Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edvin Ralph, Herefordshire

Edvin Ralph 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
PERRY2414.7239200.17
POWEL127.36202,857.14
TOMBS106.13501,219.51
FREEMAN63.681057.64
JAMES63.681018.74
MADDY63.68106,000.00
SMITH63.68102.61
HODGSON63.681053.10
TAYLOR53.06754.80
BRYAN53.0675123.46
HAYS53.0675714.29
PASSEY53.06751,428.57
LANE53.067544.52
PHILLIPS42.454013.72
PALMER42.454020.82
HOLLOWAY42.454080.16
COOK42.454012.35
PITT31.840586.21
HODGES21.227041.84
BOWEN21.227029.67
CALDWELL10.613539.22
HOWARD10.61356.25
BENBOW10.6135153.85
WOODING10.6135140.85
COX10.61354.05
TOWER10.6135666.67
STEED10.6135128.21
HILL10.61352.41
ENGLAND10.613529.76
WOOD10.61351.93
HUGHES10.61352.19
PICKARD10.613544.05
DAVIES10.61351.21
WALKER10.61351.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MADDY0.161636000.0000
POWEL0.161632857.1429
PASSEY0.161631428.5714
TOMBS0.161631219.5122
HAYS0.16163714.2857
TOWER0.16163666.6667
PERRY0.16163200.1668
BENBOW0.16163153.8462
WOODING0.16163140.8451
STEED0.16163128.2051
BRYAN0.16163123.4568
PITT0.1616386.2069
HOLLOWAY0.1616380.1603
FREEMAN0.1616357.6369
HODGSON0.1616353.0973
LANE0.1616344.5236
PICKARD0.1616344.0529
HODGES0.1616341.8410
CALDWELL0.1616339.2157
ENGLAND0.1616329.7619
BOWEN0.1616329.6736
PALMER0.1616320.8225
JAMES0.1616318.7383
PHILLIPS0.1616313.7174
COOK0.1616312.3533
HOWARD0.161636.2500
TAYLOR0.161634.7966
COX0.161634.0486
SMITH0.161632.6070
HILL0.161632.4085
HUGHES0.161632.1896
WOOD0.161631.9253
WALKER0.161631.8325
DAVIES0.161631.2061

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 163 people called MADDY in Edvin Ralph 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 6000.0000 in Edvin Ralph means that 6000.0000% of the people in Edvin Ralph on census day were called MADDY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Edvin Ralph in 1881

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

BENBOW (1)  BIDMEAD (1)  BOWEN (2)  BRYAN (5)  BOWCOT (1)  CALDWELL (1)  COOK (4)  COX (1)  DAVIES (1)  AYMES (5)  ENGLAND (1)  FREEMAN (6)  HAYS (5)  HILL (1)  HODGES (2)  HODGSON (6)  HOLLOWAY (4)  HOLNER (1)  HOWARD (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (6)  LANE (5)  MADDY (6)  MAUND (4)  PASSEY (5)  PALMER (4)  PERRY (24)  PHILLIPS (4)  PICKARD (1)  PILLINER (1)  PITT (3)  POWEL (12)  SIRRELL (7)  SMITH (6)  STEED (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TOMBS (10)  TOWER (1)  TUTSELL (4)  WALKER (1)  WITTLE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODING (1)