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

Cemmes 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
JONES16717.634615.57
DAVIES889.292518.27
EVANS838.764520.06
HUMPHREYS535.5966158.97
WILLIAMS434.54076.32
HUGHES424.435115.83
EDWARDS333.484712.50
ROBERTS262.74557.30
THOMAS262.74556.65
PUGH252.639969.10
OWEN242.534321.35
LEWIS242.53439.64
MORGAN171.79519.03
BREESE161.6895632.41
HOWELLS151.583962.06
JERVIS141.4784192.31
GRIFFITHS131.37288.39
PARRY121.267216.65
RICHARDS121.26728.39
REES101.056012.14
VAUGHAN101.056030.95
FRANCIS101.056017.73
ARTHUR90.950443.60
RYDER90.950454.88
GEORGE90.950416.20
RICHARD90.9504110.29
OWENS80.844817.01
HUMPHREY80.844831.72
GRIFFITH80.844825.93
ROWLANDS70.739229.67
JAMES70.73923.76
ROWLAND60.633622.29
METCALFE60.633627.75
WHITTINGTON60.633689.96
PIERCE60.633643.10
WIGLEY50.528083.33
BUMFORD50.5280595.24
HAWKES40.422426.20
MORGANS40.422419.57
BENNETT40.42242.57
MEREDITH40.422420.91
GITTINS30.316851.37
JENKINS30.31682.69
EDWARD30.316834.13
BROME20.21121,250.00
ELLIS20.21121.45
PHILLIPS20.21121.18
KNIGHT20.21121.71
PAUL20.21128.44
WILLIAM20.211224.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROME0.959471250.0000
DAVE0.959471000.0000
BREESE0.95947632.4111
BUMFORD0.95947595.2381
JERVIS0.95947192.3077
HUMPHREYS0.95947158.9682
FURGUSON0.95947133.3333
RICHARD0.95947110.2941
WHITTINGTON0.9594789.9550
WIGLEY0.9594783.3333
PUGH0.9594769.0989
HOWELLS0.9594762.0604
RYDER0.9594754.8780
GITTINS0.9594751.3699
ARTHUR0.9594743.6047
PIERCE0.9594743.1034
EDWARD0.9594734.1297
HUMPHREY0.9594731.7209
VAUGHAN0.9594730.9502
ROWLANDS0.9594729.6736
HUGHS0.9594729.0698
METCALFE0.9594727.7521
HAWKES0.9594726.1952
GRIFFITH0.9594725.9319
WILLIAM0.9594724.7219
WATKIN0.9594724.1255
ROWLAND0.9594722.2883
OWEN0.9594721.3523
MEREDITH0.9594720.9096
EVANS0.9594720.0570
MORGANS0.9594719.5695
DAVIES0.9594718.2690
FRANCIS0.9594717.7274
OWENS0.9594717.0104
PARRY0.9594716.6505
GEORGE0.9594716.1958
HUGHES0.9594715.8276
JONES0.9594715.5708
EDWARDS0.9594712.5033
REES0.9594712.1389
LEWIS0.959479.6393
MORGAN0.959479.0267
SAMUEL0.959478.8496
PAUL0.959478.4388
ISAAC0.959478.4246
RICHARDS0.959478.3904
GRIFFITHS0.959478.3887
ROBERTS0.959477.2978
THOMAS0.959476.6532
WILLIAMS0.959476.3210

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 947 people called BROME in Cemmes 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 1250.0000 in Cemmes means that 1250.0000% of the people in Cemmes on census day were called BROME.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROME 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 BROME 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 BROME 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 BROME here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.95 in Cemmes means that you are 0.95 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROME in Cemmes than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cemmes in 1881

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

ARTHUR (9)  BENNETT (4)  BREESE (16)  BROME (2)  BUMFFIN (1)  BUMFORD (5)  CHILD (1)  DANIEL (1)  DAVIES (88)  DAVE (1)  DAWNE (2)  EDWARDS (33)  EDWARD (3)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (83)  FURGUSON (1)  FOUKES (7)  FRANCIS (10)  GEORGE (9)  GITTINS (3)  GRIFFITH (8)  GRIFFITHS (13)  HAWKES (4)  HOWELLS (15)  HUGHES (42)  HUGHS (1)  HUMPHREYS (53)  HUMPHREY (8)  ISAAC (1)  JAMES (7)  JERVIS (14)  JERVIES (4)  JENKINS (3)  JENKYNS (5)  JONES (167)  KNIGHT (2)  LEEKE (5)  LEWIS (24)  LLOYD (1)  MARTIN (1)  MEREDITH (4)  METCALFE (6)  MILLS (1)  MORGANS (4)  MORGAN (17)  MORRIS (1)  OWEN (24)  OWENS (8)  PAUL (2)  PIERCE (6)  PARRY (12)  PHILLIPS (2)  PUGH (25)  REES (10)  RICHARD (9)  RICHARDS (12)  RYDER (9)  ROBERTS (26)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLAND (6)  ROWLANDS (7)  SAMUEL (1)  SMITH (1)  THOMAS (26)  VAUGHAN (10)  WATKIN (2)  WHITTINGTON (6)  WIGLEY (5)  WILLIAMS (43)  WILLIAM (2)