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 Ramsell, with 32 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
1101	Ramsell	32	0.010%	16.30x
1102	Sandford	32	0.010%	1.78x
1103	Turley	32	0.010%	2.35x
1104	Walmsley	32	0.010%	0.61x
1105	Abbott	31	0.010%	0.28x
1106	Ainsworth	31	0.010%	0.62x
1107	Atkinson	31	0.010%	0.13x
1108	Barnfield	31	0.010%	4.98x
1109	Black	31	0.010%	0.19x
1110	Blaney	31	0.010%	6.10x
1111	Boddison	31	0.010%	49.73x
1112	Bolton	31	0.010%	0.29x
1113	Bucknell	31	0.010%	4.84x
1114	Charlton	31	0.010%	0.43x
1115	Clutton	31	0.010%	6.71x
1116	Crowe	31	0.010%	1.23x
1117	Curran	31	0.010%	1.47x
1118	Currier	31	0.010%	16.35x
1119	Holden	31	0.010%	0.22x
1120	Houlding	31	0.010%	11.32x
1121	Jeffs	31	0.010%	1.57x
1122	Love	31	0.010%	0.52x
1123	Parsonage	31	0.010%	4.85x
1124	Shelton	31	0.010%	1.04x
1125	Shutt	31	0.010%	3.41x
1126	Simcox	31	0.010%	4.83x
1127	Tolley	31	0.010%	2.35x
1128	Woodall	31	0.010%	1.53x
1129	Worthington	31	0.010%	0.61x
1130	Alsop	30	0.010%	2.67x
1131	Bethell	30	0.010%	3.22x
1132	Blowers	30	0.010%	4.67x
1133	Blud	30	0.010%	69.83x
1134	Bostock	30	0.010%	1.27x
1135	Dallow	30	0.010%	9.52x
1136	Egan	30	0.010%	1.43x
1137	Eveson	30	0.010%	14.07x
1138	Evison	30	0.010%	3.75x
1139	Finney	30	0.010%	1.37x
1140	Hamlett	30	0.010%	10.03x
1141	Hayman	30	0.010%	1.56x
1142	Hewlett	30	0.010%	1.90x
1143	Hobson	30	0.010%	0.46x
1144	Nagington	30	0.010%	39.12x
1145	Radnor	30	0.010%	33.90x
1146	Robert	30	0.010%	2.43x
1147	Shepard	30	0.010%	4.18x
1148	Sims	30	0.010%	0.40x
1149	Sparrow	30	0.010%	0.94x
1150	Vale	30	0.010%	1.66x
1151	Watkis	30	0.010%	74.20x
1152	Wiggin	30	0.010%	9.81x
1153	Birks	29	0.010%	1.73x
1154	Botwood	29	0.010%	29.92x
1155	Brassington	29	0.010%	2.88x
1156	Clawley	29	0.010%	47.79x
1157	Clewes	29	0.010%	7.89x
1158	Durnell	29	0.010%	22.79x
1159	Gee	29	0.010%	0.45x
1160	Henshaw	29	0.010%	1.35x
1161	Hoare	29	0.010%	0.59x
1162	Hutchinson	29	0.010%	0.20x
1163	Joseph	29	0.010%	1.42x
1164	Kemp	29	0.010%	0.21x
1165	Macefield	29	0.010%	22.94x
1166	Mancell	29	0.010%	31.00x
1167	Manford	29	0.010%	23.90x
1168	Nott	29	0.010%	1.63x
1169	Sandles	29	0.010%	22.64x
1170	Sharp	29	0.010%	0.14x
1171	Shropshire	29	0.010%	33.74x
1172	Spender	29	0.010%	14.77x
1173	Steward	29	0.010%	0.89x
1174	Willets	29	0.010%	11.28x
1175	Woods	29	0.010%	0.18x
1176	Adderley	28	0.010%	6.66x
1177	Berrington	28	0.010%	6.13x
1178	Blakeman	28	0.010%	3.78x
1179	Bounds	28	0.010%	7.52x
1180	Boyling	28	0.010%	17.49x
1181	Bumford	28	0.010%	12.54x
1182	Burroughs	28	0.010%	3.46x
1183	Clews	28	0.010%	2.45x
1184	Corbitt	28	0.010%	12.83x
1185	Crutchley	28	0.010%	4.08x
1186	Dowley	28	0.010%	12.35x
1187	Downton	28	0.010%	5.89x
1188	Ducket	28	0.010%	21.72x
1189	Gadd	28	0.010%	1.67x
1190	Gamble	28	0.010%	0.78x
1191	Garmston	28	0.010%	48.15x
1192	Greenfield	28	0.010%	1.00x
1193	Hayley	28	0.010%	10.93x
1194	Hide	28	0.010%	2.88x
1195	Highway	28	0.010%	19.54x
1196	Hincks	28	0.010%	9.36x
1197	Hinsley	28	0.010%	7.42x
1198	Kerry	28	0.010%	1.64x
1199	Pike	28	0.010%	0.38x
1200	Plimley	28	0.010%	31.95x