1881 census place

Shifnal surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Shifnal, 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

314 surnames are listed for Shifnal, Shropshire, covering 2,290 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Downes, with 50 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Shifnal

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	Downes	50	0.730%	58.98x
2	Hayward	44	0.640%	15.06x
3	Rushton	42	0.610%	29.72x
4	Blud	29	0.420%	2478.63x
5	Pointon	28	0.410%	96.75x
6	Overton	27	0.390%	40.61x
7	Stanworth	27	0.390%	247.48x
8	Cotton	26	0.380%	15.90x
9	Dawes	26	0.380%	27.87x
10	Dyas	26	0.380%	321.78x
11	Mansell	26	0.380%	32.48x
12	Meredith	26	0.380%	18.78x
13	Picken	26	0.380%	90.91x
14	Ferriday	23	0.340%	400.70x
15	Astbury	22	0.320%	68.64x
16	Hoof	22	0.320%	745.76x
17	Bolas	20	0.290%	507.61x
18	Hollinshead	20	0.290%	112.80x
19	Millington	20	0.290%	19.28x
20	Guy	19	0.280%	12.67x
21	Beetlestone	18	0.260%	661.76x
22	Biddulph	18	0.260%	117.04x
23	Bloor	18	0.260%	47.59x
24	Cadman	18	0.260%	32.23x
25	Anslow	17	0.250%	96.26x
26	Brookes	17	0.250%	10.56x
27	Leake	17	0.250%	60.35x
28	Meeson	17	0.250%	209.88x
29	Pitchford	17	0.250%	77.73x
30	Fellows	16	0.230%	17.25x
31	Langford	16	0.230%	14.85x
32	Mckenna	16	0.230%	171.86x
33	Shuker	16	0.230%	125.10x
34	Wilkes	16	0.230%	13.47x
35	Easthope	15	0.220%	186.34x
36	Fenn	15	0.220%	21.56x
37	Kibble	15	0.220%	72.78x
38	Preece	15	0.220%	13.46x
39	Wadlow	15	0.220%	321.20x
40	Chetter	14	0.200%	1428.57x
41	Hollyhead	14	0.200%	447.28x
42	Lockley	14	0.200%	53.87x
43	Newill	14	0.200%	237.29x
44	Rickers	14	0.200%	522.39x
45	Worral	14	0.200%	240.96x
46	Beech	13	0.190%	12.85x
47	Broadhurst	13	0.190%	18.73x
48	Purcell	13	0.190%	27.28x
49	Willock	13	0.190%	141.77x
50	Abercrombie	12	0.180%	99.50x
51	Corfield	12	0.180%	30.96x
52	Doughty	12	0.180%	13.77x
53	Dyke	12	0.180%	17.65x
54	Egerton	12	0.180%	35.65x
55	Elks	12	0.180%	167.13x
56	Hancox	12	0.180%	22.99x
57	Luter	12	0.180%	821.92x
58	Macham	12	0.180%	718.56x
59	Roden	12	0.180%	37.38x
60	Turley	12	0.180%	32.48x
61	Whittingham	12	0.180%	23.29x
62	Blakemore	11	0.160%	37.62x
63	Doody	11	0.160%	90.39x
64	Firmstone	11	0.160%	318.84x
65	Greenfield	11	0.160%	14.44x
66	Gury	11	0.160%	3437.50x
67	Malins	11	0.160%	130.95x
68	Onions	11	0.160%	28.86x
69	Palin	11	0.160%	37.44x
70	Slaney	11	0.160%	51.69x
71	Westbrook	11	0.160%	34.44x
72	Windsor	11	0.160%	19.25x
73	Wynn	11	0.160%	18.52x
74	Briscoe	10	0.150%	22.71x
75	Copeland	10	0.150%	15.42x
76	Corbishley	10	0.150%	93.37x
77	Felton	10	0.150%	21.22x
78	Haylock	10	0.150%	53.50x
79	Houlston	10	0.150%	153.37x
80	Kilroy	10	0.150%	85.84x
81	Light	10	0.150%	15.82x
82	Mole	10	0.150%	18.81x
83	Titley	10	0.150%	54.56x
84	Barnsley	9	0.130%	33.48x
85	Bishton	9	0.130%	132.94x
86	Bladen	9	0.130%	106.64x
87	Cherrington	9	0.130%	86.04x
88	Grindley	9	0.130%	47.17x
89	Jervis	9	0.130%	17.09x
90	Madden	9	0.130%	15.19x
91	Mantle	9	0.130%	25.13x
92	Mapp	9	0.130%	68.18x
93	Marston	9	0.130%	14.11x
94	Rudge	9	0.130%	16.75x
95	Seaman	9	0.130%	16.94x
96	Slinn	9	0.130%	83.72x
97	Smout	9	0.130%	82.64x
98	Wakelam	9	0.130%	125.35x
99	Wellings	9	0.130%	38.15x
100	Wooley	9	0.130%	20.53x