Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brilley, Herefordshire

Brilley 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
LEWIS4511.278242.90
WILLIAMS287.01759.77
PRICE194.761927.21
EVANS164.01009.18
DAVIES164.01007.88
POWELL153.759430.13
LLOYD133.258127.90
THOMAS112.75696.68
PROSSER112.7569176.00
MORGAN102.506312.60
REECE92.2556257.88
LEE92.255613.80
HOBBY92.25561,836.73
MORRIS82.00509.01
CLARKE82.00509.89
WALKER82.00505.99
WATKINS82.005033.09
PUGH82.005052.49
JENKINS71.754414.89
GRIFFITHS71.754410.72
PALMER71.754414.88
ELLIS61.503810.36
BUTLER61.503815.42
BRYAN61.503860.61
MOSS61.503824.40
EDWARDS51.25314.50
VAUGHAN51.253136.74
AMIS41.0025800.00
SMITH41.00250.71
PHILLIPS41.00255.60
JAMES41.00255.10
ENGLISH41.002553.33
BOWEN41.002524.24
ROGERS41.00257.72
CHILD41.002559.00
LAYTON30.751994.04
WORTHING30.7519967.74
STOKES30.751917.80
JONES30.75190.66
SPIERS30.751991.46
CONWAY30.751940.11
MOORE30.75193.76
MEREDITH20.501324.81
TRAYLOR20.50131,666.67
BUFTON10.2506114.94
PAYNE10.25062.78
COOPER10.25061.03
HERRIN10.2506454.55
REYNOLDS10.25062.89
LAMB10.25064.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOBBY0.403991836.7347
TRAYLOR0.403991666.6667
WORTHING0.40399967.7419
AMIS0.40399800.0000
HERRIN0.40399454.5455
THORTON0.40399344.8276
REECE0.40399257.8797
SHEWARD0.40399196.0784
PROSSER0.40399176.0000
BUFTON0.40399114.9425
HAVARD0.4039997.0874
LAYTON0.4039994.0439
SPIERS0.4039991.4634
GUNTER0.4039971.4286
BRYAN0.4039960.6061
CHILD0.4039958.9971
ENGLISH0.4039953.3333
PUGH0.4039952.4934
LEWIS0.4039942.8980
CONWAY0.4039940.1070
FRANCES0.4039939.8406
VAUGHAN0.4039936.7377
WATKINS0.4039933.0852
POWELL0.4039930.1326
LLOYD0.4039927.9030
PRICE0.4039927.2089
PHELPS0.4039925.2525
MEREDITH0.4039924.8139
MOSS0.4039924.4002
BOWEN0.4039924.2424
STOKES0.4039917.8042
BUTLER0.4039915.4242
JENKINS0.4039914.8873
PALMER0.4039914.8841
LEE0.4039913.8016
MORGAN0.4039912.6024
GRIFFITHS0.4039910.7214
ELLIS0.4039910.3555
CLARKE0.403999.8949
WILLIAMS0.403999.7690
EVANS0.403999.1764
MORRIS0.403999.0070
DAVIES0.403997.8837
ROGERS0.403997.7220
THOMAS0.403996.6808
WADE0.403996.2617
WALKER0.403995.9894
PHILLIPS0.403995.6030
LUCAS0.403995.4201
JAMES0.403995.1040

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 399 people called HOBBY in Brilley 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 1836.7347 in Brilley means that 1836.7347% of the people in Brilley on census day were called HOBBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOBBY 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 HOBBY 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 HOBBY 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 HOBBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Brilley means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOBBY in Brilley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brilley in 1881

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

AMIS (4)  BOWEN (4)  BROMAGE (10)  BRYAN (6)  BUFTON (1)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (6)  CHILD (4)  CLARKE (8)  CLARK (1)  CONWAY (3)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  DAVIES (16)  DEYKES (4)  EDWARDS (5)  ELLIS (6)  EVANS (16)  FRANCES (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GRIFFITHS (7)  GUNTER (1)  HAVARD (1)  HERRIN (1)  HOBBY (9)  ENGLISH (4)  JAMES (4)  JENKINS (7)  JONES (3)  KEDWARD (1)  LAMB (1)  LEE (9)  LAYTON (3)  LEWIS (45)  LLOYD (13)  LUCAS (1)  MEREDITH (2)  MOORE (3)  MORGAN (10)  MORRIS (8)  MOSS (6)  PALMER (7)  PAYNE (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PHELPS (1)  POWELL (15)  PRICE (19)  PROSSER (11)  PROTHOROE (1)  PUGH (8)  REECE (9)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROGERS (4)  SAVEKER (1)  SCATTERGOODS (1)  SHEWARD (1)  SMITH (4)  SPIERS (3)  STOKES (3)  THOMAS (11)  THORTON (1)  TRAYLOR (2)  VAUGHAN (5)  WADE (1)  WALKER (8)  WATKINS (8)  WILLIAMS (28)  WORTHING (3)