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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eardisley, Herefordshire

Eardisley 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
DAVIES576.582012.94
PRICE455.196329.69
POWELL374.272534.25
JONES313.57973.16
LEWIS303.464213.18
WILLIAMS263.00234.18
TURNER212.42498.71
PREECE202.3095141.94
JENKINS182.078517.64
WALL182.078559.45
CHANCE171.9630423.94
HUGHES151.73216.18
GRIFFITHS141.61669.88
JOHNSON131.50124.47
HOUGH121.385780.48
PHILLIPS121.38577.74
CHANDLER111.270239.54
SMITH101.15470.82
EVANS101.15472.64
HARRIS101.15474.54
BREEZE101.1547186.92
MARSHALL91.03936.20
WHITING91.039353.96
EDWARDS80.92383.31
BISHOP80.923813.22
EAST80.923859.39
VAUGHAN80.923827.08
MORGAN80.92384.65
JAY70.808392.47
PARSONS70.808310.64
PRITCHARD70.808315.01
ROLLS70.8083181.35
BALDWIN70.808318.96
HARPER60.692810.82
CARTWRIGHT60.692818.18
PARKER60.69283.64
WATKINS60.692811.43
TAYLOR60.69281.08
BARBER60.692811.51
SPENCER60.69287.59
TRUMPER60.6928833.33
BUBB60.6928265.49
HERRING60.692867.57
BATTS50.5774347.22
BRAMLEY50.577463.21
PALMER50.57744.90
BEVAN50.577423.60
SYMONDS50.577447.89
VERRILL50.5774847.46
HIGGINS50.577411.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIFORD0.878665000.0000
COONE0.878663333.3333
PIKES0.878661250.0000
VERRILL0.87866847.4576
TRUMPER0.87866833.3333
BEDWARD0.87866666.6667
BRIDGFORD0.87866588.2353
CHANCE0.87866423.9401
BATTS0.87866347.2222
HOFFMAN0.87866271.7391
SHEWARD0.87866270.2703
BUBB0.87866265.4867
ROBOTHAM0.87866250.0000
DELAHAY0.87866232.5581
GUMMER0.87866192.3077
BREEZE0.87866186.9159
COKE0.87866181.8182
ROLLS0.87866181.3472
WORTHING0.87866149.2537
PREECE0.87866141.9446
PACKARD0.87866113.6364
BUFTON0.87866105.8201
EXTON0.87866103.4483
COMBE0.87866102.0408
JAY0.8786692.4703
MOTLEY0.8786690.9091
HOUGH0.8786680.4829
ROLLINGS0.8786674.3494
HERRING0.8786667.5676
BRAMLEY0.8786663.2111
PENNEY0.8786662.7615
WALL0.8786659.4452
EAST0.8786659.3912
WHITING0.8786653.9568
SYMONDS0.8786647.8927
BREESE0.8786643.1034
CHANDLER0.8786639.5399
LLEWELLYN0.8786639.5257
CRESWELL0.8786636.2319
TUDOR0.8786634.3643
POWELL0.8786634.2497
ADDIS0.8786633.7838
FLEETWOOD0.8786633.1126
VALE0.8786632.3102
HALES0.8786632.1802
CRUMP0.8786632.0856
SOUTHALL0.8786630.4878
PRICE0.8786629.6932
VAUGHAN0.8786627.0819
BURGOYNE0.8786626.4550

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 866 people called LIFORD in Eardisley 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 5000.0000 in Eardisley means that 5000.0000% of the people in Eardisley on census day were called LIFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIFORD 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 LIFORD 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 LIFORD 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 LIFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.87 in Eardisley means that you are 0.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIFORD in Eardisley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eardisley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ARROWSMITH (1)  ARTHUR (1)  BUBB (6)  BAILEY (3)  BAKER (1)  BALDWIN (7)  BARBER (6)  BATTS (5)  BEDWARD (3)  BEVAN (5)  BISHOP (8)  BON... (1)  BOWEN (4)  BREEZE (10)  BREESE (1)  BRIDGFORD (2)  BRIDGE (1)  BRAMLEY (5)  BROOKES (4)  BROWN (2)  BUFTON (2)  BURGOYNE (1)  BUTLER (5)  CAMERON (4)  CARTWRIGHT (6)  CHANCE (17)  CHANDLER (11)  ROGERS ((CHANDLER)) (2)  CLARK (1)  COMBE (2)  CONNOP (2)  COONE (1)  COKE (2)  COXALL (1)  CRAVEN (1)  CRESWELL (1)  CRUMP (3)  DAGGAN (1)  DAVIES (57)  DAW (1)  DELAHAY (1)  DYKE (2)  DREW (4)  DUGGAN (1)  EAST (8)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (8)  ELEMANT (1)  EVANS (10)  EXTON (3)  FLEETWOOD (1)  GALE (3)  GARDENER (1)  JAY (7)  GOUGH (1)  GRIFFITHS (14)  GRUBWARD (1)  GUMMER (2)  GUNSYE OR GUMYE (6)  GWYNNE (1)  HALES (4)  HALL (3)  HARPER (6)  HARRIS (10)  HAYCOCK (1)  HERRIOTS (1)  HERRING (6)  HIGGINS (5)  HODGES (1)  HOFFMAN (5)  HOOPER (1)  HOUGH (12)  HUGHES (15)  HUSBAND (1)  JENKINS (18)  JOHNSON (13)  JONES (31)  KEDWARD (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LANGFORD (3)  LAVENDER (1)  LEWIS (30)  LLEWELLYN (5)  LLOYD (3)  LOCK (1)  LIFORD (1)  MACKLAND (1)  MANN (2)  MARSHALL (9)  MARSTON (1)  MASON (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MORGAN (8)  MORRIS (4)  MOTLEY (1)  MAUND (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  NORGROVE (3)  OWENS (2)  PACKARD (1)  PAGE (2)  PALMER (5)  PARKER (6)  PARLOUR (3)  PARSONS (7)  PAYNE (4)  PENNEY (3)  PERRY (1)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (12)  PIKES (1)  PINCHES (6)  PITT (2)  POLLARD (3)  POSTINGS (2)  POWELL (37)  PREECE (20)  PREEN (3)  PRICE (45)  PRITCHARD (7)  PROBERT (1)  PUGH (1)  REECE (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBOTHAM (4)  RODGERS (1)  ROSS (1)  ROLLINGS (2)  ROLLS (7)  RUSSELL (1)  SANDERS (2)  SAVEKER (8)  SEABORNE (3)  SHACKSTONE (1)  SHAYLER (3)  SHEERS (1)  SHEWARD (3)  SHORT (1)  SYMONDS (5)  SMITH (10)  SOUTHALL (2)  SPENCER (6)  STEPHENS (1)  STYLES (1)  TANTRUM (9)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (2)  TOMKINS (1)  TROTT (1)  TROT (1)  TRUMPER (6)  TUDOR (2)  TURNER (21)  UNDERWOOD (2)  VALE (2)  VAUGHAN (8)  VERRIL (3)  VERRILL (5)  WALKER (1)  WALL (18)  WALTERS (2)  WATKINS (6)  WEAVER (2)  WHITING (9)  WILDING (1)  WILLIAMS (26)  WILTON (1)  WORTHING (1)