Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brockhampton, Herefordshire

Brockhampton 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
TOWNSEND129.0226212.39
COLE107.518882.51
TOMKINS86.0150579.71
COX64.511329.76
POWELL64.511336.17
ELLIS43.007520.71
WILSON43.00756.55
TERRY43.0075117.65
CLARK32.25567.50
WINTER32.255663.56
CHURCH32.2556103.45
MORRIS32.255610.13
OAKLEY32.2556106.38
DAVIS32.255610.26
ATTWOOD21.5038151.52
NURSE21.5038307.69
SMITH21.50381.07
HUGHES21.50385.37
GIBBONS21.503846.73
TURNER21.50385.40
THOMAS21.50383.64
SHEPHERD21.503820.51
GRIFFITHS21.50389.19
WOOD21.50384.72
ELSMORE21.50381,111.11
LEWIS21.50385.72
POWIS10.7519196.08
GOUGE10.75191,428.57
GALLOWAY10.751943.67
WHITE10.75192.34
MEADOWS10.751953.76
KINGS10.7519384.62
EVANS10.75191.72
LLOYD10.75196.44
EDWARDS10.75192.70
JONES10.75190.66
BREWER10.751928.33
GATES10.751948.54
WILKINS10.751917.01
MILLS10.75195.80
HYDE10.751924.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOUGE0.131331428.5714
ELSMORE0.131331111.1111
TOMKINS0.13133579.7101
KINGS0.13133384.6154
NURSE0.13133307.6923
TOWNSEND0.13133212.3894
POWIS0.13133196.0784
ATTWOOD0.13133151.5152
TERRY0.13133117.6471
OAKLEY0.13133106.3830
CHURCH0.13133103.4483
COLE0.1313382.5083
WINTER0.1313363.5593
MEADOWS0.1313353.7634
GATES0.1313348.5437
GIBBONS0.1313346.7290
GALLOWAY0.1313343.6681
POWELL0.1313336.1664
COX0.1313329.7619
BREWER0.1313328.3286
HYDE0.1313324.4499
ELLIS0.1313320.7147
SHEPHERD0.1313320.5128
WILKINS0.1313317.0068
DAVIS0.1313310.2634
MORRIS0.1313310.1317
GRIFFITHS0.131339.1912
CLARK0.131337.5038
WILSON0.131336.5488
LLOYD0.131336.4392
MILLS0.131335.7971
LEWIS0.131335.7192
TURNER0.131335.4025
HUGHES0.131335.3662
WOOD0.131334.7192
THOMAS0.131333.6443
EDWARDS0.131332.6976
WHITE0.131332.3392
EVANS0.131331.7206
SMITH0.131331.0650
JONES0.131330.6639

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 133 people called GOUGE in Brockhampton 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 1428.5714 in Brockhampton means that 1428.5714% of the people in Brockhampton on census day were called GOUGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOUGE 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 GOUGE 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 GOUGE 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 GOUGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Brockhampton means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOUGE in Brockhampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brockhampton in 1881

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

ALLDRITT (1)  ATTWOOD (2)  BEAVAN (1)  BREWER (1)  CHURCH (3)  CLARK (3)  COLE (10)  COX (6)  DAVIS (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (4)  ELSMORE (2)  EVANS (1)  GALLOWAY (1)  GATES (1)  GATFIELD (4)  GIBBONS (2)  GOUGE (1)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HORSNAIL (1)  HUGHES (2)  HYDE (1)  JONES (1)  KINGS (1)  LEWIS (2)  LIGHTON (7)  LLOYD (1)  MEADOWS (1)  MEASSOM (1)  MILLS (1)  MORRIS (3)  NURSE (2)  OAKLEY (3)  PARLOUR (3)  POWELL (6)  POWIS (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SMITH (2)  TERRY (4)  THOMAS (2)  TOMMY (1)  TOMKINS (8)  TOWNSEND (12)  TREHEARN (1)  TURNER (2)  WHITE (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIM (2)  WILSON (4)  WINTER (3)  WOOD (2)