Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moreton Jeffries, Herefordshire

Moreton Jeffries 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
DUGGAN613.95351,818.18
CRUMP613.95351,304.35
PHILLIPS36.976739.01
WILLIAMS36.97679.71
MORGAN24.651223.39
PEARSON24.651240.08
THOMAS12.32565.64
BAYLISS12.3256185.19
ROGERS12.325617.92
PREECE12.3256142.86
SWAIN12.3256120.48
ROBINSON12.32567.29
EDWARDS12.32568.35
BURNETT12.325684.03
SUNDERLAND12.3256204.08
PROSSER12.3256149.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUGGAN0.04431818.1818
CRUMP0.04431304.3478
SUNDERLAND0.0443204.0816
BAYLISS0.0443185.1852
PROSSER0.0443149.2537
PREECE0.0443142.8571
SWAIN0.0443120.4819
BURNETT0.044384.0336
PEARSON0.044340.0802
PHILLIPS0.044339.0117
MORGAN0.044323.3918
ROGERS0.044317.9211
WILLIAMS0.04439.7119
EDWARDS0.04438.3472
ROBINSON0.04437.2939
THOMAS0.04435.6370

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 43 people called DUGGAN in Moreton Jeffries 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 1818.1818 in Moreton Jeffries means that 1818.1818% of the people in Moreton Jeffries on census day were called DUGGAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUGGAN 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 DUGGAN 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 DUGGAN 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 DUGGAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Moreton Jeffries means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUGGAN in Moreton Jeffries than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moreton Jeffries in 1881

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

ADDLEY (1)  BAYLISS (1)  BOWCOTT (2)  BURNETT (1)  CRUMP (6)  DUGGAN (6)  EDWARDS (1)  MORGAN (2)  PEARSON (2)  PHILLIPS (3)  PREECE (1)  PROSSER (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  SIRRELL (7)  SUNDERLAND (1)  SWAIN (1)  THOMAS (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  RIGGLESWORTH (1)