1881 census county

Montgomeryshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Montgomeryshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

1,691 surnames are listed for Montgomeryshire, covering 63,418 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Tilsley, with 53 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Montgomeryshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Tilsley	53	0.080%	64.61x
102	Wigley	53	0.080%	12.49x
103	Robinson	52	0.080%	0.24x
104	Tanner	52	0.080%	3.46x
105	Buckley	51	0.080%	1.40x
106	Wilcox	51	0.080%	4.04x
107	Cleaton	50	0.070%	92.05x
108	Higgs	50	0.070%	4.10x
109	Marston	50	0.070%	8.02x
110	Bason	49	0.070%	49.71x
111	Harrison	49	0.070%	0.33x
112	Baxter	48	0.070%	1.20x
113	Corbett	48	0.070%	3.66x
114	Humphrey	48	0.070%	2.69x
115	Samuel	48	0.070%	6.01x
116	Swancott	48	0.070%	170.45x
117	Allen	47	0.070%	0.37x
118	Jehu	47	0.070%	161.79x
119	Pughe	47	0.070%	33.01x
120	Edmunds	46	0.070%	5.27x
121	Whittingham	46	0.070%	9.14x
122	Colley	45	0.070%	5.30x
123	Bailey	43	0.060%	0.43x
124	Newell	42	0.060%	3.97x
125	Poole	41	0.060%	1.27x
126	Smout	41	0.060%	38.53x
127	Woolley	41	0.060%	3.09x
128	Wynn	41	0.060%	7.07x
129	Alderson	40	0.060%	4.31x
130	Bullock	40	0.060%	1.84x
131	Andrews	39	0.060%	0.61x
132	Beedle	39	0.060%	45.43x
133	Hill	39	0.060%	0.23x
134	Rowland	39	0.060%	2.05x
135	Webster	39	0.060%	0.67x
136	Charles	37	0.060%	2.67x
137	Collins	37	0.060%	0.39x
138	Burton	36	0.050%	0.63x
139	Hammonds	36	0.050%	20.44x
140	Hughs	36	0.050%	14.82x
141	Lee	36	0.050%	0.33x
142	Passant	36	0.050%	83.45x
143	Proctor	36	0.050%	2.19x
144	Brunt	35	0.050%	7.59x
145	Clayton	35	0.050%	0.96x
146	Edward	35	0.050%	5.63x
147	Fletcher	35	0.050%	0.46x
148	Miles	35	0.050%	0.89x
149	Tibbott	35	0.050%	193.37x
150	Wooding	35	0.050%	12.00x
151	Brick	34	0.050%	37.28x
152	Heath	34	0.050%	1.02x
153	Holloway	34	0.050%	1.66x
154	Holt	34	0.050%	0.76x
155	Langford	34	0.050%	3.23x
156	White	34	0.050%	0.16x
157	Wynne	34	0.050%	5.27x
158	Ward	33	0.050%	0.23x
159	Beddoes	32	0.050%	26.32x
160	Clarke	32	0.050%	0.24x
161	Pearce	32	0.050%	0.52x
162	Ashley	31	0.050%	2.77x
163	Bird	31	0.050%	0.61x
164	Eaton	31	0.050%	1.65x
165	Gardner	31	0.050%	0.68x
166	Joseph	31	0.050%	5.71x
167	Nicholas	31	0.050%	2.37x
168	Parker	31	0.050%	0.24x
169	Richard	31	0.050%	5.37x
170	Fox	30	0.040%	0.48x
171	Maddox	30	0.040%	8.79x
172	Salter	30	0.040%	1.96x
173	Withers	30	0.040%	2.73x
174	Bishop	29	0.040%	0.62x
175	Brees	29	0.040%	125.98x
176	Hudson	29	0.040%	0.53x
177	Mantle	29	0.040%	8.29x
178	Bywater	28	0.040%	8.31x
179	Cadwallader	28	0.040%	20.77x
180	Lloydd	28	0.040%	94.92x
181	Nock	28	0.040%	9.46x
182	Carter	27	0.040%	0.24x
183	Casewell	27	0.040%	96.64x
184	Gravenor	27	0.040%	106.89x
185	Hall	27	0.040%	0.14x
186	Mumford	27	0.040%	4.18x
187	Payne	27	0.040%	0.45x
188	Pilot	27	0.040%	223.70x
189	Pryse	27	0.040%	75.02x
190	Wilde	27	0.040%	2.77x
191	Wilding	27	0.040%	3.43x
192	Arnold	26	0.040%	0.72x
193	Baines	26	0.040%	2.03x
194	Downes	26	0.040%	3.14x
195	Hammond	26	0.040%	0.68x
196	Leach	26	0.040%	0.94x
197	Bennet	25	0.040%	2.70x
198	Ford	25	0.040%	0.38x
199	Haynes	25	0.040%	1.05x
200	Hopkins	25	0.040%	0.62x