1881 census place

Whitchurch surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whitchurch, 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

227 surnames are listed for Whitchurch, Shropshire, covering 1,640 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bennion, with 37 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whitchurch

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	Bennion	37	0.760%	334.54x
2	Edge	34	0.690%	40.29x
3	Stockton	34	0.690%	114.36x
4	Fowles	32	0.650%	133.17x
5	Crewe	31	0.630%	242.00x
6	Cliff	28	0.570%	65.39x
7	Groom	28	0.570%	40.79x
8	Purcell	26	0.530%	76.31x
9	Batho	25	0.510%	493.10x
10	Welch	25	0.510%	14.51x
11	Shone	24	0.490%	120.36x
12	Henshall	22	0.450%	92.59x
13	Bebbington	20	0.410%	92.17x
14	Evanson	20	0.410%	357.78x
15	Huxley	20	0.410%	90.66x
16	Ridgway	20	0.410%	44.51x
17	Challenor	19	0.390%	394.19x
18	Vickers	19	0.390%	15.11x
19	Darlington	18	0.370%	54.09x
20	Dulson	18	0.370%	403.59x
21	Speed	18	0.370%	45.74x
22	Woodhall	18	0.370%	91.09x
23	Newbrook	17	0.350%	561.06x
24	Pace	17	0.350%	77.98x
25	Maddocks	16	0.330%	53.49x
26	Madeley	16	0.330%	120.03x
27	Ashley	15	0.310%	18.30x
28	Heatley	15	0.310%	128.64x
29	Penk	15	0.310%	914.63x
30	Venables	15	0.310%	43.62x
31	Crump	14	0.290%	26.46x
32	Gaughan	14	0.290%	284.55x
33	Langford	14	0.290%	18.18x
34	Mulliner	14	0.290%	202.02x
35	Slawson	14	0.290%	484.43x
36	Woollam	14	0.290%	349.13x
37	Wycherley	14	0.290%	249.55x
38	Arrowsmith	13	0.270%	34.23x
39	Betteley	13	0.270%	680.63x
40	Challinor	13	0.270%	75.36x
41	Cork	13	0.270%	35.80x
42	Sparkes	13	0.270%	36.23x
43	Ankers	12	0.250%	98.20x
44	Chesters	11	0.220%	77.57x
45	Duckers	11	0.220%	210.33x
46	Hesketh	11	0.220%	23.47x
47	Suker	11	0.220%	2037.04x
48	Trickett	11	0.220%	51.74x
49	Whittingham	11	0.220%	29.87x
50	Caldecott	10	0.200%	305.81x
51	Cotgrave	10	0.200%	1020.41x
52	Littler	10	0.200%	30.77x
53	Minshall	10	0.200%	104.38x
54	Ohara	10	0.200%	35.52x
55	Skitt	10	0.200%	154.80x
56	Briscoe	9	0.180%	28.59x
57	Chesworth	9	0.180%	82.12x
58	Chidlow	9	0.180%	168.22x
59	Clive	9	0.180%	149.25x
60	Cottrell	9	0.180%	20.64x
61	Hassall	9	0.180%	29.43x
62	Nield	9	0.180%	26.76x
63	Sharpes	9	0.180%	891.09x
64	Thelwell	9	0.180%	193.13x
65	Amson	8	0.160%	361.99x
66	Chubb	8	0.160%	29.41x
67	Elsley	8	0.160%	164.61x
68	Hockenhull	8	0.160%	158.73x
69	Hollowood	8	0.160%	235.29x
70	Povah	8	0.160%	272.11x
71	Ruscoe	8	0.160%	79.13x
72	Woolham	8	0.160%	727.27x
73	Axon	7	0.140%	57.28x
74	Bill	7	0.140%	40.16x
75	Bulter	7	0.140%	514.71x
76	Crosse	7	0.140%	132.58x
77	Eccleston	7	0.140%	28.51x
78	Egerton	7	0.140%	29.09x
79	Gratton	7	0.140%	35.88x
80	Hancocks	7	0.140%	97.90x
81	Joinson	7	0.140%	191.26x
82	Morrall	7	0.140%	80.74x
83	Mottram	7	0.140%	26.39x
84	Oswell	7	0.140%	168.67x
85	Ralphs	7	0.140%	54.39x
86	Rudkin	7	0.140%	36.21x
87	Thorns	7	0.140%	147.99x
88	Travers	7	0.140%	28.48x
89	Tunna	7	0.140%	660.38x
90	Bithell	6	0.120%	85.11x
91	Brookfield	6	0.120%	42.61x
92	Croxon	6	0.120%	152.28x
93	Croxson	6	0.120%	400.00x
94	Dibbs	6	0.120%	255.32x
95	Done	6	0.120%	35.55x
96	Grindley	6	0.120%	43.99x
97	Grocott	6	0.120%	42.77x
98	Hopley	6	0.120%	39.32x
99	Hurlstone	6	0.120%	232.56x
100	Kempster	6	0.120%	34.97x