Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kentchurch, Herefordshire

Kentchurch 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
JONES215.94905.25
PRICE205.665732.37
MORGAN185.099225.64
WILLIAMS174.81596.70
POWELL154.249334.06
FARR133.6827248.09
THOMAS123.39948.24
PARRY113.116140.94
WATKINS102.832946.75
DAVIS102.832912.89
LEWIS102.832910.77
HARRIS92.549610.03
PEARSON82.266319.51
ROSSER82.2663311.28
SMITH71.98301.40
GRIFFITHS71.983012.12
PRITCHARD61.699731.56
COLE61.699718.66
NICHOLAS51.416472.57
WOODHOUSE51.416459.81
SERRETT51.416450,000.00
GROVES51.416450.40
HOSKINS51.4164145.35
SPARKS51.416493.63
MAISEY41.1331512.82
WHITLOCK41.1331190.48
LACEY41.133161.44
HOLLEY30.8499230.77
WILSON30.84991.85
WHITE30.84992.64
MATTHEWS20.56666.50
HAMPTON20.566635.91
GREEN20.56662.01
HUGHES20.56662.02
RIDGWAY20.566661.73
HILL20.56662.22
PROSSER20.566636.17
BANFIELD20.5666124.22
DOVER20.5666125.79
BOWEN20.566613.70
PREECE20.566634.84
KENNARD20.5666116.28
BAMFIELD10.2833303.03
JAMES10.28331.44
ALSTON10.283343.48
TOWELL10.2833100.00
RANSOME10.283389.29
BURFORD10.283350.76
STEWARD10.283322.03
BERT10.28331,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SERRETT0.3535350000.0000
BERT0.353531000.0000
MAISEY0.35353512.8205
ROSSER0.35353311.2840
BAMFIELD0.35353303.0303
FARR0.35353248.0916
HOLLEY0.35353230.7692
WHITLOCK0.35353190.4762
HOSKINS0.35353145.3488
DOVER0.35353125.7862
BANFIELD0.35353124.2236
KENNARD0.35353116.2791
RYLAND0.35353113.6364
TOWELL0.35353100.0000
SOUTHWOOD0.3535397.0874
SPARKS0.3535393.6330
SLANEY0.3535390.9091
RANSOME0.3535389.2857
NICHOLAS0.3535372.5689
BEAVER0.3535364.1026
RIDGWAY0.3535361.7284
LACEY0.3535361.4439
WOODHOUSE0.3535359.8086
BURFORD0.3535350.7614
GROVES0.3535350.4032
WATKINS0.3535346.7508
ALSTON0.3535343.4783
PARRY0.3535340.9378
PROSSER0.3535336.1664
PROBERT0.3535335.9712
HAMPTON0.3535335.9066
PREECE0.3535334.8432
POWELL0.3535334.0599
WILLIAM0.3535333.1126
PRICE0.3535332.3729
PRITCHARD0.3535331.5623
FLOYD0.3535329.7619
MORGAN0.3535325.6410
STEWARD0.3535322.0264
PEARSON0.3535319.5074
COLE0.3535318.6567
MEREDITH0.3535314.0252
ENGLAND0.3535313.7552
BOWEN0.3535313.6986
PITT0.3535313.2626
DAVIS0.3535312.8916
GRIFFITHS0.3535312.1170
WEAVER0.3535310.8932
LEWIS0.3535310.7747
HARRIS0.3535310.0323

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 353 people called SERRETT in Kentchurch 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 50000.0000 in Kentchurch means that 50000.0000% of the people in Kentchurch on census day were called SERRETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SERRETT 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 SERRETT 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 SERRETT 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 SERRETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Kentchurch means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SERRETT in Kentchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kentchurch in 1881

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

ALSTON (1)  BAKER (1)  BALDWIN (1)  BAMPFIELD (1)  BAMFIELD (1)  BANFIELD (2)  BARNES (1)  BEAVER (1)  BENNETT (1)  BOWEN (2)  BROOKS (1)  BOWKET (2)  BURFORD (1)  BERT (1)  COLE (6)  COLEMAN (1)  DAVIS (10)  DOVER (2)  EARSMAN (7)  ENGLAND (1)  FARR (13)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFITHS (7)  GROVES (5)  HAMPTON (2)  HARRIS (9)  HILL (2)  HOLLEY (3)  HOSKINS (5)  HUGHES (2)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (21)  KENNARD (2)  LACEY (4)  LENTHALL (2)  LEINTHALL (3)  LEWIS (10)  FLOYD (1)  LUCAS (1)  MAISEY (4)  MATTHEWS (2)  MEREDITH (1)  MORGAN (18)  NICHOLAS (5)  PARKER (1)  PEARSON (8)  PARRY (11)  PERTZ (2)  PITT (1)  POWELL (15)  PREECE (2)  PRICE (20)  PRITCHARD (6)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (2)  RANSOME (1)  REED (1)  RIDGWAY (2)  ROSSER (8)  RYLAND (1)  SAYCE (5)  SEABOURNE (4)  SELLON (5)  SERRETT (5)  SLANEY (1)  SMITH (7)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SPARKS (5)  SPENCER (1)  STEWARD (1)  THOMAS (12)  THOMPSON (1)  TOWELL (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WAINE (1)  WALKER (1)  WATKINS (10)  WEBB (1)  WEAVER (1)  WHITE (3)  WHITLOCK (4)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMS (17)  WILSON (3)  WOODHILL (4)  WOODHOUSE (5)