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

Penstrowed 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
OWEN2116.2791137.17
BROWN118.527112.94
EVANS107.751917.74
ROWLANDS107.7519311.53
WILDING96.9767592.11
FRANCIS86.2016104.17
MORRIS75.426424.37
MORGAN64.651223.39
EDWARDS64.651216.69
STEPHENS64.651283.80
OWENS53.876078.00
JONES43.10082.74
MANUEL43.10081,025.64
LEWIS32.32568.84
DAVIES21.55043.05
WILSON21.55043.38
TURNER21.55045.57
ALLEN10.77524.10
THOMAS10.77521.88
VAUGHAN10.775222.73
HAMER10.775241.32
SWAIN10.775240.16
ROBERTS10.77522.06
ASTLEY10.7752116.28
WILLIAMS10.77521.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MANUEL0.131291025.6410
WILDING0.13129592.1053
ROWLANDS0.13129311.5265
OWEN0.13129137.1653
ASTLEY0.13129116.2791
FRANCIS0.13129104.1667
STEPHENS0.1312983.7989
OWENS0.1312978.0031
HAMER0.1312941.3223
SWAIN0.1312940.1606
MORRIS0.1312924.3733
MORGAN0.1312923.3918
VAUGHAN0.1312922.7273
EVANS0.1312917.7399
EDWARDS0.1312916.6898
BROWN0.1312912.9351
LEWIS0.131298.8443
TURNER0.131295.5695
ALLEN0.131294.1034
WILSON0.131293.3755
DAVIES0.131293.0479
JONES0.131292.7379
ROBERTS0.131292.0606
THOMAS0.131291.8786
WILLIAMS0.131291.0791

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 129 people called MANUEL in Penstrowed 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 1025.6410 in Penstrowed means that 1025.6410% of the people in Penstrowed on census day were called MANUEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MANUEL 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 MANUEL 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 MANUEL 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 MANUEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Penstrowed means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MANUEL in Penstrowed than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Penstrowed in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ASTLEY (1)  BIRTLES (1)  BEBB (2)  BROWN (11)  DAVIES (2)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (10)  FRANCIS (8)  HAMER (1)  JONES (4)  LEWIS (3)  MANUEL (4)  MORGAN (6)  MORRIS (7)  MREADITH (1)  OWENS (5)  OWEN (21)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWLANDS (10)  STEPHENS (6)  SWAIN (1)  THOMAS (1)  TILSLEY (1)  TURNER (2)  VAUGHAN (1)  WILDING (9)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (2)