1881 census place

Westbury surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westbury, 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

47 surnames are listed for Westbury, Shropshire, covering 263 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smout, with 33 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westbury

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	Smout	33	2.53%	1594.20x
2	Tomlins	31	2.38%	1187.74x
3	Gittins	15	1.15%	186.80x
4	Maddox	13	1.00%	195.78x
5	Briscoe	11	0.840%	131.26x
6	Jacks	11	0.840%	371.62x
7	Lysons	11	0.840%	1864.41x
8	Gwilt	9	0.690%	720.00x
9	Chant	8	0.610%	147.60x
10	Passant	7	0.540%	833.33x
11	Dorricott	6	0.460%	495.87x
12	Jolliffe	6	0.460%	102.21x
13	Pinches	6	0.460%	262.01x
14	Disley	5	0.380%	191.57x
15	Hinks	5	0.380%	94.34x
16	Lindop	5	0.380%	164.47x
17	Speak	5	0.380%	110.38x
18	Biddlecombe	4	0.310%	177.78x
19	Broughall	4	0.310%	579.71x
20	Dyas	4	0.310%	259.74x
21	Eddowes	4	0.310%	404.04x
22	Felthouse	4	0.310%	1081.08x
23	Habberley	4	0.310%	800.00x
24	Kynaston	4	0.310%	163.27x
25	Payce	4	0.310%	5714.29x
26	Weavers	4	0.310%	155.64x
27	Bebb	3	0.230%	118.58x
28	Beddow	3	0.230%	84.03x
29	Griffies	3	0.230%	810.81x
30	Huffer	3	0.230%	319.15x
31	Randles	3	0.230%	102.04x
32	Ruscoe	3	0.230%	111.52x
33	Seabury	3	0.230%	769.23x
34	Belch	2	0.150%	307.69x
35	Cadwallader	2	0.150%	76.34x
36	Nickless	2	0.150%	114.29x
37	Rough	2	0.150%	68.03x
38	Sandles	2	0.150%	303.03x
39	Chidlow	1	0.080%	70.42x
40	Clemson	1	0.080%	53.76x
41	Elmslie	1	0.080%	135.14x
42	Garing	1	0.080%	1250.00x
43	Higg	1	0.080%	384.62x
44	Hincks	1	0.080%	64.94x
45	Middle	1	0.080%	156.25x
46	Postans	1	0.080%	151.52x
47	Purslow	1	0.080%	50.25x