Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston Beggard, Herefordshire

Weston Beggard 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
WILLIAMS217.749110.79
NORTON145.1661155.38
BUFTON124.42802,033.90
POWELL124.428035.49
LEWIS93.321012.63
STANTON93.3210166.67
BEDFORD82.9520124.42
BRACE82.9520512.82
TAYLOR82.95204.62
MONK72.5830123.02
RICHARDS72.583017.10
BANKS72.583050.36
JONES72.58302.28
BAYLISS62.2140174.93
WILKS62.2140140.85
CLARKE51.84509.11
MORRIS51.84508.29
SOUTH51.8450196.08
GREEN51.84506.55
DAVIES51.84503.63
BAILEY41.47609.80
PREECE41.476090.70
WARD41.47606.76
HOPE41.476043.38
MORGAN41.47607.42
PHILLIPS31.10706.19
BROOKES31.107047.10
HOWELLS31.107043.35
LLEWELLYN31.107075.76
PROSSER31.107070.75
SYMONDS20.738061.16
HACKFORD20.73801,666.67
DANCE20.738092.17
NUTT20.7380102.04
MATTHEWS20.73808.46
BEACHAM20.7380263.16
JAMES20.73803.76
COLE20.73808.10
BONNETT20.7380294.12
HUTTON10.369012.36
WHEELER10.36906.11
NASH10.36908.00
HODGES10.369012.58
ETHRIDGE10.36901,250.00
JARVIS10.36908.22
CHURCHILL10.369031.06
HENLEY10.369048.31
BROWN10.36900.56
GUEST10.369017.27
REECE10.369042.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUFTON0.272712033.8983
HACKFORD0.272711666.6667
ETHRIDGE0.272711250.0000
DEEM0.272711111.1111
BRACE0.27271512.8205
BONNETT0.27271294.1176
BEACHAM0.27271263.1579
SOUTH0.27271196.0784
BAYLISS0.27271174.9271
STANTON0.27271166.6667
NORTON0.27271155.3829
WILKS0.27271140.8451
BEDFORD0.27271124.4168
MONK0.27271123.0228
HAZEL0.27271114.9425
NUTT0.27271102.0408
DANCE0.2727192.1659
PREECE0.2727190.7029
LLEWELLYN0.2727175.7576
BROOME0.2727174.0741
PROSSER0.2727170.7547
SYMONDS0.2727161.1621
BANKS0.2727150.3597
HENLEY0.2727148.3092
BROOKES0.2727147.0958
HOPE0.2727143.3839
HOWELLS0.2727143.3526
REECE0.2727142.1941
JAY0.2727142.1941
POWELL0.2727135.4925
CHURCHILL0.2727131.0559
WHITING0.2727119.1571
GUEST0.2727117.2712
RICHARDS0.2727117.1024
LEWIS0.2727112.6316
HODGES0.2727112.5786
HUTTON0.2727112.3609
WILLIAMS0.2727110.7875
BAILEY0.272719.7991
CLARKE0.272719.1058
MATTHEWS0.272718.4602
MORRIS0.272718.2891
JARVIS0.272718.2237
COLE0.272718.1004
NASH0.272718.0000
MORGAN0.272717.4225
WARD0.272716.7568
GREEN0.272716.5522
PHILLIPS0.272716.1868
WHEELER0.272716.1125

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 271 people called BUFTON in Weston Beggard 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 2033.8983 in Weston Beggard means that 2033.8983% of the people in Weston Beggard on census day were called BUFTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUFTON 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 BUFTON 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 BUFTON 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 BUFTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Weston Beggard means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUFTON in Weston Beggard than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston Beggard in 1881

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

BAILEY (4)  BALL (1)  BANKS (7)  BAYLISS (6)  BEACHAM (2)  BEDFORD (8)  BONNETT (2)  BRACE (8)  BRIMELL (1)  BROOKES (3)  BROOME (1)  BROWN (1)  BUFTON (12)  CARTER (1)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLARKE (5)  COLE (2)  MC CORMICK (2)  DANCE (2)  DAVIES (5)  DEEM (1)  ETHRIDGE (1)  EVISUM (2)  EXALL (4)  JAY (1)  GREEN (5)  GUEST (1)  HACKFORD (2)  HAZEL (1)  HENLEY (1)  HODGES (1)  HOPE (4)  HASKINGS (3)  HOWELLS (3)  HUTTON (1)  JAMES (2)  JANCEY (1)  JARVIS (1)  JONES (7)  NUTT (2)  LEWIS (9)  LEWIES (7)  LLEWELLYN (3)  MATTHEWS (2)  MONK (7)  MORGAN (4)  MORRIS (5)  MAUND (1)  NASH (1)  NORTON (14)  PHILLIPS (3)  POWELL (12)  PREECE (4)  PROSSER (3)  REECE (1)  RICHARDS (7)  SEXTY (1)  SYMONDS (2)  SINDREY (5)  SOUTH (5)  STANTON (9)  TAYLOR (8)  TAYSUM (1)  TIPPINGS (4)  WARD (4)  WARGENT (2)  WHEELER (1)  WHITING (1)  WILKS (6)  WILLIAMS (21)