Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolhope, Herefordshire

Woolhope 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
HARRIS334.423617.41
DAVIS233.083114.03
HODGES212.815095.98
POWELL202.681021.49
WILLIAMS202.68103.73
JONES202.68102.37
EDWARDS192.54699.14
BROWN172.27883.46
MAYO152.0107261.78
TAYLOR141.87672.93
POWIS141.8767492.96
TURNER131.74266.26
PRICE121.60869.19
MAILES111.47454,074.07
COX111.47459.73
GRIFFITHS101.34058.19
KNAPPER101.34051,149.43
SMITH101.34050.95
TRIGG91.2064214.80
MORGAN91.20646.07
LAWRENCE81.072416.51
LAW70.938320.74
VEAL70.9383153.51
GREEN70.93833.33
EVANS70.93832.15
EMBREY60.80431,176.47
ATWOOD60.8043441.18
GIBBONS60.804325.02
HUGHES60.80432.87
CLARK60.80432.68
HOLBROOK60.8043111.52
TOWNSEND60.804318.93
ROBERTS60.80432.14
LANE60.804311.67
PERRIN60.804378.64
HOOPER60.804318.99
PITT60.804337.64
HYDE50.670221.79
PETERS50.670219.11
JENKINS50.67025.69
RICHARDSON50.67023.94
PUGH50.670217.54
COOKE50.670212.14
SLADE40.536226.88
LILLEY40.536238.72
DUGGAN40.536270.05
DANCE40.536267.00
TIMMS40.536253.12
PREECE40.536232.95
HEARN40.536240.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEECE0.757466666.6667
MAILES0.757464074.0741
EMBREY0.757461176.4706
KNAPPER0.757461149.4253
POWIS0.75746492.9577
ATWOOD0.75746441.1765
MAYO0.75746261.7801
TRIGG0.75746214.7971
BURDOCK0.75746172.4138
VEAL0.75746153.5088
LAMBE0.75746142.8571
TYLOR0.75746135.1351
PACKWOOD0.75746132.4503
HOLBROOK0.75746111.5242
BENDALL0.75746110.2941
HODGES0.7574695.9781
PERRIN0.7574678.6370
MOULDS0.7574677.5194
TILL0.7574676.3359
FREER0.7574672.8155
RAMAGE0.7574671.5990
DUGGAN0.7574670.0525
DANCE0.7574667.0017
WOODING0.7574661.5385
BUFTON0.7574661.3497
STALLARD0.7574660.7903
HARDS0.7574658.8235
TIMMS0.7574653.1208
MAYS0.7574646.9484
NAPPER0.7574643.4783
HEARN0.7574640.5268
BRUTON0.7574639.8406
LILLEY0.7574638.7222
PITT0.7574637.6412
HALFORD0.7574636.0360
GLADWIN0.7574635.7143
PROBERT0.7574634.0136
PREECE0.7574632.9489
HOLDER0.7574629.9103
COATS0.7574629.6736
SLADE0.7574626.8817
EAST0.7574625.8621
PROSSER0.7574625.6630
OAKLEY0.7574625.3165
GIBBONS0.7574625.0209
GAMMON0.7574624.8756
TOVEY0.7574622.8833
HYDE0.7574621.7865
POWELL0.7574621.4915
BIGGS0.7574621.3371

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 746 people called MEECE in Woolhope 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 6666.6667 in Woolhope means that 6666.6667% of the people in Woolhope on census day were called MEECE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEECE 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 MEECE 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 MEECE 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 MEECE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Woolhope means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEECE in Woolhope than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolhope in 1881

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

APPERLEY (15)  ATWOOD (6)  BALDWIN (4)  BARNES (3)  BENDALL (3)  BEVAN (2)  BIGGS (3)  BIRD (1)  BREDFORD (3)  BRAY (1)  BROOKES (3)  BROWN (17)  BRUTON (1)  BUFTON (1)  BURCHER (2)  BURDOCK (1)  CARLESS (6)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (6)  COATS (1)  COLE (2)  COOKE (5)  COOLIN (COOLING) (2)  COOLING (5)  COOPER (4)  COPE (1)  COX (11)  CROSS (2)  DANCE (4)  DAVIS (23)  DYMES (1)  DREW (1)  DUGGAN (4)  EAST (3)  EDWARDS (19)  EVANS (7)  FARMER (2)  FARTEY (8)  FIANDER (5)  FORD (1)  FOX (2)  FREEMAN (1)  FREER (3)  GAMMON (1)  GARSTON (1)  GIBBONS (6)  GLADWYN (24)  GLADWIN (1)  GODSALL (2)  GORLE (1)  GREEN (7)  GRIFFITHS (10)  GROCOCK (1)  GRUNDY (1)  HALFORD (2)  HARDS (1)  HARRIS (33)  HARRISS (1)  HARTLAND (3)  HAWKINS (1)  HEARN (4)  HILL (1)  HODGES (21)  HOLBROOK (6)  HOLDER (3)  HOOPER (6)  HUGHES (6)  HYDE (5)  EMBREY (6)  JERVIS (1)  JARVIS (1)  JENKINS (5)  GINKS (4)  JONES (20)  KEATES (3)  LAMBE (1)  LANE (6)  LAW (7)  LAWRENCE (8)  LAWTON (3)  LILLEY (4)  LLOYD (2)  LOVERIGE (9)  MADOX (1)  MAILES (11)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAYS (2)  MEECE (2)  MAYO (15)  MILROSE (2)  MEREDITH (1)  MEREWETHER (1)  MOODY (1)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (9)  MORRIS (1)  MOULDS (1)  KNAPPER (10)  NAPPER (1)  NORTON (1)  OAKLEY (4)  PACKWOOD (2)  PARKER (1)  PARTRIDGE (3)  PATTERSON (1)  PAIN (1)  PECKNELL (6)  PERRIN (6)  PETERS (5)  PIPP (1)  PITT (6)  POCKNEL (5)  POPE (2)  POWELL (20)  POWELS (2)  POWIS (14)  PREECE (4)  PRICE (12)  PROBERT (2)  PROSSER (3)  PUGH (5)  RAMAGE (3)  REEDE (8)  RICHARDS (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  RICKLAND (1)  ROBERTS (6)  ROGERS (1)  ROWBERY (1)  SANDFORD (1)  SCOWSE (2)  SHEPPARD (2)  SLADE (4)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (10)  STAINSBY (1)  STALLARD (2)  SWIFT (1)  TAYLOR (14)  THOMAS (3)  TILL (4)  TIMMS (4)  TOOBY (4)  TOVEY (1)  TOWNSEND (6)  TRIGG (9)  TRILLOE (1)  TURNER (13)  TYLER (2)  TYLOR (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  VEAL (7)  WALKER (1)  WALL (3)  WALTERS (1)  WATKINS (2)  WILKS (1)  WILLIAMS (20)  GWILLIAM (1)  WOOD (2)  WOODING (2) 

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