Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burrington, Herefordshire

Burrington 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
JONES188.95527.91
MORRIS157.462733.53
GITTENS94.47762,903.23
DAVIES94.47768.80
SMITH83.98012.82
BIGGS83.9801211.08
PRICE73.482619.90
HUGHES73.482612.43
WELLINGS62.9851869.57
HAMILTON62.985139.79
JUKES62.9851495.87
TONGUE52.4876746.27
POWELL52.487619.94
MASON52.487618.50
MEREDITH41.990098.52
BOUNDS41.99001,333.33
NORRIS31.492534.76
ARCHER31.492536.10
WEYMAN20.99501,250.00
RICHARDS20.99506.59
HINCE20.99501,666.67
MATTHEWS20.995011.41
YAPP20.9950512.82
HAINES20.995043.01
GITTINS20.9950161.29
RICKETTS20.9950102.56
PUGH20.995026.04
BLAYNEY10.4975555.56
HARDWICK10.497532.57
TYRRELL10.497567.57
GROVES10.497517.70
STALEY10.4975151.52
LLOYD10.49754.26
BRIDGEWATER10.4975212.77
BILLING10.497589.29
GREAVES10.497516.98
LEWIS10.49751.89
DAVIS10.49752.26
REYNOLDS10.49755.74
JOHNSON10.49751.48
HAWKINS10.49756.87
WALL10.497514.22
MORGAN10.49752.50
THOMAS10.49751.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GITTENS0.202012903.2258
HINCE0.202011666.6667
BOUNDS0.202011333.3333
WEYMAN0.202011250.0000
WELLINGS0.20201869.5652
TONGUE0.20201746.2687
BLAYNEY0.20201555.5556
YAPP0.20201512.8205
JUKES0.20201495.8678
BRIDGEWATER0.20201212.7660
BIGGS0.20201211.0818
GITTINS0.20201161.2903
STALEY0.20201151.5152
RICKETTS0.20201102.5641
MEREDITH0.2020198.5222
BILLING0.2020189.2857
TYRRELL0.2020167.5676
HAINES0.2020143.0108
HAMILTON0.2020139.7878
ARCHER0.2020136.1011
NORRIS0.2020134.7625
MORRIS0.2020133.5270
HARDWICK0.2020132.5733
PUGH0.2020126.0417
POWELL0.2020119.9442
PRICE0.2020119.8977
MASON0.2020118.4980
GROVES0.2020117.6991
GREAVES0.2020116.9779
WALL0.2020114.2248
HUGHES0.2020112.4290
MATTHEWS0.2020111.4090
DAVIES0.202018.8028
JONES0.202017.9072
HAWKINS0.202016.8729
RICHARDS0.202016.5876
REYNOLDS0.202015.7438
LLOYD0.202014.2608
SMITH0.202012.8189
MORGAN0.202012.5019
DAVIS0.202012.2640
LEWIS0.202011.8921
JOHNSON0.202011.4808
THOMAS0.202011.2057

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 201 people called GITTENS in Burrington 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 2903.2258 in Burrington means that 2903.2258% of the people in Burrington on census day were called GITTENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GITTENS 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 GITTENS 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 GITTENS 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 GITTENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Burrington means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GITTENS in Burrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burrington in 1881

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

ARCHER (3)  BADHAM (6)  BIGGS (8)  BILLING (1)  BLAYNEY (1)  BOUNDS (4)  BRIDGEWATER (1)  CATSTREE (1)  CORSER (4)  CRUXON (1)  DAVIES (9)  DAVIS (1)  GALLIERS (12)  GITTINS (2)  GITTENS (9)  GREAVES (1)  GROVES (1)  HAMILTON (6)  HARDWICK (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HAINES (2)  HINCE (2)  HUGHES (7)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (18)  JUKES (6)  LANGSLOW (13)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (1)  MASON (5)  MATTHEWS (2)  MEREDITH (4)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (15)  NORRIS (3)  POWELL (5)  PRICE (7)  PUGH (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (2)  RICKETTS (2)  SMITH (8)  STALEY (1)  THOMAS (1)  TONGUE (5)  TYRRELL (1)  WALL (1)  WATKINGS (1)  WEYMAN (2)  WELLINGS (6)  YAPP (2)