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 Nock, with 104 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
401	Nock	104	0.040%	9.32x
402	Pickin	104	0.040%	22.20x
403	Vaughn	104	0.040%	13.76x
404	Benbow	103	0.040%	10.30x
405	Bickley	103	0.040%	9.85x
406	Mills	103	0.040%	0.31x
407	Broom	102	0.040%	3.28x
408	Duce	102	0.040%	17.96x
409	Foster	102	0.040%	0.30x
410	Hodges	102	0.040%	1.38x
411	Rigby	102	0.040%	1.39x
412	Wild	102	0.040%	0.99x
413	Woodcock	102	0.040%	1.42x
414	Allman	101	0.040%	8.52x
415	Boughey	101	0.040%	18.19x
416	Mellings	101	0.040%	85.00x
417	Rutter	101	0.040%	2.63x
418	Thomason	101	0.040%	6.86x
419	Tonks	101	0.040%	7.61x
420	Bytheway	100	0.040%	43.15x
421	Lawton	100	0.040%	1.54x
422	Peel	100	0.040%	2.21x
423	Wheeler	100	0.040%	0.66x
424	Done	99	0.040%	11.38x
425	Forrester	99	0.040%	2.92x
426	Jenks	99	0.040%	11.49x
427	Ratcliffe	99	0.040%	1.42x
428	Barratt	98	0.040%	1.91x
429	Fowles	98	0.040%	7.92x
430	King	98	0.040%	0.18x
431	Maddocks	98	0.040%	6.36x
432	Hickman	97	0.040%	2.28x
433	Wigley	97	0.040%	6.06x
434	Baugh	96	0.040%	10.61x
435	Hand	96	0.040%	3.17x
436	Jennings	96	0.040%	0.75x
437	Philips	96	0.040%	2.05x
438	Bennion	95	0.040%	16.68x
439	Caswell	95	0.040%	7.76x
440	Collins	95	0.040%	0.26x
441	Hoof	95	0.040%	87.39x
442	Hyde	95	0.040%	1.22x
443	Chapman	94	0.040%	0.26x
444	Frost	94	0.040%	0.66x
445	Glover	94	0.040%	0.87x
446	Jukes	94	0.040%	6.18x
447	Mitchell	94	0.040%	0.18x
448	Whittaker	94	0.040%	0.79x
449	Bowers	93	0.040%	2.02x
450	Chidley	93	0.040%	26.98x
451	Hodson	93	0.040%	1.78x
452	Hoggins	93	0.040%	39.00x
453	Key	93	0.040%	2.67x
454	Maund	93	0.040%	18.21x
455	Prince	93	0.040%	1.63x
456	Randles	93	0.040%	16.32x
457	Arrowsmith	92	0.040%	4.70x
458	Bebbington	92	0.040%	8.23x
459	Dickin	92	0.040%	30.33x
460	Gardner	92	0.040%	0.54x
461	Lamb	92	0.040%	0.69x
462	Rodgers	92	0.040%	1.33x
463	Sayce	92	0.040%	32.69x
464	Tomkins	92	0.040%	3.52x
465	Weale	92	0.040%	19.39x
466	Bebb	91	0.040%	18.55x
467	Challinor	91	0.040%	10.23x
468	Arkinstall	90	0.040%	39.41x
469	Chesters	90	0.040%	12.32x
470	Hanmer	90	0.040%	24.33x
471	Hodnett	90	0.040%	41.56x
472	Hopwood	90	0.040%	3.13x
473	Jarrett	90	0.040%	3.89x
474	Kirkham	90	0.040%	2.56x
475	Trow	90	0.040%	14.16x
476	Armstrong	89	0.040%	0.46x
477	Bell	89	0.040%	0.19x
478	Doughty	89	0.040%	2.77x
479	Edgerton	89	0.040%	24.62x
480	Northwood	89	0.040%	18.63x
481	Swain	89	0.040%	1.83x
482	Barnes	88	0.030%	0.29x
483	Beaman	88	0.030%	18.29x
484	Charles	88	0.030%	1.69x
485	Easthope	88	0.030%	29.67x
486	Farr	88	0.030%	2.35x
487	Watson	88	0.030%	0.15x
488	Young	88	0.030%	0.16x
489	Fisher	87	0.030%	0.29x
490	Lovatt	87	0.030%	4.97x
491	Millichamp	87	0.030%	41.80x
492	Parkes	87	0.030%	1.68x
493	Speed	87	0.030%	4.29x
494	Whitefoot	87	0.030%	51.62x
495	Fenn	86	0.030%	3.36x
496	Goodall	86	0.030%	1.59x
497	Hartshorn	86	0.030%	7.86x
498	Hawkins	86	0.030%	0.47x
499	Micklewright	86	0.030%	25.70x
500	Morriss	86	0.030%	5.59x