Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eye, Herefordshire

Eye 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
WILLIAMS385.39777.51
PRICE294.119323.54
JONES263.69323.26
LLOYD233.267027.98
POULTON182.5568318.58
TAYLOR172.41483.78
DAVIES172.41484.75
COOKE162.272741.18
EDWARDS162.27278.15
PREECE141.9886122.27
JAY141.9886227.64
HALL141.98866.76
HUGHES121.70456.08
MILES111.562526.48
VALE101.4205198.81
GROSVENOR101.4205636.94
HOOPER101.420533.53
MANTLE91.2784244.57
LAWRENCE91.278419.69
WATKINS91.278421.10
GIBBONS70.994330.93
BRACHER70.9943693.07
EVANS70.99432.28
POTTS70.994329.79
HOLL70.99431,400.00
NASH70.994321.57
POWELL70.99437.97
BRAY70.994329.57
GOUGH70.994333.91
OLIVER70.994313.94
THOMAS60.85232.07
YORK60.852364.52
GOODMAN60.852329.21
SCARLET60.85231,666.67
PAXMAN60.85231,200.00
LEWIS60.85233.24
ROBERTS60.85232.27
BRYANT50.710216.62
TIPTON50.7102292.40
COOK50.71023.58
PHILLIPS50.71023.97
YATES50.710210.33
NEWMAN50.71029.55
JAMES50.71023.62
SEYMOUR50.710234.75
JACKSON50.71022.54
WELSH50.710217.94
MAPP50.7102367.65
CLARKE50.71023.51
HOGGINS50.7102746.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCARLET0.707041666.6667
HOLL0.707041400.0000
PAXMAN0.707041200.0000
GOSSETT0.70704769.2308
HOGGINS0.70704746.2687
BRACHER0.70704693.0693
GROSVENOR0.70704636.9427
TRUMPER0.70704517.2414
MAPP0.70704367.6471
GUNDY0.70704333.3333
POULTON0.70704318.5841
BOUND0.70704314.9606
TIPTON0.70704292.3977
GAINER0.70704263.1579
OTLEY0.70704252.1008
MANTLE0.70704244.5652
POWLES0.70704229.0076
JAY0.70704227.6423
GRAFTON0.70704206.1856
VALE0.70704198.8072
HOPTON0.70704153.8462
PHILIPPS0.70704147.0588
BUFTON0.70704129.8701
PREECE0.70704122.2707
BRIDGEWATER0.70704121.9512
RUTH0.70704119.0476
HERRINGTON0.70704113.2075
YORK0.7070464.5161
FINNEY0.7070449.1803
DOWNES0.7070445.9242
COOKE0.7070441.1840
BENBOW0.7070435.8423
SEYMOUR0.7070434.7464
GOUGH0.7070433.9147
HOOPER0.7070433.5345
WOODING0.7070432.5733
GIBBONS0.7070430.9324
POTTS0.7070429.7872
HALES0.7070429.7030
BRAY0.7070429.5733
GOODMAN0.7070429.2113
LLOYD0.7070427.9805
BULLEN0.7070426.7738
MILES0.7070426.4805
PRICE0.7070423.5390
NASH0.7070421.5650
WATKINS0.7070421.0970
LAWRENCE0.7070419.6850
HANCOX0.7070418.6567
BEDFORD0.7070417.9641

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 704 people called SCARLET in Eye 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 1666.6667 in Eye means that 1666.6667% of the people in Eye on census day were called SCARLET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCARLET 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 SCARLET 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 SCARLET 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 SCARLET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Eye means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCARLET in Eye than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eye in 1881

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

ALFORD (1)  BAKER (4)  BALDWIN (1)  BATES (1)  BEDFORD (3)  BENBOW (1)  BENGREE (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BERRINGTON (1)  BEAVAN (5)  BOUND (4)  BRACHER (7)  BRAY (7)  BRIDGEWATER (2)  BRINCE (1)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (5)  BRICE (1)  BUFTON (2)  BULLEN (2)  BURLTON (1)  BUTLER (4)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHURCH (1)  CLARKE (5)  CLAYTON (1)  COATES (3)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (2)  COOKE (16)  COOK (5)  COOPER (2)  CORBETT (1)  CROSS (1)  DALE (4)  DAVIES (17)  DAVIS (3)  DERRISCOTT (5)  DYKE (1)  DODD (1)  DOWNES (4)  DREW (2)  EDWARDS (16)  EVANS (7)  FINNEY (3)  FRANCIS (1)  GAINER (1)  GATEHOUSE (5)  JAY (14)  GIBBONS (7)  GOODMAN (6)  GOSSETT (1)  GOUGH (7)  GRAFTON (4)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GROSVENOR (10)  GUNDY (1)  HALES (3)  HALL (14)  HOLL (7)  HANCOX (1)  HARPER (1)  HERRINGTON (3)  HARRIS (3)  HEAPPY (1)  HEAPPEY (3)  HOGGINS (5)  HOLLAND (2)  HOOPER (10)  HOPTON (3)  HORRING (3)  HUGHES (12)  JACKSON (5)  JAMES (5)  JENKINS (2)  JONES (26)  KITSON (1)  LANE (1)  LAWRENCE (9)  LEWIS (6)  LLOYD (23)  LOOMES (1)  LONGVILLE (2)  MANTLE (9)  MAPP (5)  MASON (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MEREDITH (2)  MILES (11)  MILLICHAMP (9)  MILLICHAP (5)  MYTTON (1)  MORRIS (4)  MOORIS (1)  MUTLOW (2)  NASH (7)  NEWMAN (5)  OLIVER (7)  PATRICK (1)  PAXMAN (6)  PHILLIPS (5)  PHILIPPS (1)  PHIPP (2)  PINCHES (1)  POWLETT (2)  POTTER (4)  POTTS (7)  POULTON (18)  POWELL (7)  POWLES (3)  PREECE (14)  PRICE (29)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBERTS (6)  ROBLINS (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUTH (1)  SCARLET (6)  SEYMOUR (5)  SMALL (1)  TAYLOR (17)  TEKE (1)  THOMAS (6)  TIPTON (5)  TOMLINSON (3)  TRUMPER (3)  OTLEY (3)  VALE (10)  VAUGHAN (2)  WARBURTAN (1)  WARBURTON (2)  WARD (1)  WATCHKIS (1)  WATKINS (9)  WATTS (1)  WELSH (5)  WEST (2)  WHITE (1)  WILDING (1)  WILLIAMS (38)  WYNDE (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODING (1)  WOOLART (1)  WOOLETT (7)  YARNOLLS (1)  YATES (5)  YEOMANS (1)  YORK (6)  YOUNG (2)