Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rochford, Worcestershire

Rochford 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
HAYWOOD278.4375402.38
GRIFFITHS144.375026.73
JONES144.37503.86
KNOTT113.4375173.50
HAY103.125085.18
POUND103.1250653.59
HOSKINS103.1250320.51
ROBERTS92.81257.48
PARRY92.812536.96
MARKS82.5000122.14
DAVIES82.50004.91
COX72.187514.43
HYDE72.187571.14
WILLIAMS72.18753.05
COOKE72.187539.64
BADGER61.8750324.32
OVERTON51.5625160.77
FOWLER51.562527.37
GREGG51.5625222.22
TOLLEY51.5625299.40
HEATH51.562531.47
CONNLEY41.25003,333.33
BRADFORD41.250064.10
COOPER41.25005.14
SPENCER41.250013.69
FIELD30.937518.84
JOYCE30.937538.17
DYKE30.937594.34
NEVILLE30.937578.95
COLLINS30.93756.53
FINCHER30.9375714.29
BOWDEN30.937532.50
ADAMS20.62504.24
THOMAS20.62501.51
BARRETT20.62509.31
SHEPHERD20.62508.53
LAWLEY20.6250103.63
BROOKS20.62506.39
PEARSON20.62505.38
BEAUMONT20.625021.07
SMITH20.62500.44
BARNES20.62505.19
BATH20.625083.33
BANKS10.31256.09
YAPP10.3125158.73
HAINES10.312513.50
PULLEN10.312523.75
BROWN10.31250.47
WILKINS10.31257.07
GOODMAN10.312510.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CONNLEY3,333.3341.2500
FINCHER714.2930.9375
POUND653.59103.1250
HAYWOOD402.38278.4375
BADGER324.3261.8750
PHILIPPS322.5810.3125
HOSKINS320.51103.1250
TOLLEY299.4051.5625
GREGG222.2251.5625
SODEN192.3110.3125
KNOTT173.50113.4375
OVERTON160.7751.5625
YAPP158.7310.3125
MARKS122.1482.5000
LAWLEY103.6320.6250
NAPPER101.0110.3125
DYKE94.3430.9375
SHUTT86.9610.3125
HAY85.18103.1250
BATH83.3320.6250
NEVILLE78.9530.9375
HYDE71.1472.1875
STALLARD70.9210.3125
BRADFORD64.1041.2500
COOKE39.6472.1875
JOYCE38.1730.9375
PARRY36.9692.8125
WILLOUGHBY35.9710.3125
BOWDEN32.5030.9375
HEATH31.4751.5625
FOWLER27.3751.5625
GRIFFITHS26.73144.3750
PULLEN23.7510.3125
BEAUMONT21.0720.6250
FIELD18.8430.9375
BRITTON17.6410.3125
LATHAM15.3610.3125
COX14.4372.1875
IRVING14.0310.3125
SPENCER13.6941.2500
HAINES13.5010.3125
BROOKES13.3010.3125
HENRY12.3610.3125
GOODMAN10.7110.3125
NEAL10.5610.3125
BARRETT9.3120.6250
SHEPHERD8.5320.6250
ROBERTS7.4892.8125
BALDWIN7.3310.3125
WILKINS7.0710.3125

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called CONNLEY in Rochford 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 1.2500 in Rochford means that 1.2500% of the people in Rochford on census day were called CONNLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CONNLEY 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 CONNLEY 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 CONNLEY 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 CONNLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Rochford means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CONNLEY in Rochford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rochford in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  AMPHLET (2)  B...ER (1)  BADGER (6)  BALDWIN (1)  BANKS (1)  BARNES (2)  BARRETT (2)  BATH (2)  BEAUMONT (2)  BENNETT (1)  BOUNDFORD (?) (8)  BOWDEN (3)  BRADFORD (4)  BRITTON (1)  BROOKS (2)  BROOKES (1)  BROWN (1)  COLLINS (3)  CONNLEY (4)  CONNLY (8)  COOKE (7)  COOPER (4)  CORBBETT (2)  COX (7)  DAVIES (8)  DYKE (3)  DIPPER (1)  ELEMENT (1)  FIELD (3)  FINCHER (3)  FISHBOURN (2)  FOWLER (5)  GOODMAN (1)  GREGG (5)  GRIFFITHS (14)  HAY (10)  HAINES (1)  HEATH (5)  HENRY (1)  HAYWOOD (27)  HOLT (1)  HOSKINS (10)  HYDE (7)  IRVING (1)  JONES (14)  JOYCE (3)  KENCH (4)  KNOTT (11)  LATHAM (1)  LAWLEY (2)  LIDDINGTON (6)  MAYBE (1)  MARKS (8)  MORRIS (1)  NAPPER (1)  NEAL (1)  NEVILLE (3)  OVERTON (5)  PEARSON (2)  PARRY (9)  PHILIPHS (2)  PHILIPPS (1)  POSTONS (6)  POUND (10)  PRECAR (1)  PRICE (1)  PULLEN (1)  ROBERTS (9)  SHUTT (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SKIPP (1)  SMITH (2)  SODEN (1)  SPENCER (4)  STALLARD (1)  THOMAS (2)  TOLLEY (5)  WALKER (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  YAPP (1)  YARNOLD (1)