX30.8174937.50
HANDLY30.8174857.14
MERRY30.8174109.49
INGRAM20.545017.84
ANKER20.5450625.00
MALIN20.5450163.93
CASHMORE20.5450173.91
SHAW20.54502.97
OSBOURN20.5450344.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYERLY20,000.0041.0899
HOLTAN10,000.0010.2725
BACHELOR1,886.79102.7248
FAIRFAX937.5030.8174
HANDLY857.1430.8174
SHREEVE704.2351.3624
HEARNS666.6710.2725
CRITCHLOW631.5861.6349
ANKER625.0020.5450
HOLTHAM600.0030.8174
WALWYN555.5610.2725
IRON526.3210.2725
PAGET510.20102.7248
SHAKESPEAR500.0020.5450
LUDLOW364.5871.9074
OSBOURN344.8320.5450
SELDON303.0320.5450
LEESON281.6961.6349
HINKS201.3430.8174
MURRELL190.8451.3624
JEFFS174.2251.3624
CASHMORE173.9120.5450
MALIN163.9320.5450
HERITAGE145.9920.5450
COURT128.4861.6349
ENSOR121.9510.2725
SABIN114.9410.2725
HINSON112.3610.2725
MERRY109.4930.8174
MARRIOTT72.9961.6349
BROOKES69.6161.6349
BELLAMY56.0730.8174
HANDS54.3520.5450
JOHNS52.7451.3624
CARPENTER47.6661.6349
STANLEY42.5261.6349
HULL39.1130.8174
MOOR38.9120.5450
HAYWARD38.3461.6349
SIMMONS33.3851.3624
BRAGG33.3310.2725
MACE30.8610.2725
TOMLIN30.4910.2725
KNIGHT28.74133.5422
DRINKWATER27.6210.2725
PAGE27.2782.1798
STYLES25.7710.2725
NASH23.6441.0899
GOODE21.0510.2725
YORK20.6210.2725

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BYERLY in Shrewley 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 1.0899 in Shrewley means that 1.0899% of the people in Shrewley on census day were called BYERLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYERLY 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 BYERLY 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 BYERLY 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 BYERLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Shrewley means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYERLY in Shrewley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shrewley in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (2)  ANKER (2)  BANT (7)  BARNETT (1)  BACHELOR (10)  BELL (1)  BELLAMY (3)  BENNETT (1)  BLUNN (1)  BRAGG (1)  BROOKES (6)  BUCKLEY (3)  BYERLY (4)  CARPENTER (6)  CASHMORE (2)  CLARKE (9)  COURT (6)  CRITCHLOW (6)  CROSS (1)  DALTON (1)  DRINKWATER (1)  EELES (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ENSOR (1)  FAIRFAX (3)  FITTER (5)  FLETCHER (2)  FRANCIS (1)  GARDENER (1)  GIMES (7)  GOODE (1)  GOULD (1)  GREEN (4)  HALL (4)  HANNIS (5)  HANDLY (3)  HANDS (2)  HARVEY (4)  HAYWARD (6)  HEARNS (1)  HINSON (1)  HERITAGE (2)  HINKS (3)  HOLTHAM (3)  HOLTAN (1)  HULL (3)  INGRAM (2)  IRON (1)  JEFFS (5)  JOHNS (5)  JOHNSON (4)  KNIGHT (13)  KNSET (1)  LANE (1)  LARKING (4)  LEESON (6)  LONG (2)  LUDLOW (7)  MALIN (2)  MALINS (1)  MARRIOTT (6)  MASON (7)  MACE (1)  MERRY (3)  MILLER (2)  MILLS (4)  MOOR (2)  MURRELL (5)  MORRIS (7)  NASH (4)  OLIVER (4)  OSBOURN (2)  PAGE (8)  PAGET (10)  PALMER (4)  PAYNTING (1)  PINFOLD (21)  PERKINS (3)  PORTNALL (1)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (4)  RICE (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (2)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SABIN (1)  SCARFE (3)  SELDON (2)  SHAKESPEAR (2)  SHAW (2)  SHREEVE (5)  SIMMONS (5)  SMITTIN (1)  STAIRER (4)  STANLEY (6)  STEELE (2)  STYLES (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TOMLIN (1)  WALWYN (1)  WATSON (2)  WATTS (2)  WRIGHT (9)  YORK (1)