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 Strangward, with 36 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
501	Strangward	36	0.030%	58.07x
502	Bengough	35	0.030%	64.34x
503	Boulter	35	0.030%	5.77x
504	Bridgewater	35	0.030%	12.57x
505	Dawes	35	0.030%	2.15x
506	Dowding	35	0.030%	6.84x
507	Gundy	35	0.030%	68.91x
508	Manning	35	0.030%	0.92x
509	Medlicott	35	0.030%	19.06x
510	Simpson	35	0.030%	0.17x
511	Snead	35	0.030%	28.88x
512	Stevens	35	0.030%	0.28x
513	Tanner	35	0.030%	1.30x
514	Tompkins	35	0.030%	3.39x
515	Alford	34	0.030%	3.33x
516	Beaumont	34	0.030%	0.96x
517	Bowers	34	0.030%	1.56x
518	Broad	34	0.030%	2.23x
519	Maddy	34	0.030%	44.74x
520	Palfrey	34	0.030%	8.77x
521	Peters	34	0.030%	0.81x
522	Rouse	34	0.030%	1.98x
523	Scrivens	34	0.030%	9.50x
524	Tranter	34	0.030%	3.86x
525	Workman	34	0.030%	4.31x
526	Barrington	33	0.030%	8.47x
527	Bethel	33	0.030%	17.05x
528	Black	33	0.030%	0.43x
529	Bound	33	0.030%	15.22x
530	Bright	33	0.030%	1.36x
531	Burford	33	0.030%	4.93x
532	England	33	0.030%	1.34x
533	Griffits	33	0.030%	114.58x
534	Hook	33	0.030%	1.86x
535	Kennett	33	0.030%	4.95x
536	Link	33	0.030%	15.19x
537	Mansell	33	0.030%	2.36x
538	Mytton	33	0.030%	33.95x
539	Prothero	33	0.030%	15.45x
540	Vernall	33	0.030%	64.97x
541	Wharton	33	0.030%	1.97x
542	Cave	32	0.030%	1.86x
543	Counsell	32	0.030%	10.74x
544	Guy	32	0.030%	1.22x
545	Havard	32	0.030%	10.34x
546	Hudson	32	0.030%	0.33x
547	Law	32	0.030%	0.59x
548	Leach	32	0.030%	0.65x
549	Skinner	32	0.030%	0.53x
550	Tippins	32	0.030%	35.56x
551	Woolley	32	0.030%	1.35x
552	Byard	31	0.030%	18.32x
553	Carwardine	31	0.030%	32.70x
554	Crumpton	31	0.030%	10.96x
555	Dunn	31	0.030%	0.31x
556	Gwynne	31	0.030%	10.32x
557	Hammonds	31	0.030%	9.84x
558	Mountford	31	0.030%	2.91x
559	Munn	31	0.030%	3.59x
560	Prince	31	0.030%	1.14x
561	Boulton	30	0.030%	1.39x
562	Burnett	30	0.030%	0.91x
563	Butcher	30	0.030%	0.59x
564	Coates	30	0.030%	0.67x
565	Cornwall	30	0.030%	5.88x
566	Cotterell	30	0.030%	5.91x
567	Cotton	30	0.030%	1.05x
568	Deem	30	0.030%	73.55x
569	Drinkwater	30	0.030%	2.54x
570	Edmunds	30	0.030%	1.92x
571	Gore	30	0.030%	2.22x
572	Gray	30	0.030%	0.18x
573	Hales	30	0.030%	1.75x
574	Hamer	30	0.030%	1.34x
575	Hinksman	30	0.030%	107.18x
576	Knill	30	0.030%	20.00x
577	Miller	30	0.030%	0.14x
578	Millichip	30	0.030%	42.62x
579	Neale	30	0.030%	1.06x
580	Rea	30	0.030%	4.46x
581	Rosser	30	0.030%	3.44x
582	Sadler	30	0.030%	1.06x
583	Seal	30	0.030%	3.47x
584	Sharp	30	0.030%	0.30x
585	Bateman	29	0.020%	0.94x
586	Bellamy	29	0.020%	1.66x
587	Bemand	29	0.020%	181.36x
588	Boucher	29	0.020%	4.59x
589	Bridgwater	29	0.020%	12.74x
590	Embry	29	0.020%	57.10x
591	Fluck	29	0.020%	22.73x
592	Inns	29	0.020%	13.06x
593	Marchant	29	0.020%	1.56x
594	Mound	29	0.020%	30.99x
595	Philips	29	0.020%	1.31x
596	Pinch	29	0.020%	14.39x
597	Preedy	29	0.020%	12.76x
598	Ruff	29	0.020%	7.49x
599	Scott	29	0.020%	0.10x
600	Sims	29	0.020%	0.81x