Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Dewchurch, Herefordshire

Little Dewchurch 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
JONES195.79275.11
PRITCHARD144.268379.28
LEWIS133.963415.07
WILLIAMS103.04884.24
BRACE103.0488531.91
VAUGHAN103.048889.37
LLOYD92.743923.50
WAGSTAFF92.7439220.59
PREECE92.7439168.54
WALTERS92.743957.54
COOPER82.439010.03
WALKER82.43907.29
CLARK82.43908.11
PROSSER82.4390155.64
BEVAN82.439099.75
GREENWAY72.1341286.89
SYMONDS72.1341177.22
PUGH61.829347.89
WEBB61.829313.50
THOMAS61.82934.43
GUNTER61.8293521.74
REECE61.8293209.06
HIGGS51.524483.61
HARRIS51.52446.00
HERRING41.2195119.05
POWELL30.91467.33
HARPER30.914614.29
TYLER30.914630.99
EVANS30.91462.09
PIERCE30.914662.24
SIMKINS30.9146294.12
MOXLEY30.91461,428.57
DRINKWATER20.609861.73
ANDREWS20.60986.36
SOUTHERN20.609866.01
GRIFFITHS20.60983.73
BOSWORTH20.6098103.63
TAYLOR20.60980.95
DOBBINS20.6098338.98
SMITH20.60980.43
MILES20.609810.34
JACKSON20.60982.18
PROBERT10.304938.61
BAYLISS10.304924.10
LANGFORD10.304919.38
TERRY10.304911.93
NICHOLS10.30499.35
SEAL10.304942.19
BROWN10.30490.46
MORGAN10.30491.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOXLEY0.333281428.5714
BRACE0.33328531.9149
GUNTER0.33328521.7391
GWYN0.33328370.3704
DOBBINS0.33328338.9831
SIMKINS0.33328294.1176
GREENWAY0.33328286.8852
WAGSTAFF0.33328220.5882
REECE0.33328209.0592
PINCH0.33328181.8182
SYMONDS0.33328177.2152
PREECE0.33328168.5393
GITTINGS0.33328158.7302
PROSSER0.33328155.6420
BASKERVILLE0.33328128.2051
HERRING0.33328119.0476
MACKLIN0.33328108.6957
BOSWORTH0.33328103.6269
BEVAN0.3332899.7506
VAUGHAN0.3332889.3655
HIGGS0.3332883.6120
PRITCHARD0.3332879.2752
SOUTHERN0.3332866.0066
PIERCE0.3332862.2407
DRINKWATER0.3332861.7284
WALTERS0.3332857.5448
PUGH0.3332847.8851
SEAL0.3332842.1941
PROBERT0.3332838.6100
TYLER0.3332830.9917
BAYLISS0.3332824.0964
LLOYD0.3332823.4987
LANGFORD0.3332819.3798
ASHLEY0.3332818.2149
LEWIS0.3332815.0742
HARPER0.3332814.2857
WEBB0.3332813.4953
BRYAN0.3332812.2850
TERRY0.3332811.9332
MILES0.3332810.3359
COOPER0.3332810.0263
NICHOLS0.333289.3545
BRAY0.333289.0662
CLARK0.333288.1144
POWELL0.333287.3314
WALKER0.333287.2860
ANDREWS0.333286.3633
HARRIS0.333285.9981
FOWLER0.333285.3390
JONES0.333285.1148

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 328 people called MOXLEY in Little Dewchurch 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 1428.5714 in Little Dewchurch means that 1428.5714% of the people in Little Dewchurch on census day were called MOXLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOXLEY 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 MOXLEY 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 MOXLEY 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 MOXLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Little Dewchurch means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOXLEY in Little Dewchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Dewchurch in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  ASHLEY (1)  BASKERVILLE (1)  BAYLISS (1)  BEVAN (8)  BOSWORTH (2)  BRACE (10)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (1)  BRYAN (1)  CE...TRE (1)  CLARK (8)  COOPER (8)  DALLOW (10)  DAVIS (1)  DIGWOOD (2)  DOBBINS (2)  DRINKWATER (2)  EVANS (3)  FOWLER (1)  FROGGATT (6)  GARROLD (4)  GITTINGS (1)  GREENWAY (7)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GUNTER (6)  GWYN (1)  HARPER (3)  HARRIS (5)  HARTLAND (19)  HERRING (4)  HIGGS (5)  JACKSON (2)  JONES (19)  LANGFORD (1)  LEWIS (13)  LLOYD (9)  MAYLETT (4)  MACKLIN (1)  MILES (2)  MORGAN (1)  MOXLEY (3)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLS (1)  PIERCE (3)  PINCH (1)  POWELL (3)  PREECE (9)  PRIDY (4)  PRITCHARD (14)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (8)  PUGH (6)  REECE (6)  SEAL (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SIMKINS (3)  SYMONDS (7)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHERN (2)  TAYLOR (2)  TERRY (1)  THOMAS (6)  TOWNSHEND (7)  TYLER (3)  VAUGHAN (10)  WAGSTAFF (9)  WALKER (8)  WALTERS (9)  WEBB (6)  WILLIAMS (10) 

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