Top surnames from the 1881 census in Winforton, Herefordshire

Winforton 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
PRICE119.166752.38
WILLIAMS97.500010.44
PHILPOTTS86.66676,153.85
THOMAS75.833314.14
HARPER75.833391.15
PENNY65.0000280.37
DAVIES65.00009.83
LEWIS54.166715.85
POWELL54.166733.40
WILKINSON54.166727.31
PROSSER43.3333212.77
EVAN32.50002,142.86
MORRIS32.500011.23
WEAVER32.500096.15
MERRICK32.5000337.08
HOLL32.50003,333.33
BOWEN21.666740.32
HILL21.66676.54
GODFREY21.666756.18
DELAHAY21.66673,333.33
WALL21.666747.62
EVANS21.66673.81
PARKER21.66678.76
LLOYD21.666714.28
TURNER21.66675.99
PHILLIPS21.66679.32
LANE10.833312.09
GOUGH10.833328.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHILPOTTS0.121206153.8462
DELAHAY0.121203333.3333
HOLL0.121203333.3333
EVAN0.121202142.8571
MERRICK0.12120337.0787
PENNY0.12120280.3738
PROSSER0.12120212.7660
WEAVER0.1212096.1538
HARPER0.1212091.1458
GODFREY0.1212056.1798
PRICE0.1212052.3810
WALL0.1212047.6190
BOWEN0.1212040.3226
POWELL0.1212033.4001
GOUGH0.1212028.4091
WILKINSON0.1212027.3075
LEWIS0.1212015.8479
LLOYD0.1212014.2755
THOMAS0.1212014.1357
LANE0.1212012.0919
MORRIS0.1212011.2317
WILLIAMS0.1212010.4408
DAVIES0.121209.8296
PHILLIPS0.121209.3153
PARKER0.121208.7642
HILL0.121206.5445
TURNER0.121205.9880
EVANS0.121203.8139

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 120 people called PHILPOTTS in Winforton 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 6153.8462 in Winforton means that 6153.8462% of the people in Winforton on census day were called PHILPOTTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS 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 PHILPOTTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Winforton means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PHILPOTTS in Winforton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Winforton in 1881

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

BEAVAN (2)  BOWEN (2)  DAVIES (6)  DELAHAY (2)  DOSSY (1)  EDGINTON (2)  EVAN (3)  EVANS (2)  GATEHOUSE (1)  GODFREY (2)  GOUGH (1)  HOLL (3)  HARPER (7)  HILL (2)  KERNOT (2)  LANE (1)  LEWIS (5)  LLOYD (2)  MERRICK (3)  MORRIS (3)  PARKER (2)  PENNY (6)  PHILLIPS (2)  PHILPOTTS (8)  POWELL (5)  PRICE (11)  PROSSER (4)  SEABORNE (1)  THOMAS (7)  TURNER (2)  WALL (2)  WARGEN (1)  WEAVER (3)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLIAMS (9) 

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