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 Sadler, with 59 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
701	Sadler	59	0.020%	0.99x
702	Baxter	58	0.020%	0.39x
703	Bould	58	0.020%	9.45x
704	Dodson	58	0.020%	2.97x
705	Fardoe	58	0.020%	60.38x
706	Merrick	58	0.020%	3.10x
707	Newton	58	0.020%	0.30x
708	Rider	58	0.020%	2.36x
709	Betton	57	0.020%	28.18x
710	Blount	57	0.020%	6.59x
711	Browne	57	0.020%	1.23x
712	Burke	57	0.020%	0.77x
713	Cain	57	0.020%	1.09x
714	Duckers	57	0.020%	21.14x
715	Dunning	57	0.020%	2.66x
716	Higley	57	0.020%	26.32x
717	Mountford	57	0.020%	2.54x
718	Newbrook	57	0.020%	36.56x
719	Salt	57	0.020%	1.52x
720	Stedman	57	0.020%	3.64x
721	Tanner	57	0.020%	1.01x
722	Blockley	56	0.020%	11.02x
723	Hatfield	56	0.020%	3.11x
724	Meakin	56	0.020%	2.85x
725	Robertson	56	0.020%	0.13x
726	Seabury	56	0.020%	73.84x
727	Sillitoe	56	0.020%	15.71x
728	Wildblood	56	0.020%	29.80x
729	Woollam	56	0.020%	27.12x
730	Baldwin	55	0.020%	0.51x
731	Carr	55	0.020%	0.30x
732	Ellison	55	0.020%	1.03x
733	Greenhouse	55	0.020%	23.56x
734	Hardwick	55	0.020%	1.42x
735	Hiles	55	0.020%	9.63x
736	Hulme	55	0.020%	1.02x
737	Leeke	55	0.020%	32.96x
738	Snead	55	0.020%	21.54x
739	Summers	55	0.020%	0.78x
740	Warren	55	0.020%	0.33x
741	Yale	55	0.020%	31.23x
742	Bladen	54	0.020%	17.37x
743	Croxton	54	0.020%	21.87x
744	Eardley	54	0.020%	5.69x
745	Fryer	54	0.020%	1.15x
746	Hartshorne	54	0.020%	13.93x
747	Law	54	0.020%	0.47x
748	Newnes	54	0.020%	46.43x
749	Nicklin	54	0.020%	5.39x
750	Pardoe	54	0.020%	4.35x
751	Parr	54	0.020%	0.86x
752	Pidgeon	54	0.020%	6.43x
753	Rickers	54	0.020%	54.78x
754	Sheppard	54	0.020%	0.62x
755	Woodfin	54	0.020%	40.56x
756	Biddulph	53	0.020%	9.36x
757	Corns	53	0.020%	7.51x
758	Finch	53	0.020%	0.63x
759	Franklin	53	0.020%	0.63x
760	Grant	53	0.020%	0.21x
761	Gray	53	0.020%	0.15x
762	Ingram	53	0.020%	0.69x
763	Noakes	53	0.020%	2.87x
764	Poppitt	53	0.020%	98.26x
765	Sands	53	0.020%	1.88x
766	Slater	53	0.020%	0.35x
767	Sumner	53	0.020%	1.30x
768	Wakeley	53	0.020%	18.89x
769	Wooley	53	0.020%	3.28x
770	Briggs	52	0.020%	0.38x
771	Hurdley	52	0.020%	52.29x
772	Lawson	52	0.020%	0.35x
773	Lester	52	0.020%	1.31x
774	Phipps	52	0.020%	1.39x
775	Simister	52	0.020%	7.88x
776	Slack	52	0.020%	1.31x
777	Tilley	52	0.020%	1.57x
778	Timmins	52	0.020%	2.56x
779	Timmis	52	0.020%	8.88x
780	Wagg	52	0.020%	8.81x
781	Whatmore	52	0.020%	9.57x
782	Alexander	51	0.020%	0.38x
783	Ecclestone	51	0.020%	15.76x
784	Fallows	51	0.020%	4.21x
785	Gould	51	0.020%	0.56x
786	Growcott	51	0.020%	41.17x
787	Haywood	51	0.020%	0.96x
788	Lambert	51	0.020%	0.37x
789	Loyd	51	0.020%	5.15x
790	Moody	51	0.020%	0.77x
791	Povey	51	0.020%	3.34x
792	Smallwood	51	0.020%	2.19x
793	Stanton	51	0.020%	1.01x
794	Swinnerton	51	0.020%	13.98x
795	Warrender	51	0.020%	12.74x
796	Whiteman	51	0.020%	3.13x
797	Beach	50	0.020%	2.08x
798	Blocksidge	50	0.020%	57.06x
799	Childe	50	0.020%	34.70x
800	Fellows	50	0.020%	1.46x