Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aston, Herefordshire

Aston 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
PUGH1022.7273595.24
EDWARDS715.909157.10
TAYLOR511.363617.77
SMITH511.36368.05
DAVIS36.818231.02
RAWLINGS24.5455312.50
JAMES24.545523.15
NURSE24.5455952.38
KAY12.272743.67
MORRIS12.272710.21
MASON12.272716.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NURSE0.0444952.3810
PUGH0.0444595.2381
RAWLINGS0.0444312.5000
EDWARDS0.044457.0962
KAY0.044443.6681
DAVIS0.044431.0238
JAMES0.044423.1481
TAYLOR0.044417.7683
MASON0.044416.8919
MORRIS0.044410.2145
SMITH0.04448.0476

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 44 people called NURSE in Aston 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 952.3810 in Aston means that 952.3810% of the people in Aston on census day were called NURSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NURSE 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 NURSE 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 NURSE 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 NURSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Aston means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NURSE in Aston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aston in 1881

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

BLAINEY (2)  CALSTREE (1)  DAVIS (3)  EDWARDS (7)  JAMES (2)  KAY (1)  LOUNDE (1)  MASON (1)  MORRIS (1)  NURSE (2)  PUGH (10)  RAWLINGS (2)  SMITH (5)  TAYLOR (5)  WYLD (1)