Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tedstone Wafer, Herefordshire

Tedstone Wafer 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
SHAW1113.924175.81
WEBB78.860865.36
HOVEY67.594915,000.00
BUFTON67.59493,529.41
KENNETT67.59491,363.64
DENNIS56.3291213.68
JENKINS56.329153.71
GRIFFITHS56.329138.67
MASON45.063337.66
MAPP45.06332,666.67
JOHNSON45.063315.07
PRITCHARD33.797570.59
STEPHEN33.7975215.83
BARRETT22.531637.66
COLLINGS11.2658106.38
JONES11.26581.12
TYLER11.265842.92
CARTER11.26587.54
GUNNER11.2658384.62
COOK11.26586.37
PRICE11.26587.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOVEY0.087915000.0000
BUFTON0.08793529.4118
MAPP0.08792666.6667
KENNETT0.08791363.6364
GUNNER0.0879384.6154
STEPHEN0.0879215.8273
DENNIS0.0879213.6752
COLLINGS0.0879106.3830
SHAW0.087975.8098
PRITCHARD0.087970.5882
WEBB0.087965.3595
JENKINS0.087953.7057
TYLER0.087942.9185
GRIFFITHS0.087938.6698
BARRETT0.087937.6648
MASON0.087937.6648
JOHNSON0.087915.0716
CARTER0.08797.5415
PRICE0.08797.2307
COOK0.08796.3735
JONES0.08791.1177

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 79 people called HOVEY in Tedstone Wafer 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 15000.0000 in Tedstone Wafer means that 15000.0000% of the people in Tedstone Wafer on census day were called HOVEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Tedstone Wafer in 1881

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

BARRETT (2)  BUFTON (6)  CARTER (1)  COOK (1)  DENNIS (5)  GRIFFITHS (5)  GUNNER (1)  HOVEY (6)  HUMPRES (1)  JENKINS (5)  JOHNSON (4)  JONES (1)  KENNETT (6)  MAPP (4)  MASON (4)  COLLINGS (1)  PRICE (1)  PRITCHARD (3)  SHAW (11)  STEPHEN (3)  TYLER (1)  WEBB (7) 

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