Top surnames from the 1881 census in Vowchurch, Herefordshire

Vowchurch 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
WILLIAMS206.15388.57
JONES175.23084.62
DAVIES154.61549.07
MADDOX123.6923722.89
WILDING103.0769261.78
FOWLER92.769248.49
WOOD92.76928.69
GIBBONS82.461576.56
TURNER72.15387.74
JENKINS72.153818.28
MELLIN72.15383,181.82
JAMES72.153810.96
PROSSER61.8462117.88
PRICE61.846210.55
COOKE61.846233.44
MORGAN51.53857.74
IRELAND51.538566.31
CHRISTOPHER51.5385261.78
PIKES51.538516,666.67
STATHAM51.5385265.96
WATKINS51.538525.39
MEEK51.5385132.28
JOHNSON41.23083.66
YOUNG41.23085.73
MAPP30.9231476.19
LLOYD30.92317.91
PUGH30.923124.15
POWELL30.92317.40
SMITH30.92310.65
LAYTON20.615476.92
SYMES20.615483.33
WILSON20.61541.34
HARVEY20.61545.76
GRIFFITHS20.61543.76
CHESHIRE20.615480.00
LEWIS20.61542.34
BRYAN10.307712.39
GWILLIM10.3077303.03
PITT10.307714.41
ARNOLD10.30775.71
GARRETT10.307713.55
ELLIOTT10.30773.63
HOSKINS10.307731.55
REYNOLDS10.30773.55
BROOKES10.307713.11
KEIR10.307761.73
THOMAS10.30770.75
HUGHSTON10.307710,000.00
HOPE10.30779.04
WILLMOTT10.307749.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PIKES0.3332516666.6667
HUGHSTON0.3332510000.0000
MELLIN0.333253181.8182
BECHER0.333251428.5714
MADDOX0.33325722.8916
MAPP0.33325476.1905
LONGFIELD0.33325322.5806
GWILLIM0.33325303.0303
STATHAM0.33325265.9574
WILDING0.33325261.7801
CHRISTOPHER0.33325261.7801
PENDRY0.33325250.0000
MEEK0.33325132.2751
PROSSER0.33325117.8782
SYMES0.3332583.3333
CHESHIRE0.3332580.0000
LAYTON0.3332576.9231
GIBBONS0.3332576.5550
IRELAND0.3332566.3130
KEIR0.3332561.7284
WILLMOTT0.3332549.0196
FOWLER0.3332548.4914
COOKE0.3332533.4448
HOSKINS0.3332531.5457
WATKINS0.3332525.3936
PUGH0.3332524.1546
JENKINS0.3332518.2768
HATTON0.3332515.6740
PITT0.3332514.4092
GARRETT0.3332513.5501
BROOKES0.3332513.1062
BRYAN0.3332512.3916
HOWELLS0.3332512.0627
JAMES0.3332510.9649
PRICE0.3332510.5485
DAVIES0.333259.0739
HOPE0.333259.0416
WOOD0.333258.6915
WINTER0.333258.6730
WILLIAMS0.333258.5668
LLOYD0.333257.9051
TURNER0.333257.7374
MORGAN0.333257.7363
POWELL0.333257.4001
HARVEY0.333255.7637
YOUNG0.333255.7290
ARNOLD0.333255.7078
JONES0.333254.6186
GRIFFITHS0.333253.7608
JOHNSON0.333253.6630

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 325 people called PIKES in Vowchurch 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 16666.6667 in Vowchurch means that 16666.6667% of the people in Vowchurch 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 0.33 in Vowchurch means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PIKES in Vowchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Vowchurch in 1881

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

ARNOLD (1)  BADHAM (4)  BECHER (1)  BEDOW (1)  BERRINGTON (2)  BEAVAN (13)  BROOKES (1)  BRYAN (1)  BOWKETT (4)  CHESHIRE (2)  CHRISTOPHER (5)  COOKE (6)  DAVIES (15)  ELLIOTT (1)  FENCOTT (1)  FLETCHER (1)  FOWLER (9)  GARRETT (1)  GIBBONS (8)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HANCORN (7)  HARRIS (1)  HARVEY (2)  HATTON (1)  HOPE (1)  HOSKINS (1)  HUGHSTON (1)  HOWELLS (1)  IRELAND (5)  JAMES (7)  JENKINS (7)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (17)  KEIR (1)  LONGFIELD (1)  LAYTON (2)  LEWIS (2)  LLOYD (3)  MADDOX (12)  MAPP (3)  MEEK (5)  MELLIN (7)  MORGAN (5)  MURSKLEY (1)  PENDRY (1)  PIKES (5)  PITT (1)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (6)  PROSSER (6)  PUGH (3)  REYNOLDS (1)  SEABORNE (11)  SYMES (2)  SKYRME (39)  SMITH (3)  STATHAM (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TURNER (7)  WATKINS (5)  WYBOURNE (1)  WILDING (10)  WILLIAMS (20)  GWILLIM (1)  WILLMOTT (1)  WILSON (2)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (9)  YOUNG (4)