Top surnames from the 1881 census in Croft, Herefordshire

Croft 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
BYTHEWAY615.384615,000.00
EDWARDS410.256436.80
LEAKE37.69231,875.00
TAYLOR25.12828.02
SCOTT25.128220.26
GODFREY12.564186.21
THOMAS12.56416.22
ROBINSON12.56418.04
NOBLE12.564161.73
HICKS12.564161.35
GARNER12.564181.30
PHILLIPS12.564114.33
GRIFFITHS12.564115.67
PAXMAN12.56413,333.33
JEBB12.56412,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BYTHEWAY0.043915000.0000
PAXMAN0.04393333.3333
JEBB0.04392000.0000
LEAKE0.04391875.0000
GODFREY0.043986.2069
GARNER0.043981.3008
NOBLE0.043961.7284
HICKS0.043961.3497
EDWARDS0.043936.7985
SCOTT0.043920.2634
GRIFFITHS0.043915.6740
PHILLIPS0.043914.3266
ROBINSON0.04398.0386
TAYLOR0.04398.0192
THOMAS0.04396.2150

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 39 people called BYTHEWAY in Croft 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 15000.0000 in Croft means that 15000.0000% of the people in Croft on census day were called BYTHEWAY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Croft in 1881

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

BYTHEWAY (6)  CARRALL (1)  KEVILL DAVIES (6)  DOWNEL (1)  EDWARDS (4)  GARNER (1)  GODFREY (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HICKS (1)  JEBB (1)  LEAKE (3)  NOBLE (1)  PAXMAN (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SCOTT (2)  SETTERFIELD (3)  SHOBROOK (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (1)