1881 census place

Oswestry Town surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Oswestry Town, 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

251 surnames are listed for Oswestry Town, Shropshire, covering 4,176 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gwynn, with 5 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Oswestry Town

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
101	Gwynn	5	0.060%	34.25x
102	Heape	5	0.060%	165.56x
103	Lawford	5	0.060%	27.65x
104	Lightwood	5	0.060%	81.57x
105	Macnamara	5	0.060%	44.64x
106	Mapp	5	0.060%	32.11x
107	Paddock	5	0.060%	24.22x
108	Parrock	5	0.060%	139.28x
109	Sabine	5	0.060%	66.40x
110	Samuels	5	0.060%	14.62x
111	Sockett	5	0.060%	119.62x
112	Spaul	5	0.060%	94.52x
113	Tynan	5	0.060%	52.36x
114	Askin	4	0.050%	59.52x
115	Bennion	4	0.050%	21.93x
116	Benyon	4	0.050%	39.64x
117	Bolas	4	0.050%	86.21x
118	Breese	4	0.050%	18.50x
119	Brookfield	4	0.050%	17.21x
120	Cakebread	4	0.050%	32.15x
121	Churton	4	0.050%	92.17x
122	Colton	4	0.050%	14.79x
123	Conolly	4	0.050%	16.36x
124	Fardoe	4	0.050%	129.87x
125	Feather	4	0.050%	9.67x
126	Fort	4	0.050%	21.05x
127	Hulmes	4	0.050%	38.10x
128	Maple	4	0.050%	32.03x
129	Micklewright	4	0.050%	37.35x
130	Nunnerley	4	0.050%	107.53x
131	Odonald	4	0.050%	129.03x
132	Olliver	4	0.050%	23.98x
133	Pinnington	4	0.050%	29.83x
134	Trow	4	0.050%	19.66x
135	Tunna	4	0.050%	228.57x
136	Allmark	3	0.040%	37.45x
137	Bather	3	0.040%	37.31x
138	Baverstock	3	0.040%	16.09x
139	Bruse	3	0.040%	202.70x
140	Carsley	3	0.040%	99.34x
141	Chetwood	3	0.040%	96.77x
142	Cobbe	3	0.040%	106.01x
143	Craston	3	0.040%	117.19x
144	Dickin	3	0.040%	30.90x
145	Dyar	3	0.040%	937.50x
146	Fall	3	0.040%	17.26x
147	Finegan	3	0.040%	43.60x
148	Foulks	3	0.040%	36.95x
149	Hignett	3	0.040%	18.44x
150	Hillam	3	0.040%	41.04x
151	Hoult	3	0.040%	14.36x
152	Howel	3	0.040%	40.87x
153	Kiddie	3	0.040%	36.59x
154	Lansdowne	3	0.040%	85.47x
155	Leeke	3	0.040%	56.18x
156	Lerry	3	0.040%	217.39x
157	Lewty	3	0.040%	109.89x
158	Lodwick	3	0.040%	41.32x
159	Ohare	3	0.040%	15.13x
160	Utley	3	0.040%	22.56x
161	Wildblood	3	0.040%	49.83x
162	Applegate	2	0.020%	13.38x
163	Benion	2	0.020%	63.90x
164	Bishton	2	0.020%	25.03x
165	Bromwich	2	0.020%	11.28x
166	Cadwallader	2	0.020%	12.29x
167	Chidlow	2	0.020%	22.68x
168	Cropp	2	0.020%	44.15x
169	Crutchlow	2	0.020%	78.74x
170	Cullins	2	0.020%	157.48x
171	Donne	2	0.020%	31.25x
172	Eyton	2	0.020%	50.38x
173	Hanmer	2	0.020%	16.88x
174	Hassel	2	0.020%	67.34x
175	Kilvert	2	0.020%	49.14x
176	Legh	2	0.020%	90.50x
177	Manford	2	0.020%	51.41x
178	Master	2	0.020%	19.67x
179	Morry	2	0.020%	74.07x
180	Nicolls	2	0.020%	20.30x
181	Plimley	2	0.020%	71.17x
182	Roland	2	0.020%	15.13x
183	Sambrook	2	0.020%	12.01x
184	Sargant	2	0.020%	16.22x
185	Shuker	2	0.020%	13.25x
186	Sneade	2	0.020%	180.18x
187	Stennett	2	0.020%	16.43x
188	Strode	2	0.020%	43.86x
189	Tilsley	2	0.020%	20.20x
190	Wicker	2	0.020%	20.08x
191	Akroyd	1	0.010%	6.64x
192	Armitstead	1	0.010%	28.09x
193	Ashwin	1	0.010%	15.38x
194	Aspey	1	0.010%	9.60x
195	Baulch	1	0.010%	16.78x
196	Beckworth	1	0.010%	21.55x
197	Bide	1	0.010%	34.60x
198	Bloss	1	0.010%	18.45x
199	Breeden	1	0.010%	17.89x
200	Brettell	1	0.010%	9.41x