Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longtown, Herefordshire

Longtown is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Herefordshire

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
PRICE567.557443.18
WILLIAMS476.34288.83
WATKINS456.0729100.22
JONES354.72334.17
THOMAS263.50888.50
PRITCHARD263.508865.16
PROSSER253.3738215.33
POWELL202.699121.64
LEWIS192.56419.75
FARR182.4291163.64
HARRIS182.42919.56
PARRY182.429131.92
GWILLIM172.29422,236.84
JOHNSON152.02436.02
DAVIES131.75443.45
RICHARDS131.754411.62
HUGHES111.48455.30
GRIFFITHS101.34958.25
MILES81.079618.30
PRICHARD81.0796117.65
NICHOLES81.07961,269.84
ELLIS81.07967.43
LOYD81.0796274.91
LLOYD70.94478.09
EVANS70.94472.16
NICHOLS60.809724.86
POWLES50.6748362.32
JENKINS50.67485.73
GILBERT50.674811.85
CHEESE50.6748454.55
LAWRENCE50.674810.39
BARRELL50.6748177.94
LONG50.674810.40
POVEY40.539889.09
DALE40.539812.78
BUTLER40.53985.54
TAYLOR40.53980.84
EDWARDS40.53981.94
BALL40.53986.53
PHILLIPS40.53983.02
COOPER40.53982.22
ADDIS30.4049118.58
HYDE30.404913.16
THAIN30.4049125.52
JOHNSTONE30.40498.96
PITT30.404918.95
GEORGE30.40496.90
RICKARDS30.4049157.07
GARRY30.4049225.56
EAGLES20.269995.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GWILLIM0.747412236.8421
NICHOLES0.747411269.8413
POWELLS0.747411111.1111
CHEESE0.74741454.5455
POWLES0.74741362.3188
LOYD0.74741274.9141
GARRY0.74741225.5639
PROSSER0.74741215.3316
EMBREY0.74741200.0000
BARRELL0.74741177.9359
FARR0.74741163.6364
RICKARDS0.74741157.0681
SEABORN0.74741140.8451
THAIN0.74741125.5230
ADDIS0.74741118.5771
PRICHARD0.74741117.6471
WATKINS0.74741100.2227
EAGLES0.7474195.6938
JANE0.7474193.4579
POVEY0.7474189.0869
HOMES0.7474179.3651
TAILOR0.7474177.5194
MAYBURY0.7474165.7895
PRITCHARD0.7474165.1629
STOCKTON0.7474144.4444
PRICE0.7474143.1832
PROBERT0.7474134.2466
LAYTON0.7474133.7268
PARRY0.7474131.9206
PAIN0.7474130.0300
NICHOLS0.7474124.8550
BURFORD0.7474124.1546
POWELL0.7474121.6357
PITT0.7474118.9514
MILES0.7474118.2983
BRIGHT0.7474113.3511
HYDE0.7474113.1637
GRICE0.7474113.0890
PERKS0.7474112.9702
DALE0.7474112.7755
GILBERT0.7474111.8455
RICHARDS0.7474111.6165
DOWNES0.7474110.9051
LONG0.7474110.4015
LAWRENCE0.7474110.3907
LEWIS0.747419.7526
HARRIS0.747419.5582
GARDINER0.747419.3897
JOHNSTONE0.747418.9579
WILLIAMS0.747418.8296

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 741 people called GWILLIM in Longtown 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 2236.8421 in Longtown means that 2236.8421% of the people in Longtown on census day were called GWILLIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GWILLIM 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 GWILLIM 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 GWILLIM 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 GWILLIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Longtown means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GWILLIM in Longtown than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longtown in 1881

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

BALL (4)  BEAVON (2)  BEAVAN (4)  BLACK (1)  BOWEN (1)  BRIGHT (2)  BURFORD (1)  BARRELL (5)  BERROW (7)  BUTLER (4)  CARTOWE (1)  CHEESE (5)  COOPER (4)  DALE (4)  DAVIS (1)  DAVIES (13)  DOWNES (1)  EAGLES (2)  ADDIS (3)  EDWARDS (4)  ELLIS (8)  EVANS (7)  FARR (18)  FRANCIS (1)  FROST (1)  GARDINER (2)  GARRY (3)  GEORGE (3)  GILBERT (5)  GORDON (1)  GORST (3)  GREENOW (2)  GRETTON (1)  GRICE (1)  GRIFFITHS (10)  GRIFFITS (7)  GRENNOW (15)  HARRIS (18)  HARTLEY (2)  HODDELL (9)  HODDEL (7)  HOWARTH (1)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (11)  HOMES (1)  HYDE (3)  EMBREY (1)  IRELAND (1)  JANE (2)  GANE (JANE) (2)  JANE (GANE) (2)  JENKINS (5)  JOHNSON (15)  JOHNSTONE (3)  JONES (35)  LANE (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  LAYTON (2)  LEWIS (19)  LOYD (8)  LLOYD (7)  LONG (5)  MATHEWS (1)  MAYBURY (1)  MEADMORE (5)  MEREDITH (1)  MILES (8)  MORRIS (1)  MUNKLEY (5)  NICHOLES (8)  NICHOLASS (1)  NICHOLS (6)  NICHOLLS (2)  PAIN (2)  PAYNE (1)  PEMBRIDGE (2)  PERKS (1)  PARRY (18)  PHILLIPS (4)  PIT (5)  PITT (3)  POVEY (4)  POWELL (20)  POWLES (5)  POWELLS (1)  PRICE (56)  PRITCHARD (26)  PRICHARD (8)  PROBERT (2)  PROSSER (25)  PROTHERS (7)  PUGH (1)  RANDALL (1)  RICKARDS (3)  RICHARDS (13)  ROGERS (1)  SAVOURY (1)  SAYS (1)  SEABOURN (3)  SEABORN (1)  SEABOURNE (3)  SKYRME (1)  SMITH (2)  STOCKTON (2)  TURBOT (1)  TAILOR (1)  TAYLOR (4)  THAIN (3)  THOMAS (26)  TITLEY (1)  TOWNSEND (2)  WALL (1)  WALTERS (1)  WARD (1)  WATKINS (45)  WILLIAMS (47)  GWILLIM (17)  GWILLIAM (6)