Top surnames from the 1881 census in Blakemere, Herefordshire

Blakemere 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
WILLIAMS1911.046515.38
JONES158.72097.70
PREECE105.8140357.14
MATHEWS84.6512125.98
JACKSON84.651216.64
ADAMS63.488423.67
PRITCHARD63.488464.79
THOMAS63.48848.45
SAUNDERS52.907031.69
KNIGHT52.907023.58
BARBER52.907048.31
HAYWOOD52.9070138.50
YEOMANS52.9070352.11
COX42.325615.34
HOWELLS42.325691.12
REECE42.3256266.67
DAVIS31.74427.94
JENKINS31.744214.80
GOODS31.74427,500.00
DAVIES31.74423.43
WATKINS31.744228.79
GRIFFITHS21.16287.10
BEDFORD21.162849.02
MORGAN21.16285.85
MEREDITH21.162857.64
BROWN10.58140.88
SOUTHALL10.581476.92
HUGHES10.58142.07
NICKOLLS10.5814454.55
TOWNS10.5814181.82
WATSON10.58142.51
CLARKE10.58142.87
POWELL10.58144.66
EDWARDS10.58142.09
CRUMP10.581453.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOODS0.171727500.0000
NICKOLLS0.17172454.5455
PREECE0.17172357.1429
YEOMANS0.17172352.1127
REECE0.17172266.6667
TOWNS0.17172181.8182
HAYWOOD0.17172138.5042
MATHEWS0.17172125.9843
HOWELLS0.1717291.1162
SOUTHALL0.1717276.9231
PRITCHARD0.1717264.7948
MEREDITH0.1717257.6369
CRUMP0.1717253.7634
BEDFORD0.1717249.0196
BARBER0.1717248.3092
SAUNDERS0.1717231.6857
WATKINS0.1717228.7908
ADAMS0.1717223.6686
KNIGHT0.1717223.5849
JACKSON0.1717216.6424
WILLIAMS0.1717215.3771
COX0.1717215.3433
JENKINS0.1717214.8002
THOMAS0.171728.4531
DAVIS0.171727.9365
JONES0.171727.7002
GRIFFITHS0.171727.1048
MORGAN0.171725.8462
POWELL0.171724.6598
DAVIES0.171723.4290
CLARKE0.171722.8694
WATSON0.171722.5063
EDWARDS0.171722.0859
HUGHES0.171722.0747
BROWN0.171720.8820

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 172 people called GOODS in Blakemere 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 7500.0000 in Blakemere means that 7500.0000% of the people in Blakemere on census day were called GOODS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOODS 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 GOODS 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 GOODS 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 GOODS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Blakemere means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOODS in Blakemere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Blakemere in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  AMBURY (6)  BARBER (5)  BEBB (3)  BEDFORD (2)  BEAVAN (1)  BROWN (1)  CLARKE (1)  COX (4)  CRUMP (1)  DAVIS (3)  DAVIES (DAVIS) (2)  DAVIES (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLOTT (1)  GOODS (3)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HAYWOOD (5)  HOWELLS (4)  HUGHES (1)  JACKSON (8)  JENKINS (3)  JONES (15)  KNIGHT (5)  MARSTONE (3)  MATHEWS (8)  MEREDITH (2)  MORGAN (2)  MUNCTION (1)  NICKOLLS (1)  PEMBRIDGE (1)  PHILLPOTTS (6)  POWELL (1)  PREECE (10)  PRITCHARD (6)  REECE (4)  SAUNDERS (5)  SOUTHALL (1)  THOMAS (6)  TOWNS (1)  WATKINS (3)  WATSON (1)  WILLIAMS (19)  YEOMANS (5)