Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Hereford, Herefordshire

Little Hereford 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
LANE194.513165.49
COOK133.087915.55
ARNETT112.61281,410.26
JAMES102.375312.09
BANKS102.375346.32
JONES102.37532.10
EDWARDS92.13787.67
MOUND92.13782,727.27
BROWN92.13783.24
GURNEY92.1378205.48
DOWNES81.9002153.55
LLOYD71.662714.24
HALL71.66275.65
DAVIS71.66277.57
BIGGS71.662788.16
DAVIES71.66273.27
PHILLIPS61.42527.97
BRADFORD61.425273.08
BENNETT61.42528.67
WALL61.425240.76
HILL61.42525.60
PASSEY61.4252666.67
LEWIS61.42525.42
BENBOW61.4252359.28
BEAUMONT51.187640.06
PRICE51.18766.79
PALMER51.187610.08
BAYLISS51.187693.81
WILLIAMS51.18761.65
MATTHEWS51.187613.62
CHILDS51.187664.68
POTTS40.950128.47
DIGBY40.9501183.49
SMALLMAN40.9501289.86
POWELL40.95017.62
LUCAS40.950120.56
WATTS40.950111.33
TOWNS40.9501296.30
CROSS30.712610.36
FRANCES30.7126113.21
BARKER30.71265.45
HOSKINS30.712672.99
WELLINGS30.7126206.90
GILES30.712618.70
CORBETT30.712636.36
EVANS30.71261.63
DOVEY30.7126186.34
BARRELL30.7126187.50
SYMONDS20.475139.45
PARTRIDGE20.475118.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOUND0.424212727.2727
ARNETT0.424211410.2564
PASSEY0.42421666.6667
BENBOW0.42421359.2814
TOWNS0.42421296.2963
SMALLMAN0.42421289.8551
YAPP0.42421243.9024
WELLINGS0.42421206.8966
GURNEY0.42421205.4795
BARRELL0.42421187.5000
DOVEY0.42421186.3354
DIGBY0.42421183.4862
DOWNES0.42421153.5509
SALWAY0.42421149.2537
FRANCES0.42421113.2075
HOTCHKISS0.42421100.0000
BAYLISS0.4242193.8086
BIGGS0.4242188.1612
LAWLEY0.4242178.7402
BRADFORD0.4242173.0816
HOSKINS0.4242172.9927
ADDIS0.4242169.4444
LANE0.4242165.4947
CHILDS0.4242164.6831
FENNER0.4242155.8659
BANKS0.4242146.3177
KENNETT0.4242142.7350
BURFORD0.4242142.5532
TIPPING0.4242141.6667
WALL0.4242140.7609
BEAUMONT0.4242140.0641
SYMONDS0.4242139.4477
CORBETT0.4242136.3636
NOTT0.4242133.6700
POTTS0.4242128.4698
THATCHER0.4242125.8398
RIDER0.4242124.3902
TOMKINS0.4242122.9358
LUCAS0.4242120.5550
FARLEY0.4242118.9036
GILES0.4242118.7032
PARTRIDGE0.4242118.1818
FAULKNER0.4242117.5285
COOK0.4242115.5465
LESTER0.4242115.0830
LLOYD0.4242114.2392
MATTHEWS0.4242113.6166
JAMES0.4242112.0919
MEREDITH0.4242111.7647
WATTS0.4242111.3314

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 421 people called MOUND in Little Hereford 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 2727.2727 in Little Hereford means that 2727.2727% of the people in Little Hereford on census day were called MOUND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOUND 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 MOUND 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 MOUND 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 MOUND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Little Hereford means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOUND in Little Hereford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Hereford in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (1)  ARNETT (11)  BANKS (10)  BARKER (3)  BAYLISS (5)  BEAUMONT (5)  BEDDOES (3)  BENBOW (6)  BENNETT (6)  BERRY (1)  BIGGS (7)  BOYSE (1)  BRADFORD (6)  BREAKWELL (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (9)  BURFORD (1)  BARRELL (3)  CHILDS (5)  CLARKE (1)  CLEE (3)  COLLIER (1)  COOK (13)  CORBETT (3)  CORFIELD (1)  CROSS (3)  DAVIS (7)  DAVIES (7)  DIGBY (4)  DOVEY (3)  DOWNES (8)  DURSTON (1)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (9)  EVANS (3)  FARLEY (1)  FAULKNER (2)  FENHILL (2)  FENNER (1)  FRANCES (3)  FROGGATT (15)  FROST (2)  GILES (3)  GRIFFIN (1)  GURNEY (9)  HALL (7)  HAYES (1)  HILL (6)  HOSKINS (3)  HOTCHKISS (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (10)  JONES (10)  KENNETT (1)  KING (1)  NOTT (1)  LANE (19)  LAWLEY (2)  LEWIS (6)  LEDDINGTON (6)  LESTER (1)  LLOYD (7)  LOCK (1)  LUCAS (4)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (5)  MEADMORE (1)  MELHUISH (1)  MELISHIP (1)  MELLISHIP (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MILLAR (1)  MOSS (1)  MOUND (9)  MAUND (13)  PASSEY (6)  PAGE (1)  PALMER (5)  PARTRIDGE (2)  PHILLIPS (6)  PLEVEY (6)  POSTANS (5)  POTTS (4)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (5)  REWBURY (6)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDER (1)  ROGERS (1)  SALWAY (1)  SYMONDS (2)  SIMMONS (1)  SMALLMAN (4)  SMITH (1)  STEPHENS (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THATCHER (1)  THOMAS (1)  THREADGOLD (1)  TIPPING (1)  TOMKINS (1)  TOWNS (4)  TURBERFIELD (1)  TURFORD (1)  WALL (6)  WARBURTON (1)  WATTS (4)  WELLINGS (3)  WHEELER (2)  GWILLIAMS (3)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YAPP (2)