Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton St Michael, Herefordshire

Sutton St Michael 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
JENKINS926.4706224.44
DAWE411.76471,333.33
GRAVES38.8235576.92
PARRY25.882477.22
HODGES25.8824200.00
GIBBS12.941259.88
WATKINS12.941248.54
BAKER12.941213.42
PORTMAN12.94121,666.67
GRIFFITHS12.941217.99
SMITH12.94122.08
BETHELL12.9412769.23
POWELL12.941223.58
NASH12.941263.69
HALL12.941210.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PORTMAN0.03341666.6667
DAWE0.03341333.3333
BETHELL0.0334769.2308
GRAVES0.0334576.9231
JENKINS0.0334224.4389
HODGES0.0334200.0000
PARRY0.033477.2201
NASH0.033463.6943
GIBBS0.033459.8802
WATKINS0.033448.5437
POWELL0.033423.5849
GRIFFITHS0.033417.9856
BAKER0.033413.4228
HALL0.033410.0000
SMITH0.03342.0829

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 34 people called PORTMAN in Sutton St Michael 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 1666.6667 in Sutton St Michael means that 1666.6667% of the people in Sutton St Michael on census day were called PORTMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PORTMAN 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 PORTMAN 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 PORTMAN 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 PORTMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Sutton St Michael means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PORTMAN in Sutton St Michael than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sutton St Michael in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BETHELL (1)  CUGLEY (1)  DAWE (4)  GIBBS (1)  GRAVES (3)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALL (1)  HODGES (2)  JENKINS (9)  NASH (1)  PARRY (2)  PORTMAN (1)  POWELL (1)  SMITH (1)  TROOD (3)  WATKINS (1)