Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birley, Herefordshire

Birley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Herefordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
DREW1610.2564388.35
DAVIES106.410312.60
NOTT85.1282727.27
JAY85.1282588.24
BROOKS85.128252.46
TAYLOR63.84626.01
SUMMERS63.8462137.30
GOODMAN63.8462131.87
POWLES63.84622,068.97
PARRY53.205142.12
BAILEY53.205121.28
ELLIS53.205122.08
JAMES42.564113.05
GRIFFITHS42.564115.67
AMOS31.9231117.19
MOORE31.92319.62
THOMAS31.92314.66
HILL31.92317.55
BATHURST21.2821952.38
ADAMS21.28218.70
CRUMPTON21.2821540.54
BOUNDS21.2821869.57
WEBB21.28219.46
PRITCHARD10.641011.90
GLOVER10.641015.04
EAST10.641041.15
LANE10.64109.30
RODGERS10.641023.42
PREECE10.641039.37
EVANS10.64101.47
JONES10.64100.57
CARPENTER10.641018.69
HUGHES10.64102.29
BAUGH10.6410178.57
PROSSER10.641040.98
ROSS10.64105.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POWLES0.161562068.9655
BATHURST0.16156952.3810
BOUNDS0.16156869.5652
NOTT0.16156727.2727
JAY0.16156588.2353
CRUMPTON0.16156540.5405
DREW0.16156388.3495
BAUGH0.16156178.5714
SUMMERS0.16156137.2998
GOODMAN0.16156131.8681
AMOS0.16156117.1875
BROOKS0.1615652.4590
PARRY0.1615642.1230
EAST0.1615641.1523
PROSSER0.1615640.9836
PREECE0.1615639.3701
RODGERS0.1615623.4192
ELLIS0.1615622.0751
BAILEY0.1615621.2766
CARPENTER0.1615618.6916
GRIFFITHS0.1615615.6678
GLOVER0.1615615.0376
JAMES0.1615613.0548
DAVIES0.1615612.6024
PRITCHARD0.1615611.9048
MOORE0.161569.6154
WEBB0.161569.4563
LANE0.161569.3023
ADAMS0.161568.6994
HILL0.161567.5510
TAYLOR0.161566.0144
ROSS0.161565.8651
THOMAS0.161564.6606
HUGHES0.161562.2878
EVANS0.161561.4669
JONES0.161560.5660

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 156 people called POWLES in Birley at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2068.9655 in Birley means that 2068.9655% of the people in Birley on census day were called POWLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POWLES in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called POWLES as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called POWLES here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called POWLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Birley means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POWLES in Birley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Birley in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAMS (2)  AMOS (3)  BADHAM (2)  BAILEY (5)  BATHURST (2)  BAUGH (1)  BECTTON (1)  BEAVAN (5)  BOTHAM (3)  BOUNDS (2)  BROOKS (8)  CARPENTER (1)  CRUMPTON (2)  DAVIES (10)  DREW (16)  EAST (1)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (1)  JAY (8)  GLOVER (1)  GOODMAN (6)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HILL (3)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (4)  JONES (1)  NOTT (8)  LANE (1)  MIFLIN (2)  MILLICHIP (8)  MOORE (3)  PARRY (5)  PLEVY (2)  POWLES (6)  PREECE (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  PROSSER (1)  RODGERS (1)  ROSS (1)  SKYRENE (1)  SUMMERS (6)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (3)  WEBB (2)