Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dorstone, Herefordshire

Dorstone 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
DAVIES378.277416.27
WILLIAMS296.48779.03
JONES286.26405.53
LEWIS245.369120.42
EVANS214.698010.75
PRICE153.355719.17
LLOYD153.355728.74
PALIN132.9083677.08
BOWEN122.684664.94
WARING122.6846213.52
ARROWSMITH112.4609317.00
MILLS112.460918.98
JENNINGS102.237144.13
CARVER92.0134222.22
WATKINS92.013433.22
HIGGINS92.013439.82
ARNOLD81.789733.20
HOWELLS81.789770.11
MADDOX71.5660307.02
ANDREWS71.566016.34
PIKES71.566017,500.00
JAMES51.11865.69
PROPER51.11867,142.86
HAINES51.118648.31
TOMKINS51.1186107.99
REECE51.1186128.21
ARTHUR51.118651.33
FARR40.894960.24
PALMER40.89497.59
EXTON40.8949266.67
MORGAN40.89494.50
HUGHES40.89493.19
CRIBB40.8949588.24
ROGERS30.67115.17
MORRIS30.67113.02
PHILLIPS30.67113.75
POWELL30.67115.38
MINTON30.6711198.68
PRITCHARD30.671112.46
GOODE30.671151.81
BAKER20.44742.04
GWILLIM20.4474434.78
FIELD20.44748.99
JENKINS20.44743.80
MEREDITH20.447422.15
TROWBRIDGE20.4474168.07
PARTON10.223741.15
AMMONDS10.22373,333.33
HOLDER10.223716.64
MADDY10.2237357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PIKES0.4544717500.0000
PROPER0.454477142.8571
AMMONDS0.454473333.3333
PALIN0.45447677.0833
CRIBB0.45447588.2353
GWILLIM0.45447434.7826
MADDY0.45447357.1429
ARROWSMITH0.45447317.0029
MADDOX0.45447307.0175
QUARRY0.45447303.0303
EXTON0.45447266.6667
PEMBER0.45447232.5581
CARVER0.45447222.2222
WARING0.45447213.5231
MINTON0.45447198.6755
TROWBRIDGE0.45447168.0672
REECE0.45447128.2051
TOMKINS0.45447107.9914
ROLLINS0.45447102.0408
LUKER0.4544787.7193
BENFIELD0.4544777.5194
HOWELLS0.4544770.1139
BOWEN0.4544764.9351
FARR0.4544760.2410
GOODE0.4544751.8135
ARTHUR0.4544751.3347
HAINES0.4544748.3092
JENNINGS0.4544744.1306
PARTON0.4544741.1523
HIGGINS0.4544739.8230
WATKINS0.4544733.2226
ARNOLD0.4544733.1950
LLOYD0.4544728.7411
PROBERT0.4544728.3286
MEREDITH0.4544722.1484
LEWIS0.4544720.4221
PRICE0.4544719.1742
MILLS0.4544718.9753
HOLDER0.4544716.6389
ANDREWS0.4544716.3437
DAVIES0.4544716.2730
HANDLEY0.4544713.2450
PRITCHARD0.4544712.4636
EVANS0.4544710.7510
WILLIAMS0.454479.0315
FIELD0.454478.9928
PALMER0.454477.5916
CHANDLER0.454476.9638
GIBBONS0.454476.9589
JAMES0.454475.6948

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 447 people called PIKES in Dorstone 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 17500.0000 in Dorstone means that 17500.0000% of the people in Dorstone on census day were called PIKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PIKES 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 PIKES 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 PIKES 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 PIKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Dorstone means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PIKES in Dorstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dorstone in 1881

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

ALTREE (4)  ANDREWS (7)  ARNOLD (8)  ARROWSMITH (11)  ARTHUR (5)  BAKER (2)  BENFIELD (1)  BEAVAN (9)  BOUGHTEN (1)  BOWEN (12)  BRIDGWATER (1)  BUILT (1)  BOAR (1)  CARVER (9)  CHANDLER (1)  CRIBB (4)  DAVIES (37)  EVANS (21)  EXTON (4)  FARR (4)  FIELD (2)  GIBBONS (1)  GOODE (3)  GREEN-PRICE (12)  GROYNNE (2)  GWATKINS (1)  GWYNNE (3)  AMMONDS (1)  HANDLEY (1)  HAINES (5)  HIGGINS (9)  HOLDER (1)  HOWELLS (8)  HUGHES (4)  JAMES (5)  JENKINS (2)  JENNINGS (10)  JONES (28)  KENARD (1)  LEWIS (24)  LLOYD (15)  LUKER (1)  LORDING (1)  MADDOX (7)  MADDY (1)  MEDDLICOTT (2)  MEREDITH (2)  MILES (1)  MILLS (11)  MINTON (3)  MORGAN (4)  MORRIS (3)  PALIN (13)  PALMER (4)  PARTON (1)  PEMBER (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  PIKES (7)  POWELL (3)  PREEN (2)  PRICE (15)  PRITCHARD (3)  PROBERT (1)  PROPER (5)  QUARRY (1)  REECE (5)  ROGERS (3)  ROLLINS (1)  TOMKINS (5)  TROWBRIDGE (2)  WARING (12)  WATKINS (9)  WILLIAMS (29)  GWILLIM (2)  WISTIN (3)