Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wormbridge, Herefordshire

Wormbridge 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
POWELL1717.1717137.65
PREECE1313.1313807.45
WILLIAMS99.090912.65
LEWIS88.080830.73
GEORGE77.0707120.48
MORRIS77.070731.76
WATKINS66.0606100.00
EVANS33.03036.93
BETTY22.02021,666.67
MATHEWS22.020254.64
PRITCHARD22.020237.52
PITT22.020294.34
GRIFFITHS22.020212.35
FOX11.010110.88
PERROT11.01012,000.00
JACKSON11.01013.61
PUGH11.010126.46
GREEN11.01013.59
PERKINS11.010122.47
WALTERS11.010121.19
HOSKINS11.0101103.09
DAVIES11.01011.99
WILLIAM11.0101117.65
JONES11.01010.89
RIDGEWAY11.0101344.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PERROT0.10992000.0000
BETTY0.10991666.6667
PREECE0.1099807.4534
RIDGEWAY0.1099344.8276
POWELL0.1099137.6518
GEORGE0.1099120.4819
WILLIAM0.1099117.6471
HOSKINS0.1099103.0928
WATKINS0.1099100.0000
PITT0.109994.3396
MATHEWS0.109954.6448
PRITCHARD0.109937.5235
MORRIS0.109931.7604
LEWIS0.109930.7338
PUGH0.109926.4550
PERKINS0.109922.4719
WALTERS0.109921.1864
WILLIAMS0.109912.6547
GRIFFITHS0.109912.3457
FOX0.109910.8814
EVANS0.10996.9348
JACKSON0.10993.6140
GREEN0.10993.5868
DAVIES0.10991.9857
JONES0.10990.8919

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 99 people called PERROT in Wormbridge 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 2000.0000 in Wormbridge means that 2000.0000% of the people in Wormbridge on census day were called PERROT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PERROT 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 PERROT 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 PERROT 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 PERROT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Wormbridge means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PERROT in Wormbridge than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wormbridge in 1881

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

BETTY (2)  DAVIES (1)  EVANS (3)  FOX (1)  GEORGE (7)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HOSKINS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (8)  MATHEWS (2)  MACGRATH (2)  MORRIS (7)  PERROT (1)  PERKINS (1)  PITT (2)  POWELL (17)  PREECE (13)  PRITCHARD (2)  PUGH (1)  RIDGEWAY (1)  SAYCE (4)  TITLEY (1)  WALTERS (1)  WATKINS (6)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILLIAM (1)