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

Darowen 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
JONES17417.827915.74
EVANS9810.041022.98
DAVIES838.504116.72
WILLIAMS747.582010.55
HUGHES636.454923.04
OWENS585.9426119.66
ROBERTS474.815612.80
HUMPHREYS343.483698.95
THOMAS292.97137.20
PUGH262.663969.72
ROWLANDS212.151686.38
RICHARDS202.049213.57
MORRIS202.04929.21
MORGAN161.63938.24
LEWIS151.53695.85
JAMES141.43447.30
REES141.434416.49
JARMAN121.2295128.89
OWEN101.02468.63
HUMPHREY101.024638.46
LLOYD101.02468.78
WILSON90.92212.01
WOOD80.81972.57
MEREDITH80.819740.57
VAUGHAN80.819724.02
MORGANS80.819737.99
EDWARDS70.71722.57
MARTIN70.71722.91
TUDOR60.614891.46
PAUL50.512320.47
JANES50.512379.74
PRICE50.51232.93
LUMLEY30.307450.42
HOWELLS30.307412.04
HOWELL20.20494.86
PETERS20.20495.84
EVAN10.102590.09
WHITTINGTON10.102514.56
PARRY10.10251.35
ROWLAND10.10253.60
GRIFFITHS10.10250.63
SAVAGE10.10252.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JARMAN0.98976128.8937
OWENS0.98976119.6616
HUMPHREYS0.9897698.9523
TUDOR0.9897691.4634
EVAN0.9897690.0901
ROWLANDS0.9897686.3842
JANES0.9897679.7448
PUGH0.9897669.7238
LUMLEY0.9897650.4202
MEREDITH0.9897640.5680
HUMPHREY0.9897638.4615
MORGANS0.9897637.9867
VAUGHAN0.9897624.0240
HUGHES0.9897623.0364
EVANS0.9897622.9777
PAUL0.9897620.4666
DAVIES0.9897616.7190
REES0.9897616.4900
JONES0.9897615.7415
WHITTINGTON0.9897614.5560
RICHARDS0.9897613.5685
ROBERTS0.9897612.8003
HOWELLS0.9897612.0434
WILLIAMS0.9897610.5547
MORRIS0.989769.2056
LLOYD0.989768.7750
OWEN0.989768.6326
MORGAN0.989768.2436
JAMES0.989767.3027
THOMAS0.989767.2003
LEWIS0.989765.8457
PETERS0.989765.8428
HOWELL0.989764.8614
ROWLAND0.989763.6049
PRICE0.989762.9274
MARTIN0.989762.9115
SAVAGE0.989762.6674
EDWARDS0.989762.5734
WOOD0.989762.5725
WILSON0.989762.0078
PARRY0.989761.3463
GRIFFITHS0.989760.6261

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 976 people called JARMAN in Darowen 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 128.8937 in Darowen means that 128.8937% of the people in Darowen on census day were called JARMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JARMAN 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 JARMAN 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 JARMAN 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 JARMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.98 in Darowen means that you are 0.98 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JARMAN in Darowen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Darowen in 1881

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

ANWYL (5)  DAVIES (83)  EDWARDS (7)  EVANS (98)  EVAN (1)  GEHU (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GWALCHMAI (1)  GWALCHMAN (6)  HOWELLS (3)  HOWELL (2)  HUGHES (63)  HUMPHREYS (34)  HUMPHREY (10)  JAMES (14)  JANES (5)  JARMAN (12)  JONES (174)  LEWIS (15)  LLOYD (10)  LUMLEY (3)  MARTIN (7)  MEREDITH (8)  MORGANS (8)  MORGAN (16)  MORRIS (20)  OWENS (58)  OWEN (10)  PAUL (5)  PARRY (1)  PETERS (2)  PHYLIPS (5)  PRICE (5)  PUGHE (6)  PUGH (26)  REES (14)  RICHARDS (20)  ROBERTS (47)  ROWLANDS (21)  ROWLAND (1)  SAVAGE (1)  THOMAS (29)  TIBBOTT (12)  TUDOR (6)  VAUGHAN (8)  WHITTINGTON (1)  WILLIAMS (74)  WILSON (9)  WOOD (8)