1881 census county

Herefordshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Herefordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

4,640 surnames are listed for Herefordshire, covering 109,139 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 4,351 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Herefordshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Jones	4,351	3.63%	3.21x
2	Williams	3,376	2.82%	3.92x
3	Davies	2,883	2.41%	4.73x
4	Powell	2,026	1.69%	13.56x
5	Price	1,823	1.52%	8.70x
6	Smith	1,799	1.50%	1.06x
7	Lewis	1,741	1.45%	5.53x
8	Preece	1,584	1.32%	81.28x
9	Watkins	1,548	1.29%	21.33x
10	Evans	1,414	1.18%	2.70x
11	Morris	1,270	1.06%	4.76x
12	Thomas	1,084	0.900%	2.19x
13	Taylor	1,082	0.900%	1.41x
14	Griffiths	1,048	0.870%	5.35x
15	Edwards	944	0.790%	2.83x
16	Pritchard	846	0.710%	13.12x
17	Davis	843	0.700%	3.20x
18	Phillips	818	0.680%	3.82x
19	Hill	792	0.660%	2.60x
20	Harris	758	0.630%	2.49x
21	Lloyd	714	0.600%	5.10x
22	Prosser	693	0.580%	36.93x
23	Jenkins	614	0.510%	4.35x
24	Hughes	574	0.480%	1.71x
25	Brown	550	0.460%	0.70x
26	Parry	532	0.440%	5.84x
27	Lane	521	0.430%	6.31x
28	Hall	498	0.420%	1.41x
29	Turner	488	0.410%	1.46x
30	Pugh	456	0.380%	9.96x
31	Green	438	0.370%	1.30x
32	Roberts	431	0.360%	0.96x
33	Stephens	409	0.340%	6.15x
34	Hodges	400	0.330%	11.39x
35	Webb	391	0.330%	2.41x
36	Vaughan	385	0.320%	9.42x
37	Wood	385	0.320%	1.01x
38	Rogers	383	0.320%	2.46x
39	Mason	380	0.320%	2.36x
40	Cook	374	0.310%	1.57x
41	Weaver	368	0.310%	11.81x
42	Baker	362	0.300%	1.38x
43	Wall	359	0.300%	8.57x
44	Meredith	354	0.300%	14.63x
45	Probert	341	0.280%	36.09x
46	Beavan	329	0.270%	70.24x
47	Bowen	329	0.270%	6.64x
48	Cole	305	0.250%	2.80x
49	Matthews	305	0.250%	2.92x
50	Clarke	302	0.250%	1.24x
51	Bishop	283	0.240%	3.38x
52	Pitt	271	0.230%	10.59x
53	Lawrence	257	0.210%	3.30x
54	Bailey	255	0.210%	1.41x
55	Oliver	255	0.210%	2.98x
56	Johnson	254	0.210%	0.63x
57	Symonds	251	0.210%	17.39x
58	Reynolds	248	0.210%	2.39x
59	Richards	245	0.200%	1.35x
60	Woodhouse	236	0.200%	8.31x
61	Palmer	233	0.190%	1.65x
62	Saunders	232	0.190%	2.11x
63	Badham	231	0.190%	66.38x
64	Parker	227	0.190%	1.00x
65	Andrews	225	0.190%	1.96x
66	Perkins	218	0.180%	4.05x
67	Walker	217	0.180%	0.54x
68	Cooper	216	0.180%	0.74x
69	Baldwin	214	0.180%	4.19x
70	White	214	0.180%	0.56x
71	Bevan	212	0.180%	7.23x
72	Walters	212	0.180%	3.71x
73	Adams	209	0.170%	1.18x
74	Reece	208	0.170%	19.88x
75	Cox	206	0.170%	1.13x
76	Bennett	205	0.170%	1.04x
77	Cooke	205	0.170%	3.10x
78	Drew	200	0.170%	6.32x
79	Brookes	194	0.160%	6.90x
80	Tyler	193	0.160%	5.46x
81	Goode	191	0.160%	12.32x
82	Miles	191	0.160%	2.70x
83	Clark	186	0.160%	0.52x
84	Crump	184	0.150%	14.22x
85	Young	184	0.150%	0.72x
86	Moore	183	0.150%	0.76x
87	Baynham	180	0.150%	80.07x
88	Tomkins	176	0.150%	14.18x
89	George	173	0.140%	2.46x
90	Mathews	173	0.140%	3.91x
91	Addis	171	0.140%	41.75x
92	Jackson	171	0.140%	0.51x
93	Pearce	169	0.140%	1.54x
94	Jay	168	0.140%	16.04x
95	Wright	167	0.140%	0.43x
96	Farr	165	0.140%	9.28x
97	Howells	165	0.140%	5.40x
98	Hooper	161	0.130%	3.17x
99	Dance	160	0.130%	16.69x
100	Merrick	160	0.130%	18.00x