Top surnames from the 1881 census in Much Birch, Herefordshire

Much Birch 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
JONES326.06065.35
MORGAN234.356121.90
COOKE173.219758.34
WATKINS142.651543.75
CLARKE142.651513.09
DAVIES132.46214.84
WILLIAMS122.27273.16
HILL122.27278.92
PORTER122.272730.29
MORRIS112.08339.36
ROOK112.0833304.71
ANDREWS112.083321.74
PREECE101.8939116.41
PARRY101.893924.89
DYKES101.8939275.48
THOMAS101.89394.59
ADDIS91.7045497.24
POWELL91.704513.66
OLIVER91.704523.89
JENKINS81.515212.86
MARSH81.515221.24
SMITH71.32580.94
STAPLETON71.3258132.08
RAWLINSON71.3258111.11
GRUBB71.3258214.07
HULL61.136454.35
WOODWARD61.136423.03
TOMPKINS61.1364131.58
BRINE61.1364372.67
HIGGS50.947051.98
LEWIS50.94703.60
LLOYD50.94708.11
NORRIS50.947022.05
GREEN50.94703.36
WHITEHORN50.9470490.20
MUMBY50.9470331.13
PHIPPS40.757651.22
MATTHEWS40.75768.68
PRITCHARD40.757614.07
GREENING40.7576136.05
MEREDITH40.757637.49
PHILLIPS40.75764.23
HARDWICK40.757649.57
WEST40.75767.87
PRICE40.75764.33
PLUMER30.5682769.23
EMBRY30.56821,363.64
PRIDDY30.5682447.76
BANKES30.5682909.09
MEEK30.568248.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARTLESS0.535282000.0000
EMBRY0.535281363.6364
BANKES0.53528909.0909
ROULSTON0.53528833.3333
PLUMER0.53528769.2308
VERRY0.53528714.2857
STINCHCOMB0.53528555.5556
ADDIS0.53528497.2376
WHITEHORN0.53528490.1961
PRIDDY0.53528447.7612
BRINE0.53528372.6708
MUMBY0.53528331.1258
ROOK0.53528304.7091
DYKES0.53528275.4821
GRUBB0.53528214.0673
VIZARD0.53528200.0000
PEMBER0.53528196.0784
GREENING0.53528136.0544
MACKLIN0.53528135.1351
STAPLETON0.53528132.0755
TOMPKINS0.53528131.5789
PREECE0.53528116.4144
COLWELL0.53528116.2791
PINCH0.53528112.3596
RAWLINSON0.53528111.1111
BROOMFIELD0.5352884.5070
CUTTER0.5352867.5676
YORKE0.5352859.1716
COOKE0.5352858.3391
HULL0.5352854.3478
GUNTER0.5352854.0541
HIGGS0.5352851.9751
PHIPPS0.5352851.2164
HARDWICK0.5352849.5663
MEEK0.5352848.8599
MANSELL0.5352848.6224
WILLETT0.5352848.0769
WITHAM0.5352847.3934
WATKINS0.5352843.7500
LIGHTFOOT0.5352840.8719
MEREDITH0.5352837.4883
PORTER0.5352830.2877
SOUTHALL0.5352825.0000
PARRY0.5352824.8880
OLIVER0.5352823.8917
LAYTON0.5352823.6407
DANCE0.5352823.6407
WOODWARD0.5352823.0326
NORRIS0.5352822.0459
MORGAN0.5352821.9048

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 528 people called HARTLESS in Much Birch 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 2000.0000 in Much Birch means that 2000.0000% of the people in Much Birch on census day were called HARTLESS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARTLESS 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 HARTLESS 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 HARTLESS 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 HARTLESS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Much Birch means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARTLESS in Much Birch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Much Birch in 1881

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

ANDREWS (11)  ASHLEY (1)  BADHAM (1)  BAKER (1)  BANKES (3)  BARRELLS (2)  BENNETT (2)  BEAVAN (7)  BOND (1)  BRINE (6)  BROOKS (2)  BROOMFIELD (3)  BURTON (2)  COLWELL (2)  CLARKE (14)  CLARK (1)  COLCOMB (2)  COLEMAN (1)  COOKE (17)  COOPER (2)  CROMPTON (1)  CROSS (1)  CUTTER (1)  DANCE (1)  DAVIES (13)  DYKES (10)  DYER (1)  ADDIS (9)  EVANS (1)  FRAITE (1)  FRANCIS (3)  GILLETT (1)  GOUGH (1)  GREEN (5)  GREENING (4)  GRUBB (7)  GUNTER (1)  GUY (1)  GWYNNE (1)  HALL (1)  HARDWICK (4)  HARRIS (2)  HARTLESS (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HIGGS (5)  HILL (12)  HULL (6)  HOOK (1)  EMBRY (3)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINS (8)  JONES (32)  KEMEYS (7)  KINNERSLEY (5)  LAYTON (1)  LEWIS (5)  LIGHTFOOT (3)  LLOYD (5)  MANSELL (3)  MARFELL (8)  MARSH (8)  MATTHEWS (4)  MACKLIN (2)  MEEK (3)  MEREDITH (4)  MINETT (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MORGAN (23)  MORRIS (11)  MUMBY (5)  N. (1)  NORRIS (5)  OAKLEY (1)  OLIVER (9)  PEARSON (1)  PEMBER (1)  PARRY (10)  PHILLIPS (4)  PHIPPS (4)  PINCH (1)  PLUMER (3)  PORTER (12)  POWELL (9)  PREECE (10)  PRICE (4)  PRIDDY (3)  PRITCHARD (4)  RAWLINSON (7)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROULSTON (2)  ROOK (11)  ROWLEY (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SMITH (7)  SOUTHALL (1)  STAPLETON (7)  STATTARD (2)  STINCHCOMB (1)  TEDMAN (6)  THOMAS (10)  TOMPKINS (6)  TOWNSEND (1)  TRAHEARN (2)  TURNER (1)  VERRY (1)  VIZARD (1)  WALL (1)  WARGENT (3)  WITHERSTONE (2)  WATKINS (14)  WELSH (1)  WEST (4)  WHEELER (2)  WHITEHORN (5)  WITHAM (1)  WILLETT (2)  WILLIAMS (12)  WINTER (2)  WOODWARD (6)  YORKE (1) 

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