Top surnames from the 1881 census in Llanfair Waterdine, Shropshire

Llanfair Waterdine is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Shropshire

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
DAVIES559.892119.45
JONES539.53248.42
EVANS305.395712.35
BOWEN285.0360121.79
FRANCIS234.136769.44
BRIGHT193.4173169.04
GWILT183.23743,396.23
PRICE183.237418.50
LEWIS152.697810.26
GRIFFITHS152.697816.49
LLOYD111.978416.94
EDWARDS111.97847.10
WILLIAMS101.79862.50
POWELL101.798614.42
GOUGH101.798661.35
GARDENER91.618790.18
ADAMS81.43889.76
MORRIS81.43886.46
GOODWIN71.259023.89
WHITTALL71.2590614.04
BAYLIS61.0791102.92
OWEN61.07919.09
HUDSON61.079113.18
ALLEN61.07915.71
BAYLISS61.079185.35
DYKE61.0791108.70
THOMAS61.07912.62
HUGHES61.07913.85
BREEZE61.0791174.93
RICHARDS50.89935.95
HARDING50.899312.43
HAMER50.899348.03
NICHOLS50.899327.61
CROSS40.719410.45
WHITE40.71942.24
JORDAN40.719416.28
HOLLOWAY40.719423.49
TRAYLOR30.53961,764.71
RUELL30.539610,000.00
MEREDITH30.539626.71
EDWARD20.359738.76
WORTHING20.3597465.12
MILES20.35976.10
WILDING20.359730.58
HOPKINS20.35975.97
HATFIELD20.359750.38
LEE20.35972.20
OWENS20.35977.24
WOOD20.35971.13
WEAVER10.17996.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUELL0.5655610000.0000
GWILT0.565563396.2264
TRAYLOR0.565561764.7059
WHITTALL0.56556614.0351
WORTHING0.56556465.1163
TYER0.56556400.0000
HOGGINS0.56556188.6792
BREEZE0.56556174.9271
BRIGHT0.56556169.0391
BOWEN0.56556121.7921
GITTENS0.56556114.9425
DYKE0.56556108.6957
BAYLIS0.56556102.9160
GARDENER0.5655690.1804
BAYLISS0.5655685.3485
PASSEY0.5655684.0336
FRANCIS0.5655669.4444
CORNS0.5655664.5161
GOUGH0.5655661.3497
ADDIS0.5655652.6316
WELLINGS0.5655652.3560
HATFIELD0.5655650.3778
HAMER0.5655648.0307
EDWARD0.5655638.7597
PARTON0.5655633.1126
WILDING0.5655630.5810
NICHOLS0.5655627.6091
MEREDITH0.5655626.7142
GOODWIN0.5655623.8908
HOLLOWAY0.5655623.4880
JOSEPH0.5655622.1729
DAVIES0.5655619.4477
PRICE0.5655618.4995
LLOYD0.5655616.9439
GRIFFITHS0.5655616.4853
JORDAN0.5655616.2800
CHESTER0.5655614.6843
POWELL0.5655614.4175
HUDSON0.5655613.1810
HARDING0.5655612.4254
EVANS0.5655612.3477
CROSS0.5655610.4548
LEWIS0.5655610.2613
ADAMS0.565569.7632
OWEN0.565569.0923
JONES0.565568.4168
OWENS0.565567.2438
EDWARDS0.565567.0986
WEAVER0.565566.9156
STUBBS0.565566.8120

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 556 people called RUELL in Llanfair Waterdine 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 10000.0000 in Llanfair Waterdine means that 10000.0000% of the people in Llanfair Waterdine on census day were called RUELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUELL 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 RUELL 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 RUELL 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 RUELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.56 in Llanfair Waterdine means that you are 0.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUELL in Llanfair Waterdine than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llanfair Waterdine in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ALLEN (6)  BAYLIS (6)  BAYLISS (6)  BENGRY (1)  BEAVAN (10)  BOWEN (28)  BREEZE (6)  BRIGHT (19)  CAMBRIC (1)  CHESTER (1)  CLEE (10)  CORNS (1)  CROSS (4)  DAVIES (55)  DYKE (6)  DOD (1)  DREW (1)  DUNN (1)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (11)  EDWARD (2)  EVANS (30)  FITLEY (1)  FRANCIS (23)  GARDENER (9)  GITTENS (1)  GOODWIN (7)  JORDAN (4)  GOUGH (10)  GRIFFITHS (15)  GWILT (18)  HAMER (5)  HARDING (5)  HARRIS (1)  HATFIELD (2)  HIGS (2)  HOGGINS (1)  HOLLOWAY (4)  HOPKINS (2)  HUDSON (6)  HUGHES (6)  JAMES (1)  JONES (53)  JOSEPH (1)  KINCHANT (2)  LANE (1)  LEE (2)  LEWIS (15)  LLOYD (11)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEREDITH (3)  MILES (2)  MORNINGTON (1)  MORRIS (8)  MAUND (5)  NICHOLS (5)  OLIVER (1)  OWEN (6)  OWENS (2)  PASSEY (1)  PARTON (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POMELLEY (1)  PORAIS (1)  POWELL (10)  PRICE (18)  PUGH (1)  RICHARDS (5)  ROBERTS (1)  RUELL (3)  STUBBS (1)  SWANCOTT (2)  THOMAS (6)  TRAYLOR (3)  TROW (1)  TYER (1)  VENABLES (4)  WATKINS (1)  WATTS (1)  WEAVER (1)  WELLINGS (1)  WHITE (4)  WHITTALL (7)  WILDING (2)  GWILLIAM (5)  WILLIAMS (10)  WOOD (2)  WORTHING (2)  WRIGHT (1)