Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Cowarne, Herefordshire

Little Cowarne 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
WEAVER2011.7647452.49
MORRIS105.882426.43
SMITH95.29413.75
EDWARDS84.705916.88
GIBBS84.705995.81
ABELL74.11761,320.75
GREENWAY74.1176555.56
BAKER74.117618.79
YOUNG74.117619.17
JONES52.94122.60
CROSS42.352934.19
BIDDLE42.3529327.87
ADAMS42.352915.97
MITTON42.3529800.00
PRICE42.352913.45
WARE31.7647107.14
FLETCHER31.764715.46
HYDE31.764757.36
PROSSER31.7647112.78
THOMAS31.76474.28
BROWNE31.764796.46
GURNEY31.7647169.49
MASON21.17658.75
BRAY21.176534.97
POWELL21.17659.43
RYLAND21.1765476.19
EVANS21.17652.69
JORDAN21.176526.63
WATTS10.58827.02
BAYNHAM10.5882312.50
NUTT10.588281.30
FOWLER10.588210.30
SUNDERLAND10.588251.28
SHUTT10.5882163.93
ROBERTS10.58821.56
HILL10.58822.31
WHARTON10.588242.02
SPOONER10.588240.82
MANN10.588211.16
DEW10.5882101.01
BURGESS10.58828.47
GWILLIM10.5882588.24
PITT10.588227.55
DAVIES10.58821.16
ROBINSON10.58821.85
HODGE10.588223.36
WILLIAMS10.58820.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ABELL0.171701320.7547
MITTON0.17170800.0000
GWILLIM0.17170588.2353
GREENWAY0.17170555.5556
RYLAND0.17170476.1905
WEAVER0.17170452.4887
BIDDLE0.17170327.8689
BAYNHAM0.17170312.5000
GURNEY0.17170169.4915
SHUTT0.17170163.9344
PROSSER0.17170112.7820
WARE0.17170107.1429
DEW0.17170101.0101
BROWNE0.1717096.4630
GIBBS0.1717095.8084
NUTT0.1717081.3008
HYDE0.1717057.3614
SUNDERLAND0.1717051.2821
WHARTON0.1717042.0168
SPOONER0.1717040.8163
BRAY0.1717034.9650
CROSS0.1717034.1880
PITT0.1717027.5482
JORDAN0.1717026.6312
MORRIS0.1717026.4271
HODGE0.1717023.3645
YOUNG0.1717019.1676
BAKER0.1717018.7919
EDWARDS0.1717016.8848
ADAMS0.1717015.9681
FLETCHER0.1717015.4560
PRICE0.1717013.4454
MANN0.1717011.1607
FOWLER0.1717010.2987
POWELL0.171709.4295
MASON0.171708.7489
BURGESS0.171708.4674
WATTS0.171707.0175
THOMAS0.171704.2766
SMITH0.171703.7495
EVANS0.171702.6922
JONES0.171702.5970
HILL0.171702.3095
ROBINSON0.171701.8450
ROBERTS0.171701.5635
DAVIES0.171701.1565
WILLIAMS0.171700.8189

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 170 people called ABELL in Little Cowarne 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 1320.7547 in Little Cowarne means that 1320.7547% of the people in Little Cowarne on census day were called ABELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ABELL 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 ABELL 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 ABELL 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 ABELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Little Cowarne means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ABELL in Little Cowarne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Cowarne in 1881

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

ABELL (7)  ADAMS (4)  BAKER (7)  BAYNHAM (1)  BIDDLE (4)  BRAY (2)  BROWNE (3)  BURGESS (1)  CLATWORTHY (1)  CROSS (4)  DAVIES (1)  DEW (1)  EDWARDS (8)  EVANS (2)  FLETCHER (3)  FOWLER (1)  GIBBS (8)  JORDAN (2)  GREENWAY (7)  GURNEY (3)  HILL (1)  HODGE (1)  HOPCOTT (1)  HYDE (3)  JONES (5)  NUTT (1)  MANN (1)  MASON (2)  MITTON (4)  MORRIS (10)  PITT (1)  POWELL (2)  PRICE (4)  PROSSER (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RYLAND (2)  SHUTT (1)  SMITH (9)  SPOONER (1)  SUNDERLAND (1)  THOMAS (3)  TURBILL (8)  WARE (3)  WATTS (1)  WEAVER (20)  WHARTON (1)  GWILLIM (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  YOUNG (7)