Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ballingham, Herefordshire

Ballingham 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
JONES245.64714.99
POWELL174.000032.06
HALL153.529412.00
WOODHOUSE153.5294148.96
WILLIAMS143.29414.59
DAVIES122.82355.55
TERRY112.5882101.29
LEWIS112.58829.84
PROBERT112.5882328.36
PREECE112.5882159.19
JAMES92.117610.78
EVANS81.88244.31
PRICE81.882410.76
MEREDITH81.882493.13
LANE71.647123.90
MORRIS71.64717.40
EMBRY71.64713,888.89
WATKINS71.647127.18
PHILLIPS71.64719.21
VAUGHAN71.647148.28
STONES61.4118118.81
SMITH61.41181.00
DAVIS61.41186.42
HULBERT51.1765214.59
CLAYTON51.176521.64
FORD51.176512.08
YOUNG51.17655.48
MIDDLETON40.941217.93
PHAIR40.94122,000.00
MORGAN40.94124.73
MIHAL40.941240,000.00
BLEWITT30.7059315.79
GRIFFITHS30.70594.31
CRABB30.705968.03
BARRETT30.705910.51
BUCK30.705932.93
HOBBY30.7059566.04
DOWNS30.705939.68
BOUNDS30.7059476.19
ROBERTS30.70591.88
PARTRIDGE30.705927.03
BOOK30.70591,304.35
GOODE30.705954.55
NOURSE30.70591,666.67
REECE20.470653.91
JEFFRIES20.470637.52
PRITCHARD20.47068.74
WOODING20.4706108.11
POWIS20.4706123.46
WELLINGTON20.4706100.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MIHAL0.4342540000.0000
IBLE0.434255000.0000
EMBRY0.434253888.8889
PHAIR0.434252000.0000
NOURSE0.434251666.6667
BOOK0.434251304.3478
TELL0.43425909.0909
HOBBY0.43425566.0377
MATTEY0.43425500.0000
BOUNDS0.43425476.1905
PROBERT0.43425328.3582
BLEWITT0.43425315.7895
BATCH0.43425277.7778
HIGLEY0.43425277.7778
CAREW0.43425250.0000
HULBERT0.43425214.5923
PREECE0.43425159.1896
WOODHOUSE0.43425148.9573
GUNTER0.43425134.2282
HOLLINGS0.43425125.0000
POWIS0.43425123.4568
STONES0.43425118.8119
WOODING0.43425108.1081
TERRY0.43425101.2891
WELLINGTON0.43425100.0000
MEREDITH0.4342593.1315
CUTTER0.4342584.0336
CRABB0.4342568.0272
WINTERS0.4342555.5556
GOODE0.4342554.5455
REECE0.4342553.9084
LEY0.4342553.7634
CROCKETT0.4342550.0000
VAUGHAN0.4342548.2759
ROBERT0.4342548.0769
DOWNS0.4342539.6825
JEFFRIES0.4342537.5235
GREENAWAY0.4342537.4532
ROOK0.4342534.4828
BUCK0.4342532.9308
POWELL0.4342532.0634
WATKINS0.4342527.1845
PARTRIDGE0.4342527.0270
MOSELEY0.4342525.7732
LANE0.4342523.8989
CLAYTON0.4342521.6357
MIDDLETON0.4342517.9292
BULLOCK0.4342514.4613
FORD0.4342512.0773
HALL0.4342511.9971

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 425 people called MIHAL in Ballingham 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 40000.0000 in Ballingham means that 40000.0000% of the people in Ballingham on census day were called MIHAL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MIHAL 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 MIHAL 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 MIHAL 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 MIHAL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Ballingham means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MIHAL in Ballingham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ballingham in 1881

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

BADHAM (3)  BARRETT (3)  BATCH (1)  BEAVAN (2)  BIRD (2)  BLEWITT (3)  BOWDEN (1)  BOUNDS (3)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (3)  BOOK (3)  BULLOCK (2)  BUTLER (1)  CHARLES (1)  CHURCHHILL (4)  CLAYTON (5)  CRABB (3)  CROCKETT (1)  CUTTER (1)  DAVIS (6)  DAVIES (12)  DOWNS (3)  DYWOOD (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  EVANS (8)  PHAIR (4)  FISHER (1)  FORD (5)  GIBBONS (1)  GOODE (3)  GREENAWAY (1)  GRIFFITHS (3)  GRUB (1)  GUMRY (1)  GUNTER (2)  HALL (15)  HANCORN (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HIGLEY (1)  HOBBY (3)  HODGES (1)  HOLLINGS (2)  HULBERT (5)  IBLE (2)  EMBRY (7)  JAMES (9)  JEFFRIES (2)  JENKINS (2)  JONES (24)  CAREW (1)  LANE (7)  LEY (1)  LEWIS (11)  LLOYD (1)  LUCAS (1)  MATTEY (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MEADMORE (5)  MEREDITH (8)  MIDDLETON (4)  MIHAL (4)  MYNORS (1)  MORGAN (4)  MORRIS (7)  MOSELEY (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NOURSE (3)  PARTRIDGE (3)  PENBRIDGE (1)  PHILLIPS (7)  PYMBLE (2)  POWELL (17)  POWIS (2)  PREECE (11)  PRICE (8)  PRITCHARD (2)  PROBERT (11)  PUGH (1)  REECE (2)  ROBERTS (3)  ROBERT (1)  ROBINS (1)  ROOK (1)  SCABOURN (1)  SCUDAMORE (4)  SMITH (6)  SPENCER (1)  STAFFORD (1)  STONES (6)  SUFF (7)  TATNULL (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TELL (2)  TERRY (11)  THOMAS (2)  TOMKYNS (4)  TURNER (1)  THEIRS (6)  THAIRS (1)  VAUGHAN (7)  VERNILL (1)  WATKINS (7)  WELLINGTON (2)  WHEELER (2)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (14)  WINTERS (1)  WOODHOLE (4)  WOODHOUSE (15)  WOODING (2)  YOUNG (5) 

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