Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hatfield, Herefordshire

Hatfield 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
POWELL1410.071980.74
SHEPHERD96.474888.32
HALL75.036017.12
NUTT75.0360700.00
GRIFFITHS64.316526.37
WALL64.3165123.46
HILL53.597114.12
DUTSON53.59713,571.43
OWEN42.877724.24
BRICE42.8777347.83
TYLER42.877797.56
WINNEY42.87773,636.36
COLLIER32.158364.52
WEAVER32.158382.87
JONES32.15831.91
HOWELLS32.158384.51
BRIGHT32.1583106.76
HUNT21.438810.83
BEVAN21.438858.82
RICHARD21.4388166.67
PUGH21.438837.66
BRAY21.438842.83
TAYLOR21.43882.25
PREECE21.438888.50
MUNN21.4388200.00
BRADLEY10.71948.96
STEPHENS10.719412.97
BRACE10.7194125.00
SLEDGE10.71942,000.00
PASSEY10.7194333.33
CASWELL10.7194149.25
JENKINS10.71946.11
BOW10.7194312.50
WEBB10.71945.31
OWENS10.719414.49
VALE10.7194101.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINNEY0.141393636.3636
DUTSON0.141393571.4286
SLEDGE0.141392000.0000
NUTT0.14139700.0000
BRICE0.14139347.8261
PASSEY0.14139333.3333
BOW0.14139312.5000
MUNN0.14139200.0000
RICHARD0.14139166.6667
CASWELL0.14139149.2537
BRACE0.14139125.0000
WALL0.14139123.4568
BRIGHT0.14139106.7616
VALE0.14139101.0101
TYLER0.1413997.5610
PREECE0.1413988.4956
SHEPHERD0.1413988.3219
HOWELLS0.1413984.5070
WEAVER0.1413982.8729
POWELL0.1413980.7382
COLLIER0.1413964.5161
BEVAN0.1413958.8235
BRAY0.1413942.8266
PUGH0.1413937.6648
GRIFFITHS0.1413926.3736
OWEN0.1413924.2424
HALL0.1413917.1191
OWENS0.1413914.4928
HILL0.1413914.1243
STEPHENS0.1413912.9702
HUNT0.1413910.8342
BRADLEY0.141398.9606
JENKINS0.141396.1050
WEBB0.141395.3079
TAYLOR0.141392.2500
JONES0.141391.9057

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 139 people called WINNEY in Hatfield 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 3636.3636 in Hatfield means that 3636.3636% of the people in Hatfield on census day were called WINNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINNEY 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 WINNEY 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 WINNEY 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 WINNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Hatfield means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINNEY in Hatfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hatfield in 1881

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

BEVAN (2)  BOW (1)  BRACE (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAY (2)  BRIGHT (3)  BRICE (4)  BOWCOTT (1)  CASWELL (1)  COLLIER (3)  DUTSON (5)  AMYES (1)  GAROUT (8)  GLEGG (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HALL (7)  HILL (5)  HOWELLS (3)  HUNT (2)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (3)  NUTT (7)  MAGOR (1)  MUNN (2)  OWEN (4)  OWENS (1)  PASSEY (1)  PILLINER (1)  POWELL (14)  PREECE (2)  PUGH (2)  RICHARD (2)  SIRRILL (1)  SIRRELL (5)  SHEPHERD (9)  SLEDGE (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STRANGWARD (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TRESISE (1)  TYLER (4)  VALE (1)  VERNALS (1)  WALL (6)  WEBB (1)  WEAVER (3)  WINNEY (4) 

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