Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kington, Worcestershire

Kington is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
HARRIS117.692330.27
BURFORD106.99301,250.00
BOLTON96.2937146.10
SHERWOOD96.2937494.51
HUGHES96.293722.46
WHEELER74.895181.11
FARLEY74.8951388.89
WATERS64.1958104.35
WHITE42.79728.70
FOSTER42.797220.92
DAVIS42.797212.73
JONES42.79722.47
BECK42.7972119.76
MILLINGTON42.7972184.33
MORRIS32.09799.43
DAY32.097922.29
PAGE21.398617.50
BRIDGE21.398668.97
ATKINSON21.398614.36
STANLEY21.398636.36
COWLEY21.398676.05
ANDREWS21.398614.60
BAKER10.69933.19
ALFORD10.699381.97
SUMMERTON10.6993476.19
MATHEWS10.699318.94
BRADLEY10.69938.71
GREEN10.69932.48
BOOKER10.699358.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURFORD1,250.00106.9930
SHERWOOD494.5196.2937
SUMMERTON476.1910.6993
FARLEY388.8974.8951
MILLINGTON184.3342.7972
BOLTON146.1096.2937
BECK119.7642.7972
WATERS104.3564.1958
ALFORD81.9710.6993
WHEELER81.1174.8951
COWLEY76.0521.3986
BRIDGE68.9721.3986
BOOKER58.4810.6993
STANLEY36.3621.3986
HARRIS30.27117.6923
HUGHES22.4696.2937
DAY22.2932.0979
FOSTER20.9242.7972
MATHEWS18.9410.6993
PAGE17.5021.3986
ANDREWS14.6021.3986
ATKINSON14.3621.3986
DAVIS12.7342.7972
MORRIS9.4332.0979
BRADLEY8.7110.6993
WHITE8.7042.7972
BAKER3.1910.6993
GREEN2.4810.6993
JONES2.4742.7972

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called BURFORD in Kington 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 6.9930 in Kington means that 6.9930% of the people in Kington on census day were called BURFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURFORD 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 BURFORD 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 BURFORD 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 BURFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,250.00 in Kington means that you are 1,250.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURFORD in Kington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kington in 1881

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

ALFORD (1)  HALFORD (ALFORD) (14)  ANDREWS (2)  ARDIN (2)  ATKINSON (2)  BAKER (1)  BECK (4)  BLUCK (1)  BOLTON (9)  BOOKER (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRIDGE (2)  BURFORD (10)  COWLEY (2)  DAVIS (4)  DAY (3)  ELLINSEN (2)  FARLEY (7)  FOSBURY (2)  FOSTER (4)  GREEN (1)  HALIBAN (1)  HARRIS (11)  HUGHES (9)  JONES (4)  MATHEWS (1)  MILLINGTON (4)  MORRIS (3)  PAGE (2)  SHERWOOD (9)  STANLEY (2)  SUMMERTON (1)  WATERS (6)  WHEELER (7)  WHITE (4)  WYTHES (4)