Top surnames from the 1881 census in Callow, Herefordshire

Callow 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
JONES1311.01699.73
POWELL108.474667.93
GILBERT97.6271133.93
PREECE97.6271468.75
HUGHES86.779724.20
GRIFFITHS86.779741.43
COOK86.779734.13
LEWIS75.932222.57
THOMAS54.237310.27
SAUNDERS54.237346.21
GUY32.5424116.28
CARTER32.542415.14
OLIVER21.694923.75
DOWNES21.6949136.99
TOMKINS21.6949163.93
MORGAN21.69498.52
BUTLER21.694917.38
CARPENTER10.847524.69
SMITH10.84750.60
HALL10.84752.88
ANGEL10.8475196.08
REES10.84759.74
MESSENGER10.8475109.89
COLAN10.84755,000.00
CALDWELL10.847554.05
SHEPHERD10.847511.56
ETHERIDGE10.8475142.86
DIMERY10.84753,333.33
MERRICK10.8475113.64
DREW10.847532.05
MILES10.847514.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COLAN0.121185000.0000
DIMERY0.121183333.3333
PREECE0.12118468.7500
ANGEL0.12118196.0784
TOMKINS0.12118163.9344
ETHERIDGE0.12118142.8571
DOWNES0.12118136.9863
GILBERT0.12118133.9286
GUY0.12118116.2791
MERRICK0.12118113.6364
MESSENGER0.12118109.8901
POWELL0.1211867.9348
CALDWELL0.1211854.0541
SAUNDERS0.1211846.2107
GRIFFITHS0.1211841.4293
COOK0.1211834.1297
DREW0.1211832.0513
CARPENTER0.1211824.6914
HUGHES0.1211824.1984
OLIVER0.1211823.7530
LEWIS0.1211822.5661
BUTLER0.1211817.3762
CARTER0.1211815.1439
MILES0.1211814.3678
SHEPHERD0.1211811.5607
THOMAS0.1211810.2690
REES0.121189.7371
JONES0.121189.7276
MORGAN0.121188.5215
HALL0.121182.8810
SMITH0.121180.6002

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called COLAN in Callow 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 5000.0000 in Callow means that 5000.0000% of the people in Callow on census day were called COLAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COLAN 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 COLAN 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 COLAN 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 COLAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Callow means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COLAN in Callow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Callow in 1881

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

ANGEL (1)  BEAVAN (2)  BUTLER (2)  CALDWELL (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CARTER (3)  COLCOMB (1)  COLAN (1)  COOK (8)  DIMERY (1)  DOWNES (2)  DREW (1)  ETHERIDGE (1)  GILBERT (9)  GRATLEY (1)  GRIFFITHS (8)  GUY (3)  HALL (1)  HUGHES (8)  JONES (13)  LEWIS (7)  MERRICK (1)  MESSENGER (1)  MILES (1)  MORGAN (2)  OLIVER (2)  POWELL (10)  PREECE (9)  REES (1)  SAUNDERS (5)  SHEPHERD (1)  SICKLEMORE (1)  SMITH (1)  THOMMAS (1)  THOMAS (5)  TOMKINS (2) 

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