Top surnames from the 1881 census in Peterchurch, Herefordshire

Peterchurch 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
PRICE406.259835.77
POWELL375.790346.41
WILLIAMS294.53836.32
JONES274.22543.73
MORGAN203.129915.74
GARRETT203.1299137.84
JENKINS203.129926.56
MADDOX152.3474460.12
HOWARD142.190922.33
DAVIES142.19094.31
PROSSER142.1909139.86
LEWIS121.87797.14
SHERRATT111.7214299.73
EVANS101.56493.58
WATKINS101.564925.83
BOWEN101.564937.85
ROACH91.408595.64
PEARCE91.408515.33
RANDELL91.4085225.56
THOMAS91.40853.41
NORMAN91.408530.40
LANE91.408520.44
IRELAND81.252053.94
PRITCHARD81.252023.25
BOWYER81.2520114.78
BAUGH71.0955305.68
JENNINGS71.095521.60
LEIGHTON60.939087.34
MORRIS60.93904.22
HALL60.93903.19
PHILLIPS60.93905.25
PROBERT60.9390119.05
BARRELL50.7825206.61
APPLEYARD50.782585.62
HARRIS50.78253.08
JOHNS50.782530.30
WHITE50.78252.43
MEREDITH40.626030.98
BISHOP40.62608.96
HUGHES40.62602.23
ANDREWS40.62606.53
BUFTON40.6260287.77
GAY40.626046.95
MAPP40.6260325.20
RANDEL40.62601,250.00
TIMBRELL30.4695283.02
BEARD30.469517.84
COOK30.46952.36
MATTHEWS30.46955.38
WOODHOUSE30.469519.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PIKES0.646393333.3333
RANDEL0.646391250.0000
GOODS0.64639714.2857
VERRILL0.64639465.1163
MADDOX0.64639460.1227
MAPP0.64639325.2033
BAUGH0.64639305.6769
SHERRATT0.64639299.7275
BUFTON0.64639287.7698
TIMBRELL0.64639283.0189
RANDELL0.64639225.5639
BARRELL0.64639206.6116
LIMBRICK0.64639158.7302
SNEAD0.64639153.8462
TAUNTON0.64639140.8451
PROSSER0.64639139.8601
GARRETT0.64639137.8360
PORTLOCK0.64639123.4568
PROBERT0.64639119.0476
BOWYER0.64639114.7776
ROACH0.6463995.6429
LEIGHTON0.6463987.3362
APPLEYARD0.6463985.6164
MERRICK0.6463963.2911
CUTTER0.6463955.5556
IRELAND0.6463953.9447
HOSKINS0.6463948.1541
GAY0.6463946.9484
POWELL0.6463946.4124
ADDIS0.6463945.8716
MULLER0.6463942.0168
BOWEN0.6463937.8501
LOVELOCK0.6463936.1011
PRICE0.6463935.7686
MEREDITH0.6463930.9837
NORMAN0.6463930.3951
JOHNS0.6463930.3030
WATLING0.6463930.2115
PARTON0.6463928.7356
JENKINS0.6463926.5604
WATKINS0.6463925.8264
PRITCHARD0.6463923.2491
DYKES0.6463922.7273
HOWARD0.6463922.3250
SEAL0.6463921.6920
JENNINGS0.6463921.6049
LANE0.6463920.4360
WOODHOUSE0.6463919.8151
LAYTON0.6463919.5695
HOWELLS0.6463918.3936

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 639 people called PIKES in Peterchurch 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 Peterchurch means that 3333.3333% of the people in Peterchurch on census day were called PIKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PIKES 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 PIKES 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 PIKES 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 PIKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Peterchurch means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PIKES in Peterchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Peterchurch in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  APPLEYARD (5)  BAUGH (7)  BEARD (3)  BENSON (1)  BEAVAN (16)  BEVAN (1)  BEYLIS (1)  BISHOP (4)  BOUCTHER (3)  BOWEN (10)  BOWYER (8)  BROWN (2)  BUFTON (4)  BURGHALL (3)  BARRELL (5)  BARREL (2)  COOK (3)  CRUMP (1)  CUTTER (1)  DAVIES (14)  DYKES (1)  EAST (1)  ETON (1)  ADDIS (1)  ESPENER (2)  EVANS (10)  FLETCHER (1)  FOX (2)  GARRETT (20)  GAY (4)  GLASSY (1)  GOODS (1)  GOODWIN (2)  HALL (6)  HANCORN (9)  HARRIS (5)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOSKINS (3)  HOWARD (14)  HOWELLS (3)  HUGHES (4)  EMBRAY (8)  IRELAND (8)  JAMES (3)  JENKINS (20)  JENNER (1)  JENNINGS (7)  JOHNS (5)  JONES (27)  KEDWARD (1)  LANE (9)  LLANWARNE (3)  LEIGHTON (6)  LAYTON (1)  LEWIS (12)  LEWIS ((WILLIAMS)) (2)  LIMBRICK (1)  LLANMAN (3)  LLEWILLIN (1)  LLOYD (2)  LOVELOCK (1)  MADDOX (15)  MAPP (4)  MATTHEWS (3)  MEDLICOTT (8)  MEREDITH (4)  MERRICK (3)  METCALF (1)  MORGAN (20)  MORRIS (6)  MULLER (1)  NAYLOR (1)  NORMAN (9)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PARTON (1)  PEARCE (9)  PHILLIPS (6)  PIKES (2)  PITT (1)  PORTLOCK (1)  POWELL (37)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (40)  PRITCHARD (8)  PROBERT (6)  PROSSER (14)  PUGH (1)  RANDEL (4)  RANDELL (9)  ROACH (9)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  SEAL (1)  SIRRELL (1)  SHAW (1)  SHERRATT (11)  SMITH (1)  SMOUT (8)  SNEAD (1)  TAUNTON (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (9)  TIMBRELL (3)  TIPPER (5)  TURNER (2)  VERRILL (2)  WARBURTON (1)  WATKINS (10)  WATLING (1)  WEBB (1)  WHITE (5)  WILDING (1)  WILLIAMS (29)  GWILLIAM (1)  WOODHOUSE (3)  WRIGHT (1)