1881 census place

Madeley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Madeley, 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

353 surnames are listed for Madeley, Shropshire, covering 3,728 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Owen, with 107 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Madeley

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	Owen	107	1.16%	9.74x
2	Lloyd	96	1.04%	8.88x
3	Boden	70	0.760%	93.33x
4	Tranter	57	0.620%	83.70x
5	York	56	0.610%	45.79x
6	Onions	54	0.580%	104.90x
7	Aston	53	0.570%	34.72x
8	Nickless	52	0.560%	417.67x
9	Roe	50	0.540%	27.74x
10	Langford	49	0.530%	33.68x
11	Gough	47	0.510%	17.32x
12	Skitt	46	0.500%	376.74x
13	Bowen	44	0.480%	11.50x
14	Wilkes	42	0.450%	26.19x
15	Oliver	40	0.430%	6.06x
16	Pugh	40	0.430%	11.31x
17	Humphries	39	0.420%	18.71x
18	Cookson	38	0.410%	34.83x
19	Corfield	38	0.410%	72.59x
20	Durnall	37	0.400%	1289.20x
21	Ray	37	0.400%	20.21x
22	Bowdler	34	0.370%	183.39x
23	Hayward	34	0.370%	8.62x
24	Guy	33	0.360%	16.29x
25	Haynes	33	0.360%	9.99x
26	Higginson	33	0.360%	35.62x
27	Potts	33	0.360%	10.68x
28	Spendlove	33	0.360%	232.23x
29	Instone	32	0.350%	277.54x
30	Dorsett	30	0.320%	240.38x
31	Edge	30	0.320%	18.82x
32	Franks	30	0.320%	26.01x
33	Dodd	29	0.310%	7.71x
34	Pooler	28	0.300%	393.81x
35	Wilcox	28	0.300%	16.06x
36	Stokes	27	0.290%	6.91x
37	Hodgkiss	26	0.280%	74.52x
38	Hurdley	26	0.280%	712.33x
39	Small	26	0.280%	11.07x
40	Wall	25	0.270%	7.73x
41	Nevett	24	0.260%	542.99x
42	Baugh	23	0.250%	69.30x
43	Parton	23	0.250%	45.69x
44	Howells	21	0.230%	8.89x
45	Norrey	21	0.230%	1060.61x
46	Rickers	21	0.230%	581.72x
47	Stephan	21	0.230%	830.04x
48	Bromfield	20	0.220%	92.21x
49	Dudley	20	0.220%	14.40x
50	Rowley	20	0.220%	8.23x
51	Heighway	19	0.210%	232.84x
52	Oakes	19	0.210%	14.18x
53	Wilton	19	0.210%	21.34x
54	Dorricott	18	0.190%	209.55x
55	Bagshaw	17	0.180%	23.01x
56	Clay	17	0.180%	8.95x
57	Danks	17	0.180%	42.19x
58	Jenks	17	0.180%	53.83x
59	Legge	17	0.180%	41.12x
60	Mullard	17	0.180%	111.84x
61	Smout	17	0.180%	115.57x
62	Baugham	16	0.170%	522.88x
63	Briscoe	16	0.170%	26.90x
64	Goring	16	0.170%	58.06x
65	Hanley	16	0.170%	20.99x
66	Yale	16	0.170%	247.68x
67	Bartlam	15	0.160%	150.30x
68	Beddow	15	0.160%	59.19x
69	Darrall	15	0.160%	240.38x
70	Delves	15	0.160%	90.91x
71	Gallier	15	0.160%	294.12x
72	Micklewright	15	0.160%	122.25x
73	Perks	15	0.160%	15.57x
74	Felton	14	0.150%	22.00x
75	Garbett	14	0.150%	38.82x
76	Hopley	14	0.150%	48.56x
77	Maddox	14	0.150%	29.69x
78	Morriss	14	0.150%	24.80x
79	Norry	14	0.150%	487.80x
80	Whittingham	14	0.150%	20.12x
81	Abbots	13	0.140%	256.41x
82	Adderley	13	0.140%	84.31x
83	Bickers	13	0.140%	123.69x
84	Gittings	13	0.140%	73.16x
85	Speake	13	0.140%	92.26x
86	Watkis	13	0.140%	878.38x
87	Wilde	13	0.140%	9.65x
88	Yorke	13	0.140%	43.96x
89	Aldred	12	0.130%	15.10x
90	Bebb	12	0.130%	66.74x
91	Boycott	12	0.130%	106.38x
92	Elwell	12	0.130%	45.47x
93	Maiden	12	0.130%	47.19x
94	Bagnall	11	0.120%	13.84x
95	Chubb	11	0.120%	21.40x
96	Hinley	11	0.120%	194.69x
97	Keay	11	0.120%	27.86x
98	Oswell	11	0.120%	140.13x
99	Purcell	11	0.120%	17.09x
100	Tittley	11	0.120%	231.09x