Top surnames from the 1881 census in Willersley, Herefordshire

Willersley 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
MARSTON337.50004,285.71
LLOYD112.5000107.53
DAVIES112.500024.57
WILLIAMS112.500017.39
LEWIS112.500047.62
JONES112.500011.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARSTON0.0184285.7143
LLOYD0.018107.5269
LEWIS0.01847.6190
DAVIES0.01824.5700
WILLIAMS0.01817.3913
JONES0.01811.0375

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called MARSTON in Willersley 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 4285.7143 in Willersley means that 4285.7143% of the people in Willersley on census day were called MARSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARSTON 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 MARSTON 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 MARSTON 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 MARSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.01 in Willersley means that you are 0.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARSTON in Willersley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Willersley in 1881

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

DAVIES (1)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (1)  MARSTON (3)  WILLIAMS (1)