Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bredenbury, Herefordshire

Bredenbury 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
BALDWIN78.3333195.53
WILLIAMS67.14299.94
BRAY44.7619141.84
GUYOTT44.7619
SHEWARD44.76193,636.36
HARINGTON33.571415,000.00
SMITH33.57142.53
WOOD33.571411.21
WEAVER22.381091.74
ROGERS22.381018.33
POOLE22.381049.38
DAVIES22.38104.68
BURNETT11.190543.10
HODGES11.190540.65
ACKERS11.1905666.67
SPENCER11.190513.04
GREEN11.19054.23
DOWNES11.190596.15
WOODMAN11.1905107.53
COLE11.190513.07
LOCKINGTON11.19055,000.00
UNSWORTH11.1905103.09
GILLAM11.1905312.50
READ11.190518.45
WOODHOUSE11.190550.25
MORGAN11.19055.99
CAWOOD11.1905500.00
WHITE11.19053.70
LANE11.190517.27
SWAIN11.190561.73
EMERY11.190554.64
PREECE11.190572.99
COOPER11.19054.89
LONGS11.190510,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARINGTON0.088415000.0000
LONGS0.088410000.0000
LOCKINGTON0.08845000.0000
SHEWARD0.08843636.3636
ACKERS0.0884666.6667
CAWOOD0.0884500.0000
GILLAM0.0884312.5000
BALDWIN0.0884195.5307
BRAY0.0884141.8440
WOODMAN0.0884107.5269
UNSWORTH0.0884103.0928
DOWNES0.088496.1538
WEAVER0.088491.7431
PREECE0.088472.9927
SWAIN0.088461.7284
EMERY0.088454.6448
WOODHOUSE0.088450.2513
POOLE0.088449.3827
BURNETT0.088443.1034
HODGES0.088440.6504
READ0.088418.4502
ROGERS0.088418.3318
LANE0.088417.2712
COLE0.088413.0719
SPENCER0.088413.0378
WOOD0.088411.2108
WILLIAMS0.08849.9437
MORGAN0.08845.9880
COOPER0.08844.8948
DAVIES0.08844.6806
GREEN0.08844.2283
WHITE0.08843.7037
SMITH0.08842.5295
GUYOTT0.0884

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 84 people called HARINGTON in Bredenbury 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 15000.0000 in Bredenbury means that 15000.0000% of the people in Bredenbury on census day were called HARINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARINGTON 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 HARINGTON 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 HARINGTON 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 HARINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.08 in Bredenbury means that you are 0.08 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARINGTON in Bredenbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bredenbury in 1881

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

ACKERS (1)  BALDWIN (7)  BARNEBY (8)  BRAY (4)  BURNETT (1)  CAWOOD (1)  COLE (1)  COOPER (1)  DAVIES (2)  DECIE (1)  DOWNES (1)  ELLEMENT (4)  EMERY (1)  GILLAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GUYOTT (4)  HARINGTON (3)  HODGES (1)  LANE (1)  LOCKINGTON (1)  LONGS (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOULEY (1)  MC NICOLL (4)  PHILPOTS (1)  POOLE (2)  PREECE (1)  READ (1)  ROGERS (2)  SHEWARD (4)  SMITH (3)  SPENCER (1)  STRYNNE (1)  SWAIN (1)  UNSWORTH (1)  WEAVER (2)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WOOD (3)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODMAN (1) 

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