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 Swain, with 24 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
701	Swain	24	0.020%	1.04x
702	Thorne	24	0.020%	0.95x
703	Thornton	24	0.020%	0.40x
704	Traylor	24	0.020%	67.43x
705	Wanklin	24	0.020%	50.85x
706	Whittaker	24	0.020%	0.42x
707	Broom	23	0.020%	1.56x
708	Browning	23	0.020%	0.94x
709	Brunt	23	0.020%	2.79x
710	Cowley	23	0.020%	1.04x
711	Dalley	23	0.020%	7.70x
712	Dent	23	0.020%	1.01x
713	Gammond	23	0.020%	95.87x
714	Godfrey	23	0.020%	0.65x
715	Hutchinson	23	0.020%	0.34x
716	Loveridge	23	0.020%	5.35x
717	Millward	23	0.020%	1.71x
718	Nelmes	23	0.020%	8.60x
719	Nichols	23	0.020%	0.59x
720	Rodgers	23	0.020%	0.70x
721	Rose	23	0.020%	0.26x
722	Seale	23	0.020%	10.83x
723	Stanley	23	0.020%	0.50x
724	Staples	23	0.020%	2.01x
725	Steadman	23	0.020%	3.12x
726	Thackway	23	0.020%	92.74x
727	Thornett	23	0.020%	26.50x
728	Tristram	23	0.020%	18.85x
729	Wade	23	0.020%	0.48x
730	William	23	0.020%	2.25x
731	Aldridge	22	0.020%	0.95x
732	Barlow	22	0.020%	0.34x
733	Beaman	22	0.020%	9.63x
734	Belcher	22	0.020%	1.52x
735	Bentley	22	0.020%	0.43x
736	Birt	22	0.020%	4.33x
737	Child	22	0.020%	1.08x
738	Clifford	22	0.020%	0.89x
739	Cowmeadow	22	0.020%	49.56x
740	Cresswell	22	0.020%	1.74x
741	Davenport	22	0.020%	0.97x
742	Deakins	22	0.020%	17.80x
743	Dobson	22	0.020%	0.42x
744	Everall	22	0.020%	11.88x
745	Foley	22	0.020%	1.46x
746	Grosvenor	22	0.020%	8.26x
747	Hewitt	22	0.020%	0.38x
748	Hoddell	22	0.020%	72.39x
749	Metcalf	22	0.020%	0.91x
750	Milward	22	0.020%	3.97x
751	Murray	22	0.020%	0.15x
752	Peake	22	0.020%	1.90x
753	Piper	22	0.020%	0.93x
754	Poston	22	0.020%	26.07x
755	Ridley	22	0.020%	0.95x
756	Sheppard	22	0.020%	0.53x
757	Stansbury	22	0.020%	29.41x
758	Walmsley	22	0.020%	0.89x
759	Weale	22	0.020%	9.77x
760	Whitaker	22	0.020%	0.65x
761	Woolf	22	0.020%	5.51x
762	Yemm	22	0.020%	34.16x
763	Arthur	21	0.020%	0.80x
764	Bayley	21	0.020%	1.09x
765	Bottom	21	0.020%	6.57x
766	Bowdler	21	0.020%	8.75x
767	Bunn	21	0.020%	1.80x
768	Cleaton	21	0.020%	21.60x
769	Court	21	0.020%	1.38x
770	Dodd	21	0.020%	0.43x
771	Dowle	21	0.020%	11.49x
772	Eacock	21	0.020%	111.76x
773	Element	21	0.020%	40.71x
774	Gittens	21	0.020%	11.27x
775	Hankins	21	0.020%	9.19x
776	Hobbs	21	0.020%	0.48x
777	Holley	21	0.020%	4.76x
778	Jinks	21	0.020%	4.19x
779	Kington	21	0.020%	16.06x
780	Landon	21	0.020%	9.29x
781	Neate	21	0.020%	6.33x
782	Newton	21	0.020%	0.23x
783	Palin	21	0.020%	4.09x
784	Parkes	21	0.020%	0.86x
785	Reed	21	0.020%	0.24x
786	Rook	21	0.020%	2.57x
787	Strangwood	21	0.020%	138.25x
788	Walby	21	0.020%	19.30x
789	Wheatstone	21	0.020%	92.11x
790	Abberley	20	0.020%	20.16x
791	Bagnall	20	0.020%	1.94x
792	Barton	20	0.020%	0.31x
793	Bebb	20	0.020%	8.59x
794	Berkley	20	0.020%	12.32x
795	Cadmore	20	0.020%	47.62x
796	Chance	20	0.020%	3.61x
797	Exall	20	0.020%	25.64x
798	French	20	0.020%	0.34x
799	Hamar	20	0.020%	29.42x
800	Hampton	20	0.020%	1.06x