Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rhayader, Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

Rhayader is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Radnorshire / Sir Faesyfed

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
JONES10912.247210.81
EVANS819.101120.83
PRICE697.752844.30
DAVIES546.067411.93
HAMER495.5056293.94
LEWIS414.606717.52
WILLIAMS283.14614.38
HUGHES262.921310.43
LLOYD262.921325.02
MORGAN232.584313.00
WORTHING192.13482,753.62
MASON161.797813.37
THOMAS151.68544.08
MEREDITH121.348366.74
HARRIS121.34835.31
EDWARDS121.34834.84
OWEN111.236010.41
PUGH101.123629.41
PHILLIPS101.12366.28
GEORGE91.011217.23
FRANCIS91.011216.97
HALFORD91.0112135.75
NORBURY91.0112200.00
ROBERTS91.01122.69
MORRIS80.89894.04
ROWLANDS80.898936.08
BARKER80.89896.87
RICE70.786525.33
PROSSER70.786550.22
REES60.67427.75
VAUGHAN60.674219.76
JARMAN50.561858.89
CROWTHER50.561818.82
PICKEN50.5618134.77
PEARSON40.44943.87
OWENS40.44949.05
GURNEY40.449443.15
JAMES40.44942.29
BENNETT40.44942.73
PROTHERO40.4494251.57
PRITCHARD40.44948.35
JENKINS40.44943.81
INGRAM40.449414.72
PAINE40.449432.63
MARSTON40.449448.25
POWELL30.33712.70
WILSON30.33710.73
BOHM20.22472,000.00
GRADY20.224734.07
DORE20.224742.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORTHING0.898902753.6232
BOHM0.898902000.0000
HAMER0.89890293.9412
PROTHERO0.89890251.5723
NORBURY0.89890200.0000
BUCKHAM0.89890194.1748
HALFORD0.89890135.7466
PICKEN0.89890134.7709
POWLES0.89890121.2121
GWILLIM0.89890109.8901
COURSE0.8989071.4286
MEREDITH0.8989066.7408
EVEREST0.8989065.7895
SHUTT0.8989062.3053
JARMAN0.8989058.8928
MALEY0.8989057.8035
PROSSER0.8989050.2152
MARSTON0.8989048.2509
PRICE0.8989044.3018
GURNEY0.8989043.1499
DORE0.8989042.8266
CORBET0.8989040.8163
ROWLANDS0.8989036.0848
GRADY0.8989034.0716
PAINE0.8989032.6264
TIPPETT0.8989031.8471
PUGH0.8989029.4118
WOODING0.8989025.7732
RICE0.8989025.3348
LLOYD0.8989025.0192
MICHAEL0.8989020.9205
EVANS0.8989020.8274
VAUGHAN0.8989019.7628
CROWTHER0.8989018.8182
LEWIS0.8989017.5221
GEORGE0.8989017.2348
FRANCIS0.8989016.9747
TULLOCH0.8989016.9205
INGRAM0.8989014.7221
HENLEY0.8989014.6843
PHILPOTT0.8989014.6628
PROBERT0.8989014.2450
JOSEPH0.8989013.8504
MASON0.8989013.3701
MORGAN0.8989012.9951
EWING0.8989012.1803
DAVIES0.8989011.9284
FLOYD0.8989011.8203
JONES0.8989010.8139
HUGHES0.8989010.4254

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 890 people called WORTHING in Rhayader 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 2753.6232 in Rhayader means that 2753.6232% of the people in Rhayader on census day were called WORTHING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORTHING 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 WORTHING 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 WORTHING 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 WORTHING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.89 in Rhayader means that you are 0.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORTHING in Rhayader than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rhayader in 1881

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

ARTHUR (2)  BARKER (8)  BENNETT (4)  BEAVAN (1)  BOLLMANN (1)  BOWEN (2)  BOHM (2)  BUCKHAM (2)  CASEY (1)  CASTELOE (5)  CHANDLER (2)  CORBET (1)  COURSE (1)  CROWTHER (5)  CURRIE (1)  DAVIES (54)  DAVIS (1)  DORE (2)  DOWNING (1)  DREW (1)  DU TERREAUX (1)  EDWARDS (12)  EVANS (81)  EVEREST (2)  EWING (1)  FARR (1)  FLYNN (1)  FRANCIS (9)  GEORGE (9)  GOUGH (1)  GOULD (1)  GRADY (2)  GREEN (1)  GURNEY (4)  HABRE (1)  HALFORD (9)  HAMER (49)  HARFOOT (3)  HARPER (2)  HARRIS (12)  HENLEY (1)  HENRY (1)  HUGHES (26)  HUMPHREYS (2)  INGRAM (4)  JAMES (4)  JARMAN (5)  JENKINS (4)  JONES (109)  JOSEPH (1)  KING (1)  LAUGHERNE (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEWIS (41)  LLOYD (26)  FLOYD (1)  MALEY (1)  MARSTON (4)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (16)  MATHEWS (1)  MEREDITH (12)  MILLS (2)  MICHAEL (1)  MYTTON (1)  MORGAN (23)  MORGANS (1)  MORRIS (8)  MICAH (14)  NEWELL (1)  NORBURY (9)  OWEN (11)  OWENS (4)  PAINE (4)  PEARSON (4)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (10)  PHILPOTT (1)  PICKEN (5)  POWELL (3)  POWLES (2)  PRICE (69)  PRITCHARD (4)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (7)  PROTHERO (4)  PUGH (10)  REES (6)  READ (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (7)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTS (9)  ROWLANDS (8)  SANEKER (2)  SHUTT (2)  SMITH (1)  STEPHENS (2)  TEDSTONE (4)  THOMAS (15)  THOMPSON (1)  TIPPETT (1)  TULLOCH (1)  VAUGHAN (6)  WATKINS (2)  WILLIAMS (28)  GWILLIM (1)  WILSON (3)  WOZENCROFT (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)  WOODING (1)  WORTHING (19)  WRIGHT (1)