Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bredwardine, Herefordshire

Bredwardine 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
WILLIAMS3610.682514.87
DAVIES195.638011.08
PRICE185.341230.52
LEWIS175.044519.19
BUBB123.56081,363.64
MATTHEWS123.560840.82
JONES113.26412.88
ARROWSMITH102.9674383.14
PROBERT82.3739300.75
SWAIN82.3739123.08
CARVER82.3739262.30
PEARCE72.077222.61
HARGEST72.07722,800.00
FARMER72.077266.48
HANCOX72.0772272.37
WAREING61.7804275.23
BOWEN61.780443.07
PARRY51.483719.49
IRELAND51.483763.94
JENKINS51.483712.59
HYDE51.483748.22
MORGAN51.48377.46
GRIFFITHS41.18697.25
PHILLIPS41.18696.63
EVANS41.18692.72
PREECE41.186972.99
BATES41.186918.66
HARPER30.890213.90
MICHAEL30.8902165.75
POWELL30.89027.14
STOKES30.890221.08
EAST30.890257.25
RICHARDS30.89025.90
HOWELLS20.593523.26
LUCAS20.593512.84
WHITE20.59351.85
WALL20.593516.98
GAMMOND20.59352,857.14
OWENS20.593511.95
PRITCHARD20.593511.02
BELLOWS20.59351,428.57
LEWTON20.59351,428.57
PARTON20.5935109.29
HARRIS20.59352.34
BAYNHAM10.2967158.73
JACKSON10.29671.06
THOMAS10.29670.72
STEAD10.296714.51
MOORE10.29671.48
WILMOT10.296744.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMMOND0.343372857.1429
HARGEST0.343372800.0000
BELLOWS0.343371428.5714
LEWTON0.343371428.5714
BUBB0.343371363.6364
ARROWSMITH0.34337383.1418
PROBERT0.34337300.7519
GWILLIM0.34337285.7143
WAREING0.34337275.2294
HANCOX0.34337272.3735
CARVER0.34337262.2951
MICHAEL0.34337165.7459
BAYNHAM0.34337158.7302
SWAIN0.34337123.0769
PARTON0.34337109.2896
EMMS0.3433778.7402
PREECE0.3433772.9927
FARMER0.3433766.4767
IRELAND0.3433763.9386
EAST0.3433757.2519
HYDE0.3433748.2160
WILMOT0.3433744.4444
BOWEN0.3433743.0725
MATTHEWS0.3433740.8163
PRICE0.3433730.5188
TOMKINS0.3433728.6533
HOWELLS0.3433723.2558
PEARCE0.3433722.6098
HOLDER0.3433722.0751
STOKES0.3433721.0822
PARRY0.3433719.4932
SARGENT0.3433719.2678
LEWIS0.3433719.1874
BATES0.3433718.6567
WALL0.3433716.9779
WOOLLEY0.3433714.9477
WILLIAMS0.3433714.8711
STEAD0.3433714.5138
HARPER0.3433713.9018
LUCAS0.3433712.8370
JENKINS0.3433712.5913
OWENS0.3433711.9474
DAVIES0.3433711.0845
PRITCHARD0.3433711.0193
MORGAN0.343377.4605
GRIFFITHS0.343377.2529
POWELL0.343377.1361
PHILLIPS0.343376.6335
RICHARDS0.343375.8951
WATKINS0.343374.8972

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 337 people called GAMMOND in Bredwardine 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 2857.1429 in Bredwardine means that 2857.1429% of the people in Bredwardine on census day were called GAMMOND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAMMOND 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 GAMMOND 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 GAMMOND 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 GAMMOND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Bredwardine means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAMMOND in Bredwardine than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bredwardine in 1881

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

ABBERLEY (3)  ARROWSMITH (10)  ASPERY (2)  BUBB (12)  BARNES (1)  BATES (4)  BAYNHAM (1)  BEAVAN (3)  BOWEN (6)  BELLOWS (2)  CARVER (8)  DAVIES (19)  EAST (3)  EMMS (1)  EVANS (4)  FARMER (7)  FLAVELLS (1)  GAMMOND (2)  GODSALL (5)  GRIFFITHS (4)  GWYNNE (8)  HALL (1)  HANCOX (7)  HARGEST (7)  HARPER (3)  HARRIS (2)  HIOKS (?) (1)  HOLDER (1)  HOWELLS (2)  HYDE (5)  IRELAND (5)  JACKSON (1)  JARSTONE (1)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (11)  KAVNAU (?) (1)  KAVNAU (1)  KINGSMILLBROWN (1)  LAUDBROOK (6)  LEWIS (17)  LEWTON (2)  LUCAS (2)  MATTHEWS (12)  MERREDITH (2)  MICHAEL (3)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (5)  OWENS (2)  PARTON (2)  PEARCE (7)  PARRY (5)  PHILLIPS (4)  POWELL (3)  PREECE (4)  PRICE (18)  PRITCHARD (2)  PROBERT (8)  ROULTON (1)  RICHARDS (3)  RITHES (1)  SARGENT (1)  STEAD (1)  STOKES (3)  SWAIN (8)  THOMAS (1)  TOMKINS (1)  WALL (2)  WAREING (6)  WATKINS (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (36)  GWILLIM (1)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILMOT (1)  WOOLLEY (1)