Top surnames from the 1881 census in Byford, Herefordshire

Byford 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
DAVIES219.813119.29
TURNER146.542123.50
GEORGE136.0748103.50
CRUMP125.6075519.48
RODGERS104.6729170.65
DAVIDSON94.205650.03
AMOS83.7383227.27
LAWRENCE83.738357.55
ASTON73.2710198.30
MASON73.271024.33
EDWARDS73.271011.74
LUTHER73.27102,333.33
THOMAS62.80376.79
STANHOPE41.8692784.31
PORTER31.401918.68
MEEK31.4019120.48
LEAH31.4019394.74
WATKINS31.401923.13
EXTON31.4019416.67
WOOTTON31.4019154.64
SHEPPARD20.934626.99
FOOT20.934694.34
ELLIS20.93466.44
POWELL20.93467.49
BRACE10.467381.30
NASH10.467310.13
HADLEY10.467334.36
ALLEN10.46732.47
MASTERS10.467325.25
RIDLEY10.467324.15
LLOYD10.46734.00
PRICE10.46732.67
KING10.46732.14
WILLIAMS10.46730.65
JAMES10.46732.38
RUSTON10.4673163.93
FARLEY10.467337.17
RAND10.4673119.05
PREECE10.467328.74
JOYNES10.4673270.27
PEARCE10.46735.09
HINCH10.4673400.00
MATTHEWS10.46735.36
FRANCIS10.46737.84
PROSSER10.467329.85
JONES10.46730.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUTHER0.212142333.3333
STANHOPE0.21214784.3137
CRUMP0.21214519.4805
EXTON0.21214416.6667
HINCH0.21214400.0000
LEAH0.21214394.7368
JOYNES0.21214270.2703
AMOS0.21214227.2727
ASTON0.21214198.3003
RODGERS0.21214170.6485
RUSTON0.21214163.9344
WOOTTON0.21214154.6392
MEEK0.21214120.4819
RAND0.21214119.0476
GEORGE0.21214103.5032
FOOT0.2121494.3396
BRACE0.2121481.3008
LAWRENCE0.2121457.5540
DAVIDSON0.2121450.0278
FARLEY0.2121437.1747
HADLEY0.2121434.3643
PROSSER0.2121429.8507
PREECE0.2121428.7356
SHEPPARD0.2121426.9906
MASTERS0.2121425.2525
MASON0.2121424.3309
RIDLEY0.2121424.1546
TURNER0.2121423.5018
WATKINS0.2121423.1303
DAVIES0.2121419.2926
PORTER0.2121418.6800
EDWARDS0.2121411.7371
NASH0.2121410.1317
FRANCIS0.212147.8431
POWELL0.212147.4906
THOMAS0.212146.7942
ELLIS0.212146.4350
MATTHEWS0.212145.3562
PEARCE0.212145.0865
LLOYD0.212144.0016
PRICE0.212142.6702
ALLEN0.212142.4734
JAMES0.212142.3787
KING0.212142.1441
WILLIAMS0.212140.6505
JONES0.212140.4126

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 214 people called LUTHER in Byford 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 2333.3333 in Byford means that 2333.3333% of the people in Byford on census day were called LUTHER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUTHER 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 LUTHER 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 LUTHER 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 LUTHER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Byford means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUTHER in Byford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Byford in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  AMOS (8)  ARKWELL (1)  ASTON (7)  BOTWOOD (1)  BRACE (1)  BOWCOTT (1)  COLLWELL (9)  CRUMP (12)  DAVIDSON (9)  DAVIES (21)  DORMANDAY (1)  EDWARDS (7)  ELLIS (2)  EVERSHAM (4)  EXTON (3)  FARLEY (1)  FOOT (2)  FRANCIS (1)  GEORGE (13)  HACKLAND (3)  HADLEY (1)  HINCH (1)  HONEYBURN (1)  JAMES (1)  JANCEY (1)  JONES (1)  JOYNES (1)  KING (1)  LAWRENCE (8)  LEAH (3)  LLOYD (1)  LUTHER (7)  MASON (7)  MASTERS (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEEK (3)  NASH (1)  NEATH (6)  PEARCE (1)  PORTER (3)  POWELL (2)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (1)  PROSSER (1)  RAND (1)  RIDLEY (1)  RODGERS (10)  ROWTREE (5)  RUSTON (1)  SHEPPARD (2)  STANHOPE (4)  THOMAS (6)  TURNER (14)  WATKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOTTON (3)