Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stapleton, Herefordshire

Stapleton 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
MORRIS136.770830.42
VAUGHAN126.2500183.21
GRIFFITHS115.729235.01
REES105.208359.88
THOMAS105.208312.62
HUGHES84.166714.87
DAKINS84.166711,428.57
STEDMAN84.1667672.27
WILLIAMS73.64585.08
BRITTON73.6458205.88
JONES73.64583.22
DAVIES52.60425.12
BAKER42.08339.51
LLOYD42.083317.84
HAMMOND31.562527.45
JINKINS31.56251,666.67
BRUNT31.5625227.27
HATFIELD31.5625218.98
PRICE21.04175.95
OWEN21.04178.78
LEWIS21.04173.96
RUFF21.0417322.58
PHILLIPS21.04175.82
LESTER21.041766.23
BUFTON10.5208238.10
PARSONS10.52086.85
DUGGAN10.520868.03
SYMONS10.520837.88
LEEK10.5208107.53
COOPER10.52082.14
SMITH10.52080.37
STEPHENS10.52089.39
LANGFORD10.520833.11
CHILDS10.520828.33
JAMES10.52082.65
HARPER10.52088.14
WITHERS10.520831.75
EVANS10.52081.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAKINS0.1919211428.5714
JINKINS0.191921666.6667
STEDMAN0.19192672.2689
RUFF0.19192322.5806
BUFTON0.19192238.0952
BRUNT0.19192227.2727
HATFIELD0.19192218.9781
BRITTON0.19192205.8824
VAUGHAN0.19192183.2061
LEEK0.19192107.5269
DUGGAN0.1919268.0272
LESTER0.1919266.2252
REES0.1919259.8802
SYMONS0.1919237.8788
GRIFFITHS0.1919235.0095
LANGFORD0.1919233.1126
WITHERS0.1919231.7460
MORRIS0.1919230.4165
CHILDS0.1919228.3286
HAMMOND0.1919227.4474
LLOYD0.1919217.8412
HUGHES0.1919214.8699
THOMAS0.1919212.6215
BAKER0.191929.5080
STEPHENS0.191929.3897
OWEN0.191928.7758
HARPER0.191928.1367
PARSONS0.191926.8540
PRICE0.191925.9524
PHILLIPS0.191925.8224
DAVIES0.191925.1198
WILLIAMS0.191925.0754
LEWIS0.191923.9620
JONES0.191923.2191
JAMES0.191922.6518
COOPER0.191922.1413
EVANS0.191921.1919
SMITH0.191920.3689

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 192 people called DAKINS in Stapleton 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 11428.5714 in Stapleton means that 11428.5714% of the people in Stapleton on census day were called DAKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAKINS 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 DAKINS 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 DAKINS 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 DAKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Stapleton means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAKINS in Stapleton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stapleton in 1881

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

BADLAND (4)  BAKER (4)  BRITTON (7)  BRUNT (3)  BUFTON (1)  CHILDS (1)  COOPER (1)  DAKINS (8)  DAKINS (?) (1)  DAVIES (5)  DUGGAN (1)  EVANS (1)  GITTUS (2)  GRIFFITHS (11)  HAMMOND (3)  HARPER (1)  HATFIELD (3)  HUGHES (8)  SHUNT OR HUNT (2)  JAMES (1)  JINKINS (3)  JONES (7)  LEEK (1)  LANGFORD (1)  LEWIS (2)  LESTER (2)  LLOYD (4)  MEDLECLOTT (8)  MEREDITHE (1)  MORRIS (13)  OWEN (2)  PARSONS (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRIECE (1)  PRICE (2)  RADNOR (2)  REES (10)  RESTAL (2)  RUFF (2)  SYMONS (1)  SMITH (1)  STEDMAN (8)  STEPHENS (1)  STRANGWOOD (1)  SWACOTT (2)  SWANCOTT (SWACOTT) (10)  THOMAS (10)  VAUGHAN (12)  WASTON (?) (2)  WILLIAMS (7)  WITHERS (1)  RIN (2)