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 Martin, with 159 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
101	Martin	159	0.130%	0.54x
102	Payne	159	0.130%	1.47x
103	King	158	0.130%	0.61x
104	Ward	158	0.130%	0.60x
105	Fletcher	156	0.130%	1.14x
106	Parsons	155	0.130%	1.70x
107	Wilson	155	0.130%	0.28x
108	Newman	154	0.130%	1.73x
109	Vale	153	0.130%	17.88x
110	Godsall	152	0.130%	104.68x
111	Brace	150	0.130%	21.80x
112	Moss	149	0.120%	2.02x
113	Collins	148	0.120%	0.86x
114	Clayton	146	0.120%	2.24x
115	Harper	146	0.120%	1.90x
116	Gough	145	0.120%	4.13x
117	Bayliss	144	0.120%	9.50x
118	Bullock	143	0.120%	3.67x
119	Allen	142	0.120%	0.63x
120	Gibbons	141	0.120%	3.66x
121	Rudge	138	0.120%	14.69x
122	Gurney	137	0.110%	10.98x
123	Bray	134	0.110%	3.33x
124	Bufton	134	0.110%	51.30x
125	Oakley	134	0.110%	5.28x
126	Robinson	132	0.110%	0.35x
127	Gwilliam	130	0.110%	28.51x
128	Haines	130	0.110%	4.69x
129	Russell	130	0.110%	0.89x
130	Barnett	127	0.110%	2.35x
131	Mapp	125	0.100%	54.16x
132	Brooks	124	0.100%	1.06x
133	Langford	123	0.100%	6.53x
134	Powles	123	0.100%	55.31x
135	Corbett	122	0.100%	5.20x
136	Lee	121	0.100%	0.62x
137	Passey	121	0.100%	47.12x
138	Howard	120	0.100%	1.02x
139	Spencer	120	0.100%	1.10x
140	Mayo	119	0.100%	12.92x
141	Nicholls	119	0.100%	1.90x
142	Farmer	117	0.100%	3.13x
143	Hyde	116	0.100%	3.15x
144	Whiting	116	0.100%	5.03x
145	Skyrme	115	0.100%	105.71x
146	Field	114	0.100%	1.91x
147	Fox	114	0.100%	1.03x
148	Harrison	114	0.100%	0.43x
149	Hopkins	114	0.100%	1.58x
150	Barnes	113	0.090%	0.78x
151	Herbert	113	0.090%	2.53x
152	Mitchell	113	0.090%	0.47x
153	Gardner	111	0.090%	1.37x
154	Lowe	110	0.090%	1.23x
155	Barber	109	0.090%	1.51x
156	Haynes	109	0.090%	2.55x
157	Owen	109	0.090%	0.77x
158	Owens	109	0.090%	1.83x
159	Bedford	108	0.090%	3.80x
160	Philpotts	108	0.090%	85.72x
161	Hunt	107	0.090%	0.67x
162	Wheeler	107	0.090%	1.48x
163	Duggan	106	0.090%	11.56x
164	Ford	106	0.090%	0.91x
165	Grubb	105	0.090%	14.17x
166	Knight	104	0.090%	0.70x
167	Sirrell	104	0.090%	154.78x
168	Carpenter	103	0.090%	2.51x
169	Higgins	103	0.090%	1.70x
170	Llewellyn	102	0.090%	5.83x
171	Porter	102	0.090%	1.13x
172	Went	102	0.090%	43.00x
173	Maddox	101	0.080%	16.55x
174	Holland	100	0.080%	1.17x
175	Mills	99	0.080%	0.64x
176	Perks	99	0.080%	7.94x
177	Hope	98	0.080%	2.40x
178	Yapp	98	0.080%	41.81x
179	Chamberlain	97	0.080%	2.98x
180	Powis	96	0.080%	21.02x
181	Partridge	95	0.080%	3.04x
182	Freeman	94	0.080%	1.23x
183	Holder	94	0.080%	5.84x
184	Carter	92	0.080%	0.46x
185	Charles	92	0.080%	3.72x
186	Hardwick	92	0.080%	5.02x
187	Marshall	92	0.080%	0.46x
188	Maund	92	0.080%	37.96x
189	Dale	91	0.080%	1.80x
190	Pember	91	0.080%	79.28x
191	Summers	91	0.080%	2.71x
192	Cottrell	90	0.080%	8.44x
193	Meek	90	0.080%	6.46x
194	Wilks	90	0.080%	4.78x
195	Bridges	88	0.070%	4.62x
196	Dew	87	0.070%	12.47x
197	Hatton	87	0.070%	3.70x
198	Hawkins	87	0.070%	1.00x
199	Holmes	87	0.070%	0.60x
200	Woodyatt	87	0.070%	73.74x