Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eyton, Herefordshire

Eyton 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
EVANS87.207216.49
POWELL65.405443.32
WEAVER65.4054207.61
BREEZE65.4054869.57
COATES54.5045120.77
TAYLOR43.60365.64
PAINTER43.6036263.16
DAVIS43.603616.40
JAMES32.702713.76
NICHOLAS32.7027138.25
PHILLIPS32.702715.11
WYATT32.702792.02
WRIGHT21.80185.62
KNOTT21.801890.91
HALL21.80186.12
LEWIS21.80186.85
RAWLINGS21.8018123.46
GREGG21.8018256.41
LANE21.801826.14
CROMPTON10.900953.48
PREECE10.900955.25
BING10.9009714.29
PAYNTER10.9009322.58
HARRIS10.90093.54
NOTT10.9009128.21
GOUGH10.900930.77
MILES10.900915.27
DAW10.9009129.87
HUGHES10.90093.22
JONES10.90090.80
HILL10.90093.54
OLIVER10.900912.63
MOYLE10.9009188.68
DUGGAN10.9009117.65
WALKER10.90092.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BREEZE0.11111869.5652
BING0.11111714.2857
PAYNTER0.11111322.5806
PAINTER0.11111263.1579
GREGG0.11111256.4103
WEAVER0.11111207.6125
MOYLE0.11111188.6792
NICHOLAS0.11111138.2488
DAW0.11111129.8701
NOTT0.11111128.2051
RAWLINGS0.11111123.4568
COATES0.11111120.7729
DUGGAN0.11111117.6471
WYATT0.1111192.0245
KNOTT0.1111190.9091
PREECE0.1111155.2486
CROMPTON0.1111153.4759
POWELL0.1111143.3213
GOUGH0.1111130.7692
LANE0.1111126.1438
EVANS0.1111116.4914
DAVIS0.1111116.4002
MILES0.1111115.2672
PHILLIPS0.1111115.1057
JAMES0.1111113.7615
OLIVER0.1111112.6263
LEWIS0.111116.8540
HALL0.111116.1237
TAYLOR0.111115.6354
WRIGHT0.111115.6164
HARRIS0.111113.5448
HILL0.111113.5373
HUGHES0.111113.2154
WALKER0.111112.6911
JONES0.111110.7955

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 111 people called BREEZE in Eyton 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 869.5652 in Eyton means that 869.5652% of the people in Eyton on census day were called BREEZE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BREEZE 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 BREEZE 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 BREEZE 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 BREEZE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Eyton means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BREEZE in Eyton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eyton in 1881

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

BENGREE (9)  BING (1)  BREEZE (6)  COATES (5)  CROMPTON (1)  DAVIS (4)  DAW (1)  DUGGAN (1)  EVANS (8)  GOUGH (1)  GRASSWELL (1)  GREGG (2)  HALL (2)  HARRIS (1)  HILL (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (3)  JONES (1)  NOTT (1)  KNOTT (2)  LANE (2)  LEWIS (2)  LONGVILLE (8)  MILES (1)  MOYLE (1)  NICHOLAS (3)  OLIVER (1)  PAYNTER (1)  PAINTER (4)  PEWTRESS (4)  PHILLIPS (3)  POWELL (6)  PREECE (1)  PROUDMAN (3)  RAWLINGS (2)  TAYLOR (4)  WALKER (1)  WATKEN (1)  WEAVER (6)  WRIGHT (2)  WYATT (3)