Top surnames from the 1881 census in Downton, Herefordshire

Downton 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
JONES126.66675.89
POWIS126.66671,739.13
MASON105.555641.32
WATKINS105.555691.66
BROOME84.4444898.88
DAVIES84.44448.74
JUKES84.4444740.74
JORDAN84.4444100.63
KNIGHT73.888931.55
FENN63.3333327.87
RUDD52.7778176.06
WINTER52.777878.37
PRYCE52.7778581.40
REYNOLDS52.777832.07
PUGH42.222258.14
SLADE42.2222111.42
MORRIS42.22229.98
GRIFFITHS42.222213.58
STOKES42.222252.63
HOLLOWAY21.111136.30
EDWARDS21.11113.99
JENNINGS21.111121.91
WILLIAMS21.11111.55
HOGGINS21.11111,176.47
LLOYD21.11119.51
WAGSTAFF10.555644.64
GAGE10.555699.01
STALEY10.5556169.49
ALEXANDER10.555610.49
FARMER10.555617.76
COX10.55563.67
PERKINS10.555612.35
HARRIS10.55562.19
TURNER10.55562.00
BRIDGEWATER10.5556238.10
MAGNESS10.5556833.33
FORD10.55565.70
ROBERTS10.55561.48
DALZIEL10.5556125.00
WALLER10.555622.08
CALDWELL10.555635.46
BALDWIN10.555613.04
RUSSELL10.55564.55
DYKE10.555655.87
HOTCHKISS10.5556232.56
WHITTALL10.5556270.27
CRUMP10.555651.55
HARRISON10.55562.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POWIS0.181801739.1304
HOGGINS0.181801176.4706
BROOME0.18180898.8764
MAGNESS0.18180833.3333
JUKES0.18180740.7407
PRYCE0.18180581.3953
FENN0.18180327.8689
WHITTALL0.18180270.2703
BRIDGEWATER0.18180238.0952
HOTCHKISS0.18180232.5581
RUDD0.18180176.0563
STALEY0.18180169.4915
DALZIEL0.18180125.0000
SLADE0.18180111.4206
JORDAN0.18180100.6289
GAGE0.1818099.0099
WATKINS0.1818091.6590
WINTER0.1818078.3699
PUGH0.1818058.1395
DYKE0.1818055.8659
STOKES0.1818052.6316
CRUMP0.1818051.5464
WAGSTAFF0.1818044.6429
MASON0.1818041.3223
HOLLOWAY0.1818036.2976
CALDWELL0.1818035.4610
REYNOLDS0.1818032.0718
KNIGHT0.1818031.5457
WALLER0.1818022.0751
JENNINGS0.1818021.9058
FARMER0.1818017.7620
GRIFFITHS0.1818013.5777
BALDWIN0.1818013.0378
PERKINS0.1818012.3457
ALEXANDER0.1818010.4932
MORRIS0.181809.9825
LLOYD0.181809.5147
DAVIES0.181808.7374
JONES0.181805.8864
FORD0.181805.7045
RUSSELL0.181804.5517
EDWARDS0.181803.9864
COX0.181803.6657
HARRISON0.181802.5025
HARRIS0.181802.1863
TURNER0.181801.9956
WILLIAMS0.181801.5468
ROBERTS0.181801.4767

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 180 people called POWIS in Downton 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 1739.1304 in Downton means that 1739.1304% of the people in Downton on census day were called POWIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POWIS 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 POWIS 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 POWIS 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 POWIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Downton means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POWIS in Downton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Downton in 1881

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

AGNET (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  BALDWIN (1)  BELCHAMBER (1)  BRIDGEWATER (1)  BROOME (8)  CALDWELL (1)  COX (1)  CRUMP (1)  DAINTY (2)  DALZIEL (1)  DAVIES (8)  DYKE (1)  EDWARDS (2)  FARMER (1)  FENN (6)  FORD (1)  GAGE (1)  JARROT (1)  JORDAN (8)  GRAVENOR (1)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (1)  HOGGINS (2)  HOLLOWAY (2)  HOTCHKISS (1)  JENNINGS (2)  JONES (12)  JUKES (8)  KNIGHT (7)  LLOYD (2)  MAGNESS (1)  MASON (10)  MEDLICOTT (1)  MINCHALL (3)  MONNINGTON (3)  MORINGTON (1)  MORRIS (4)  NOVERAZ (1)  PERKINS (1)  POWIS (12)  PRYCE (5)  PUGH (4)  REYNOLDS (5)  ROBERTS (1)  RUDD (5)  RUSSELL (1)  SLADE (4)  STALEY (1)  STOKES (4)  TURNER (1)  VON BALLIODZ (1)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WALLER (1)  WATKINS (10)  WHITTALL (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINTER (5)