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 Sankey, with 187 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
201	Sankey	187	0.070%	17.88x
202	Burgess	185	0.070%	1.06x
203	Marsh	184	0.070%	1.02x
204	Roden	184	0.070%	15.56x
205	Scott	183	0.070%	0.29x
206	Beeston	182	0.070%	17.14x
207	Cadman	182	0.070%	8.85x
208	Madeley	182	0.070%	26.50x
209	Watkin	182	0.070%	8.24x
210	Colley	180	0.070%	5.63x
211	Painter	180	0.070%	5.20x
212	Dudley	178	0.070%	4.70x
213	Porter	178	0.070%	0.94x
214	Woodhouse	178	0.070%	2.98x
215	Rowson	177	0.070%	19.45x
216	Clay	176	0.070%	3.40x
217	Latham	176	0.070%	3.43x
218	Reece	176	0.070%	7.98x
219	Clark	173	0.070%	0.23x
220	Dorricott	170	0.070%	72.57x
221	Podmore	170	0.070%	18.82x
222	Howard	169	0.070%	0.68x
223	Ray	169	0.070%	3.38x
224	Whittingham	169	0.070%	8.90x
225	Parsons	168	0.070%	0.88x
226	Doody	167	0.070%	37.25x
227	Harley	167	0.070%	5.13x
228	Perkins	167	0.070%	1.47x
229	Paddock	166	0.070%	25.75x
230	Hamer	163	0.060%	3.45x
231	Hammonds	163	0.060%	24.54x
232	Jacks	162	0.060%	28.23x
233	Lockley	162	0.060%	16.92x
234	Buckley	161	0.060%	1.17x
235	Spencer	160	0.060%	0.69x
236	Shepherd	158	0.060%	0.85x
237	Bourne	156	0.060%	3.19x
238	Cotton	156	0.060%	2.59x
239	Crowther	156	0.060%	2.07x
240	Eaton	156	0.060%	2.21x
241	Lea	156	0.060%	3.13x
242	Tomlins	156	0.060%	30.80x
243	Tomlinson	156	0.060%	1.34x
244	Childs	154	0.060%	3.32x
245	White	154	0.060%	0.19x
246	Day	153	0.060%	0.64x
247	Simmonds	153	0.060%	2.27x
248	Beech	152	0.060%	4.08x
249	Boycott	152	0.060%	49.42x
250	Horton	152	0.060%	1.62x
251	Crump	151	0.060%	5.54x
252	Dyke	151	0.060%	6.03x
253	Whittall	151	0.060%	29.09x
254	Chidlow	150	0.060%	54.43x
255	Wycherley	150	0.060%	51.89x
256	Haycock	149	0.060%	10.54x
257	Walton	149	0.060%	0.84x
258	Booth	148	0.060%	0.59x
259	Rhodes	148	0.060%	1.26x
260	Ridgway	148	0.060%	6.39x
261	Yapp	148	0.060%	29.97x
262	Dawes	147	0.060%	4.28x
263	Banks	146	0.060%	1.13x
264	Bentley	146	0.060%	1.37x
265	Bradshaw	146	0.060%	1.41x
266	Medlicott	146	0.060%	37.74x
267	Gwilt	145	0.060%	59.74x
268	Bagley	144	0.060%	7.71x
269	Hinton	144	0.060%	4.25x
270	Preston	144	0.060%	1.14x
271	Sutton	144	0.060%	0.90x
272	Talbot	144	0.060%	2.29x
273	Woolley	144	0.060%	2.88x
274	Swift	143	0.060%	1.83x
275	Butcher	142	0.060%	1.34x
276	Maiden	142	0.060%	20.47x
277	Titley	142	0.060%	21.04x
278	Grice	141	0.060%	5.42x
279	Wilcox	141	0.060%	2.97x
280	Hayes	140	0.060%	0.89x
281	Barrett	139	0.060%	0.82x
282	Cliff	139	0.060%	6.30x
283	Hudson	139	0.060%	0.67x
284	Rawlings	139	0.060%	3.77x
285	Wainwright	139	0.060%	2.60x
286	Griffith	138	0.050%	1.68x
287	Darlington	137	0.050%	7.99x
288	Leighton	137	0.050%	5.05x
289	Ferriday	136	0.050%	64.29x
290	Pierce	136	0.050%	3.67x
291	Wilding	136	0.050%	4.58x
292	Chilton	135	0.050%	6.66x
293	Cookson	135	0.050%	4.54x
294	Dean	135	0.050%	0.77x
295	Nicholas	135	0.050%	2.74x
296	Potter	135	0.050%	0.82x
297	Teece	135	0.050%	40.66x
298	Venables	134	0.050%	7.56x
299	Freeman	133	0.050%	0.83x
300	Heighway	133	0.050%	59.78x