Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pencoyd, Herefordshire

Pencoyd 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
WILLIAMS157.614210.60
TAYLOR126.09149.53
JAY84.0609465.12
WATKINS84.060967.00
THOMAS73.55338.61
RUSSELL73.553329.11
BLACK73.553354.86
TOOMEY73.55331,842.11
HOPKINS63.045750.59
GEORGE63.045751.90
POWELL52.538120.34
HAMMOND52.538144.56
BARRETT52.538137.79
VAUGHAN52.538174.40
LEWIS52.53819.65
DOBBINS52.53811,388.89
COOKE52.538146.00
WEAVER52.538197.66
HOOPER52.538159.95
BUNN42.0305208.33
EVANS42.03054.65
BROWNING42.030599.75
KING42.03059.32
HARRIS31.52285.99
JONES31.52281.34
DAVIES31.52282.99
WEBB21.01527.49
PINCH21.0152606.06
MOSELEY21.0152111.11
EDWARDS21.01523.64
STEPHENS21.015218.30
PALMER10.50764.31
SANDY10.5076147.06
HIGGS10.507627.86
WILLETTS10.507690.91
GREEN10.50761.80
ELSMORE10.5076370.37
TURNER10.50761.82
DAW10.507673.53
WILSON10.50761.11
CADLE10.5076666.67
WELSH10.507612.82
PEGLER10.5076200.00
MASON10.50763.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOOMEY0.201971842.1053
DOBBINS0.201971388.8889
CADLE0.20197666.6667
PINCH0.20197606.0606
JAY0.20197465.1163
ELSMORE0.20197370.3704
BUNN0.20197208.3333
PEGLER0.20197200.0000
SANDY0.20197147.0588
MOSELEY0.20197111.1111
BROWNING0.2019799.7506
WEAVER0.2019797.6563
WILLETTS0.2019790.9091
VAUGHAN0.2019774.4048
DAW0.2019773.5294
WATKINS0.2019767.0017
HOOPER0.2019759.9520
BLACK0.2019754.8589
GEORGE0.2019751.9031
HOPKINS0.2019750.5902
COOKE0.2019745.9982
HAMMOND0.2019744.5633
BARRETT0.2019737.7929
RUSSELL0.2019729.1060
HIGGS0.2019727.8552
POWELL0.2019720.3417
STEPHENS0.2019718.2983
WELSH0.2019712.8205
WILLIAMS0.2019710.6000
LEWIS0.201979.6544
TAYLOR0.201979.5253
KING0.201979.3175
THOMAS0.201978.6111
WEBB0.201977.4906
HARRIS0.201975.9928
EVANS0.201974.6463
PALMER0.201974.3066
MASON0.201973.7750
EDWARDS0.201973.6430
DAVIES0.201972.9940
TURNER0.201971.8235
GREEN0.201971.8028
JONES0.201971.3446
WILSON0.201971.1052

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 197 people called TOOMEY in Pencoyd 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 1842.1053 in Pencoyd means that 1842.1053% of the people in Pencoyd on census day were called TOOMEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOOMEY 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 TOOMEY 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 TOOMEY 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 TOOMEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Pencoyd means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOOMEY in Pencoyd than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pencoyd in 1881

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

BARRETT (5)  BLACK (7)  BROBYN (1)  BROWNING (4)  BUNN (4)  CADLE (1)  COOKE (5)  DAVIES (3)  DAW (1)  DIGWOOD (1)  DOBBINS (5)  EDWARDS (2)  ELSMORE (1)  EVANS (4)  GALLIERS (1)  JAY (8)  GEORGE (6)  GREEN (1)  HAMMOND (5)  HARRIS (3)  HIGGS (1)  HOOPER (5)  HOPKINS (6)  JONES (3)  KING (4)  LEWIS (5)  MASON (1)  MOSELEY (2)  MOYAN (1)  OSWELL (2)  PALMER (1)  PEGLER (1)  PINCH (2)  POWELL (5)  PROBYN (1)  RUSSELL (7)  SANDY (1)  STEPHENS (2)  TANSELL (3)  TANSILL (TANSELL) (10)  TAYLOR (12)  THOMAS (7)  TOOMEY (7)  TURNER (1)  VAUGHAN (5)  VOYCE (1)  WATKINS (8)  WEBB (2)  WEAVER (5)  WELSH (1)  WILLETTS (1)  WILLIAMS (15)  WILSON (1)