1881 census place

Alveley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Alveley, Shropshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

47 surnames are listed for Alveley, Shropshire, covering 276 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Scriven, with 26 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Alveley

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Scriven	26	2.60%	515.87x
2	Elcock	20	2.00%	925.93x
3	Preece	18	1.80%	110.57x
4	Felton	12	1.20%	174.17x
5	Foxall	12	1.20%	424.03x
6	Hinton	12	1.20%	89.35x
7	Dovey	11	1.10%	287.21x
8	Link	11	1.10%	607.73x
9	Broome	9	0.900%	180.72x
10	Warder	9	0.900%	608.11x
11	Yardley	9	0.900%	141.73x
12	Wetherell	8	0.800%	414.51x
13	Barnwell	7	0.700%	346.53x
14	Blount	7	0.700%	204.08x
15	Parton	7	0.700%	128.68x
16	Clinton	6	0.600%	156.25x
17	Corbet	6	0.600%	218.18x
18	Higton	6	0.600%	789.47x
19	Minifie	6	0.600%	1714.29x
20	Mouland	6	0.600%	1276.60x
21	Mullineaux	6	0.600%	800.00x
22	Elks	5	0.500%	476.19x
23	Gretton	5	0.500%	210.97x
24	Pountney	5	0.500%	256.41x
25	Littleford	4	0.400%	547.95x
26	Mapp	4	0.400%	207.25x
27	Passey	4	0.400%	186.05x
28	Abbotts	3	0.300%	196.08x
29	Bridgewater	3	0.300%	128.76x
30	Hancocks	3	0.300%	205.48x
31	Haycox	3	0.300%	588.24x
32	Nickolls	3	0.300%	234.38x
33	Wakeman	3	0.300%	99.01x
34	Chidley	2	0.200%	145.99x
35	Glaze	2	0.200%	169.49x
36	Taff	2	0.200%	444.44x
37	Bigmore	1	0.100%	136.99x
38	Botwood	1	0.100%	263.16x
39	Carrier	1	0.100%	62.11x
40	Haycocks	1	0.100%	178.57x
41	Motteram	1	0.100%	161.29x
42	Paskins	1	0.100%	204.08x
43	Sedgley	1	0.100%	65.36x
44	Stockall	1	0.100%	232.56x
45	Wier	1	0.100%	136.99x
46	Winwood	1	0.100%	58.48x
47	Woolton	1	0.100%	208.33x