Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lower Harpton, Herefordshire

Lower Harpton 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
VAUGHAN1013.8889406.50
MORRIS912.500056.14
LLOYD68.333371.34
INGRAM68.3333272.73
JONES68.33337.36
HAMAR56.944412,500.00
SMITH45.55563.93
POWELL45.555644.54
TIPPINS45.55568,000.00
JOSEPH34.1667517.24
PERRY22.777837.81
THOMPSON22.77789.27
PRICE22.777815.87
ROGERS11.388910.70
BIRCH11.388933.90
CRAVEN11.388971.94
HARLEY11.3889107.53
BOWEN11.388933.56
LOWE11.388918.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMAR0.077212500.0000
TIPPINS0.07728000.0000
JOSEPH0.0772517.2414
VAUGHAN0.0772406.5041
INGRAM0.0772272.7273
HARLEY0.0772107.5269
CRAVEN0.077271.9424
LLOYD0.077271.3436
MORRIS0.077256.1447
POWELL0.077244.5434
PERRY0.077237.8072
BIRCH0.077233.8983
BOWEN0.077233.5570
LOWE0.077218.5185
PRICE0.077215.8730
ROGERS0.077210.6952
THOMPSON0.07729.2721
JONES0.07727.3584
SMITH0.07723.9347

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 72 people called HAMAR in Lower Harpton 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 12500.0000 in Lower Harpton means that 12500.0000% of the people in Lower Harpton on census day were called HAMAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMAR 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 HAMAR 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 HAMAR 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 HAMAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Lower Harpton means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMAR in Lower Harpton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lower Harpton in 1881

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

BEAVAN (3)  BIRCH (1)  BOWEN (1)  CRAVEN (1)  HAMAR (5)  HARLEY (1)  INGRAM (6)  JONES (6)  JOSEPH (3)  LLOYD (6)  LOWE (1)  MORRIS (9)  PERRY (2)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (2)  ROGERS (1)  SMITH (4)  THOMPSON (2)  TIPPINS (4)  VAUGHAN (10)