Top surnames from the 1881 census in Edvin Loach, Worcestershire

Edvin Loach is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
NICHOLL1125.00004,782.61
RIDDLE1022.72732,702.70
JONES511.363610.03
EVANS511.363626.00
GREEN49.090932.28
BISHOP12.272732.57
POTTER12.272735.09
POWELL12.272718.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NICHOLL4,782.611125.0000
RIDDLE2,702.701022.7273
POTTER35.0912.2727
BISHOP32.5712.2727
GREEN32.2849.0909
EVANS26.00511.3636
POWELL18.2112.2727
JONES10.03511.3636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called NICHOLL in Edvin Loach 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 25.0000 in Edvin Loach means that 25.0000% of the people in Edvin Loach on census day were called NICHOLL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NICHOLL 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 NICHOLL 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 NICHOLL 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 NICHOLL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,782.61 in Edvin Loach means that you are 4,782.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NICHOLL in Edvin Loach than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Edvin Loach in 1881

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

BEAVAN (1)  BISHOP (1)  EVANS (5)  GREEN (4)  JONES (5)  NICHOLL (11)  POTTER (1)  POWELL (1)  RIDDLE (10)  WITTAL (4)  WINWOOD (1)