Top surnames from the 1881 census in Canon Frome, Herefordshire

Canon Frome 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
HOOPER86.9565164.27
HOPTON76.08702,187.50
GUEST65.2174243.90
SUMMERS65.2174186.34
HEATH65.2174105.08
BEVAN54.3478177.94
NEWMAN54.347858.48
SMITH54.34783.08
COWELL54.3478303.03
ROWE54.347876.57
WRIGHT32.60878.13
PASSMAN32.60876,000.00
JONES21.73911.54
HARRIS21.73916.84
THOMAS21.73914.21
DIX21.7391175.44
PHILPOTT21.7391227.27
WILLIAMS10.86961.21
BRIGHT10.869642.92
PARSONS10.869611.44
WATKINS10.869614.35
BALDWIN10.869620.41
MITCHELL10.86964.29
EDWARDS10.86963.12
COWLES10.8696357.14
RICHARD10.8696101.01
CALE10.8696416.67
PEARL10.8696416.67
HARVEY10.86968.14
WESTON10.869621.32
GRUBB10.8696140.85
WARRINGTON10.8696106.38
MEREDITH10.869643.10
DYSON10.869626.88
HUGHES10.86963.10
PITT10.869640.65
HODGES10.869629.67
CALDER10.869662.11
WEBB10.86966.41
BARNETT10.869619.27
MOORE10.86964.35
GIBBONS10.869627.03
KING10.86963.99
COLE10.86969.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PASSMAN0.121156000.0000
HOPTON0.121152187.5000
PEARL0.12115416.6667
CALE0.12115416.6667
COWLES0.12115357.1429
COWELL0.12115303.0303
GUEST0.12115243.9024
PHILPOTT0.12115227.2727
SUMMERS0.12115186.3354
BEVAN0.12115177.9359
DIX0.12115175.4386
HOOPER0.12115164.2710
GRUBB0.12115140.8451
WARRINGTON0.12115106.3830
HEATH0.12115105.0788
RICHARD0.12115101.0101
ROWE0.1211576.5697
CALDER0.1211562.1118
NEWMAN0.1211558.4795
MEREDITH0.1211543.1034
BRIGHT0.1211542.9185
PITT0.1211540.6504
HODGES0.1211529.6736
GIBBONS0.1211527.0270
DYSON0.1211526.8817
WESTON0.1211521.3220
BALDWIN0.1211520.4082
BARNETT0.1211519.2678
WATKINS0.1211514.3472
PARSONS0.1211511.4416
COLE0.121159.5420
HARVEY0.121158.1433
WRIGHT0.121158.1323
HARRIS0.121156.8423
WEBB0.121156.4144
MOORE0.121154.3478
MITCHELL0.121154.2863
THOMAS0.121154.2141
KING0.121153.9904
EDWARDS0.121153.1201
HUGHES0.121153.1037
SMITH0.121153.0794
JONES0.121151.5356
WILLIAMS0.121151.2105

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 115 people called PASSMAN in Canon Frome 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 6000.0000 in Canon Frome means that 6000.0000% of the people in Canon Frome on census day were called PASSMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PASSMAN 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 PASSMAN 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 PASSMAN 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 PASSMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Canon Frome means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PASSMAN in Canon Frome than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Canon Frome in 1881

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

BALDWIN (1)  BARNETT (1)  BEVAN (5)  BRIGHT (1)  BRONCHES (1)  CALDER (1)  COLE (1)  COWELL (5)  COWLES (1)  DEARNE (1)  DIX (2)  DYSON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  GIBBAN (2)  GIBBONS (1)  GRUBB (1)  GUEST (6)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (1)  HEATH (6)  HODGES (1)  HOOPER (8)  HOPTON (7)  HUGHES (1)  JANCEY (1)  JONES (2)  CALE (1)  KING (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (1)  MOWBERRY (2)  NEWMAN (5)  PARSONS (1)  PASSMAN (3)  PEARL (1)  PHILPOTT (2)  PITT (1)  RICHARD (1)  ROWE (5)  SMITH (5)  SUMMERS (6)  THOMAS (2)  WARRINGTON (1)  WATKINS (1)  WAYENT (6)  WEBB (1)  WESTON (1)  WHYLES (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (3)