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 Watkiss, with 133 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
301	Watkiss	133	0.050%	47.11x
302	Hollis	132	0.050%	3.78x
303	Beddow	131	0.050%	18.96x
304	Hicks	131	0.050%	1.24x
305	Elcock	130	0.050%	23.92x
306	Lawrence	130	0.050%	0.79x
307	Blower	129	0.050%	8.65x
308	Bryan	129	0.050%	2.06x
309	Machin	129	0.050%	5.10x
310	Meyrick	129	0.050%	19.50x
311	Peake	129	0.050%	5.30x
312	Probert	129	0.050%	6.48x
313	Shingler	129	0.050%	23.70x
314	Furber	128	0.050%	19.85x
315	Sambrook	128	0.050%	24.62x
316	Breakwell	127	0.050%	34.72x
317	Evason	127	0.050%	62.53x
318	Hales	127	0.050%	3.51x
319	Littlehales	127	0.050%	43.68x
320	Dixon	126	0.050%	0.46x
321	Goodwin	126	0.050%	0.95x
322	Grainger	126	0.050%	3.25x
323	Minshall	126	0.050%	25.51x
324	Bayley	125	0.050%	3.07x
325	Brooks	125	0.050%	0.51x
326	Giles	125	0.050%	1.30x
327	Grindley	125	0.050%	17.78x
328	Plimmer	125	0.050%	40.53x
329	Stanley	124	0.050%	1.28x
330	Welch	124	0.050%	1.40x
331	Franks	123	0.050%	3.91x
332	Mullard	123	0.050%	29.67x
333	Pope	123	0.050%	1.41x
334	Barlow	122	0.050%	0.90x
335	Nickless	121	0.050%	35.63x
336	Norton	121	0.050%	1.44x
337	Stockton	121	0.050%	7.90x
338	Palin	120	0.050%	11.09x
339	Walters	120	0.050%	1.00x
340	Hunt	119	0.050%	0.36x
341	Mapp	119	0.050%	24.47x
342	Windsor	119	0.050%	5.65x
343	Hassall	118	0.050%	7.49x
344	Hope	118	0.050%	1.37x
345	Partridge	118	0.050%	1.79x
346	Powis	118	0.050%	12.26x
347	Skitt	118	0.050%	35.45x
348	Stephens	118	0.050%	0.84x
349	Walford	118	0.050%	7.61x
350	Wedge	118	0.050%	15.80x
351	Berry	117	0.050%	0.58x
352	Houlston	117	0.050%	48.71x
353	Potts	117	0.050%	1.39x
354	Biggs	116	0.050%	2.44x
355	Simmons	116	0.050%	1.13x
356	Smallman	116	0.050%	14.05x
357	Ryder	115	0.050%	2.63x
358	York	115	0.050%	3.45x
359	Beamond	114	0.050%	107.36x
360	Huxley	114	0.050%	10.03x
361	Pye	114	0.050%	3.02x
362	Darrall	113	0.040%	66.38x
363	Gill	113	0.040%	0.63x
364	Salter	113	0.040%	1.96x
365	Webster	113	0.040%	0.51x
366	Kinsey	112	0.040%	6.78x
367	Churm	111	0.040%	51.25x
368	Perkin	111	0.040%	8.17x
369	Boulton	110	0.040%	2.42x
370	Bray	110	0.040%	1.30x
371	Cureton	110	0.040%	53.06x
372	Anslow	109	0.040%	16.75x
373	Archer	109	0.040%	1.04x
374	Head	109	0.040%	1.77x
375	Bowyer	108	0.040%	3.92x
376	Chester	108	0.040%	3.49x
377	Drury	108	0.040%	2.69x
378	Evanson	108	0.040%	37.47x
379	Harries	108	0.040%	2.27x
380	Heatley	108	0.040%	17.97x
381	Teague	108	0.040%	7.56x
382	Astbury	107	0.040%	9.06x
383	Clee	107	0.040%	20.15x
384	Cheshire	106	0.040%	5.45x
385	Instone	106	0.040%	33.72x
386	Jebb	106	0.040%	33.81x
387	Keay	106	0.040%	9.84x
388	Small	106	0.040%	1.66x
389	Cope	105	0.040%	1.84x
390	Dabbs	105	0.040%	19.35x
391	Dulson	105	0.040%	45.64x
392	Dyas	105	0.040%	35.30x
393	Fewtrell	105	0.040%	44.03x
394	Beard	104	0.040%	1.57x
395	Brayne	104	0.040%	40.46x
396	Davenport	104	0.040%	2.17x
397	Goode	104	0.040%	3.18x
398	Holloway	104	0.040%	1.35x
399	Luther	104	0.040%	29.24x
400	Mantle	104	0.040%	7.89x