Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishops Frome, Herefordshire

Bishops Frome 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
DAVIS415.639625.66
WATKINS273.713961.28
HADLEY223.0261222.45
BULLOCK202.751084.57
LEWIS162.20088.37
TAYLOR162.20083.44
HILL152.06338.10
JONES152.06331.82
SOUTHALL121.6506217.79
WENT111.5131763.89
COLE111.513116.61
WOOD111.51314.75
BRAY111.513145.01
WILLIAMS101.37551.91
DANIELS101.375543.78
POWELL101.375511.03
JAMES91.23806.30
REA91.2380220.05
SHUCK91.23804,090.91
BARBER81.100418.28
PROSSER81.100470.24
WOODHOUSE81.100446.43
PITT70.962945.07
GREEN70.96293.42
HERBERT70.962925.77
FIRKINS70.96291,111.11
PHILPOTTS70.9629921.05
OLLIVER70.9629466.67
LANE70.962913.97
PHILPOTT70.9629125.67
BARDELL60.8253618.56
SMALLMAN60.8253252.10
TURNER60.82532.96
BISHOP60.825311.81
GUEST60.825338.63
BUFTON60.8253377.36
GREENWOOD60.825310.63
PERKINS50.687815.29
BOX50.687884.89
BISSELL50.6878231.48
EDWARDS50.68782.47
MORGAN50.68783.46
INGLES50.6878227.27
OCKEY50.68784,166.67
RUDGE50.687887.72
GITTINS50.6878111.61
JAY50.687878.62
TYLER50.687823.30
BROWN50.68781.04
JOHNSON40.55021.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OCKEY0.737274166.6667
SHUCK0.737274090.9091
FIRKINS0.737271111.1111
PHILPOTTS0.73727921.0526
HOSTLER0.73727833.3333
WENT0.73727763.8889
TIPPIN0.73727750.0000
RANFORD0.73727714.2857
SOLEY0.73727634.9206
BARDELL0.73727618.5567
DUTSON0.73727540.5405
OLLIVER0.73727466.6667
ADNEY0.73727434.7826
BUFTON0.73727377.3585
SMALLMAN0.73727252.1008
BISSELL0.73727231.4815
INGLES0.73727227.2727
HADLEY0.73727222.4469
REA0.73727220.0489
SOUTHALL0.73727217.7858
COLBURN0.73727217.3913
MARIS0.73727217.3913
CLINTON0.73727143.3692
SCRIVENS0.73727138.2488
COLDWELL0.73727125.7862
PHILPOTT0.73727125.6732
GITTINS0.73727111.6071
BOULTER0.73727108.6957
DOVEY0.73727107.9137
BOUCHER0.73727104.4386
MORTEN0.7372790.0901
RUDGE0.7372787.7193
BETHEL0.7372785.4701
BOX0.7372784.8896
BULLOCK0.7372784.5666
HOMES0.7372780.6452
JAY0.7372778.6164
PULLIN0.7372777.5194
VALE0.7372777.0713
YEATES0.7372774.8130
GITTINGS0.7372771.4286
PROSSER0.7372770.2371
PROBERT0.7372769.8080
LAYTON0.7372768.7285
WATKINS0.7372761.2801
OAKEY0.7372759.1716
MERRICK0.7372755.6586
HOPTON0.7372749.7512
WOODHOUSE0.7372746.4306
PERRINS0.7372745.2489

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 727 people called OCKEY in Bishops Frome 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 4166.6667 in Bishops Frome means that 4166.6667% of the people in Bishops Frome on census day were called OCKEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OCKEY 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 OCKEY 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 OCKEY 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 OCKEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Bishops Frome means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OCKEY in Bishops Frome than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishops Frome in 1881

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

ABRAHALL (1)  ALLCOTT (1)  BAKER (4)  BANFORD (1)  BARBER (8)  BARDELL (6)  BAYLISS (4)  BAYNAM (1)  BEARD (1)  BENBOW (1)  BENNETT (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BETHEL (1)  BISHOP (6)  BISSELL (5)  BOR (1)  BOSBEY (3)  BOULTER (4)  BOX (5)  BRAY (11)  BREWER (2)  BROWN (5)  BUFTON (6)  BUILT (3)  BULLOCK (20)  BOUCHER (4)  BUTLER (1)  COLDWELL (4)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLINTON (4)  COLBURN (1)  COLE (11)  COOPER (3)  CRADDOCK (1)  CURLTON (1)  DANIELS (10)  DANIEL (1)  DAVIS (41)  DAVIES (1)  DOBBS (2)  DOVEY (3)  DOWDING (1)  DUTSEN (1)  DUTSON (4)  ADNEY (1)  EDWARDS (5)  FARMER (4)  FAWKE (2)  FIRKINS (7)  FORD (1)  FOXALL (1)  GARDENER (3)  GAY (1)  JAY (5)  GITTINS (5)  GITTINGS (1)  GREEN (7)  GREENWOOD (6)  GUEST (6)  HADLEY (22)  HALL (3)  HANCOCKS (4)  HANLEY (1)  HARRIS (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYLINGS (1)  HERBERT (7)  HILL (15)  HITCHING (8)  HOLLAND (3)  HOOPER (3)  HOPKINS (2)  HOPKINSON (4)  HOPLEY (4)  HOPTON (1)  HOSTLER (4)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (3)  HOMES (1)  IMMS (3)  INETT (2)  INGLES (5)  JAMES (9)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (15)  KEENE (1)  LANE (7)  LAYTON (4)  LEWIS (16)  LLOYDE (2)  LOGGEN (3)  MANSELL (2)  MARIS (1)  MASON (4)  MATHEWS (4)  MEEK (1)  MERCER (3)  MERRICK (3)  MORGAN (5)  MORRIS (4)  MORTEN (1)  MOSS (1)  NEALE (3)  NEWMAN (2)  NICHOLAS (2)  OAKEY (1)  OCKEY (OAKEY) (2)  OCKEY (5)  OLLIVER (7)  OLIVER (1)  ORGEE (1)  PAGE (3)  PANNIERS (2)  PERIEGO (2)  PERKINS (5)  PERRINS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHILPOTTS (7)  PHILPOTT (7)  PITT (7)  POWELL (10)  PRICE (1)  PROBERT (4)  PROSSER (8)  PULLIN (2)  PULLEN (3)  REA (9)  RANFORD (3)  REES (1)  REECE (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RODGERS (2)  RUDGE (5)  SANDFORD (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCRIVENS (3)  SHEPHARD (1)  SHUCK (9)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMALLMAN (6)  SOLEY (4)  SOUTHALL (12)  SPILSBURY (1)  STEPHENS (1)  TAYLOR (16)  THOMAS (2)  TIPPIN (3)  TIPPTON (2)  TOMPKINS (1)  TREDGETT (2)  TURNER (6)  TYLER (5)  VALE (4)  VERNALL (5)  VERNALS (1)  WARGENT (3)  WATKINS (27)  WEBB (4)  WEAVER (3)  WENT (11)  WEOBLY (1)  WILKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (11)  WOODHOUSE (8)  YEATES (3)