Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bodenham, Herefordshire

Bodenham 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
WILLIAMS394.42686.16
JONES293.29172.91
DAVIES212.38374.69
POWELL202.270118.20
PROSSER202.2701144.93
DAVIS192.15669.81
SYMONDS192.1566178.91
HODGES182.043169.66
TAYLOR151.70262.66
GRIFFITHS141.58919.71
MAYO131.4756192.02
BAILEY111.24868.29
PHILLIPS111.24866.98
DAW101.1351163.93
STEDMAN101.1351182.82
HYDE101.135136.90
MORGAN101.13515.71
HEATH101.135122.86
BARRINGTON91.0216313.59
CARTWRIGHT91.021626.80
PENSON91.0216720.00
HARRIS80.90813.57
REYNOLDS80.908110.48
WEAVER80.908134.92
MORRIS80.90814.08
PEMBER80.9081952.38
STEPHENS80.908116.36
THOMAS80.90812.20
MERRICK80.9081122.32
GILFORD80.90811,311.48
PERKS70.794676.34
PRITCHARD70.794614.76
CHANDLER70.794624.74
GRAVES70.794652.40
PURCHASE70.7946231.79
WHITE60.68102.12
HUMPHREYS60.681019.34
NASH60.681014.77
PROTHERO60.6810382.17
MILTON60.681049.42
NAYLOR50.567515.06
SMITH50.56750.40
BRAY50.567516.88
CHURCH50.567526.01
GEORGE50.56759.67
STOKES50.567513.44
YEOMANS50.567568.87
WATKINS50.56759.37
BEARD50.567521.56
BEAMAN50.5675297.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILFORD0.888811311.4754
ROCKE0.888811142.8571
FELLING0.888811111.1111
PEMBER0.88881952.3810
SCANDRETT0.88881754.7170
PENSON0.88881720.0000
RENOLDS0.88881714.2857
AUTHER0.88881625.0000
GOURD0.88881588.2353
HINCH0.88881490.1961
PROTHERO0.88881382.1656
BARRINGTON0.88881313.5889
TISDALE0.88881307.6923
BEAMAN0.88881297.6190
WENT0.88881287.3563
CONNETT0.88881283.0189
VANES0.88881263.1579
PURCHASE0.88881231.7881
OLLIVER0.88881219.7802
CROPP0.88881204.0816
MAYO0.88881192.0236
STEDMAN0.88881182.8154
SYMONDS0.88881178.9077
BANKES0.88881178.5714
DAW0.88881163.9344
BOUNDS0.88881153.8462
VAUGHN0.88881151.5152
PROSSER0.88881144.9275
WINNEY0.88881138.8889
SOLEY0.88881131.5789
BETHELL0.88881123.0769
BRITTAN0.88881122.6994
MERRICK0.88881122.3242
GLADWIN0.88881120.8459
MITTON0.88881116.2791
HUSBANDS0.88881111.1111
RUFF0.88881105.2632
BACH0.88881102.0408
WELLINGS0.8888199.0099
EAGLETON0.8888193.4579
DEVEREUX0.8888183.6820
PERKS0.8888176.3359
BILLINGS0.8888170.5882
HARFORD0.8888169.6864
HODGES0.8888169.6594
YEOMANS0.8888168.8705
BAUGH0.8888163.2911
ARROWSMITH0.8888158.5652
GRAVES0.8888152.3952
MILTON0.8888149.4234

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 881 people called GILFORD in Bodenham 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 1311.4754 in Bodenham means that 1311.4754% of the people in Bodenham on census day were called GILFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILFORD 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 GILFORD 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 GILFORD 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 GILFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Bodenham means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILFORD in Bodenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bodenham in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (1)  ADAMS (1)  ARKWRIGHT (6)  ARROWSMITH (4)  AUTHER (1)  BACH (1)  BAILEY (11)  BANKES (1)  BARBER (4)  BARRINGTON (9)  BASKERVILL (2)  BAUGH (2)  BAYLIS (1)  BEARD (5)  BETHELL (4)  BILLINGS (3)  BODENHAM (1)  BOSLEY (1)  BOTHAM (1)  BOWDLEY (7)  BOWEN (1)  BEAMAN (5)  BOUNDS (2)  BRACE (1)  BRADBURY (1)  BRADFORD (3)  BRASSINGTON (4)  BRAY (5)  BRITTAN (2)  BROWN (3)  BOWKETT (11)  BOUKETT (3)  BULLOCK (3)  BARROW (1)  BUSH (1)  CALDICOTT (6)  CARTWRIGHT (9)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHANDLER (7)  CHURCH (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLEE (1)  COLE (1)  CONNETT (3)  CORBETT (3)  COTTON (2)  CRANFIELD (1)  CROPP (1)  DANIEL (2)  DAVENPORT (1)  DAVIES (21)  DAVIS (19)  DAW (10)  DEVEREUX (2)  DICKENSON (1)  DUNCAN (5)  DYER (1)  EAVES (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EAGLETON (1)  ENSOLL (1)  EVANS (3)  FELLING (1)  FIELD (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FLYDE (2)  FORREST (1)  GATEHOUSE (4)  GEORGE (5)  GIBONS (2)  GILFORD (8)  GLADWIN (4)  GOURD (2)  GOODWIN (2)  GOUGH (5)  GRANGER (1)  GRAVENAR (8)  GRAVES (7)  GRIFFITHS (14)  GURNEY (1)  HALL (1)  HARFORD (2)  HARRIS (8)  HEATH (10)  HEDWARD (1)  HELME (3)  HILL (3)  HINCH (5)  HODGES (18)  HOLDER (1)  HOLT (3)  HOLTON (1)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (2)  HUMPHREYS (6)  HUNTINGTON (1)  HUSBANDS (1)  HYDE (10)  IZZARD (1)  JAMES (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (29)  NUTT (2)  LANE (2)  LAYNES (6)  LARRENCE (3)  LAWRENCE (5)  LAURENCE (1)  LEA (1)  LEWIS (1)  LINGEN (2)  LLOYD (1)  MANN (3)  MANTLE (1)  MASON (1)  MAYO (13)  VANES (1)  MEDLICOTT (11)  MERRICK (8)  MILLICHAMP (1)  MILTON (6)  MITTON (3)  MORGAN (10)  MORNAN (6)  MORRIS (8)  MORETON (2)  MOYLE (1)  MAUND (3)  NASH (6)  NAYLOR (5)  NEWMAN (3)  NICHOLAS (1)  OLLIVER (4)  OVERTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PARLOUR (1)  PARRIERS (1)  PEMBER (8)  PENSON (9)  PERKINS (3)  PURCHASE (7)  PERKS (7)  PARRY (3)  PHILLIPS (11)  PITT (3)  POOLE (4)  POPPEY (1)  POWELL (20)  PREECE (3)  PRICE (5)  PRITCHARD (7)  PROBERT (3)  PROSSER (20)  PROTHERO (6)  PUGH (1)  RENDLE (1)  REES (4)  REYNOLDS (8)  RENOLDS (4)  ROCKE (4)  ROSS (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  RUDGE (1)  RUFF (3)  SARGEANT (2)  SAW (3)  SCANDRETT (4)  SHEARWOOD (1)  SYMONDS (19)  SIMMONS (3)  SMITH (5)  SOLEY (1)  SPENCER (2)  STANILAND (10)  STEDMAN (10)  STEPHENS (8)  STOKES (5)  TANNER (1)  TAYLOR (15)  TISDALE (2)  THOMAS (8)  TOMPKINS (1)  TUDOR (1)  TURLY (4)  VAUGHN (4)  WALKER (2)  WATKINS (5)  WEBB (1)  WEAVER (8)  WELLINGS (3)  WENT (5)  WHARTON (4)  WHITE (6)  WHITTINGSLOW (5)  WILLIAMS (39)  WILLS (3)  WILSON (3)  WINNEY (1)  WINTER (1)  WOODHOUSE (3)  WRIGHT (4)  YEOMANS (5)