1881 census county

Shropshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Shropshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

6,566 surnames are listed for Shropshire, covering 233,444 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 13,061 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Shropshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Jones	13,061	5.17%	4.57x
2	Davies	6,920	2.74%	5.39x
3	Evans	5,582	2.21%	5.06x
4	Williams	4,661	1.85%	2.57x
5	Edwards	3,830	1.52%	5.44x
6	Morris	3,344	1.32%	5.95x
7	Roberts	2,766	1.10%	2.91x
8	Price	2,617	1.04%	5.93x
9	Griffiths	2,389	0.950%	5.78x
10	Hughes	2,290	0.910%	3.24x
11	Thomas	2,234	0.890%	2.14x
12	Lewis	2,137	0.850%	3.22x
13	Lloyd	2,127	0.840%	7.22x
14	Smith	2,122	0.840%	0.60x
15	Owen	1,674	0.660%	5.59x
16	Taylor	1,521	0.600%	0.94x
17	Powell	1,513	0.600%	4.81x
18	Brown	1,475	0.580%	0.89x
19	Rogers	1,459	0.580%	4.45x
20	Richards	1,307	0.520%	3.43x
21	Pugh	1,192	0.470%	12.36x
22	Phillips	902	0.360%	2.00x
23	Harris	899	0.360%	1.40x
24	Bowen	864	0.340%	8.28x
25	Hall	840	0.330%	1.13x
26	Bailey	828	0.330%	2.18x
27	Preece	787	0.310%	19.17x
28	Turner	783	0.310%	1.11x
29	Pritchard	780	0.310%	5.74x
30	Gough	777	0.310%	10.50x
31	Hill	772	0.310%	1.20x
32	Davis	755	0.300%	1.36x
33	Ellis	733	0.290%	2.00x
34	Reynolds	705	0.280%	3.22x
35	Ward	694	0.280%	1.26x
36	Green	669	0.270%	0.94x
37	Hayward	666	0.260%	6.19x
38	Humphreys	666	0.260%	7.49x
39	Cooper	657	0.260%	1.07x
40	Wood	654	0.260%	0.81x
41	Bennett	628	0.250%	1.51x
42	Parry	628	0.250%	3.27x
43	Walker	610	0.240%	0.72x
44	Lowe	604	0.240%	3.19x
45	Howells	597	0.240%	9.27x
46	Adams	593	0.240%	1.59x
47	Vaughan	564	0.220%	6.55x
48	Pearce	558	0.220%	2.41x
49	Robinson	553	0.220%	0.69x
50	Fletcher	539	0.210%	1.87x
51	Lee	518	0.210%	1.26x
52	Downes	517	0.200%	16.56x
53	Dodd	511	0.200%	4.98x
54	Corfield	504	0.200%	35.30x
55	Meredith	497	0.200%	9.75x
56	Wall	495	0.200%	5.61x
57	Wright	495	0.200%	0.61x
58	Harper	490	0.190%	3.03x
59	Mansell	484	0.190%	16.41x
60	Poole	472	0.190%	3.88x
61	Ball	465	0.180%	2.23x
62	Mason	463	0.180%	1.36x
63	Johnson	451	0.180%	0.53x
64	Parker	451	0.180%	0.94x
65	Clarke	445	0.180%	0.87x
66	Wilson	442	0.180%	0.38x
67	Martin	441	0.170%	0.71x
68	Jackson	439	0.170%	0.62x
69	Oliver	436	0.170%	2.42x
70	Watkins	428	0.170%	2.80x
71	Corbett	426	0.170%	8.61x
72	Thompson	415	0.160%	0.55x
73	Gittins	411	0.160%	26.42x
74	Rowley	408	0.160%	6.15x
75	Baker	407	0.160%	0.74x
76	Fox	401	0.160%	1.71x
77	George	392	0.160%	2.65x
78	Parton	386	0.150%	28.12x
79	Edge	378	0.150%	8.69x
80	Bradley	376	0.150%	1.86x
81	Weaver	375	0.150%	5.71x
82	Palmer	367	0.150%	1.23x
83	Butler	359	0.140%	1.46x
84	Moore	353	0.140%	0.70x
85	Allen	343	0.140%	0.72x
86	Bright	342	0.140%	6.70x
87	France	340	0.130%	8.86x
88	Reeves	339	0.130%	3.28x
89	Carter	337	0.130%	0.80x
90	Langford	337	0.130%	8.49x
91	Wilkes	335	0.130%	7.66x
92	Barker	333	0.130%	1.01x
93	Matthews	330	0.130%	1.50x
94	Cox	327	0.130%	0.85x
95	Payne	327	0.130%	1.44x
96	Tudor	323	0.130%	19.03x
97	Webb	323	0.130%	0.94x
98	Lane	309	0.120%	1.78x
99	Stokes	309	0.120%	2.90x
100	Humphries	307	0.120%	5.40x