Top surnames from the 1881 census in Boulstone, Herefordshire

Boulstone 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
SMITH511.90488.43
DEEM511.904850,000.00
MARTIN511.904848.31
ECKLEY24.761910,000.00
ANDREWS24.761949.75
WALKER24.761914.22
MASSEY24.7619186.92
PRICE24.761927.21
NELMS12.38103,333.33
HILL12.38109.35
ROBERTS12.38106.33
GUNTER12.3810666.67
BRADFORD12.3810121.95
SURRELL12.38105,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEEM0.044250000.0000
ECKLEY0.044210000.0000
SURRELL0.04425000.0000
NELMS0.04423333.3333
GUNTER0.0442666.6667
MASSEY0.0442186.9159
BRADFORD0.0442121.9512
ANDREWS0.044249.7512
MARTIN0.044248.3092
PRICE0.044227.2109
WALKER0.044214.2248
HILL0.04429.3458
SMITH0.04428.4317
ROBERTS0.04426.3291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 42 people called DEEM in Boulstone 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 50000.0000 in Boulstone means that 50000.0000% of the people in Boulstone on census day were called DEEM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Boulstone in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  BRADFORD (1)  COLCOMBE (4)  DEEM (5)  ECKLEY (2)  GUNTER (1)  HARTLAND (3)  HILL (1)  KEDWARD (4)  MARTIN (5)  MASSEY (2)  NELMS (1)  PRICE (2)  ROBERTS (1)  SURRELL (1)  SMITH (5)  WALKER (2)