Top surnames from the 1881 census in Penhow, Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

Penhow is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
JONES2911.646610.28
WILLIAMS208.032111.18
HARRIS176.827326.86
MORGAN135.220926.25
LEONARD104.0161185.19
MILES104.016168.07
BASHAM93.61451,451.61
JAMES93.614518.40
LEWIS93.614513.75
HAYNES83.212990.09
PRICE72.811216.06
MARTIN72.811211.41
ROACH62.4096163.49
HODGES62.409682.19
EDWARDS62.40968.65
THOMAS41.60643.89
PRICHARD41.6064174.67
OWEN41.606413.54
MOXHAM41.6064888.89
WILMOTT31.2048357.14
PULLIN31.2048340.91
STOKES31.204828.54
DAVIES20.80321.58
TOUT20.8032476.19
CROOK20.803227.97
LIGHT20.803286.96
WARDER20.8032540.54
THORNE20.803238.10
BENNETT20.80324.89
WHITESIDE20.8032101.01
WAITE20.803238.68
HOPKINS20.803213.34
CARTER10.40162.39
SQUIRES10.401628.33
MARTEN10.4016131.58
FARR10.401627.03
WATERS10.401610.00
TAMPLIN10.4016277.78
BRIANT10.4016147.06
GAMLIN10.4016454.55
RUDMAN10.4016200.00
DAVEY10.40169.77
HUMPHREYS10.401611.40
COUSINS10.401622.32
FRANCIS10.40166.74
ROSSER10.401655.25
EDWARD10.401643.29
PRITCHARD10.40167.46
JENKINS10.40163.41
DANIELS10.401612.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASHAM0.252491451.6129
MOXHAM0.25249888.8889
WARDER0.25249540.5405
TOUT0.25249476.1905
GAMLIN0.25249454.5455
WILMOTT0.25249357.1429
PULLIN0.25249340.9091
TAMPLIN0.25249277.7778
RUDMAN0.25249200.0000
LEONARD0.25249185.1852
PRICHARD0.25249174.6725
ROACH0.25249163.4877
BRIANT0.25249147.0588
MARTEN0.25249131.5789
WHITESIDE0.25249101.0101
HAYNES0.2524990.0901
LIGHT0.2524986.9565
HODGES0.2524982.1918
MILES0.2524968.0735
ROSSER0.2524955.2486
EDWARD0.2524943.2900
WAITE0.2524938.6847
THORNE0.2524938.0952
STOKES0.2524928.5442
SQUIRES0.2524928.3286
CROOK0.2524927.9720
FARR0.2524927.0270
HARRIS0.2524926.8647
MORGAN0.2524926.2520
COUSINS0.2524922.3214
JAMES0.2524918.4011
PRICE0.2524916.0624
LEWIS0.2524913.7468
OWEN0.2524913.5364
HOPKINS0.2524913.3422
DANIELS0.2524912.7877
MARTIN0.2524911.4118
HUMPHREYS0.2524911.4025
WILLIAMS0.2524911.1813
JONES0.2524910.2837
WATERS0.2524910.0000
DAVEY0.252499.7656
PERKINS0.252498.9286
EDWARDS0.252498.6455
PRITCHARD0.252497.4571
FRANCIS0.252496.7431
BENNETT0.252494.8876
THOMAS0.252493.8929
JENKINS0.252493.4083
CARTER0.252492.3923

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 249 people called BASHAM in Penhow at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 1451.6129 in Penhow means that 1451.6129% of the people in Penhow on census day were called BASHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASHAM in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BASHAM as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BASHAM here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BASHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Penhow means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASHAM in Penhow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Penhow in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BASHAM (9)  BENNETT (2)  BRIDLE (4)  BRIANT (1)  CARTER (1)  COUSINS (1)  CROOK (2)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (2)  DAVEY (1)  DULFIELD OR DUTFIELD (8)  DUMAIN (1)  EDWARDS (6)  EDWARD (1)  FARR (1)  FRANCIS (1)  GAMLIN (1)  GEDDING (1)  HARRIS (17)  HAYNES (8)  HIZZARD (1)  HODGES (6)  HOPKINS (2)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JAMES (9)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (29)  LEONARD (10)  LEWIS (9)  LIGHT (2)  MARTIN (7)  MARTEN (1)  MEACHIN (1)  MILES (10)  MORGAN (13)  MOXHAM (4)  OWEN (4)  PERKINS (1)  PRICE (7)  PRITCHARD (1)  PRICHARD (4)  PULLIN (3)  ROACH (6)  ROSSER (1)  RUDMAN (1)  SQUIRES (1)  STEDDAR (3)  STOKES (3)  TAMPLIN (1)  THOMAS (4)  THORNE (2)  TOUT (2)  WARDER (2)  WATERS (1)  WHITESIDE (2)  WILLIAMS (20)  WILMOTT (3)  WAITE (2)