Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sollershope, Herefordshire

Sollershope 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
JARVIS1113.2530295.70
DAVIS910.843449.34
POWELL67.228957.97
SADLER67.2289306.12
CARPENTER67.2289210.53
JONES56.02415.32
GAMMOND56.024125,000.00
TOWNSEND56.0241141.64
MATHEWS44.8193130.29
PRICE44.819327.53
PAIN44.8193533.33
BROWN22.40963.66
LILLY22.4096392.16
GEORGE22.409641.07
ANDREWS11.204812.58
OAKLEY11.204856.82
PINCH11.2048714.29
WILLIAMS11.20481.68
FISHER11.204810.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMMOND0.088325000.0000
PINCH0.0883714.2857
PAIN0.0883533.3333
LILLY0.0883392.1569
SADLER0.0883306.1224
JARVIS0.0883295.6989
CARPENTER0.0883210.5263
TOWNSEND0.0883141.6431
MATHEWS0.0883130.2932
POWELL0.088357.9710
OAKLEY0.088356.8182
DAVIS0.088349.3421
GEORGE0.088341.0678
PRICE0.088327.5292
ANDREWS0.088312.5786
FISHER0.088310.2987
JONES0.08835.3191
BROWN0.08833.6556
WILLIAMS0.08831.6773

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 83 people called GAMMOND in Sollershope 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 25000.0000 in Sollershope means that 25000.0000% of the people in Sollershope on census day were called GAMMOND.

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

All the surnames recorded in Sollershope in 1881

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

ACFORD (1)  ACKFORD (1)  ANDREWS (1)  BOTTLEY (1)  BROWN (2)  CARPENTER (6)  DAVIS (9)  FISHER (1)  GAMMOND (5)  GEORGE (2)  GOODCHAPE (1)  GURNERY (1)  JARVIS (11)  JONES (5)  LILLY (2)  MATHEWS (4)  OAKLEY (1)  PAIN (4)  PINCH (1)  POWELL (6)  PRICE (4)  SADLER (6)  TOWNSEND (5)  WHEATSTONE (2)  WILLIAMS (1) 

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