Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lea Upper, Herefordshire

Lea Upper 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
BENNETT98.737953.16
MORGAN87.767039.06
EDWARDS65.825220.90
PARKER65.825230.63
JAMES54.854424.72
DOBBS43.8835571.43
CHINN43.88351,142.86
TAYLOR32.91264.55
JACKSON32.912610.42
HODGES21.941766.23
LITTLE21.941741.07
WINTLE21.9417689.66
PRICE21.941711.09
GUISE21.94171,333.33
DREW21.941773.53
BRACE10.9709169.49
ASTON10.970958.82
PRATT10.970916.89
SMITH10.97090.69
HAWKINS10.970913.40
DRINKWATER10.970998.04
MADDOCKS10.9709158.73
COOPER10.97093.99
KINGTON10.9709909.09
CADLE10.97091,250.00
WILKS10.970961.73
BALDWIN10.970922.78
PALMER10.97098.24
LOVEDAY10.9709158.73
CLOSE10.9709111.11
JENKINS10.97098.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GUISE0.101031333.3333
CADLE0.101031250.0000
CHINN0.101031142.8571
KINGTON0.10103909.0909
WINTLE0.10103689.6552
DOBBS0.10103571.4286
BRACE0.10103169.4915
MADDOCKS0.10103158.7302
LOVEDAY0.10103158.7302
CLOSE0.10103111.1111
DRINKWATER0.1010398.0392
DREW0.1010373.5294
HODGES0.1010366.2252
WILKS0.1010361.7284
ASTON0.1010358.8235
BENNETT0.1010353.1601
LITTLE0.1010341.0678
MORGAN0.1010339.0625
PARKER0.1010330.6279
JAMES0.1010324.7158
BALDWIN0.1010322.7790
EDWARDS0.1010320.8986
PRATT0.1010316.8919
HAWKINS0.1010313.4048
PRICE0.1010311.0926
JACKSON0.1010310.4203
JENKINS0.101038.2372
PALMER0.101038.2372
TAYLOR0.101034.5544
COOPER0.101033.9904
SMITH0.101030.6876

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 103 people called GUISE in Lea Upper 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 1333.3333 in Lea Upper means that 1333.3333% of the people in Lea Upper on census day were called GUISE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GUISE 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 GUISE 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 GUISE 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 GUISE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Lea Upper means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GUISE in Lea Upper than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lea Upper in 1881

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

ASTON (1)  BALDWIN (1)  BENNETT (9)  BOOBBYER (5)  BRACE (1)  CADLE (1)  CHINN (4)  CLOSE (1)  COOPER (1)  DOBBS (4)  DREW (2)  DRINKWATER (1)  EDWARDS (6)  GATFIELD (6)  GUTSELL (2)  GUISE (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HODGES (2)  JACKSON (3)  JAMES (5)  JENKINS (1)  KINGTON (1)  LITTLE (2)  LOVEDAY (1)  MADDOCKS (1)  MANATON (7)  MORGAN (8)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (6)  PRATT (1)  PRICE (2)  RONALDS (2)  SMITH (1)  TAYLOR (3)  WILKS (1)  WINTLE (2)  YEMM (5)