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 Moss, with 70 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
601	Moss	70	0.030%	0.45x
602	Pooler	70	0.030%	36.11x
603	Poulter	70	0.030%	3.73x
604	Sherwood	70	0.030%	2.18x
605	Yardley	70	0.030%	4.37x
606	Batho	69	0.030%	26.41x
607	Haines	69	0.030%	1.18x
608	Hinks	69	0.030%	6.72x
609	Knowles	69	0.030%	0.51x
610	Manning	69	0.030%	0.86x
611	Miller	69	0.030%	0.15x
612	Mulliner	69	0.030%	19.31x
613	Pointon	69	0.030%	6.47x
614	Stevenson	69	0.030%	0.39x
615	Walley	69	0.030%	5.81x
616	Astley	68	0.030%	4.06x
617	Bott	68	0.030%	3.42x
618	Cole	68	0.030%	0.30x
619	Hodgkiss	68	0.030%	7.15x
620	Kelly	68	0.030%	0.25x
621	Kitson	68	0.030%	3.37x
622	Lister	68	0.030%	0.95x
623	Pitt	68	0.030%	1.26x
624	Sides	68	0.030%	30.33x
625	Challoner	67	0.030%	10.85x
626	Elliott	67	0.030%	0.31x
627	Foxall	67	0.030%	9.39x
628	Gittens	67	0.030%	17.06x
629	Leese	67	0.030%	6.05x
630	Millward	67	0.030%	2.36x
631	Pound	67	0.030%	5.57x
632	Steadman	67	0.030%	4.31x
633	Arnold	66	0.030%	0.49x
634	Beavan	66	0.030%	6.69x
635	Blunt	66	0.030%	3.24x
636	Bradbury	66	0.030%	0.91x
637	Clemson	66	0.030%	18.30x
638	Diggory	66	0.030%	61.18x
639	Hampson	66	0.030%	1.45x
640	Hancocks	66	0.030%	17.92x
641	Kendrick	66	0.030%	2.72x
642	Luscott	66	0.030%	83.33x
643	Powel	66	0.030%	10.24x
644	Rickards	66	0.030%	10.17x
645	Savage	66	0.030%	0.68x
646	Wootton	66	0.030%	2.88x
647	Broadhurst	65	0.030%	2.54x
648	Forgham	65	0.030%	77.92x
649	Gardener	65	0.030%	1.44x
650	Hanson	65	0.030%	0.80x
651	Harrington	65	0.030%	1.36x
652	Munslow	65	0.030%	21.61x
653	Oswell	65	0.030%	30.37x
654	Pace	65	0.030%	5.79x
655	Pearson	65	0.030%	0.22x
656	Abbotts	64	0.030%	16.62x
657	Barrow	64	0.030%	1.20x
658	Downs	64	0.030%	1.43x
659	Duckett	64	0.030%	3.97x
660	Healey	64	0.030%	1.55x
661	Light	64	0.030%	2.75x
662	Onslow	64	0.030%	17.03x
663	Sherry	64	0.030%	7.22x
664	Sockett	64	0.030%	49.00x
665	Thatcher	64	0.030%	2.76x
666	Welsh	64	0.030%	0.64x
667	Badger	63	0.030%	4.31x
668	Brazier	63	0.030%	2.66x
669	Edmonds	63	0.030%	1.31x
670	Bason	62	0.020%	16.68x
671	Burd	62	0.020%	25.37x
672	Croft	62	0.020%	1.04x
673	Dorsett	62	0.020%	18.21x
674	Hanley	62	0.020%	2.98x
675	Holbrook	62	0.020%	3.41x
676	Jeffreys	62	0.020%	4.13x
677	Woodward	62	0.020%	0.50x
678	Crowder	61	0.020%	6.08x
679	Dyer	61	0.020%	0.62x
680	Farnell	61	0.020%	6.60x
681	Rowland	61	0.020%	0.85x
682	Stead	61	0.020%	1.18x
683	Whitehead	61	0.020%	0.36x
684	Wyke	61	0.020%	24.54x
685	Abbots	60	0.020%	43.41x
686	Anderson	60	0.020%	0.12x
687	Anthony	60	0.020%	2.05x
688	Bagnall	60	0.020%	2.77x
689	Bradburn	60	0.020%	5.97x
690	Breese	60	0.020%	8.89x
691	Collier	60	0.020%	0.71x
692	Dicken	60	0.020%	8.45x
693	Icke	60	0.020%	38.91x
694	Juckes	60	0.020%	65.93x
695	Newman	60	0.020%	0.32x
696	Norris	60	0.020%	0.55x
697	Osborne	60	0.020%	0.50x
698	Stevens	60	0.020%	0.23x
699	Gibbons	59	0.020%	0.73x
700	Murray	59	0.020%	0.19x