Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ganarew, Herefordshire

Ganarew 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
ALLAWAY126.89663,870.97
HARRIS116.321824.88
WEBB95.172438.15
THOMAS95.172412.53
WILLIAMS74.02305.60
GRAY74.023028.18
WHITE74.023012.52
LLOYD63.448329.53
GRIFFITHS63.448321.07
GWILLIM42.29892,222.22
JENKINS42.298919.51
GADD42.2989344.83
JACKSON42.29898.23
LEWIS42.29898.74
BATEMAN31.724166.67
PRIDDY31.72411,363.64
FURBER31.7241681.82
WATKINS31.724128.46
DANCE31.7241215.83
MORRIS31.72417.75
EVANS31.72413.95
LEE21.14947.03
PALMER21.14949.75
MOULDER21.1494645.16
RUDGE21.1494147.06
WILKINSON21.14947.53
ROBERTSON21.14946.86
BANNERMAN21.1494327.87
JAMES21.14945.85
HUNT21.14948.65
STOCKTON10.574794.34
BRICKNELL10.5747312.50
PRITCHARD10.574710.67
DAVIE10.574762.50
HUGHES10.57472.05
VAUGHN10.5747192.31
CARVER10.574763.29
HAMER10.574730.67
JONES10.57470.51
JEFFERIES10.574751.81
NEALE10.574724.21
HUTTON10.574719.23
HOOPER10.574713.57
BULL10.574713.59
HALL10.57471.95
JOHNSTON10.57477.12
POWELL10.57474.61
MOULDS10.5747333.33
WALBY10.5747625.00
CHAMPION10.574754.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALLAWAY0.171743870.9677
GWILLIM0.171742222.2222
PRIDDY0.171741363.6364
MAPES0.171741250.0000
FURBER0.17174681.8182
MOULDER0.17174645.1613
WALBY0.17174625.0000
GADD0.17174344.8276
MOULDS0.17174333.3333
BANNERMAN0.17174327.8689
BRICKNELL0.17174312.5000
DANCE0.17174215.8273
VAUGHN0.17174192.3077
RUDGE0.17174147.0588
STOCKTON0.1717494.3396
BATEMAN0.1717466.6667
CARVER0.1717463.2911
DAVIE0.1717462.5000
CHAMPION0.1717454.9451
JEFFERIES0.1717451.8135
WEBB0.1717438.1518
HAMER0.1717430.6748
LLOYD0.1717429.5276
WATKINS0.1717428.4630
GRAY0.1717428.1804
HARRIS0.1717424.8756
NEALE0.1717424.2131
GRIFFITHS0.1717421.0748
JENKINS0.1717419.5122
HUTTON0.1717419.2308
BULL0.1717413.5870
HOOPER0.1717413.5685
THOMAS0.1717412.5348
WHITE0.1717412.5156
PRITCHARD0.1717410.6724
PALMER0.171749.7513
LEWIS0.171748.7432
HUNT0.171748.6543
JACKSON0.171748.2254
MORRIS0.171747.7459
WILKINSON0.171747.5330
JOHNSTON0.171747.1225
LEE0.171747.0323
ROBERTSON0.171746.8587
JAMES0.171745.8514
WILLIAMS0.171745.6004
POWELL0.171744.6062
EVANS0.171743.9458
HUGHES0.171742.0509
HALL0.171741.9535

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 174 people called ALLAWAY in Ganarew 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 3870.9677 in Ganarew means that 3870.9677% of the people in Ganarew on census day were called ALLAWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALLAWAY 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 ALLAWAY 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 ALLAWAY 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 ALLAWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Ganarew means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALLAWAY in Ganarew than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ganarew in 1881

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

ALLAWAY (12)  BANNERMAN (2)  BATEMAN (3)  BRICKNELL (1)  BULL (1)  CARVER (1)  CHAMPION (1)  DANCE (3)  DAVIE (1)  DEOANEY (1)  DOLLING (1)  EVANS (3)  FURBER (3)  GADD (4)  GRAY (7)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HALL (1)  HAMER (1)  HARRIS (11)  HOOPER (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (2)  HUTTON (1)  JACKSON (4)  JAMES (2)  JEFFERIES (1)  JENKINS (4)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (1)  LEE (2)  LEWIS (4)  LLOYD (6)  MAPES (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOULDS (1)  MOULDER (2)  NEALE (1)  NESSLING (9)  PALMER (2)  POWELL (1)  PRIDDY (3)  PRITCHARD (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  RUDGE (2)  SPILSBURY (8)  STOCKTON (1)  THOMAS (9)  VAUGHN (1)  WALBY (1)  WATKINS (3)  WEBB (9)  WHITE (7)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (7)  GWILLIM (4)  YORATH (1)