Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bosbury, Herefordshire

Bosbury 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
JONES606.06675.36
MASON353.538926.32
DAVIES323.23566.36
BOSLEY232.3256991.38
THOMAS222.22455.39
BAGGOTT191.9211662.02
TOWNSEND191.921145.23
HILL171.71896.75
SMITH161.61781.15
JOHNSON151.51674.51
HALL141.41564.81
JACKSON131.31454.70
GREEN131.31454.67
HICKOX131.31456,190.48
FARMER121.213338.82
EDWARDS111.11223.99
HAWKINS101.011113.97
KENDRICK101.0111105.04
SPENCER101.011111.08
CHADD101.01111,428.57
GARDINER90.910031.67
DODD90.910022.38
POWELL90.91007.29
WALTERS90.910019.08
HODGES90.910031.02
WEAVER80.808931.10
YOUNG80.80893.77
PARRY80.808910.63
COTTON80.808933.88
COOKE80.808914.66
HAYNES80.808922.67
COLLETT80.808963.09
DANIEL80.808936.61
PHILLIPS80.80894.52
HOARE80.808941.45
PREECE80.808949.72
DAVIS70.70783.22
HADLEY70.707852.01
CLAYTON70.707813.02
NICHOLLS70.707813.55
TURNER70.70782.54
ROSE70.70789.54
LANE70.707810.27
SILMAN70.70781,166.67
RUDGE70.707890.21
HOPKINS60.606710.08
PALMER60.60675.15
STINTON60.6067324.32
FOSTER60.60674.54
BERRY60.60677.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HICKOX0.999896190.4762
CHADD0.999891428.5714
SILMAN0.999891166.6667
BOSLEY0.99989991.3793
JENNINS0.99989967.7419
PASSY0.99989833.3333
RODAN0.99989714.2857
BAGGOTT0.99989662.0209
PEMBER0.99989421.0526
OLDER0.99989361.4458
STINTON0.99989324.3243
SHINN0.99989299.4012
BASKERVILLE0.99989256.4103
CALE0.99989247.5248
HOMES0.99989236.6864
DELAHAY0.99989204.0816
MADDY0.99989158.7302
BETHEL0.99989125.0000
KENDRICK0.99989105.0420
HARFORD0.9998993.1677
RUDGE0.9998990.2062
FINCHER0.9998976.9231
TANDY0.9998963.8298
COLLETT0.9998963.0915
WHELDON0.9998960.6061
TOMES0.9998958.4795
JAY0.9998957.8035
GITTINGS0.9998952.6316
HADLEY0.9998952.0059
LAYTON0.9998950.5051
PREECE0.9998949.7203
PASSEY0.9998947.1698
TOWNSEND0.9998945.2273
BRAZIER0.9998943.1499
HOARE0.9998941.4508
AXFORD0.9998941.3223
RUCK0.9998939.3701
ORAM0.9998938.9105
FARMER0.9998938.8224
DANCE0.9998937.8788
DANIEL0.9998936.6133
CUMMINS0.9998935.5450
COTTON0.9998933.8839
MORRISS0.9998933.1675
NAPPER0.9998932.7869
GARDINER0.9998931.6678
WEAVER0.9998931.1042
HODGES0.9998931.0238
JENKS0.9998929.5858
SQUIRES0.9998928.5510

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 989 people called HICKOX in Bosbury 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 6190.4762 in Bosbury means that 6190.4762% of the people in Bosbury on census day were called HICKOX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HICKOX 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 HICKOX 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 HICKOX 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 HICKOX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.99 in Bosbury means that you are 0.99 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HICKOX in Bosbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bosbury in 1881

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

ACTON (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ARROWSMITH (1)  AXFORD (1)  BADHAM (11)  BAGGOTT (19)  BAKER (5)  BALDWIN (6)  BARBER (5)  BARRETT (2)  BARROL (1)  BASKERVILLE (6)  BEARD (1)  BENGOUGH (3)  BENTLEY (5)  BERRY (6)  BETHEL (2)  BETTINGTON (13)  BLACKWELL (3)  BOSLEY (23)  BOWERS (1)  BRAZIER (4)  BREWER (1)  BROTHERIDGE (2)  BROWN (5)  BULLOCK (2)  CALDWELL (1)  CARELESS (4)  CARLESS (1)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CHADD (10)  CHADNEY (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CLARKE (5)  CLAYTON (7)  CLISSETT (2)  COLE (3)  COLLETT (8)  COLLEY (1)  COOKE (8)  COOK (1)  COPE (2)  CORBETT (2)  COTTON (8)  COX (3)  CRADDOCK (2)  CROUCK (2)  CUMMINS (3)  DANCE (3)  DANIEL (8)  DAVIES (32)  DAVIS (7)  DELAHAY (1)  DODD (9)  DREW (1)  EDWARDS (11)  FARMER (12)  FIDOE (1)  FIELD (6)  FINCHER (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOSTER (6)  GARDENER (2)  GARDINER (9)  JAY (5)  GIBBONS (2)  GILLETT (1)  GITTINGS (1)  GODSALL (10)  GOODCHAPE (3)  GOODE (3)  GREAVES (3)  GREEN (13)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HADLEY (7)  HAFFIELD (5)  HALL (14)  HANDLEY (1)  HARDING (3)  HARFORD (3)  HARRINGTON (1)  HASLEWOOD (1)  HAWKINS (10)  HAYNES (8)  HICKMAN (3)  HIGGINS (3)  HILL (17)  HICKOX (13)  HOARE (8)  HODGES (9)  HODGETTS (6)  HOOPER (3)  HOPKINS (6)  HOMES (4)  HUMPHRIS (1)  INNS (1)  JACKSON (13)  JAMES (4)  JELF (2)  JENKINS (6)  JENKS (1)  JENNINS (3)  JOHNSON (15)  JONES (60)  CALE (5)  KENDRICK (10)  LANE (7)  LAYTON (4)  LEWIS (5)  LLOYD (3)  LUCAS (1)  MADDY (1)  MASON (35)  MATHEWS (3)  MCDONALD (1)  MYNORS (1)  MUTTON (1)  MOORE (2)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  MORRISS (2)  NAPPER (1)  NICHOLLS (7)  NORRIS (1)  NURDIN (1)  OAKLEY (4)  OCKLEY (1)  OLDER (3)  ORAM (3)  ORGEE (4)  PASSEY (1)  PASSY (1)  PALMER (6)  PANTALL (1)  PARSONS (5)  PEARCE (4)  PEMBER (4)  PERKS (2)  PARRY (8)  PHILLIPS (8)  PHILPOT (1)  PITCHER (1)  PYLE (1)  PITT (4)  POWELL (9)  PREECE (8)  PREEDY (4)  PRICE (4)  PRITCHARD (3)  PROBERT (1)  PULLEN (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  RHUDD (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIDLEY (3)  ROBERTS (1)  RODAN (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUCK (1)  ROSE (7)  RUDGE (7)  SIRRELL (7)  SHAW (2)  SHINN (5)  SHAYLE (1)  SILMAN (7)  SIMMONS (1)  SKINNER (3)  SMITH (16)  SPENCER (10)  SQUIRES (4)  STINTON (6)  TANDY (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (22)  TOMES (1)  TIBBATTS (8)  TOWNSEND (19)  TURNER (7)  VALE (1)  VOBE (2)  VOHE (3)  WALKER (1)  WALTERS (9)  WARD (5)  WATKINS (5)  WEAVER (8)  WELLS (2)  WHELDON (1)  WHEELER (1)  WILKS (2)  WILLIAMS (5)  WINTER (5)  WATTON (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (8)