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 Hartland, with 57 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
301	Hartland	57	0.050%	10.83x
302	Phelps	57	0.050%	4.79x
303	Tedstone	57	0.050%	97.60x
304	Caldicott	56	0.050%	23.57x
305	Daniels	56	0.050%	1.49x
306	Daw	56	0.050%	6.75x
307	Hull	56	0.050%	2.24x
308	Steele	56	0.050%	1.75x
309	Teague	56	0.050%	8.26x
310	Treherne	56	0.050%	58.34x
311	Bradley	55	0.050%	0.57x
312	Hargest	55	0.050%	61.39x
313	Nutt	55	0.050%	6.35x
314	Wadley	55	0.050%	23.71x
315	Wigley	55	0.050%	7.24x
316	Jauncey	54	0.050%	81.83x
317	Underwood	54	0.050%	1.67x
318	Atkins	53	0.040%	1.18x
319	Bond	53	0.040%	0.84x
320	Dallow	53	0.040%	35.43x
321	Dutson	53	0.040%	43.73x
322	Floyd	53	0.040%	4.65x
323	Holt	53	0.040%	0.66x
324	Husbands	53	0.040%	43.45x
325	Norris	53	0.040%	1.03x
326	Pulling	53	0.040%	26.82x
327	Seaborne	53	0.040%	51.56x
328	Yates	53	0.040%	0.64x
329	Ball	52	0.040%	0.53x
330	Birch	52	0.040%	1.06x
331	Chambers	52	0.040%	0.76x
332	Dobbins	52	0.040%	24.08x
333	Goodman	52	0.040%	1.49x
334	Hancox	52	0.040%	5.70x
335	Seabourne	52	0.040%	65.66x
336	Willis	52	0.040%	0.82x
337	Banks	51	0.040%	0.83x
338	Brain	51	0.040%	3.97x
339	Bruton	51	0.040%	12.64x
340	Gilbert	51	0.040%	0.75x
341	Hayward	51	0.040%	1.00x
342	Loyd	51	0.040%	10.84x
343	Bodenham	50	0.040%	52.31x
344	Carver	50	0.040%	4.61x
345	Greenhouse	50	0.040%	45.13x
346	Hayes	50	0.040%	0.67x
347	Hyett	50	0.040%	19.14x
348	Barker	49	0.040%	0.31x
349	Bradford	49	0.040%	2.10x
350	Galliers	49	0.040%	90.07x
351	Heath	49	0.040%	0.82x
352	Laurence	49	0.040%	2.88x
353	Mann	49	0.040%	0.78x
354	Pinches	49	0.040%	23.25x
355	Shepherd	49	0.040%	0.56x
356	Stinton	49	0.040%	21.92x
357	Elliott	48	0.040%	0.47x
358	Farley	48	0.040%	3.19x
359	Gibbs	48	0.040%	0.82x
360	Hancocks	48	0.040%	27.46x
361	Hiles	48	0.040%	17.70x
362	Knowles	48	0.040%	0.75x
363	Long	48	0.040%	0.62x
364	Ross	48	0.040%	0.37x
365	Tipton	48	0.040%	16.51x
366	Wilcox	48	0.040%	2.13x
367	Wilkes	48	0.040%	2.31x
368	Winney	48	0.040%	49.19x
369	Bassett	47	0.040%	2.51x
370	Bryan	47	0.040%	1.58x
371	Bubb	47	0.040%	15.05x
372	Giles	47	0.040%	1.03x
373	Gladwin	47	0.040%	10.44x
374	Joseph	47	0.040%	4.84x
375	Monnington	47	0.040%	145.11x
376	Pearson	47	0.040%	0.34x
377	Robbins	47	0.040%	2.51x
378	Baskerville	46	0.040%	16.24x
379	Beard	46	0.040%	1.46x
380	Church	46	0.040%	1.76x
381	Digwood	46	0.040%	205.45x
382	Gatehouse	46	0.040%	17.32x
383	Hobby	46	0.040%	31.08x
384	Howell	46	0.040%	0.91x
385	Lock	46	0.040%	1.35x
386	Mattey	46	0.040%	81.56x
387	Rock	46	0.040%	6.75x
388	Sandford	46	0.040%	5.39x
389	Whitney	46	0.040%	7.40x
390	Chadd	45	0.040%	52.82x
391	Hopton	45	0.040%	13.57x
392	Ingram	45	0.040%	1.23x
393	Kinnersley	45	0.040%	52.09x
394	Mailes	45	0.040%	102.27x
395	Potter	45	0.040%	0.58x
396	Sayce	45	0.040%	33.69x
397	Welsh	45	0.040%	0.95x
398	Wilkins	45	0.040%	0.85x
399	Berrow	44	0.040%	46.62x
400	Colcombe	44	0.040%	189.74x