Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornbury, Herefordshire

Thornbury 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
SMITH156.38304.52
PRATT145.9574103.70
GRUBB114.6809758.62
BORTON93.82983,913.04
ALLARD83.4043963.86
MOUND83.40434,444.44
MORRIS83.404315.29
EVANS83.40437.79
HARDY72.978749.72
BERRY62.553232.17
LEA62.5532129.31
TOMKINS52.1277204.92
MOORE52.127710.64
PERRY52.127728.94
FINCH52.127763.94
DEW52.1277364.96
WOOD52.12776.68
BISHOP41.702124.36
NASH41.702136.90
POWELL41.702113.64
BULLOCK41.702152.29
PAYNE31.276614.18
COLDWELL31.2766291.26
MASON31.27669.49
WHITTALL31.2766625.00
HANSON31.276639.58
WELLS31.276615.35
MASSEY31.276649.92
JACKSON20.85113.05
BROWNE20.851146.51
HYDE20.851127.66
WILLIAMS20.85111.18
BRAY20.851125.32
LANGFORD20.851154.20
ANDREWS20.85118.88
HILL20.85113.34
SPEAKE20.8511555.56
COOPER20.85113.50
PHILLIPS20.85114.76
WATKINS20.851114.04
DAVIES10.42550.84
YEOMANS10.425551.55
WILSON10.42550.93
HADLEY10.425531.25
FRAMPTON10.425554.05
LANSFORD10.425510,000.00
WARNER10.425511.67
DOWNS10.425523.92
PASSEY10.4255200.00
TART10.4255357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANSFORD0.2423510000.0000
MOUND0.242354444.4444
BORTON0.242353913.0435
ALLARD0.24235963.8554
GRUBB0.24235758.6207
WHITTALL0.24235625.0000
SPEAKE0.24235555.5556
DEW0.24235364.9635
TART0.24235357.1429
COLDWELL0.24235291.2621
CHEESE0.24235285.7143
BLISSETT0.24235285.7143
TOMKINS0.24235204.9180
WILDSMITH0.24235200.0000
PASSEY0.24235200.0000
BOSLEY0.24235181.8182
LYNES0.24235163.9344
LEA0.24235129.3103
PRATT0.24235103.7037
TURLEY0.2423578.7402
FINCH0.2423563.9386
LANGFORD0.2423554.2005
FRAMPTON0.2423554.0541
BULLOCK0.2423552.2876
YEOMANS0.2423551.5464
MASSEY0.2423549.9168
HARDY0.2423549.7159
BROWNE0.2423546.5116
HANSON0.2423539.5778
NASH0.2423536.9004
GROVE0.2423536.3636
BERRY0.2423532.1716
HADLEY0.2423531.2500
PERRY0.2423528.9352
HYDE0.2423527.6625
PREECE0.2423526.1780
BRAY0.2423525.3165
BISHOP0.2423524.3605
DOWNS0.2423523.9234
CORBETT0.2423521.7391
PITT0.2423519.9203
MILNER0.2423518.5529
WELLS0.2423515.3453
MORRIS0.2423515.2934
PAYNE0.2423514.1844
WATKINS0.2423514.0449
POWELL0.2423513.6426
WARNER0.2423511.6686
MOORE0.2423510.6406
MASON0.242359.4937

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 235 people called LANSFORD in Thornbury 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 10000.0000 in Thornbury means that 10000.0000% of the people in Thornbury on census day were called LANSFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANSFORD 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 LANSFORD 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 LANSFORD 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 LANSFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Thornbury means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANSFORD in Thornbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornbury in 1881

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

ALLARD (8)  AMISS (1)  ANDREWS (2)  BERRY (6)  BISHOP (4)  BLISSETT (1)  BOSLEY (1)  BRAY (2)  BROWNE (2)  BULLOCK (4)  BORTON (9)  COLDWELL (3)  CHEESE (1)  CHILDE (3)  COOPER (2)  CORBETT (1)  CORFIELD (1)  DAVIES (1)  DEW (5)  DOWNS (1)  EVANS (8)  FINCH (5)  FRAMPTON (1)  GROVE (1)  GRUBB (11)  HADLEY (1)  HALL (1)  HANSON (3)  HARDY (7)  HILL (2)  HORSNETT (2)  HYDE (2)  JACKSON (2)  LANGFORD (2)  LANSFORD (1)  LEA (6)  LYNES (1)  LYCETT (4)  MASON (3)  MASSEY (3)  MILNER (1)  MOORE (5)  MORRIS (8)  MOUND (8)  MAUND (1)  NASH (4)  PASSEY (1)  PARKER (1)  PAYNE (3)  PEARCE (1)  PERRY (5)  PHILLIPS (2)  PITT (1)  POOTTON (1)  POWELL (4)  PRATT (14)  PREECE (1)  SMITH (15)  SPEAKE (2)  STRANGWARD (6)  TART (1)  TOMKINS (5)  TURLEY (1)  WARNER (1)  WATKINS (2)  WELLS (3)  WHITTALL (3)  WILDSMITH (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (5)  WOODWARD (1)  YEOMANS (1)