Top surnames from the 1881 census in Much Cowarne, Herefordshire

Much Cowarne 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
HILL234.618518.13
MORRIS234.618520.75
DERRY204.0161909.09
WILLIAMS163.21294.47
PREECE142.8112172.84
PITT102.008093.99
JONES102.00801.77
PRICE102.008011.47
CALE91.8072882.35
RIVERS81.6064258.90
POWELL81.606412.88
WEAVER71.405654.05
BOWLER71.4056115.13
GRICE71.4056136.19
HARBOUR71.4056542.64
AMOS71.405685.57
DENT61.204863.22
DENNIS61.204840.73
GRAHAM61.204810.49
BARRETT61.204817.94
DREW51.004037.99
BREWER51.004037.85
PHILLIPS51.00405.61
MUNN51.0040139.28
BOWDLER51.0040500.00
GARDNER51.004014.79
HARBER40.8032350.88
WOOD40.80322.52
SCRIVENS40.8032268.46
MANN40.803215.25
HEMMING40.803290.70
GURNEY40.803277.22
LLOYD40.80326.88
THOMAS40.80321.95
BURNETT40.803229.03
MANSELL30.602451.55
ROGERS30.60244.64
BOND30.602411.38
TAYLOR30.60240.94
SNEAD30.6024600.00
FRANCIS30.602410.11
CHAMBERLAIN30.602422.14
PRITCHARD30.602411.19
BROOKES30.602425.64
WATKINS30.60249.94
READING30.602477.92
CHALLEN30.6024337.08
MEREDITH30.602429.82
WEBB20.40162.96
GUEST20.401618.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUCH0.504983333.3333
GILLINS0.504981250.0000
BLISSET0.504981111.1111
DERRY0.50498909.0909
CALE0.50498882.3529
SHUCK0.50498666.6667
SNEAD0.50498600.0000
HARBOUR0.50498542.6357
BOWDLER0.50498500.0000
HARBER0.50498350.8772
CHALLEN0.50498337.0787
BLAKEWAY0.50498322.5806
PLAIN0.50498294.1176
SCRIVENS0.50498268.4564
RIVERS0.50498258.8997
PREECE0.50498172.8395
MUNN0.50498139.2758
GRICE0.50498136.1868
BOWLER0.50498115.1316
GITTINGS0.50498104.1667
PITT0.5049893.9850
HEMMING0.5049890.7029
AMOS0.5049885.5746
READING0.5049877.9221
GURNEY0.5049877.2201
MITTON0.5049868.4932
DENT0.5049863.2244
HEARNE0.5049859.8802
ANSON0.5049854.0541
WEAVER0.5049854.0541
PHILPOTT0.5049852.3560
MANSELL0.5049851.5464
LAYTON0.5049850.1253
DENNIS0.5049840.7332
DREW0.5049837.9939
BREWER0.5049837.8501
REA0.5049835.7143
SUNDERLAND0.5049834.9650
SYMONDS0.5049833.3333
MEREDITH0.5049829.8211
BURNETT0.5049829.0276
BROOKES0.5049825.6410
FARRINGTON0.5049823.3645
CHAMBERLAIN0.5049822.1402
MORRIS0.5049820.7488
GUEST0.5049818.7970
HILL0.5049818.1331
BARRETT0.5049817.9372
DOWNES0.5049816.2338
BEARD0.5049815.2555

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 498 people called RUCH in Much Cowarne 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 3333.3333 in Much Cowarne means that 3333.3333% of the people in Much Cowarne on census day were called RUCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUCH 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 RUCH 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 RUCH 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 RUCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Much Cowarne means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUCH in Much Cowarne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Much Cowarne in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AMOS (7)  ANSON (1)  BADHAM (9)  BALL (1)  BANKS (1)  BANNISTER (1)  BARRETT (6)  BEARD (2)  BEAUMONT (1)  BLAKEWAY (2)  BLISSET (1)  BOND (3)  BORTTEN (1)  BOULCOTT (4)  BOWDLER (5)  BOWLER (7)  BOWLES (BOWLER) (2)  BREWER (5)  BROOKES (3)  BROWN (1)  BOWCOTT (4)  BOWKETT (4)  BUCKNEL (2)  BUFFTON (2)  BURNETT (4)  BURROWS (1)  CARLESS (4)  CHALLEN (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (3)  CLEATON (1)  COWNLEY (2)  DALLOW (2)  DAVIES (2)  DAVIS (1)  DENNIS (6)  DENT (6)  DERRY (20)  DOWNES (1)  DREW (5)  DUFTY (5)  DUFFTY (6)  AMOSE (6)  FARRINGTON (1)  FAWKE (2)  FRANCIS (3)  GADSALL (7)  GARDNER (5)  GARRETT (1)  GASGEIN (1)  GEORGE (1)  GILLINS (1)  GITTINGS (1)  GODSALL (2)  GOLDING (1)  GRAHAM (6)  GRICE (7)  GRIFITHS (1)  GUEST (2)  GURNEY (4)  HALL (1)  HARRINGTON (1)  HEARNE (1)  HEMMING (4)  HARBER (4)  HARBOUR (7)  HILL (23)  JAUNCEY (9)  JONES (10)  CALE (9)  LAYTON (2)  LEWIS (2)  LLOYD (4)  MANN (4)  MANSELL (3)  MARTIN (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MEREDITH (3)  MINITT (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MITTON (1)  MORGAN (2)  MORRIS (23)  MUNN (5)  NORMAN (2)  ORGEE (8)  PALMER (2)  PANNIERS (3)  PHILLIPS (5)  PHILPOTT (2)  PITT (10)  PLAIN (1)  POWELL (8)  PREECE (14)  PRICE (10)  PRITCHARD (3)  PROSSER (1)  PUGH (2)  PULLEN (1)  REA (1)  READING (3)  REMNANT (2)  RIVERS (8)  ROGERS (3)  RUCH (1)  SAVEGAR (11)  SAWKINS (1)  SCRIVENS (4)  SIRRELL (8)  SHUCK (1)  SYMONDS (2)  SMITH (2)  SNEAD (3)  SUNDERLAND (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (4)  WALKER (1)  WALL (1)  WATKINS (3)  WETHERSBY (1)  WEBB (2)  WEAVER (7)  GWILLIAM (8)  WILLIAMS (16)  WOOD (4)  WOODYATT (1)