1881 census place

Dawley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dawley, 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

293 surnames are listed for Dawley, Shropshire, covering 4,285 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bailey, with 355 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dawley

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	Bailey	355	3.87%	25.66x
2	Pitchford	93	1.01%	317.19x
3	Poole	85	0.930%	19.21x
4	Ball	82	0.890%	10.81x
5	Briscoe	82	0.890%	138.91x
6	Hayward	74	0.810%	18.90x
7	Powell	73	0.790%	6.37x
8	Maiden	71	0.770%	281.30x
9	Boycott	63	0.690%	563.00x
10	Darrall	60	0.650%	969.31x
11	Chilton	56	0.610%	75.90x
12	Gough	56	0.610%	20.80x
13	Rhodes	56	0.610%	13.13x
14	Plant	55	0.600%	27.09x
15	Bray	54	0.590%	17.49x
16	Garbett	53	0.580%	148.09x
17	Tranter	52	0.570%	76.93x
18	Baugh	50	0.540%	151.79x
19	Deakin	50	0.540%	39.39x
20	Corbett	45	0.490%	25.01x
21	Underwood	42	0.460%	16.95x
22	Hyde	40	0.440%	14.16x
23	Hollis	38	0.410%	29.89x
24	Candlin	36	0.390%	690.98x
25	Merrington	36	0.390%	497.24x
26	Stanley	36	0.390%	10.20x
27	Teece	36	0.390%	298.01x
28	Gittins	35	0.380%	61.83x
29	Lane	35	0.380%	5.53x
30	Vaughan	35	0.380%	11.17x
31	Woodvine	35	0.380%	623.89x
32	Archer	33	0.360%	8.69x
33	Purcell	33	0.360%	51.66x
34	Tart	33	0.360%	297.30x
35	Dunning	32	0.350%	41.05x
36	Franks	29	0.320%	25.33x
37	Machin	29	0.320%	31.53x
38	Haycock	28	0.300%	54.41x
39	Rushton	28	0.300%	14.78x
40	Attwood	27	0.290%	29.68x
41	Brookes	27	0.290%	12.52x
42	Millington	27	0.290%	19.41x
43	Roden	26	0.280%	60.42x
44	Round	26	0.280%	30.90x
45	Rowley	26	0.280%	10.78x
46	Simmonds	26	0.280%	10.60x
47	Blocksidge	24	0.260%	752.35x
48	Bullock	24	0.260%	8.03x
49	Tonks	24	0.260%	49.69x
50	Bowdler	23	0.250%	125.00x
51	Breeze	23	0.250%	40.56x
52	Brothwood	23	0.250%	605.26x
53	Guest	23	0.250%	11.72x
54	Bradburn	22	0.240%	60.13x
55	Cadman	22	0.240%	29.39x
56	Icke	22	0.240%	392.16x
57	Tennant	22	0.240%	22.44x
58	Watkiss	22	0.240%	214.22x
59	Hoof	21	0.230%	530.30x
60	Lovett	21	0.230%	25.02x
61	Powis	21	0.230%	59.97x
62	Bowers	20	0.220%	11.94x
63	Higgs	20	0.220%	11.95x
64	Wilkes	20	0.220%	12.57x
65	Colley	19	0.210%	16.32x
66	Cookson	19	0.210%	17.55x
67	Kelsey	19	0.210%	27.95x
68	Parton	19	0.210%	38.03x
69	Tudor	19	0.210%	30.76x
70	Willets	19	0.210%	203.21x
71	Churm	18	0.200%	228.43x
72	France	18	0.200%	12.89x
73	Nickless	18	0.200%	145.63x
74	Picken	18	0.200%	46.96x
75	Astbury	17	0.190%	39.57x
76	Forgham	17	0.190%	559.21x
77	Hancocks	17	0.190%	126.87x
78	Pinches	17	0.190%	105.20x
79	Shuker	17	0.190%	99.18x
80	Withington	17	0.190%	70.07x
81	Corfield	16	0.170%	30.80x
82	Jaundrill	16	0.170%	1454.55x
83	Sheward	16	0.170%	135.82x
84	Worrall	16	0.170%	13.70x
85	Bickerton	15	0.160%	38.97x
86	Dabbs	15	0.160%	75.95x
87	Diggory	15	0.160%	381.68x
88	Higginson	15	0.160%	16.32x
89	Hindley	15	0.160%	19.84x
90	Lavender	15	0.160%	25.95x
91	Heighway	14	0.150%	172.84x
92	Skidmore	14	0.150%	20.74x
93	Wordley	14	0.150%	130.11x
94	Ducket	13	0.140%	277.19x
95	Hotchkiss	13	0.140%	59.55x
96	Skelton	13	0.140%	9.72x
97	Highway	12	0.130%	230.33x
98	Houlston	12	0.130%	137.30x
99	Plimmer	12	0.130%	106.95x
100	Buttery	11	0.120%	31.16x