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 Ikin, with 50 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
801	Ikin	50	0.020%	15.17x
802	Nunnerley	50	0.020%	42.99x
803	Read	50	0.020%	0.31x
804	Addis	49	0.020%	5.68x
805	Bridgwater	49	0.020%	10.22x
806	Downward	49	0.020%	30.28x
807	Griffin	49	0.020%	0.41x
808	Heywood	49	0.020%	0.98x
809	Link	49	0.020%	10.71x
810	Lysons	49	0.020%	43.08x
811	Malpas	49	0.020%	6.91x
812	Pumford	49	0.020%	71.79x
813	Round	49	0.020%	2.12x
814	Withers	49	0.020%	1.18x
815	Bruckshaw	48	0.020%	21.91x
816	Bucknall	48	0.020%	7.24x
817	Capper	48	0.020%	3.62x
818	Careswell	48	0.020%	73.97x
819	Challenor	48	0.020%	19.31x
820	Corser	48	0.020%	27.52x
821	Danks	48	0.020%	4.37x
822	Edmunds	48	0.020%	1.46x
823	Field	48	0.020%	0.38x
824	Gittings	48	0.020%	9.91x
825	Grocott	48	0.020%	6.64x
826	Habberley	48	0.020%	49.10x
827	Kilvert	48	0.020%	37.72x
828	Leek	48	0.020%	3.93x
829	Massie	48	0.020%	5.92x
830	Penny	48	0.020%	1.07x
831	Roper	48	0.020%	0.91x
832	Shore	48	0.020%	1.77x
833	West	48	0.020%	0.20x
834	Attwood	47	0.020%	1.88x
835	Bayliss	47	0.020%	1.47x
836	Clift	47	0.020%	3.40x
837	Clinton	47	0.020%	4.85x
838	Collings	47	0.020%	1.57x
839	Milner	47	0.020%	0.81x
840	Newill	47	0.020%	21.62x
841	Strefford	47	0.020%	85.81x
842	Stringer	47	0.020%	0.93x
843	Barkley	46	0.020%	13.92x
844	Brindley	46	0.020%	2.38x
845	Campbell	46	0.020%	0.11x
846	Casewell	46	0.020%	43.68x
847	Elks	46	0.020%	17.38x
848	Farrington	46	0.020%	2.12x
849	Faulkner	46	0.020%	0.67x
850	Hamlet	46	0.020%	10.70x
851	Haughton	46	0.020%	3.58x
852	Hodgson	46	0.020%	0.26x
853	Huffer	46	0.020%	25.39x
854	Manley	46	0.020%	1.63x
855	Milward	46	0.020%	3.94x
856	Pool	46	0.020%	1.57x
857	Vernon	46	0.020%	1.11x
858	Wadlow	46	0.020%	26.76x
859	Walsh	46	0.020%	0.34x
860	Ash	45	0.020%	1.08x
861	Didlick	45	0.020%	89.02x
862	Gallier	45	0.020%	32.36x
863	Harriss	45	0.020%	2.73x
864	Husbands	45	0.020%	17.51x
865	Lockett	45	0.020%	2.46x
866	Moreton	45	0.020%	2.38x
867	Nevett	45	0.020%	37.35x
868	Nichols	45	0.020%	0.55x
869	Phasey	45	0.020%	48.11x
870	Pratt	45	0.020%	0.31x
871	Ravenscroft	45	0.020%	5.25x
872	Stone	45	0.020%	0.25x
873	Waters	45	0.020%	0.44x
874	Williamson	45	0.020%	0.20x
875	Bowker	44	0.020%	1.79x
876	Bridgewater	44	0.020%	7.50x
877	Cullis	44	0.020%	11.25x
878	Garrett	44	0.020%	0.77x
879	Glaze	44	0.020%	14.79x
880	Hince	44	0.020%	29.67x
881	Hood	44	0.020%	0.63x
882	Kelsey	44	0.020%	2.35x
883	Lello	44	0.020%	65.27x
884	Long	44	0.020%	0.27x
885	Lunt	44	0.020%	2.71x
886	Morton	44	0.020%	0.33x
887	Norrey	44	0.020%	81.57x
888	Prosser	44	0.020%	1.11x
889	Riley	44	0.020%	0.22x
890	Simon	44	0.020%	2.65x
891	Tantrum	44	0.020%	56.14x
892	Upton	44	0.020%	0.92x
893	Alcock	43	0.020%	1.18x
894	Brisbourne	43	0.020%	96.30x
895	Dainty	43	0.020%	6.18x
896	Drayton	43	0.020%	4.85x
897	Ebrey	43	0.020%	57.99x
898	Gordon	43	0.020%	0.27x
899	Holt	43	0.020%	0.25x
900	Horne	43	0.020%	0.78x