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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 Bromhall, with 1 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
201Bromhall190.09x
202Broomhall19.15x
203Broxton121.05x
204Bushill120.70x
205Carl119.61x
206Cassel140.65x
207Cherrington18.11x
208Conde134.01x
209Ditcher153.76x
210Duckers111.57x
211Edison150.00x
212Enson138.17x
213Fegan110.56x
214Ffoulkes147.62x
215Folkes18.62x
216Gauge130.12x
217Gwilt112.87x
218Hayns150.00x
219Holyoak17.59x
220Hordley150.76x
221Husbands112.15x
222Incledon146.30x
223Jerman18.25x
224Kelcher149.51x
225Kendrew110.12x
226Leithead114.95x
227Livesay120.12x
228Marland13.56x
229Mattocks19.41x
230Meara139.37x
231Montford125.91x
232Mooring117.48x
233Nickolls19.65x
234Northall118.25x
235Nourse129.41x
236Pallet131.95x
237Plackett110.41x
238Pollett112.22x
239Poupard152.08x
240Ram121.19x
241Risley19.88x
242Scotcher111.16x
243Shoker1416.67x
244Siddell120.37x
245Side134.01x
246Tallis113.09x
247Teggin137.04x
248Timothy19.85x
249Tunley114.47x
250Wilbraham18.37x
251Withy127.25x