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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 Eden, with 2 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.

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4501Eden20.08x
4502Edis20.59x
4503Edleston21.45x
4504Edmans23.16x
4505Edney20.22x
4506Edwardes21.46x
4507Eggington21.02x
4508Elam20.59x
4509Element21.84x
4510Ellins21.80x
4511Embery22.12x
4512Endicott20.88x
4513Englefield20.48x
4514Essex20.25x
4515Ethell21.71x
4516Evenson22.37x
4517Everell25.05x
4518Ewers20.72x
4519Ewing20.09x
4520Eyden22.93x
4521Eyers20.41x
4522Falkner20.23x
4523Fallow21.16x
4524Faulder20.73x
4525Fay20.19x
4526Feast20.50x
4527Featherstone20.09x
4528Fell20.06x
4529Fennel21.02x
4530Fenwick20.06x
4531Fereday20.57x
4532Ferrett20.96x
4533Fidoe21.78x
4534Fieldsend20.47x
4535Fildes20.33x
4536Finnis20.59x
4537Firmin20.60x
4538Firth20.02x
4539Fitzgibbon20.66x
4540Fitzpatrick20.05x
4541Fitzsimons20.51x
4542Flannery20.40x
4543Fleming20.02x
4544Flemming20.20x
4545Fouler23.54x
4546Freeborn20.89x
4547Freer20.14x
4548Froggat22.37x
4549Furnell20.46x
4550Gaffney20.23x
4551Gainer21.48x
4552Galland22.58x
4553Gallon20.32x
4554Garden20.19x
4555Gascoigne20.17x
4556Gaunt20.08x
4557Gavin20.16x
4558Gay20.06x
4559Gent20.09x
4560Gettins21.71x
4561Giblin20.41x
4562Gilder20.30x
4563Gillings20.34x
4564Gilmore20.14x
4565Ginns20.74x
4566Gittus22.24x
4567Gladdish23.49x
4568Godman20.72x
4569Goffe21.07x
4570Golden20.19x
4571Gollings22.47x
4572Gorden20.45x
4573Gorse20.57x
4574Gosling20.05x
4575Gostick21.83x
4576Grange20.14x
4577Griffeth26.25x
4578Grose20.28x
4579Gross20.42x
4580Gummer20.66x
4581Gundry20.49x
4582Gunter20.23x
4583Guntrip21.40x
4584Gust28.49x
4585Gutherie22.42x
4586Gwyn20.97x
4587Gwyther20.44x
4588Haggart20.33x
4589Haggett20.53x
4590Halliday20.04x
4591Halsall20.15x
4592Halson22.20x
4593Hamblin20.18x
4594Hampshire20.14x
4595Harcourt20.36x
4596Harford20.24x
4597Hargreaves20.02x
4598Harling20.18x
4599Harmston20.96x
4600Harnold26.78x