Top surnames from the 1881 census in Garway, Herefordshire

Garway 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
MORRIS264.868921.87
LEWIS244.494417.09
SMITH203.74532.65
WILLIAMS193.55814.95
POWELL183.370827.02
PHILLIPS183.370818.84
JONES162.99632.65
PROSSER152.8090179.43
DAVIES132.43454.79
JENKINS122.247219.07
ROOKE112.0599279.19
BEVAN112.059984.23
RUCK112.0599802.92
EXTON91.6854502.79
LLOYD91.685414.43
LAWRENCE81.498123.07
ARTHUR81.498168.73
WEBB81.498111.05
MEREDITH81.498174.14
JOHNSON71.31093.90
BENJAMIN71.3109250.00
CHAMBERLAIN71.310948.18
NICKOLLS71.31091,029.41
HEATH71.310926.41
POWLES71.3109707.07
BAKER71.31095.98
CHURCHILL61.123694.64
HOLLEY61.1236304.57
GREEN61.12363.99
SAUNDERS61.123612.25
CLARK61.12363.74
VAUGHAN61.123632.93
MORE61.1236144.58
BENJAMINE61.123615,000.00
TAYLOR61.12361.76
PRITCHARD61.123620.87
PEARSON50.93638.06
TYLER50.936331.73
FOXWELL50.9363531.91
MORGAN50.93634.71
BUFTON50.9363431.03
WATKINS50.936315.45
BIRD50.936312.25
SIMS40.749124.98
WALTERS40.749115.71
HOLLY40.7491298.51
WEST30.56185.84
RICHARDS30.56183.72
HALE30.561815.66
PRICE30.56183.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENJAMINE0.5353415000.0000
VERGO0.535342000.0000
EMBRY0.535341304.3478
NICKOLLS0.535341029.4118
RUCK0.53534802.9197
POWLES0.53534707.0707
GRITTON0.53534625.0000
FOXWELL0.53534531.9149
EXTON0.53534502.7933
BUFTON0.53534431.0345
BANTON0.53534375.0000
HOLLEY0.53534304.5685
HOLLY0.53534298.5075
ROOKE0.53534279.1878
BENJAMIN0.53534250.0000
ROFF0.53534224.7191
SULIVAN0.53534204.0816
BLUETT0.53534204.0816
PROSSER0.53534179.4258
MORE0.53534144.5783
BISS0.53534121.9512
CHURCHILL0.5353494.6372
BEVAN0.5353484.2266
MEREDITH0.5353474.1427
MICHAEL0.5353469.6864
ARTHUR0.5353468.7285
CHAMBERLAIN0.5353448.1762
GOODE0.5353443.4153
VAUGHAN0.5353432.9308
GILMORE0.5353431.9489
TYLER0.5353431.7259
EDMONDS0.5353429.4118
POWELL0.5353427.0189
HEATH0.5353426.4051
FARR0.5353425.2207
SIMS0.5353424.9844
LAWRENCE0.5353423.0681
MORRIS0.5353421.8726
HATCH0.5353421.7865
PRITCHARD0.5353420.8696
JENKINS0.5353419.0688
PHILLIPS0.5353418.8403
CRUMP0.5353417.3310
LEWIS0.5353417.0940
LAKE0.5353416.8919
MEEK0.5353416.1031
WALTERS0.5353415.7109
HALE0.5353415.6576
WATKINS0.5353415.4512
LLOYD0.5353414.4346

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 534 people called BENJAMINE in Garway 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 15000.0000 in Garway means that 15000.0000% of the people in Garway on census day were called BENJAMINE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENJAMINE 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 BENJAMINE 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 BENJAMINE 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 BENJAMINE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Garway means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENJAMINE in Garway than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Garway in 1881

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

ARTHUR (8)  BADHAM (9)  BAKER (7)  BANTON (3)  BARRETT (1)  BAXTER (1)  BAYNAM (1)  BEGNALL (1)  BENJAMIN (7)  BENJAMINE (6)  BENNETT (1)  BEVAN (11)  BEAVAN (4)  BIRD (5)  BISS (1)  BLUETT (1)  BUFTON (5)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CHURCHILL (6)  CLARK (6)  CLARKE (2)  CRUMP (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIES (13)  DRIFE (1)  EDMONDS (3)  EXTON (9)  FARR (2)  FOXWELL (5)  GEORG (9)  GILMORE (1)  GOODE (3)  GREEN (6)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GRITTON (2)  GWATKIN (1)  HALE (3)  HATCH (1)  HEATH (7)  HODDELL (11)  HOLLY (4)  HOLLEY (6)  EMBRY (3)  JENKINS (12)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (16)  LAKE (2)  LAWRENCE (8)  LEWIS (24)  LLOYD (9)  MEEK (1)  MEREDITH (8)  MICHAEL (2)  MORE (6)  MORGAN (5)  MORRIS (26)  NICHOLS (2)  NICKOLLS (7)  NURDIN (7)  ODY (1)  PEARSON (5)  PHILLIPS (18)  PITT (1)  POWELL (18)  POWLES (7)  POWLLS (1)  PRICE (3)  PRITCHARD (6)  PROSSER (15)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERTS (1)  ROOKE (11)  RUCK (11)  ROFF (2)  SAUNDERS (6)  SAYCE (3)  SHEILS (1)  SIMS (4)  SMITH (20)  SPARKS (1)  SULIVAN (2)  SULLIVAN (2)  SYKES (2)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (2)  TYLER (5)  VAUGHAN (6)  VERGO (1)  WALTERS (4)  WATKINS (5)  WEBB (8)  WEST (3)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (19)