Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston Wynne, Herefordshire

Preston Wynne 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
HODGES158.9286304.26
FIELD105.9524119.62
WARRICK95.35713,461.54
POWELL95.357142.94
OLIVER95.357175.13
HIGGINS84.761994.23
ENGLISH84.7619253.16
MADDY74.16676,363.64
DAVIES63.57147.02
VALE63.5714500.00
AMOS52.9762181.16
SPRATT52.9762537.63
JONES52.97622.63
BROOKES42.3810101.27
PARSONS42.381031.35
BURNETT42.381086.02
HILL42.38109.35
RAWLINGS31.7857121.95
GRIFFITHS31.785710.91
CLARKE31.78578.81
NEWMAN21.190516.01
OWENS21.190523.98
COOPER21.19054.89
WATKINS21.190519.65
BAKER21.19055.43
WILLIAMS10.59520.83
STEADMAN10.595297.09
MATTHEWS10.59526.83
LEWIS10.59522.26
WEAVER10.595222.88
BILLING10.5952106.38
WALKINS10.59521,666.67
NASH10.595212.90
FARMER10.595219.05
MASON10.59524.43
PRITCHARD10.595211.05
LAMBERT10.595210.91
BROWN10.59520.90
PHILLIPS10.59523.33
FINCHER10.5952454.55
MITTEN10.5952833.33
SMITH10.59520.42
PREECE10.595236.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MADDY0.171686363.6364
WARRICK0.171683461.5385
WALKINS0.171681666.6667
MITTEN0.17168833.3333
SPRATT0.17168537.6344
VALE0.17168500.0000
FINCHER0.17168454.5455
HODGES0.17168304.2596
ENGLISH0.17168253.1646
AMOS0.17168181.1594
RAWLINGS0.17168121.9512
FIELD0.17168119.6172
BILLING0.17168106.3830
BROOKES0.17168101.2658
STEADMAN0.1716897.0874
HIGGINS0.1716894.2285
BURNETT0.1716886.0215
OLIVER0.1716875.1252
POWELL0.1716842.9389
PREECE0.1716836.6300
PARSONS0.1716831.3480
OWENS0.1716823.9808
WEAVER0.1716822.8833
WATKINS0.1716819.6464
FARMER0.1716819.0476
NEWMAN0.1716816.0128
NASH0.1716812.9032
PRITCHARD0.1716811.0497
GRIFFITHS0.1716810.9131
LAMBERT0.1716810.9051
HILL0.171689.3480
CLARKE0.171688.8132
DAVIES0.171687.0217
MATTHEWS0.171686.8259
BAKER0.171685.4333
COOPER0.171684.8936
MASON0.171684.4267
PHILLIPS0.171683.3267
JONES0.171682.6278
LEWIS0.171682.2640
BROWN0.171680.9029
WILLIAMS0.171680.8286
SMITH0.171680.4216

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 168 people called MADDY in Preston Wynne 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 6363.6364 in Preston Wynne means that 6363.6364% of the people in Preston Wynne on census day were called MADDY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MADDY 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 MADDY 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 MADDY 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 MADDY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Preston Wynne means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MADDY in Preston Wynne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston Wynne in 1881

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

AMOS (5)  BAKER (2)  BEAVAN (1)  BILLING (1)  BROOKES (4)  BROWN (1)  BOWKETT (5)  BURNETT (4)  CLARKE (3)  COOPER (2)  DAVIES (6)  FARMER (1)  FIELD (10)  FINCHER (1)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HIGGINS (8)  HILL (4)  HODGES (15)  ENGLISH (8)  JANCEY (7)  JONES (5)  LAMBERT (1)  LEWIS (1)  MADDY (7)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MITTEN (1)  NASH (1)  NEWMAN (2)  OLIVER (9)  OWENS (2)  PARSONS (4)  PHILLIPS (1)  POWELL (9)  PREECE (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  RAWLINGS (3)  SMITH (1)  SPRATT (5)  STEADMAN (1)  VALE (6)  WALKINS (1)  WARRICK (9)  WATKINS (2)  WEAVER (1)  WILLIAMS (1)