Top surnames from the 1881 census in Moccas, Herefordshire

Moccas 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
MATHEWS179.6045259.94
PARRY116.214781.66
DAVIS116.214728.28
JONES105.64974.99
ROGERS105.649743.52
WILLIAMS95.08477.08
ARNOLD95.084794.34
HOPKINS84.519875.05
POWELL84.519836.23
UNDERWOOD63.3898125.52
DEW63.3898582.52
HARPER52.824944.13
TALBOT52.8249113.38
ANDREWS42.259923.58
HICKS42.259953.98
SAUNDERS42.259924.65
RUDGE31.6949215.83
LEWIS31.69496.45
HUGHES31.69496.05
KNIGHT31.694913.75
COOPER21.12994.64
PREECE21.129969.44
STARLING21.1299153.85
BISHOP21.129916.17
GREEN21.12994.01
WATKINS21.129918.64
PEARCE21.129912.30
FLEMING21.129927.21
PUGH10.565014.79
EDWARDS10.56502.03
DAVIES10.56501.11
PROBERT10.565071.43
HILL10.56502.22
THOMAS10.56501.37
PALMER10.56504.79
SMITH10.56500.40
CUTTER10.5650200.00
PRICE10.56503.23
MERRICK10.565076.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEW0.18177582.5243
MATHEWS0.18177259.9388
RUDGE0.18177215.8273
CUTTER0.18177200.0000
STARLING0.18177153.8462
UNDERWOOD0.18177125.5230
TALBOT0.18177113.3787
ARNOLD0.1817794.3396
PARRY0.1817781.6630
MERRICK0.1817776.3359
HOPKINS0.1817775.0469
PROBERT0.1817771.4286
PREECE0.1817769.4444
HICKS0.1817753.9811
HARPER0.1817744.1306
ROGERS0.1817743.5161
POWELL0.1817736.2319
DAVIS0.1817728.2776
FLEMING0.1817727.2109
SAUNDERS0.1817724.6457
ANDREWS0.1817723.5849
WATKINS0.1817718.6393
BISHOP0.1817716.1681
PUGH0.1817714.7929
KNIGHT0.1817713.7489
PEARCE0.1817712.3001
WILLIAMS0.181777.0783
LEWIS0.181776.4461
HUGHES0.181776.0484
JONES0.181774.9885
PALMER0.181774.7939
COOPER0.181774.6447
GREEN0.181774.0128
PRICE0.181773.2279
HILL0.181772.2183
EDWARDS0.181772.0272
THOMAS0.181771.3691
DAVIES0.181771.1107
SMITH0.181770.4001

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 177 people called DEW in Moccas 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 582.5243 in Moccas means that 582.5243% of the people in Moccas on census day were called DEW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEW 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 DEW 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 DEW 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 DEW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Moccas means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEW in Moccas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Moccas in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  ARNOLD (9)  BISHOP (2)  COOPER (2)  CUTTER (1)  DAVIES (1)  DAVIS (11)  DEW (6)  EDWARDS (1)  FLEMING (2)  GREEN (2)  GWYNNE (3)  HARPER (5)  HICKS (4)  HILL (1)  HOLLINGDALE (1)  HOPKINS (8)  HUGHES (3)  JONES (10)  KNIGHT (3)  LEWIS (3)  MATHEWS (17)  MERRICK (1)  PALMER (1)  PEARCE (2)  PARRY (11)  POWELL (8)  PREECE (2)  PRICE (1)  PROBERT (1)  PUGH (1)  ROGERS (10)  RUDGE (3)  SAUNDERS (4)  SEABORNE (3)  SMITH (1)  STARLING (2)  TALBOT (5)  THOMAS (1)  UNDERWOOD (6)  WATKINS (2)  WIGMORE (4)  WILLIAMS (9)