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

Forden 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
JONES14315.662713.83
DAVIES535.805011.41
EVANS535.805013.28
WILLIAMS384.16215.79
MORRIS384.162118.70
WILCOX242.6287139.53
GRIFFITHS232.519215.39
LLOYD222.409620.64
MORGAN212.300111.57
BOWEN202.190652.98
ROBERTS202.19065.82
LEWIS181.97157.50
ROGERS171.862014.34
WOOD151.64295.16
HUMPHREYS141.533443.56
CHARLES141.533474.19
EDWARDS121.31434.72
OWEN101.09539.23
OLIVER90.985813.82
VAUGHAN90.985828.89
PUGH90.985825.80
PARRY80.876211.51
ADAMS80.87625.95
HUGHES80.87623.13
POSTON80.87621,250.00
GOUGH70.766726.15
WILKS70.766748.75
FRANCIES70.76671,320.75
ASTLEY70.7667115.70
RICHARDS70.76675.08
HUGHS70.7667211.48
BEVAN70.766731.33
CHESHIRE60.657285.35
THOMAS60.65721.59
CORBETT60.657233.54
JERVIS60.657285.59
YOUNG60.65723.06
WHITTINGHAM50.547672.78
MARSTON50.547658.82
BRUCE50.547611.69
GWILT40.4381454.55
BISHOP40.43816.27
PREECE40.438126.94
BARRETT40.43816.52
MADDOX40.438186.02
GITTINS40.438171.05
JENKINS40.43813.72
MATTHEWS30.32863.77
CROFT30.328613.91
BENNETT30.32862.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUNTS0.919132000.0000
FRANCIES0.919131320.7547
POSTON0.919131250.0000
RICKEY0.919131111.1111
LARANCE0.919131000.0000
GWILT0.91913454.5455
BEDWARD0.91913416.6667
BEMAN0.91913250.0000
HUGHS0.91913211.4804
BROXTON0.91913185.1852
MICKLE0.91913169.4915
WILCOX0.91913139.5349
BLAYNEY0.91913125.0000
ASTLEY0.91913115.7025
ROWSON0.9191391.1854
MADDOX0.9191386.0215
JERVIS0.9191385.5920
CHESHIRE0.9191385.3485
TENCH0.9191375.7576
CHARLES0.9191374.1918
WHITTINGHAM0.9191372.7802
GITTINS0.9191371.0480
RAGAN0.9191367.1141
LAMBETH0.9191360.6061
WHITEHALL0.9191359.5238
MARSTON0.9191358.8235
NORTHWOOD0.9191357.8035
BREEZE0.9191353.1915
BOWEN0.9191352.9801
WILKS0.9191348.7465
DARLINGTON0.9191348.3871
REESE0.9191346.7290
HUMPHREYS0.9191343.5594
HAMMONDS0.9191341.6667
PRICKETT0.9191340.1606
VAUGHN0.9191336.6300
CORBETT0.9191333.5383
BEVAN0.9191331.3339
SHUTT0.9191330.3951
VAUGHAN0.9191328.8925
PREECE0.9191326.9360
GOUGH0.9191326.1487
PUGH0.9191325.8028
PRYCE0.9191322.8833
INCE0.9191321.9780
LLOYD0.9191320.6360
WILKES0.9191318.9633
MORRIS0.9191318.6980
MONEY0.9191318.3150
TUDOR0.9191316.2866

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 913 people called BUNTS in Forden 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 2000.0000 in Forden means that 2000.0000% of the people in Forden on census day were called BUNTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUNTS 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 BUNTS 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 BUNTS 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 BUNTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.91 in Forden means that you are 0.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUNTS in Forden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forden in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ASHTON (2)  ASTLEY (7)  BAGLEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BARRETT (4)  BEAMOND (1)  BEDWARD (2)  BENNETT (3)  BEVAN (7)  BIRD (3)  BISHOP (4)  BLACKSHAW (3)  BLOCKLEY OR BLACKLEY (6)  BLAYNEY (1)  BOOTH (1)  BOWEN (20)  BEMAN (1)  BREEZE (3)  BRANSGROVE (3)  BREEZES (5)  BRIL (1)  BROWN (3)  BROXTON (1)  BRUCE (5)  BRYAN OR BRYSON (2)  BUNTS (1)  BUNTS (BUNCE) (2)  BURGRESS (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHARLES (14)  CHESHIRE (6)  JONES ((CHESHIRE)) (2)  CHIDLEY (1)  COLES (1)  CORBETT (6)  CORFIELD (2)  CROFT (3)  DARLINGTON (3)  DAVIES (53)  DEAKIN (1)  DIGGORY (8)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (12)  EVANS (53)  FOULKES (1)  FRANCIES (7)  FRANCIS (1)  GARDNER (3)  GEORGE (2)  GITTINS (4)  GOODWIN (2)  GOUGH (7)  GRICE (1)  GRIFFITHS (23)  GUILT (1)  GWILT (4)  HALES (1)  HAMER (2)  HAMMONDS (1)  HARRIS (1)  HERRISON (1)  HAYNES (1)  HEWITT (1)  HIGGINSON (1)  HOULT (1)  HUGHS (7)  HUGHES (8)  HUMPHREYS (14)  HUMPHREY (1)  INCE (1)  JAMES (1)  JERVIS (6)  JENKINS (4)  JONES (143)  LAMBETH (1)  LAURENCE (1)  LARANCE (1)  LEWIS (18)  LLOYD (22)  LUCAS (1)  MEDDINS (2)  MADDOX (4)  MARSTON (5)  MATTHEWS (3)  MC CABE (1)  MC DONALD (2)  MEREDITH (1)  MICKLE (1)  MONEY (1)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (21)  MORRIS (38)  NEILE (6)  NEWIL (1)  NORTHWOOD (1)  OLIVER (9)  OWEN (10)  PARKER (1)  PENNY (1)  PARRY (8)  PHILLIPS (3)  PICE (1)  PLATT (3)  POSTON (8)  PREECE (4)  PRYCE (1)  PRICE (2)  PRICKETT (1)  PUGH (9)  ROWSON (3)  REDGE (3)  REESE (1)  RAGAN (1)  RICHARDS (7)  RIDGE (1)  RICKEY (1)  ROBERTS (20)  ROBSON (1)  ROGERS (17)  SHUTT (1)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMITH (1)  SMOUT (1)  STEPHENS (2)  TENCH (1)  THICKINGS (2)  THOMAS (6)  TOMLEY (1)  TROW (2)  TUDOR (1)  TURNER (1)  TYNE (1)  VAUGHAN (9)  VAUGHN (1)  VIZE (3)  WATKINS (2)  WEAVIN (1)  WHITE (3)  WHITTINGHAM (5)  WHITEHALL (1)  WHITTAL (1)  WILCOX (24)  WILKES (3)  WILKS (7)  WILLIAMS (38)  GWILLIAM (1)  WITHERS (1)  WOOD (15)  WAITE (3)  YOUNG (6)