Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Margarets, Herefordshire

St Margarets 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
PROSSER258.7413558.04
WILLIAMS186.29378.76
JONES144.89514.32
COLE124.195846.07
HUGHES124.195814.97
HOWARD113.846239.19
PRICE113.846221.98
BOWEN103.496584.53
POWELL103.496528.03
PEMBER103.49653,703.70
DAVIES82.79725.50
COOK82.797214.08
REECE82.7972320.00
WATKINS82.797246.16
YEOMANS72.4476296.61
LEWIS72.44769.31
LLOYD62.097917.97
FLEET62.0979312.50
CUTTER51.7483625.00
RANDALL51.748355.80
JOHNSON51.74835.20
EVANS51.74834.00
COUSINS51.748397.09
GWILLIM51.74831,724.14
JENKINS41.398611.87
GRIFFITHS41.39868.55
BEARD41.398653.12
GORDON31.049016.64
ALFORD31.0490122.95
FLETCHER31.04909.19
PRITCHARD31.049019.48
WHITE31.04903.26
CARBERY20.69931,538.46
WHITCOMB20.6993666.67
HARRIS20.69932.75
MEREDITH20.699334.60
FRANCIS20.699311.74
ROBERTS10.34970.93
LANDMAN10.34972,500.00
PREECE10.349721.51
PENNY10.349719.65
MORGAN10.34971.76
GANE10.3497123.46
HYDE10.349711.36
GOUGH10.349711.92
LANE10.34975.07
PITT10.349716.37
MOTLEY10.3497277.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEMBER0.292863703.7037
LANDMAN0.292862500.0000
GWILLIM0.292861724.1379
CARBERY0.292861538.4615
WHITCOMB0.29286666.6667
CUTTER0.29286625.0000
PROSSER0.29286558.0357
REECE0.29286320.0000
FLEET0.29286312.5000
YEOMANS0.29286296.6102
MOTLEY0.29286277.7778
GANE0.29286123.4568
ALFORD0.29286122.9508
COUSINS0.2928697.0874
BOWEN0.2928684.5309
RANDALL0.2928655.8036
BEARD0.2928653.1208
WATKINS0.2928646.1627
COLE0.2928646.0653
HOWARD0.2928639.1877
MEREDITH0.2928634.6021
POWELL0.2928628.0269
PRICE0.2928621.9780
PREECE0.2928621.5054
PENNY0.2928619.6464
PRITCHARD0.2928619.4805
LLOYD0.2928617.9695
GORDON0.2928616.6389
PITT0.2928616.3666
HUGHES0.2928614.9738
COOK0.2928614.0820
GOUGH0.2928611.9190
JENKINS0.2928611.8694
FRANCIS0.2928611.7371
HYDE0.2928611.3636
LEWIS0.292869.3097
FLETCHER0.292869.1884
WILLIAMS0.292868.7613
GRIFFITHS0.292868.5470
DAVIES0.292865.4994
JOHNSON0.292865.2035
LANE0.292865.0736
JONES0.292864.3222
EVANS0.292864.0006
WHITE0.292863.2634
HARRIS0.292862.7518
MORGAN0.292861.7581
ROBERTS0.292860.9294

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 286 people called PEMBER in St Margarets 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 3703.7037 in St Margarets means that 3703.7037% of the people in St Margarets on census day were called PEMBER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEMBER 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 PEMBER 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 PEMBER 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 PEMBER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in St Margarets means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEMBER in St Margarets than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Margarets in 1881

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

ALFORD (3)  BEARD (4)  BOWEN (10)  CALDICOTT (1)  CARBERY (2)  COLE (12)  COOK (8)  COUSINS (5)  CUTTER (5)  DAVIES (8)  EVANS (5)  FLEET (6)  FLETCHER (3)  FRANCIS (2)  GETHEN (3)  GORDON (3)  GOUGH (1)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HARRIS (2)  HOWARD (11)  HUGHES (12)  HYDE (1)  GANE (1)  JENKINS (4)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (14)  KEDWARD (5)  LANE (1)  LANDMAN (1)  LEWIS (7)  LLOYD (6)  MEREDITH (2)  MORGAN (1)  MOTLEY (1)  MUNKLEY (3)  PEMBER (10)  PENNY (1)  PITT (1)  POWELL (10)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (11)  PRITCHARD (3)  PROSSER (25)  PROTHERDE (2)  RANDALL (5)  REECE (8)  ROBERTS (1)  WATKINS (8)  WHISTANCE (3)  WHITCOMB (2)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (18)  GWILLIM (5)  YEOMANS (7)