Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grafton, Herefordshire

Grafton 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
VALE1110.00001,392.41
MORGAN109.090945.70
COLEMAN65.4545109.49
EVANS65.454512.48
WATKINS54.545574.96
COLE54.545549.90
JONES43.63643.21
COTTERELL43.6364851.06
PRICE43.636420.78
NUNN32.7273155.44
ROBINSON32.72738.55
DANCE32.7273340.91
RICHARDSON21.818210.68
RAYNER21.818272.99
AUSTIN10.909118.59
THOMAS10.90912.20
PREECE10.909155.87
NASH10.909119.72
HINDLEY10.9091109.89
STYLES10.909186.21
DAVIES10.90911.79
COOPER10.90913.74
POWELL10.90917.29
CHARLES10.909144.05
WILCOX10.909148.31
THOMPSON10.90913.03
GRINTER10.9091769.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VALE0.111101392.4051
COTTERELL0.11110851.0638
GRINTER0.11110769.2308
DANCE0.11110340.9091
NUNN0.11110155.4404
HINDLEY0.11110109.8901
COLEMAN0.11110109.4891
STYLES0.1111086.2069
WATKINS0.1111074.9625
RAYNER0.1111072.9927
PREECE0.1111055.8659
COLE0.1111049.9002
WILCOX0.1111048.3092
MORGAN0.1111045.7038
CHARLES0.1111044.0529
PRICE0.1111020.7792
NASH0.1111019.7239
AUSTIN0.1111018.5874
EVANS0.1111012.4818
RICHARDSON0.1111010.6781
ROBINSON0.111108.5543
POWELL0.111107.2886
COOPER0.111103.7369
JONES0.111103.2108
THOMPSON0.111103.0349
THOMAS0.111102.2031
DAVIES0.111101.7873

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 110 people called VALE in Grafton 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 1392.4051 in Grafton means that 1392.4051% of the people in Grafton on census day were called VALE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Grafton in 1881

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

AUSTIN (1)  CHARLES (1)  COLCOMBE (5)  COLE (5)  COLEMAN (6)  COOPER (1)  COTTERELL (4)  DANCE (3)  DAVIES (1)  EVANS (6)  CULLIMORE (7)  GODSALL (1)  GRINTER (1)  HANCOCKS (8)  HINDLEY (1)  JONES (4)  MORGAN (10)  NASH (1)  NUNN (3)  POWELL (1)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (4)  DE WINTON (8)  RAYNER (2)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBINSON (3)  STYLES (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (1)  VALE (11)  WATKINS (5)  WILCOX (1)