Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shobdon, Herefordshire

Shobdon 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
DAVIES184.74939.34
MORRIS164.221618.97
JONES123.16622.80
MORGAN102.638513.27
PREECE102.6385162.07
HOLLAND102.638537.06
EVANS102.63856.04
WATKINS92.374739.18
WILLIAMS92.37473.31
HANBURY92.37471,343.28
PEARCE92.374725.85
BRACE92.3747412.84
BAKER82.11089.63
ALLEN71.84709.78
PITT71.847086.42
LEGGE71.8470414.20
BOWEN71.847044.67
FLETCHER71.847016.18
TONG71.8470522.39
WATTS71.847022.03
WELLINGS61.5831461.54
WORTHING61.58312,068.97
IRELAND61.583168.18
SHUKER61.5831845.07
PULLING51.3193793.65
BRUCE51.319328.17
POWELL51.319310.58
PAYNE51.319314.66
LLOYD41.05549.04
BEDFORD41.055444.49
BEAUMONT41.055435.59
HUGHES41.05543.77
EDWARDS41.05543.79
PRICE30.79164.52
OLIVER30.791611.09
THOMAS30.79161.92
JORDAN30.791617.91
PROBERT30.7916100.33
HARDWICK30.791651.72
ARROWSMITH30.7916102.04
TOMPSON30.7916370.37
HARPER30.791612.37
MILLER20.52772.95
STEADMAN20.527785.84
SHENTON20.527782.64
STOKES20.527712.50
SMITH20.52770.37
SEAGRAVE20.5277392.16
NASH20.527711.45
TAYLOR20.52770.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORTHING0.383792068.9655
HANBURY0.383791343.2836
SHUKER0.38379845.0704
PULLING0.38379793.6508
TONG0.38379522.3881
WELLINGS0.38379461.5385
LEGGE0.38379414.2012
BRACE0.38379412.8440
SEAGRAVE0.38379392.1569
TOMPSON0.38379370.3704
PREECE0.38379162.0746
DINGLE0.38379120.4819
HARBER0.38379114.9425
ARROWSMITH0.38379102.0408
PROBERT0.38379100.3344
BOTTOM0.3837999.0099
PITT0.3837986.4198
STEADMAN0.3837985.8369
ROLLINGS0.3837984.7458
SHENTON0.3837982.6446
HARFORD0.3837981.3008
HAMBLY0.3837980.6452
EXTON0.3837978.7402
IRELAND0.3837968.1818
LEAKE0.3837964.1026
KEAY0.3837961.7284
FULCHER0.3837952.0833
HARDWICK0.3837951.7241
BOWEN0.3837944.6713
BEDFORD0.3837944.4939
MERRETT0.3837943.2900
WATKINS0.3837939.1815
HOLLAND0.3837937.0645
BEAUMONT0.3837935.5872
LANGFORD0.3837933.5570
CLIFF0.3837930.2115
DENHAM0.3837929.9401
HIGGS0.3837928.9436
BRUCE0.3837928.1690
OVERTON0.3837927.1739
RICKETTS0.3837927.1739
HIGGINSON0.3837926.3852
PEARCE0.3837925.8472
MILLWARD0.3837923.4742
WATTS0.3837922.0264
MORRIS0.3837918.9663
JORDAN0.3837917.9104
GLEDHILL0.3837917.7936
RUDD0.3837916.7224
FLETCHER0.3837916.1775

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 379 people called WORTHING in Shobdon 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 2068.9655 in Shobdon means that 2068.9655% of the people in Shobdon on census day were called WORTHING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORTHING 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 WORTHING 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 WORTHING 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 WORTHING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Shobdon means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORTHING in Shobdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shobdon in 1881

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

ALLEN (7)  ARROWSMITH (3)  BAKER (8)  BANKS (1)  BEAUMONT (4)  BEDFORD (4)  BERRY (1)  BOTTOM (1)  BOWEN (7)  BRACE (9)  BRUCE (5)  CLIFF (1)  O'CONNOR (2)  DAVIES (18)  DAVIS (1)  DENHAM (1)  DINGLE (2)  DYER (1)  EDWARDS (4)  EVANS (10)  EXALL (1)  EXTON (1)  FARMER (1)  FLETCHER (7)  FRANCIS (1)  FRISCHKNECHT (1)  FULCHER (1)  GALLIERS (1)  GLEDHILL (1)  JORDAN (3)  HALL (1)  HAMBLY (1)  HANBURY (9)  HARDWICK (3)  HARFORD (1)  HARPER (3)  HARRIS (1)  HARBER (1)  HERRIOTTS (1)  HIGGINSON (1)  HIGGS (2)  HOLLAND (10)  HOLMES (1)  HUGHES (4)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUNT (1)  IRELAND (6)  JAMES (1)  JAUNCEY (3)  JONES (12)  KEAY (1)  LEAKE (1)  LANGFORD (2)  LEGGE (7)  LEWIS (1)  LILWALL (6)  LITTLE (1)  LLOYD (4)  LOWTH (1)  MERRETT (1)  MASON (1)  MILLER (2)  MILLWARD (1)  MONNINGTON (4)  MORGAN (10)  MORRIS (16)  NASH (2)  OLIVER (3)  OVERTON (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  PAYNE (5)  PEARCE (9)  PITT (7)  POSTENS (1)  POWELL (5)  PREECE (10)  PRICE (3)  PROBERT (3)  PULLING (5)  RANSLEY (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RICKETTS (1)  ROLLINGS (1)  RUDD (1)  SEAGRAVE (2)  SHENTON (2)  SHUKER (6)  SMITH (2)  STEADMAN (2)  STEPHENS (1)  STOKES (2)  STRANGWARD (8)  STRANGWOOD (1)  TANNER (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (3)  TOMPSON (3)  TONG (7)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALL (2)  WALTON (1)  WATKINS (9)  WATTS (7)  WELLINGS (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WETHERSBREY (1)  WHEELER (1)  WILLIAMS (9)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WORTHING (6)  YATES (1) 

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