Top surnames from the 1881 census in Donnington, Herefordshire

Donnington 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
FOWLER88.9888157.48
WEBLEY66.74163,157.89
MORRIS66.741630.29
HOOPER55.6180132.63
NASH44.494497.56
LANDER44.4944655.74
BURTON44.494452.77
JONES44.49443.97
GILLETT33.3708319.15
WILLIAMS33.37084.69
CRESSWELL33.3708319.15
SMITH33.37082.39
WHITTLE33.3708154.64
WALL22.247264.31
REVELL22.2472392.16
CHADD22.24723,333.33
SADDLER22.2472740.74
WICKENS22.2472357.14
COGGAN11.1236666.67
MORGAN11.12365.65
BLAKE11.123623.20
SQUIRES11.123679.37
HUMPHRIES11.123650.00
SHARPE11.123638.17
CUMMINS11.1236131.58
WADLEY11.1236588.24
SOUTHALL11.1236149.25
FUSSELL11.1236588.24
PULLEN11.123685.47
WATKINS11.123618.55
TANDY11.1236238.10
HAYES11.123618.08
RUSSELL11.12369.21
OWEN11.12369.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHADD0.09893333.3333
WEBLEY0.09893157.8947
SADDLER0.0989740.7407
COGGAN0.0989666.6667
LANDER0.0989655.7377
WADLEY0.0989588.2353
FUSSELL0.0989588.2353
REVELL0.0989392.1569
WICKENS0.0989357.1429
GILLETT0.0989319.1489
CRESSWELL0.0989319.1489
TANDY0.0989238.0952
FOWLER0.0989157.4803
WHITTLE0.0989154.6392
SOUTHALL0.0989149.2537
HOOPER0.0989132.6260
CUMMINS0.0989131.5789
NASH0.098997.5610
PULLEN0.098985.4701
SQUIRES0.098979.3651
WALL0.098964.3087
BURTON0.098952.7704
HUMPHRIES0.098950.0000
SHARPE0.098938.1679
MORRIS0.098930.2877
BLAKE0.098923.2019
WATKINS0.098918.5529
HAYES0.098918.0832
OWEN0.09899.4697
RUSSELL0.09899.2081
MORGAN0.09895.6497
WILLIAMS0.09894.6926
JONES0.09893.9683
SMITH0.09892.3874

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 89 people called CHADD in Donnington 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 3333.3333 in Donnington means that 3333.3333% of the people in Donnington on census day were called CHADD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHADD 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 CHADD 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 CHADD 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 CHADD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Donnington means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHADD in Donnington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Donnington in 1881

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

BLAKE (1)  BURTON (4)  CHADD (2)  COGGAN (1)  CRESSWELL (3)  CUMMINS (1)  FOWLER (8)  FUSSELL (1)  GILLETT (3)  HAYES (1)  HEYDON (1)  HOOPER (5)  HUMPHRIES (1)  JONES (4)  LANDER (4)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (6)  NASH (4)  OWEN (1)  PALLIMORE (1)  PULLEN (1)  REVELL (2)  RUSSELL (1)  SADDLER (2)  SHARPE (1)  SMITH (3)  SOUTHALL (1)  SQUIRES (1)  TANDY (1)  WADLEY (1)  WALL (2)  WATKINS (1)  WEBLEY (6)  WEIGHALL (5)  WHITTLE (3)  WICKENS (2)  WILLIAMS (3)