Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kenchester, Herefordshire

Kenchester 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
PICKLES1012.5000613.50
HUGHES810.000035.68
EVANS810.000022.88
DEE67.50002,222.22
DAVIES56.250012.29
GORE33.7500333.33
WRIGHT33.750011.69
PRICE33.750021.43
PARLER33.7500
HAMER33.7500200.00
DEAKINS22.50002,500.00
ORCHARD11.2500117.65
BOUND11.2500714.29
WATKINS11.250020.62
PUGH11.250032.68
BRAY11.250037.17
MATTHEWS11.250014.33
HEADLEY11.2500454.55
THOMAS11.25003.03
FRITH11.2500125.00
BRACE11.2500217.39
JONES11.25001.10
WEST11.250012.99
SMITH11.25000.89
POWELL11.250010.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEAKINS0.08802500.0000
DEE0.08802222.2222
BOUND0.0880714.2857
PICKLES0.0880613.4969
HEADLEY0.0880454.5455
GORE0.0880333.3333
BRACE0.0880217.3913
HAMER0.0880200.0000
FRITH0.0880125.0000
ORCHARD0.0880117.6471
BRAY0.088037.1747
HUGHES0.088035.6824
PUGH0.088032.6797
EVANS0.088022.8833
PRICE0.088021.4286
WATKINS0.088020.6186
MATTHEWS0.088014.3266
WEST0.088012.9870
DAVIES0.088012.2880
WRIGHT0.088011.6913
POWELL0.088010.0200
THOMAS0.08803.0294
JONES0.08801.1038
SMITH0.08800.8853
PARLER0.0880

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 80 people called DEAKINS in Kenchester 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 2500.0000 in Kenchester means that 2500.0000% of the people in Kenchester on census day were called DEAKINS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kenchester in 1881

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

APPERLEY (3)  BOUND (1)  BRACE (1)  BRAY (1)  DAVIES (5)  DEE (6)  DEAKINS (2)  EVANS (8)  FRITH (1)  GORE (3)  HAMER (3)  HEADLEY (1)  HUGHES (8)  JONES (1)  JOWITT (4)  KELLAS (2)  MATTHEWS (1)  ORCHARD (1)  PARLER (3)  PICKLES (10)  POSTINGS (1)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (3)  PUGH (1)  SMITH (1)  STAIT (2)  THOMAS (1)  WATKINS (1)  WEST (1)  WRIGHT (3) 

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