Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Kyre, Worcestershire

Little Kyre is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Worcestershire

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
POTTER107.8125120.48
JAMES75.468827.84
TURNER75.468819.65
MEEK64.6875402.68
THOMAS64.687511.36
HARRIS64.687518.44
BENBOW53.9063980.39
TOWN53.9063793.65
WOOD53.906312.26
HANSON43.125096.85
WYER43.12501,481.48
TYLER43.1250105.82
COLLIER43.125093.46
TEAGUE43.1250555.56
DORRELL32.34381,304.35
TAYLOR32.34383.66
SMITH32.34381.66
PREECE32.3438144.23
FINNEY21.5625180.18
COOKE21.562528.33
HEWITT21.562532.10
PUGH21.562540.90
WILLIAMS10.78131.09
PAGETT10.7813312.50
RYDER10.781345.05
POUND10.7813163.93
STANTON10.781339.22
HAMILTON10.781310.42
EVANS10.78131.79
MARKS10.781338.17
GRIFFITHS10.78134.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYER1,481.4843.1250
DORRELL1,304.3532.3438
BENBOW980.3953.9063
TOWN793.6553.9063
TEAGUE555.5643.1250
MEEK402.6864.6875
PAGETT312.5010.7813
FINNEY180.1821.5625
POUND163.9310.7813
PREECE144.2332.3438
POTTER120.48107.8125
TYLER105.8243.1250
HANSON96.8543.1250
COLLIER93.4643.1250
RYDER45.0510.7813
PUGH40.9021.5625
STANTON39.2210.7813
MARKS38.1710.7813
HEWITT32.1021.5625
COOKE28.3321.5625
JAMES27.8475.4688
TURNER19.6575.4688
HARRIS18.4464.6875
WOOD12.2653.9063
THOMAS11.3664.6875
HAMILTON10.4210.7813
GRIFFITHS4.7710.7813
TAYLOR3.6632.3438
EVANS1.7910.7813
SMITH1.6632.3438
WILLIAMS1.0910.7813

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called WYER in Little Kyre 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 3.1250 in Little Kyre means that 3.1250% of the people in Little Kyre on census day were called WYER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYER 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 WYER 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 WYER 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 WYER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,481.48 in Little Kyre means that you are 1,481.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYER in Little Kyre than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Kyre in 1881

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

BADHAM (1)  BENBOW (5)  COLLIER (4)  COOKE (2)  DALLOW (9)  DORRELL (3)  EVANS (1)  FINNEY (2)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HANSON (4)  HARRIS (6)  HEWITT (2)  JAMES (7)  KEYSELL (1)  LYNASS (2)  MARKS (1)  MEEK (6)  PAGETT (1)  POOTON (9)  POTTER (10)  POUND (1)  PREECE (3)  PUGH (2)  RYDER (1)  SMITH (3)  STANTON (1)  TAYLOR (3)  TEAGUE (4)  THOMAS (6)  TOWN (5)  TURNER (7)  TYLER (4)  WYER (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (5) 

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