Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wigmore, Herefordshire

Wigmore 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
DAVIES215.03609.90
HUGHES184.316515.40
WATKINS174.076767.27
PREECE153.5971221.24
WILLIAMS153.59715.01
HILL143.357313.18
JONES122.87772.54
GRIFFITHS102.398114.65
PRINCE92.158395.44
BURGOYNE92.1583494.51
OWENS81.918538.63
REYNOLDS71.678719.38
HAYNES71.678747.04
BOWEN71.678740.60
MORRIS61.43886.46
STEAD61.438870.34
COOKE61.438826.08
MORGAN61.43887.24
HARRISON61.43886.48
BARTON61.438826.63
MASON61.438810.70
LLOYD61.438812.32
BUFTON51.1990549.45
PEARCE51.199013.05
NOTT51.1990170.07
WARD51.19905.49
FAULKNER51.199044.25
POUND51.1990251.26
FOX51.199012.91
EVANS51.19902.74
PHILPOTTS51.19901,136.36
JAMES40.95924.88
ANTHONY40.959282.47
LEWIS40.95923.65
WILDSMITH40.9592449.44
TURNER40.95923.45
BRIGHT30.719435.59
FRANKLIN30.719421.66
BYWATER30.7194142.86
GREEN30.71942.55
PAYNE30.71947.99
HICKS30.719417.19
STEPHENS30.719412.96
GREENHOUSE20.4796512.82
CHANDLER20.479614.93
TRINGHAM20.47961,111.11
SYMONDS20.479639.76
WENT20.4796240.96
PYE20.479632.05
CARTWRIGHT20.479612.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHILPOTTS0.424171136.3636
TRINGHAM0.424171111.1111
MUSCOTT0.42417909.0909
SURRELL0.42417666.6667
BUFTON0.42417549.4505
GREENHOUSE0.42417512.8205
BURGOYNE0.42417494.5055
WILDSMITH0.42417449.4382
STAUNTON0.42417416.6667
LUTHER0.42417338.9831
POUND0.42417251.2563
WENT0.42417240.9639
PREECE0.42417221.2389
NOTT0.42417170.0680
BYWATER0.42417142.8571
MAPP0.42417125.0000
PRINCE0.4241795.4401
ANTHONY0.4241782.4742
ROLLINGS0.4241777.5194
STEAD0.4241770.3400
WATKINS0.4241767.2734
HAYNES0.4241747.0430
FAULKNER0.4241744.2478
BOWEN0.4241740.6032
SYMONDS0.4241739.7614
OWENS0.4241738.6287
LAVENDER0.4241738.1679
BRIGHT0.4241735.5872
BRUNT0.4241734.8432
PYE0.4241732.0513
PROBERT0.4241730.3951
CURRAN0.4241728.6533
KEELING0.4241727.4725
BARTON0.4241726.6312
COOKE0.4241726.0756
FRANKLIN0.4241721.6606
REYNOLDS0.4241719.3798
WILTSHIRE0.4241717.9856
HICKS0.4241717.1920
HUGHES0.4241715.4044
PROSSER0.4241715.3139
CHANDLER0.4241714.9254
GRIFFITHS0.4241714.6542
HILL0.4241713.1814
PEARCE0.4241713.0514
STEPHENS0.4241712.9646
FOX0.4241712.9132
CARTWRIGHT0.4241712.5865
LLOYD0.4241712.3229
CRANE0.4241711.3636

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 417 people called PHILPOTTS in Wigmore 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 1136.3636 in Wigmore means that 1136.3636% of the people in Wigmore on census day were called PHILPOTTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Wigmore means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PHILPOTTS in Wigmore than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wigmore in 1881

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

ANTHONY (4)  BARRAR (3)  BARTON (6)  BENGRY (4)  BEAVAN (3)  BOWEN (7)  BRADELY (1)  BRIGHT (3)  BRUNT (1)  BUFTON (5)  BULL (1)  BURGOYNE (9)  BYWATER (3)  CARTER (1)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CHANDLER (2)  CLARKE (1)  COOKE (6)  CRANE (1)  CROWTHER (1)  CURRAN (1)  DAVIES (21)  DIXON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (5)  FAWLKNER (3)  FAULKNER (5)  FOWLER (1)  FOX (5)  FRANCIS (1)  FRANKLIN (3)  GATEHOUSE (5)  GEORGE (2)  GITTUS (1)  GREEN (3)  GREENHOUSE (2)  GRIFFITHS (10)  GULLIFER (5)  GWYNNE (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRIS (2)  HARRISON (6)  HAYNES (7)  HICKS (3)  HIGGINS (2)  HILL (14)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (18)  JAMES (4)  JONDRELL (1)  JONES (12)  KEELING (1)  NOTT (5)  LANE (1)  LAVENDER (1)  LEWIS (4)  LLOYD (6)  LUTHER (2)  MAPP (1)  MASON (6)  MEDLICOTT (2)  MELLINGS (1)  MIDWINTER (1)  MYTTON (5)  MONNINGTON (2)  MORGAN (6)  MORRIS (6)  MUSCOTT (1)  OWENS (8)  PAYNE (3)  PEARCE (5)  PHILPOTTS (5)  PEARSEY (7)  POUND (5)  PREECE (15)  PRICE (1)  PRINCE (9)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (1)  PYE (2)  RADBURN (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROLLINGS (1)  SURRELL (1)  SYMONDS (2)  STAUNTON (2)  STEAD (6)  STEPHENS (3)  STRANGWARD (3)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (1)  TRINGHAM (2)  TURNER (4)  WARD (5)  WATKINS (17)  WEBB (2)  WENT (2)  WHITE (1)  WILDSMITH (4)  WILLIAMS (15)  GWILLAM (1)  WILSON (1)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WYNDE (6)  WRIGHT (1)