Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rouse Lench, Worcestershire

Rouse Lench 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
STANLEY206.7568175.75
BALLARD186.0811405.41
HARWARD144.729710,000.00
HEMMING144.7297534.35
SMITH134.39193.11
MILLS124.054131.26
COLLINS113.716225.90
OSBORNE103.378470.77
PARTINGTON93.0405214.29
WILKINS93.040568.81
SKINNER82.702753.26
JORDAN72.364953.52
MALIN72.3649714.29
BROOKES62.027086.33
HUNT62.027015.26
WALTERS62.027042.52
MANSELL51.6892144.51
DAVIS41.35146.15
SHEWARD41.35141,052.63
BURFORD41.3514242.42
GREEN41.35144.80
HARRIS41.35145.32
SALISBURY41.3514136.05
BUNN41.3514138.41
STALLARD41.3514305.34
HAY41.351436.83
HALFORD41.3514181.82
GILBERT31.013517.79
PARDOE31.0135205.48
WILTSHIRE31.013575.95
TANDY31.0135212.77
HOWELL31.013524.04
COWLEY31.013555.15
RAND20.6757172.41
SOUTHAM20.6757161.29
FRYER20.675736.43
GOUGH20.675723.04
MILLINGTON20.675744.64
TOWNER10.3378126.58
JACKSON10.33781.21
STEPHENS10.33786.09
MORRIS10.33781.52
HODGES10.337811.52
COOPER10.33781.39
LAWRANCE10.337851.81
WHITE10.33781.05
POCOCK10.337832.05
BELCHER10.337828.01
JOBSON10.337857.47
DAVIES10.33780.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARWARD10,000.00144.7297
SHEWARD1,052.6341.3514
MALIN714.2972.3649
HEMMING534.35144.7297
BALLARD405.41186.0811
STALLARD305.3441.3514
BURFORD242.4241.3514
PARTINGTON214.2993.0405
TANDY212.7731.0135
PARDOE205.4831.0135
HALFORD181.8241.3514
STANLEY175.75206.7568
RAND172.4120.6757
SOUTHAM161.2920.6757
MANSELL144.5151.6892
BUNN138.4141.3514
SALISBURY136.0541.3514
TOWNER126.5810.3378
EDGINGTON123.4610.3378
STRIDE96.1510.3378
BROOKES86.3362.0270
WILTSHIRE75.9531.0135
OSBORNE70.77103.3784
WILKINS68.8193.0405
JOBSON57.4710.3378
MORRISS55.2510.3378
COWLEY55.1531.0135
JORDAN53.5272.3649
SKINNER53.2682.7027
LAWRANCE51.8110.3378
MILLINGTON44.6420.6757
WALTERS42.5262.0270
HAY36.8341.3514
FRYER36.4320.6757
POCOCK32.0510.3378
MILLS31.26124.0541
BEASLEY31.1510.3378
BELCHER28.0110.3378
COLLINS25.90113.7162
HOWELL24.0431.0135
GOUGH23.0420.6757
LANGFORD21.5110.3378
GILBERT17.7931.0135
HUNT15.2662.0270
HODGES11.5210.3378
DAVIS6.1541.3514
STEPHENS6.0910.3378
HARRIS5.3241.3514
GREEN4.8041.3514
SMITH3.11134.3919

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called HARWARD in Rouse Lench 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 4.7297 in Rouse Lench means that 4.7297% of the people in Rouse Lench on census day were called HARWARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARWARD 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 HARWARD 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 HARWARD 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 HARWARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 10,000.00 in Rouse Lench means that you are 10,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARWARD in Rouse Lench than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rouse Lench in 1881

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

BALLARD (18)  BEASLEY (1)  BELCHER (1)  BROOKES (6)  BUNN (4)  BURFORD (4)  CARELESS (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLLINS (11)  COOPER (1)  CURNOCK (10)  COWLEY (3)  DAVIS (4)  DAVIES (1)  EDGINGTON (1)  FRYER (2)  GILBERT (3)  JORDAN (7)  GOUGH (2)  GREEN (4)  HALFORD (4)  HARRIS (4)  HARWARD (14)  HAY (4)  HIDEN (2)  HEMMING (14)  HODGES (1)  HOLTOM (4)  HOWELL (3)  HUNT (6)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (1)  JOBSON (1)  LANGFORD (1)  LANGSTONE (1)  LAWRANCE (1)  LYES (3)  LLOYD (1)  MALIN (7)  MANSELL (5)  MILLINGTON (2)  MILLS (12)  MORRISS (1)  MORRIS (1)  OSBORNE (10)  PARTINGTON (9)  POCOCK (1)  PARDOE (3)  RAND (2)  SALISBURY (4)  SHAILER (4)  SHEWARD (4)  SKELDING (6)  SKINNER (8)  SMITH (13)  SOLLISS (1)  SOUTHAM (2)  STALLARD (4)  STANLEY (20)  STEPHENS (1)  STRIDE (1)  TANDY (3)  TOWNER (1)  WALTERS (6)  WHITE (1)  WILKINS (9)  WILSON (1)  WILTSHIRE (3)