Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston On Wye, Herefordshire

Preston On Wye 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
LEWIS2611.453743.57
WILLIAMS208.810612.27
JONES146.16745.45
PUGH114.8458126.87
PREECE104.4053271.00
EDWARDS93.964814.23
GOUGH83.5242120.12
WALTERS73.083764.70
SEAL73.0837426.83
BAKER62.643212.06
MATHEWS62.643271.60
BAGGS52.2026943.40
DAVIS52.202610.02
SMITH41.76211.25
THOMAS41.76214.27
SHEPHERD41.762124.05
PROSSER41.7621112.36
SPENCER31.321614.48
RUDGE31.3216168.54
LLOYD31.321611.32
PRICE31.32167.55
JACKSON31.32164.73
BATES31.321620.78
WATKINS31.321621.80
GRIFFITHS20.88115.38
RUSSELL20.88117.22
LOVE20.881137.17
DAVIES20.88111.73
BOWEN20.881121.30
POYNER20.8811606.06
MERRICK20.8811119.05
CHRISTOPHER20.8811149.25
PORTER20.881111.74
HULL20.881142.19
MORGAN10.44052.22
ARNOLD10.44058.17
MEADOWS10.440531.55
RICHARDS10.44052.92
PROBERT10.440555.87
HOOPER10.440510.41
WHEELER10.44057.29
GRAINGER10.440528.65
VAUGHAN10.440512.92
DORRELL10.4405238.10
SYMONDS10.440536.50
SNEAD10.4405434.78
HART10.44055.17
ARROWSMITH10.440556.82
MELLON10.4405212.77
ROWLEY10.440516.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAGGS0.23227943.3962
POYNER0.23227606.0606
SNEAD0.23227434.7826
SEAL0.23227426.8293
PREECE0.23227271.0027
DORRELL0.23227238.0952
MELLON0.23227212.7660
RUDGE0.23227168.5393
CHRISTOPHER0.23227149.2537
PUGH0.23227126.8743
GOUGH0.23227120.1201
MERRICK0.23227119.0476
PROSSER0.23227112.3596
MATHEWS0.2322771.5990
WALTERS0.2322764.6950
MASKELL0.2322762.5000
VALE0.2322761.7284
ARROWSMITH0.2322756.8182
PROBERT0.2322755.8659
LEWIS0.2322743.5657
HULL0.2322742.1941
LOVE0.2322737.1747
SYMONDS0.2322736.4964
MEADOWS0.2322731.5457
GRAINGER0.2322728.6533
SHEPHERD0.2322724.0529
WATKINS0.2322721.8023
BOWEN0.2322721.2993
BATES0.2322720.7756
ROWLEY0.2322716.7785
CHAMBERLAIN0.2322716.1812
SPENCER0.2322714.4788
EDWARDS0.2322714.2270
VAUGHAN0.2322712.9199
WILLIAMS0.2322712.2654
BAKER0.2322712.0627
PORTER0.2322711.7440
LLOYD0.2322711.3165
HOOPER0.2322710.4058
DAVIS0.2322710.0241
ARNOLD0.232278.1699
STEPHENS0.232277.9365
PRICE0.232277.5510
WHEELER0.232277.2939
RUSSELL0.232277.2176
JONES0.232275.4456
GRIFFITHS0.232275.3836
HART0.232275.1653
JACKSON0.232274.7289
THOMAS0.232274.2703

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called BAGGS in Preston On Wye 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 943.3962 in Preston On Wye means that 943.3962% of the people in Preston On Wye on census day were called BAGGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAGGS 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 BAGGS 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 BAGGS 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 BAGGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Preston On Wye means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAGGS in Preston On Wye than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston On Wye in 1881

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

ARNOLD (1)  ARROWSMITH (1)  BAGGS (5)  BAKER (6)  BATES (3)  BOWEN (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHRISTOPHER (2)  DAVIS (5)  DAVIES (2)  DORRELL (1)  EDWARDS (9)  EVERSHAM (1)  FAWKE (1)  GODSALL (2)  GOUGH (8)  GRAINGER (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HANCORN (2)  HART (1)  HILBOURNE (1)  HOOPER (1)  HULL (2)  JACKSON (3)  JANCEY (1)  JONES (14)  LEWIS (26)  LLOYD (3)  LOVE (2)  MASKELL (1)  MATHEWS (6)  MEADOWS (1)  MEATS (1)  MELLON (1)  MERRICK (2)  MORGAN (1)  PEACEY (1)  PEMBRIDGE (1)  POYNER (2)  PORTER (2)  PREECE (10)  PRICE (3)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (4)  PUGH (11)  RICHARDS (1)  ROWLEY (1)  RUDGE (3)  RUSSELL (2)  SEAL (7)  SHEPHERD (4)  SYMONDS (1)  SKYRME (1)  SMITH (4)  SNEAD (1)  SPENCER (3)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMAS (4)  TOUNES (2)  TUDGE (2)  VALE (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WALTERS (7)  WATKINS (3)  WHEELER (1)  WILLIAMS (20)