Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wacton, Herefordshire

Wacton 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
POWELL109.803978.62
PERKINS109.8039217.86
COOK98.823544.42
DAVIES54.90209.64
YEOMANS54.9020595.24
TOMKINS54.9020471.70
PRICE54.902028.01
JONES43.92163.46
WITTS43.92161,290.32
KNIGHT43.921631.82
TAYLOR43.92166.13
SMITH32.94122.08
PREECE21.9608120.48
MOSELEY21.9608215.05
MITCHELL10.98044.83
BRYAN10.980439.53
WALTERS10.980420.58
GRUBB10.9804158.73
FINCH10.980429.41
CORBETT10.980450.00
LUCAS10.980421.19
JOHNSON10.98042.92
PRITCHARD10.980418.21
GRIFFITHS10.98045.99
DREW10.980437.17
MORGAN10.98044.93
HILL10.98043.85
GOUGH10.980433.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WITTS0.101021290.3226
YEOMANS0.10102595.2381
TOMKINS0.10102471.6981
PERKINS0.10102217.8649
MOSELEY0.10102215.0538
GRUBB0.10102158.7302
PREECE0.10102120.4819
POWELL0.1010278.6164
CORBETT0.1010250.0000
COOK0.1010244.4225
BRYAN0.1010239.5257
DREW0.1010237.1747
GOUGH0.1010233.4448
KNIGHT0.1010231.8218
FINCH0.1010229.4118
PRICE0.1010228.0112
LUCAS0.1010221.1864
WALTERS0.1010220.5761
PRITCHARD0.1010218.2149
DAVIES0.101029.6376
TAYLOR0.101026.1321
GRIFFITHS0.101025.9916
MORGAN0.101024.9310
MITCHELL0.101024.8333
HILL0.101023.8491
JONES0.101023.4626
JOHNSON0.101022.9180
SMITH0.101022.0830

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 102 people called WITTS in Wacton 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 1290.3226 in Wacton means that 1290.3226% of the people in Wacton on census day were called WITTS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Wacton in 1881

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

BRYAN (1)  BOWKETT (7)  COOK (9)  CORBETT (1)  DAVIES (5)  DREW (1)  FINCH (1)  GOUGH (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GRUBB (1)  HILL (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (4)  KNIGHT (4)  LUCAS (1)  MEYRICK (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOSELEY (2)  PERKINS (10)  POWELL (10)  PREECE (2)  PRICE (5)  PRITCHARD (1)  SMITH (3)  TAYLOR (4)  TIMINGS (3)  TOMKINS (5)  WALTERS (1)  WITTS (4)  GUILLIM (5)  YEOMANS (5)