1881 census place

Wellington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wellington, 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

505 surnames are listed for Wellington, Shropshire, covering 7,520 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 819 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wellington

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	Jones	819	5.77%	5.10x
2	Davies	405	2.86%	5.61x
3	Corbett	159	1.12%	57.21x
4	Price	155	1.09%	6.24x
5	Edwards	149	1.05%	3.77x
6	Griffiths	127	0.900%	5.47x
7	Lloyd	89	0.630%	5.37x
8	Owen	89	0.630%	5.29x
9	Ball	83	0.590%	7.08x
10	Poole	83	0.590%	12.14x
11	Parton	82	0.580%	106.27x
12	Pritchard	78	0.550%	10.21x
13	Picken	76	0.540%	128.36x
14	Churm	75	0.530%	616.27x
15	Purcell	73	0.510%	73.99x
16	Deakin	70	0.490%	35.71x
17	Hayward	66	0.470%	10.91x
18	Weston	65	0.460%	11.24x
19	Rowley	62	0.440%	16.64x
20	Dawes	56	0.390%	29.00x
21	Groom	56	0.390%	28.17x
22	Dabbs	55	0.390%	180.33x
23	Howells	53	0.370%	14.64x
24	Birch	51	0.360%	8.77x
25	Cotton	49	0.350%	14.47x
26	Pickin	49	0.350%	186.10x
27	Vaughan	48	0.340%	9.92x
28	Guy	43	0.300%	13.85x
29	Podmore	43	0.300%	84.68x
30	Dodd	40	0.280%	6.93x
31	Nicholls	40	0.280%	5.40x
32	Bowen	39	0.270%	6.65x
33	Cureton	38	0.270%	326.18x
34	George	38	0.270%	4.57x
35	Vickers	38	0.270%	10.43x
36	Colley	37	0.260%	20.58x
37	Mansell	37	0.260%	22.33x
38	Wall	36	0.250%	7.26x
39	Briscoe	35	0.250%	38.39x
40	Cadman	35	0.250%	30.27x
41	Darrall	32	0.230%	334.38x
42	Garbett	32	0.230%	57.89x
43	Pitchford	32	0.230%	70.67x
44	Ferriday	31	0.220%	260.72x
45	Hampton	31	0.220%	13.84x
46	Smart	30	0.210%	4.64x
47	Steventon	30	0.210%	86.76x
48	Tonks	30	0.210%	40.21x
49	Groucott	29	0.200%	583.50x
50	Peake	29	0.200%	21.20x
51	Tudor	29	0.200%	30.40x
52	Wedge	29	0.200%	69.11x
53	Astbury	28	0.200%	42.19x
54	Corbitt	28	0.200%	228.20x
55	Felton	28	0.200%	28.70x
56	Littlehales	28	0.200%	171.36x
57	Machin	27	0.190%	19.01x
58	Upton	27	0.190%	9.99x
59	Poulter	26	0.180%	24.65x
60	Wellings	25	0.180%	51.20x
61	Whittingham	25	0.180%	23.44x
62	Buttery	24	0.170%	44.02x
63	Chilton	24	0.170%	21.06x
64	Crump	24	0.170%	15.66x
65	Gough	24	0.170%	5.77x
66	Healey	24	0.170%	10.36x
67	Brice	23	0.160%	19.65x
68	Onions	23	0.160%	29.15x
69	Padmore	23	0.160%	106.48x
70	Shepard	23	0.160%	57.00x
71	Wilkes	23	0.160%	9.36x
72	Beech	22	0.160%	10.50x
73	Bowles	22	0.160%	9.48x
74	Judson	22	0.160%	33.95x
75	Langford	22	0.160%	9.87x
76	Dainty	21	0.150%	53.68x
77	Pidgeon	21	0.150%	44.51x
78	Prestwood	21	0.150%	338.71x
79	Speed	21	0.150%	18.43x
80	Wilde	21	0.150%	10.17x
81	Breeze	20	0.140%	22.84x
82	Shore	20	0.140%	13.11x
83	Dolphin	19	0.130%	35.98x
84	Doody	19	0.130%	75.40x
85	Grainger	19	0.130%	8.71x
86	Hotchkiss	19	0.130%	56.35x
87	Pierce	19	0.130%	9.11x
88	Plant	19	0.130%	6.06x
89	Teece	19	0.130%	101.82x
90	Beaman	18	0.130%	66.54x
91	Beddow	18	0.130%	46.34x
92	Boughey	18	0.130%	57.67x
93	Brookes	18	0.130%	5.40x
94	Jeffries	18	0.130%	10.11x
95	Nickless	18	0.130%	94.29x
96	Sumnall	18	0.130%	679.25x
97	Teague	18	0.130%	22.43x
98	Tipton	18	0.130%	52.28x
99	Bate	17	0.120%	7.07x
100	Candlin	17	0.120%	211.18x