Top surnames from the 1881 census in Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire

Welsh Bicknor 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
POWELL98.571468.70
DANCE87.6190952.38
MORGAN87.619038.31
GUNTER65.71431,621.62
REEVE65.7143244.90
HARRIS54.761918.74
ROBBINS43.8095243.90
CLAYTON32.857152.54
WHITE32.85718.89
SULLY32.8571857.14
MERRY21.9048256.41
RUSHTON21.904892.17
MANNING21.904859.88
WADE21.904847.62
JONES10.95240.84
VAUGHAN10.952427.93
HICKEY10.9524153.85
EVANS10.95242.18
YOUNG10.95244.43
MEEK10.952481.97
WARDMAN10.9524370.37
HURDLE10.9524714.29
WILLIAMS10.95241.33
HILL10.95243.74
RYAN10.952430.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUNTER0.111051621.6216
DANCE0.11105952.3810
SULLY0.11105857.1429
HURDLE0.11105714.2857
WARDMAN0.11105370.3704
MERRY0.11105256.4103
REEVE0.11105244.8980
ROBBINS0.11105243.9024
HICKEY0.11105153.8462
RUSHTON0.1110592.1659
MEEK0.1110581.9672
POWELL0.1110568.7023
MANNING0.1110559.8802
CLAYTON0.1110552.5394
WADE0.1110547.6190
MORGAN0.1110538.3142
RYAN0.1110530.6748
VAUGHAN0.1110527.9330
HARRIS0.1110518.7406
WHITE0.111058.8889
YOUNG0.111054.4326
HILL0.111053.7397
EVANS0.111052.1796
WILLIAMS0.111051.3257
JONES0.111050.8409

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 105 people called GUNTER in Welsh Bicknor 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 1621.6216 in Welsh Bicknor means that 1621.6216% of the people in Welsh Bicknor on census day were called GUNTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUNTER 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 GUNTER 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 GUNTER 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 GUNTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Welsh Bicknor means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUNTER in Welsh Bicknor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Welsh Bicknor in 1881

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

ALDRICH BLAKE (14)  C...LEY (1)  CATOR (4)  CLAYTON (3)  CRAWLY (3)  DANCE (8)  EVANS (1)  GUNTER (6)  HARRIS (5)  HICKEY (1)  HILL (1)  HURDLE (1)  JONES (1)  MANNING (2)  MEEK (1)  MERRY (2)  MORGAN (8)  O'REGAN (1)  POWELL (9)  REEVE (6)  ROBBERTS (3)  ROBBINS (4)  RUSH... (1)  RUSHTON (2)  RYAN (1)  SULLY (3)  SPALDING (?) (1)  TUF...D (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WADE (2)  WARDMAN (1)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOORE (2)  YOUNG (1)