Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brinsop, Herefordshire

Brinsop 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
JONES2113.125011.59
FORD127.500077.02
BALDWIN95.6250131.96
GOUGH95.6250191.90
MERRITT85.0000714.29
EDWARDS85.000017.94
LAWRENCE74.375067.37
MASON63.750027.89
PROSSER63.7500239.04
LECK53.12502,777.78
GARDINER53.1250108.70
JAMES53.125015.91
DAVIES42.50004.92
FOX42.500026.92
LUTHER42.50001,739.13
PROBERT31.8750238.10
EVANS31.87504.29
HAINES21.250053.91
WILLIAMS21.25001.74
KING21.25005.74
HANCOCK21.250027.47
BEAVEN21.2500434.78
FOWLE21.2500500.00
BULLOCK10.625019.19
FRENCH10.625012.80
LEWIS10.62502.38
PUGH10.625016.37
HILL10.62502.45
BOYD10.625017.83
PLAYER10.6250161.29
MALLETT10.625069.93
WATKINS10.625010.31
BYRAN10.62505,000.00
WALKER10.62501.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYRAN0.161605000.0000
LECK0.161602777.7778
LUTHER0.161601739.1304
MERRITT0.16160714.2857
FOWLE0.16160500.0000
BEAVEN0.16160434.7826
PROSSER0.16160239.0438
PROBERT0.16160238.0952
GOUGH0.16160191.8977
PLAYER0.16160161.2903
BALDWIN0.16160131.9648
GARDINER0.16160108.6957
FORD0.1616077.0218
MALLETT0.1616069.9301
LAWRENCE0.1616067.3725
HAINES0.1616053.9084
MASON0.1616027.8940
HANCOCK0.1616027.4725
FOX0.1616026.9179
BULLOCK0.1616019.1939
EDWARDS0.1616017.9412
BOYD0.1616017.8253
PUGH0.1616016.3666
JAMES0.1616015.9084
FRENCH0.1616012.8041
JONES0.1616011.5888
WATKINS0.1616010.3093
KING0.161605.7356
DAVIES0.161604.9152
EVANS0.161604.2906
HILL0.161602.4540
LEWIS0.161602.3770
WALKER0.161601.8671
WILLIAMS0.161601.7400

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 160 people called BYRAN in Brinsop 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 5000.0000 in Brinsop means that 5000.0000% of the people in Brinsop on census day were called BYRAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BYRAN 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 BYRAN 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 BYRAN 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 BYRAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Brinsop means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BYRAN in Brinsop than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brinsop in 1881

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

BALDWIN (9)  BARNETH (1)  BEAVEN (2)  BOWCOTH (2)  BOYD (1)  BULLOCK (1)  BYRAN (1)  CHOCKAN (1)  DAVIES (4)  EDWARDS (8)  EVANS (3)  FAWALL (1)  FORD (12)  FOWLE (2)  FOX (4)  FRENCH (1)  GARDINER (5)  GOUGH (9)  HANCOCK (2)  HAINES (2)  HILL (1)  JAMES (5)  JEWESBURY (2)  JONES (21)  KING (2)  LECK (5)  LAWRENCE (7)  LEWIS (1)  LUTHER (4)  MALLETT (1)  MERRITT (8)  MASON (6)  PLAYER (1)  PROBERT (3)  PROSSER (6)  PUGH (1)  WALKER (1)  WATKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WAITH (9)  ZURPHY (2)