Top surnames from the 1881 census in Worthen, Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

Worthen is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

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
DAVIES97.438014.62
JONES86.61165.84
BASON86.61164,444.44
PARRY75.785176.00
WEAVER54.1322158.73
RICHARDS43.305821.89
HEATH43.305866.56
CROFT32.4793104.90
MOSS32.479340.21
MORRIS32.479311.14
JAMES32.479312.62
ROGERS32.479319.10
OWEN32.479320.89
FLETCHER21.652914.48
BENETT21.65292,000.00
WARD21.65297.57
HENDLEY21.65291,000.00
EVANS21.65293.78
WILLIAMS21.65292.30
BROXTON10.82641,428.57
MORGAN10.82644.16
BARRETT10.826412.30
HOWELLS10.826432.36
PRITCHARD10.826415.34
YOUNG10.82643.85
PUGH10.826421.65
CLARE10.826457.14
PRYCE10.8264172.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASON0.121214444.4444
BENETT0.121212000.0000
BROXTON0.121211428.5714
HENDLEY0.121211000.0000
PRYCE0.12121172.4138
WEAVER0.12121158.7302
CROFT0.12121104.8951
PARRY0.1212176.0043
HEATH0.1212166.5557
CLARE0.1212157.1429
MOSS0.1212140.2145
HOWELLS0.1212132.3625
RICHARDS0.1212121.8938
PUGH0.1212121.6450
OWEN0.1212120.8914
ROGERS0.1212119.0961
PRITCHARD0.1212115.3374
DAVIES0.1212114.6223
FLETCHER0.1212114.4823
JAMES0.1212112.6210
BARRETT0.1212112.3001
MORRIS0.1212111.1400
WARD0.121217.5672
JONES0.121215.8377
MORGAN0.121214.1563
YOUNG0.121213.8476
EVANS0.121213.7829
WILLIAMS0.121212.3010

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 121 people called BASON in Worthen 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 4444.4444 in Worthen means that 4444.4444% of the people in Worthen on census day were called BASON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASON 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 BASON 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 BASON 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 BASON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Worthen means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASON in Worthen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Worthen in 1881

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

BARRETT (1)  BASON (8)  BEBB (12)  BENETT (2)  BROXTON (1)  CLARE (1)  CROFT (3)  DAVIES (9)  DIGGORY (2)  EVANS (2)  FLETCHER (2)  GETTHIN (10)  HEATH (4)  HENDLEY (2)  HOWELLS (1)  HUMPHRIS (1)  HURDLEY (3)  JAMES (3)  JOCKS (5)  JONES (8)  MIDDETON (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOSS (3)  OWEN (3)  PARRY (7)  PRYCE (1)  PRITCHARD (1)  PUGH (1)  RICHARDS (4)  ROGERS (3)  SHELROCK (2)  WARD (2)  WEAVER (5)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOOSNAM (1)  YOUNG (1)