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

Pennant 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
JONES12416.622014.68
EVANS11215.013434.36
ROBERTS9412.600533.49
WILLIAMS618.176911.38
DAVIES405.361910.54
EDWARDS364.825717.32
MORRIS334.423619.87
HUGHES293.887413.87
OWEN233.083125.98
THOMAS212.81506.82
HUMPHREYS202.681076.13
WATKINS182.412939.81
GRIFFITHS141.876711.47
MORGAN131.74268.76
LLOYD131.742614.92
HARRISON91.20645.43
PARRY70.938312.33
HAMER70.938350.11
VAUGHAN60.804323.58
ROWLANDS60.804332.29
MORETON50.670289.61
OWENS50.670213.50
RICHARDS50.67024.44
PRYCE40.5362112.04
LEWIS40.53622.04
PRICE40.53623.06
MORGANS40.536224.84
HOWELLS30.402115.76
WILLIAM30.402147.10
CHARLES20.268112.97
ALLEN20.26811.42
WATKIN20.268130.63
ROBERT20.268154.79
BOWEN20.26816.48
PHILLIPS20.26811.50
SPEAKE10.134087.72
MEREDITH10.13406.64
KYNASTON10.134071.43
BIBBY10.134012.42
ELLIS10.13400.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRYCE0.75746112.0448
MORETON0.7574689.6057
SPEAKE0.7574687.7193
HUMPHREYS0.7574676.1325
KYNASTON0.7574671.4286
ROBERT0.7574654.7945
HAMER0.7574650.1074
WILLIAM0.7574647.0958
WATKINS0.7574639.8142
EVANS0.7574634.3569
ROBERTS0.7574633.4937
ROWLANDS0.7574632.2928
WATKIN0.7574630.6279
OWEN0.7574625.9770
MORGANS0.7574624.8447
VAUGHAN0.7574623.5756
MORRIS0.7574619.8723
EDWARDS0.7574617.3152
HOWELLS0.7574615.7563
LLOYD0.7574614.9237
JONES0.7574614.6768
HUGHES0.7574613.8729
OWENS0.7574613.4953
CHARLES0.7574612.9702
BIBBY0.7574612.4224
PARRY0.7574612.3283
GRIFFITHS0.7574611.4679
WILLIAMS0.7574611.3829
DAVIES0.7574610.5416
MORGAN0.757468.7631
THOMAS0.757466.8217
MEREDITH0.757466.6357
BOWEN0.757466.4830
HARRISON0.757465.4348
RICHARDS0.757464.4381
PRICE0.757463.0640
LEWIS0.757462.0395
PHILLIPS0.757461.4985
ALLEN0.757461.4192
ELLIS0.757460.9231

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 746 people called PRYCE in Pennant 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 112.0448 in Pennant means that 112.0448% of the people in Pennant on census day were called PRYCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRYCE 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 PRYCE 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 PRYCE 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 PRYCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Pennant means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRYCE in Pennant than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pennant in 1881

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

NK (1)  ALLEN (2)  BIBBY (1)  BOWEN (2)  CHARLES (2)  DAVIES (40)  EDWARDS (36)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (112)  GRIFFITHS (14)  HAMER (7)  HARRISON (9)  HOWELLS (3)  HUGHES (29)  HUMPHREYS (20)  JONES (124)  KYNASTON (1)  LEWIS (4)  LLOYD (13)  MEREDITH (1)  MORGAN (13)  MORGANS (4)  MORRIS (33)  MORETON (5)  OWEN (23)  OWENS (5)  PARRY (7)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRICE (4)  PRYCE (4)  RICHARDS (5)  RICKET (1)  ROBERTS (94)  ROBERT (2)  ROWLANDS (6)  SPEAKE (1)  THOMAS (21)  TIBBOT (4)  VAUGHAN (6)  WATKIN (2)  WATKINS (18)  WILLIAMS (61)  WILLIAM (3)