Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bridstow, Herefordshire

Bridstow 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
WILLIAMS233.37244.69
DAVIES233.37246.63
GREEN213.079210.93
JONES192.78592.46
GURNEY182.6393253.52
CARTWRIGHT162.346061.54
MATTHEWS142.052823.53
LLOYD121.759515.07
HIGGINSON111.6129161.05
MORGAN111.61298.11
WOOD101.46634.60
PEACHEY101.4663364.96
THOMAS91.31963.20
FLOYD91.3196138.89
COOKE91.319623.91
PYE91.319688.24
EDWARDS81.17304.21
GRIFFIN81.173024.93
DICKEN81.1730416.67
BIARD81.17308,888.89
TURNER81.17304.21
WILSON81.17302.55
CARPENTER81.173034.20
GIBBONS81.173036.50
LUCAS81.173025.37
BEACH81.1730123.27
ARMITAGE71.026440.25
WRIGHT71.02643.20
TAYLOR71.02641.61
POWELL71.02648.23
EVANS71.02642.35
BISHOP71.026414.69
PEARSE60.879882.64
PROSSER60.879856.18
HARRY60.8798121.46
DAVIS60.87984.00
PRICE60.87985.03
TWEED60.8798379.75
GREENWAY50.733198.62
BURFORD50.7331131.23
HANDS50.733173.10
COOPER50.73313.01
COLLINS50.73315.11
YOUNG50.73313.41
CURTIS50.733112.92
ALLON50.73311,190.48
KEARSLEY50.7331314.47
PORTER50.73319.77
PAYNE40.58656.52
BLAKE40.586512.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIARD0.686828888.8889
ALLON0.686821190.4762
DYETT0.68682645.1613
HARGEST0.68682588.2353
BAMFIELD0.68682468.7500
STRAIGHT0.68682416.6667
DICKEN0.68682416.6667
TWEED0.68682379.7468
PEACHEY0.68682364.9635
KEARSLEY0.68682314.4654
COOPEY0.68682294.1176
GURNEY0.68682253.5211
LINK0.68682241.9355
HIGGINSON0.68682161.0542
FLOYD0.68682138.8889
BURFORD0.68682131.2336
BEACH0.68682123.2666
HARRY0.68682121.4575
BRAKE0.68682121.2121
PARMENTER0.68682110.4972
GREENWAY0.6868298.6193
SLEEMAN0.6868290.9091
STERRY0.6868290.0901
PYE0.6868288.2353
PEARSE0.6868282.6446
DOBBINS0.6868281.3008
BRACE0.6868276.5306
DEW0.6868275.5668
HANDS0.6868273.0994
TREW0.6868264.9351
CARTWRIGHT0.6868261.5385
PROSSER0.6868256.1798
WINTLE0.6868251.5464
MAYALL0.6868248.3092
HONEY0.6868247.7327
GRIFFEN0.6868244.8430
SANSOM0.6868243.4783
KEY0.6868242.5080
ARMITAGE0.6868240.2530
GIBBONS0.6868236.4964
CARPENTER0.6868234.2027
REECE0.6868233.5570
BONE0.6868231.6456
LLEWELLYN0.6868230.1205
LUCAS0.6868225.3727
GRIFFIN0.6868224.9299
COOKE0.6868223.9107
MATTHEWS0.6868223.5334
HALFORD0.6868219.6850
RUDGE0.6868218.6916

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 682 people called BIARD in Bridstow 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 8888.8889 in Bridstow means that 8888.8889% of the people in Bridstow on census day were called BIARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIARD 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 BIARD 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 BIARD 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 BIARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Bridstow means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIARD in Bridstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bridstow in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLON (5)  ANDREWS (1)  ARMITAGE (7)  BALDWIN (3)  BAMFIELD (3)  BEACH (8)  BEVAN (1)  BISHOP (7)  BLACK (3)  BLAKE (4)  BONE (4)  BRACE (3)  BRAKE (2)  BROWN (3)  BUCKLAND (1)  BULL (2)  BULLOCK (1)  BURFORD (5)  BURNS (1)  BIARD (8)  CARPENTER (8)  CARTWRIGHT (16)  COATES (2)  COLLINS (5)  COOK (2)  COOKE (9)  COOKE (COOK) (2)  COOPEY (1)  COOPER (5)  COUNSELL (2)  COWMEADOW (8)  CURTIS (5)  DALE (1)  DAVIES (23)  DAVIS (6)  DAVIES (DAVIS) (2)  DAWSON (1)  DAY (3)  DELA FOSSE (2)  DEW (3)  DICKEN (8)  DOBBINS (1)  DYETT (2)  EDWARDS (8)  EVANS (7)  FOOTITT (8)  FROWEN (10)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBONS (8)  GOUGH (1)  GREAVES (3)  GREEN (21)  GREENWAY (5)  GREGORY (1)  GRIFFIN (8)  GRIFFEN (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GRUNDY (1)  GURNEY (18)  HALFORD (1)  HANDS (5)  HARGEST (3)  HARRIS (1)  HARRY (6)  HART (2)  HATTON (2)  HAWKLEY (1)  DE LA HAY (3)  HAMBRY (5)  HICKS (2)  HIGGINS (1)  HIGGINSON (11)  HOLMES (1)  HONEY (2)  HOPE (1)  HUGHES (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (19)  KEARSLEY (5)  KEY (4)  KING (2)  LEA (1)  LEONARD (1)  LEWIS (3)  LLEWELLIN (2)  LLEWELLYN (3)  FLOYD (9)  LLOYD (12)  LUCAS (8)  LINK (3)  MARFELL (5)  MARSHALL (3)  MATTHEWS (14)  MEREDITH (1)  MAYALL (1)  MINETT (1)  MORGAN (11)  MORRIS (3)  NICHOLLS (2)  NORRIS (3)  PARMENTER (2)  PAYNE (4)  PEACHEY (10)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSE (6)  PEEL (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POCKNELL (1)  PORTER (5)  POWELL (7)  PREECE (2)  PRICE (6)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (6)  PYE (9)  RAVENHILL (1)  REECE (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RUDGE (1)  SANSOM (2)  SAWYER (2)  SCUDAME (1)  SELWYN (7)  SHAW (1)  SIVELL (2)  SLEEMAN (2)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (3)  STERRY (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STRAIGHT (1)  STUBBS (3)  SUMMERS (3)  TAYLOR (7)  THOMAS (9)  TOMMY (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOMMEY (TOMMY) (2)  TOWNSEND (1)  TREW (1)  TURNER (8)  TWEED (6)  VOYCE (9)  WEAGER (6)  WANKLYN (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (1)  GWILLIAM (13)  WILLIAMS (23)  WILSON (8)  WINTLE (1)  WONHAM (2)  WOOD (10)  WRIGHT (7)  YATES (3)  YOUNG (5)