Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holdfast Queenshill, Worcestershire

Holdfast Queenshill is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
PROSSER158.1522520.83
BAYLISS147.6087600.86
TANDY115.97831,264.37
BROWN105.43488.24
JONES94.89134.32
STONE94.891367.67
CREESE94.89132,903.23
FOWLER84.347876.12
CONN84.34781,568.63
PERKS73.8043364.58
BISHOP63.260946.66
WALKER63.26099.74
HUMPHRIES52.7174120.77
HOLDER42.1739161.94
ALLARD42.1739615.38
WATKINS42.173935.87
ROBERTS42.17395.78
DAVIS42.17399.89
BULLOCK31.630450.08
SMITH31.63041.15
HERMAN31.6304909.09
LEA31.630482.64
PULLEY21.0870645.16
MUSTOE21.0870769.23
SEYMOUR21.087053.19
DAY21.087011.55
SHAY10.5435526.32
DANIELS10.543517.30
WHITING10.543528.25
TURNER10.54351.95
HICKS10.543512.99
MASEY10.5435769.23
THOMAS10.54351.32
CORDLE10.54352,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CREESE2,903.2394.8913
CORDLE2,000.0010.5435
CONN1,568.6384.3478
TANDY1,264.37115.9783
HERMAN909.0931.6304
MASEY769.2310.5435
MUSTOE769.2321.0870
PULLEY645.1621.0870
ALLARD615.3842.1739
BAYLISS600.86147.6087
SHAY526.3210.5435
PROSSER520.83158.1522
PERKS364.5873.8043
HOLDER161.9442.1739
HUMPHRIES120.7752.7174
LEA82.6431.6304
FOWLER76.1284.3478
STONE67.6794.8913
SEYMOUR53.1921.0870
BULLOCK50.0831.6304
BISHOP46.6663.2609
WATKINS35.8742.1739
WHITING28.2510.5435
DANIELS17.3010.5435
HICKS12.9910.5435
DAY11.5521.0870
DAVIS9.8942.1739
WALKER9.7463.2609
BROWN8.24105.4348
ROBERTS5.7842.1739
JONES4.3294.8913
TURNER1.9510.5435
THOMAS1.3210.5435
SMITH1.1531.6304

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called CREESE in Holdfast Queenshill 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 4.8913 in Holdfast Queenshill means that 4.8913% of the people in Holdfast Queenshill on census day were called CREESE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CREESE 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 CREESE 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 CREESE 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 CREESE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,903.23 in Holdfast Queenshill means that you are 2,903.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CREESE in Holdfast Queenshill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holdfast Queenshill in 1881

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

ALLARD (4)  BEARCROFT (2)  BAYLISS (14)  BAYLEYS (1)  BISHOP (6)  BROWN (10)  BULLOCK (3)  CONN (8)  CLEVELY (4)  CORDLE (1)  CREESE (9)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIS (4)  DAY (2)  FOWLER (8)  HERMAN (3)  HICKS (1)  HOLDER (4)  HUMPHRIES (5)  HUSSELL (4)  JONES (9)  LEA (3)  MASEY (1)  MUSTOE (2)  PERKS (7)  PHILLPOTS (1)  PULLEY (2)  PROSSER (15)  ROBERTS (4)  ROWBERRY (1)  SEYMOUR (2)  SHAY (1)  SMITH (3)  STONE (9)  TANDY (11)  THOMAS (1)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (6)  WASLEY (6)  WATKINS (4)  WHITING (1)