Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rowlstone, Herefordshire

Rowlstone 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
WATKINS2015.5039255.75
WILLIAMS1813.953519.42
JONES1813.953512.32
PROSSER107.7519495.05
THOMAS86.201615.03
DAVIES86.201612.19
GWILLIM75.42645,384.62
JAMES43.100815.79
FLUCK43.10082,857.14
PRICE43.100817.71
KENNEDY32.325638.56
PARRY32.325630.55
PRITCHARD21.550428.78
MEREDITH21.550476.63
WALL21.550444.35
PROTHERO21.5504869.57
EVANS10.77521.77
NICHOLLS10.775214.84
BARRELL10.7752204.08
GRIFFITHS10.77524.74
PREECE10.775247.62
MORGAN10.77523.90
ROGERS10.77525.97
HUGHES10.77522.77
CLARKE10.77523.83
JOHNSON10.77522.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GWILLIM0.131295384.6154
FLUCK0.131292857.1429
PROTHERO0.13129869.5652
PROSSER0.13129495.0495
WATKINS0.13129255.7545
BARRELL0.13129204.0816
MEREDITH0.1312976.6284
PREECE0.1312947.6190
WALL0.1312944.3459
KENNEDY0.1312938.5604
PARRY0.1312930.5499
PRITCHARD0.1312928.7770
WILLIAMS0.1312919.4238
PRICE0.1312917.7148
JAMES0.1312915.7853
THOMAS0.1312915.0291
NICHOLLS0.1312914.8368
JONES0.1312912.3203
DAVIES0.1312912.1914
ROGERS0.131295.9701
GRIFFITHS0.131294.7371
MORGAN0.131293.8986
CLARKE0.131293.8256
HUGHES0.131292.7663
JOHNSON0.131292.3073
EVANS0.131291.7740

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 129 people called GWILLIM in Rowlstone 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 5384.6154 in Rowlstone means that 5384.6154% of the people in Rowlstone on census day were called GWILLIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GWILLIM 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 GWILLIM 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 GWILLIM 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 GWILLIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Rowlstone means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GWILLIM in Rowlstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rowlstone in 1881

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

BOWKETT (2)  BARRELL (1)  CLARKE (1)  DAVIES (8)  EVANS (1)  FLUCK (4)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GWATKIN (1)  HODDELL (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (18)  KENNEDY (3)  MEREDITH (2)  MORGAN (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  PARRY (3)  PREECE (1)  PRICE (4)  PRITCHARD (2)  PROSSER (10)  PROTHERO (2)  ROGERS (1)  THOMAS (8)  WALL (2)  WATKINS (20)  WILLIAMS (18)  GWILLIM (7) 

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