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 Berry, with 85 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
201	Berry	85	0.070%	0.89x
202	Gittins	85	0.070%	11.51x
203	Pullen	84	0.070%	5.33x
204	Nicholas	83	0.070%	3.55x
205	Page	83	0.070%	0.87x
206	Rawlings	83	0.070%	4.74x
207	Baggott	82	0.070%	23.56x
208	Bannister	82	0.070%	3.96x
209	Butler	82	0.070%	0.70x
210	Cale	82	0.070%	33.44x
211	Colley	82	0.070%	5.40x
212	Hart	82	0.070%	0.80x
213	Jordan	82	0.070%	1.55x
214	Ruck	82	0.070%	26.69x
215	Barrett	81	0.070%	1.01x
216	Gunter	81	0.070%	19.27x
217	Baylis	80	0.070%	6.37x
218	Greenway	80	0.070%	8.98x
219	Norman	80	0.070%	1.44x
220	Arrowsmith	79	0.070%	8.51x
221	Burton	78	0.070%	0.76x
222	Gwillim	78	0.070%	63.52x
223	Hicks	78	0.070%	1.56x
224	Chandler	77	0.060%	2.00x
225	Bowkett	76	0.060%	45.24x
226	Griffin	76	0.060%	1.35x
227	Handley	76	0.060%	3.76x
228	West	76	0.060%	0.66x
229	East	75	0.060%	4.03x
230	Goodwin	75	0.060%	1.19x
231	Kings	75	0.060%	32.33x
232	Marfell	74	0.060%	79.40x
233	Minton	74	0.060%	18.25x
234	Rollings	74	0.060%	19.91x
235	Southall	74	0.060%	8.15x
236	Stokes	74	0.060%	1.46x
237	Groves	73	0.060%	2.17x
238	Harding	73	0.060%	0.84x
239	Bird	72	0.060%	0.79x
240	Magness	72	0.060%	90.46x
241	Thompson	72	0.060%	0.20x
242	Arnold	71	0.060%	1.10x
243	Foster	71	0.060%	0.44x
244	Stone	71	0.060%	0.82x
245	Bounds	70	0.060%	39.59x
246	Day	70	0.060%	0.62x
247	Gregg	70	0.060%	8.30x
248	Poulton	70	0.060%	7.28x
249	Gardener	68	0.060%	3.16x
250	Richardson	68	0.060%	0.33x
251	Winter	68	0.060%	1.60x
252	Coleman	67	0.060%	1.12x
253	Daniel	67	0.060%	2.53x
254	Gardiner	67	0.060%	1.95x
255	Poole	67	0.060%	1.16x
256	Prichard	67	0.060%	6.09x
257	Shaw	67	0.060%	0.30x
258	Hammond	66	0.060%	0.97x
259	Mutlow	66	0.060%	87.78x
260	Phipps	66	0.060%	3.72x
261	Watts	66	0.060%	0.66x
262	Apperley	65	0.050%	48.22x
263	Dyer	65	0.050%	1.40x
264	Holloway	65	0.050%	1.77x
265	Humphries	65	0.050%	2.41x
266	Jennings	65	0.050%	1.07x
267	Nott	65	0.050%	7.69x
268	Stallard	65	0.050%	12.30x
269	Biggs	64	0.050%	2.83x
270	Bosley	64	0.050%	22.76x
271	Bowcott	64	0.050%	65.84x
272	Christopher	64	0.050%	9.08x
273	Ellis	64	0.050%	0.37x
274	Philpott	64	0.050%	6.97x
275	Amos	63	0.050%	3.20x
276	Downes	63	0.050%	4.25x
277	Godwin	63	0.050%	4.06x
278	Halford	63	0.050%	7.06x
279	Ravenhill	63	0.050%	32.34x
280	Bethell	62	0.050%	14.03x
281	Stedman	62	0.050%	8.34x
282	Walton	62	0.050%	0.74x
283	Lambert	61	0.050%	0.93x
284	Terry	61	0.050%	1.99x
285	Derry	60	0.050%	11.36x
286	Rowberry	60	0.050%	66.09x
287	South	60	0.050%	5.31x
288	Wilding	60	0.050%	4.26x
289	Burgoyne	59	0.050%	11.28x
290	Carless	59	0.050%	18.55x
291	Dobbs	59	0.050%	7.29x
292	Hadley	59	0.050%	3.62x
293	Robins	59	0.050%	2.32x
294	Archer	58	0.050%	1.17x
295	Barrell	58	0.050%	12.76x
296	Lilwall	58	0.050%	120.86x
297	Stead	58	0.050%	2.37x
298	Yeomans	58	0.050%	5.87x
299	Eckley	57	0.050%	114.02x
300	Gwatkin	57	0.050%	74.62x