Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cwmdu, Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

Cwmdu is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

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
JONES10611.07639.78
WILLIAMS575.95618.29
DAVIES515.329210.48
PRICE474.911228.06
WATKINS464.806779.32
THOMAS424.388710.64
POWELL383.970731.83
PARRY272.821337.07
ISAAC272.8213225.00
JAMES252.612313.30
MORRIS252.612311.74
PHILLIPS222.298912.85
EDWARDS202.08997.50
GRIFFITHS191.985412.13
LEWIS181.88097.15
VAUGHAN151.567445.94
PUGH141.462938.29
MORGAN141.46297.36
PROSSER131.358486.72
EVANS131.35843.11
HADLEY121.253992.10
GEORGE121.253921.37
FRANCIS121.253921.05
REES121.253914.41
GAMES121.25392,926.83
MAINWARING111.1494297.30
PRITCHARD111.149421.35
WILDING111.149497.78
HOWELLS111.149445.05
HARGEST101.04491,388.89
RICHARDS90.94046.23
WOODFORD80.8359120.48
BEVAN80.835934.17
COX80.83595.52
HERBERT80.835922.38
HAMER80.835944.64
PERKINS60.627013.94
CHRISTOPHER60.6270106.57
PARRINGTON50.5225393.70
JENKINS50.52254.43
AYRES50.522537.65
ROGERS40.41803.22
HAMBLETON40.4180102.83
HUGHES40.41801.49
NICHOLAS40.418021.40
MOORE40.41802.09
BRADFORD40.418021.44
KENSEY40.41801,250.00
ARTHUR30.313514.39
HULIN30.3135566.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMES0.969572926.8293
HARGEST0.969571388.8889
PROPER0.969571333.3333
KENSEY0.969571250.0000
HULIN0.96957566.0377
RAIKES0.96957408.1633
PARRINGTON0.96957393.7008
MAINWARING0.96957297.2973
ISAAC0.96957225.0000
WORTHING0.96957135.1351
WEAL0.96957123.4568
HAVARD0.96957121.4575
WOODFORD0.96957120.4819
PEMBER0.96957108.6957
CHRISTOPHER0.96957106.5719
HAMBLETON0.96957102.8278
WILDING0.9695797.7778
TAUNTON0.9695794.3396
HADLEY0.9695792.0952
PROSSER0.9695786.7245
WHITTING0.9695779.3651
WATKINS0.9695779.3240
WHITNEY0.9695760.3622
MADDOCKS0.9695751.3699
VAUGHAN0.9695745.9418
HOWELLS0.9695745.0450
HAMER0.9695744.6429
PUGH0.9695738.2932
AYRES0.9695737.6506
PARRY0.9695737.0726
BEVAN0.9695734.1734
POWELL0.9695731.8285
BRODERICK0.9695731.5457
ADDIS0.9695730.5810
PRICE0.9695728.0631
WESTERN0.9695724.8139
HERBERT0.9695722.3776
BRADFORD0.9695721.4362
NICHOLAS0.9695721.4018
GEORGE0.9695721.3675
PRITCHARD0.9695721.3468
ABRAHAM0.9695721.1864
FRANCIS0.9695721.0489
MICHAEL0.9695719.4553
REES0.9695714.4144
ARTHUR0.9695714.3885
LLEWELLYN0.9695714.3164
PERKINS0.9695713.9373
BALLARD0.9695713.9276
JAMES0.9695713.2993

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 957 people called GAMES in Cwmdu 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 2926.8293 in Cwmdu means that 2926.8293% of the people in Cwmdu on census day were called GAMES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAMES 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 GAMES 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 GAMES 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 GAMES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.96 in Cwmdu means that you are 0.96 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAMES in Cwmdu than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cwmdu in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (2)  ANDREW (2)  ARTHUR (3)  BALLARD (2)  BELL (2)  BENNETT (2)  BEVAN (8)  BRADFORD (4)  BRODERICK (1)  BROWN (1)  CHRISTOPHER (6)  COX (8)  COYDE (1)  DAVIES (51)  DAVIS (1)  DODD (1)  DONOVAN (1)  DRAPER (2)  ADDIS (1)  EDWARDS (20)  EVANS (13)  AYRES (5)  FOX (3)  FRANCIS (12)  FRYERS (6)  GAMES (12)  GARDENER (1)  GEORGE (12)  GRIFFITHS (19)  GRIFFITH (2)  GWYNNE (12)  HADLEY (12)  HALL (1)  HAMER (8)  HAMBLETON (4)  HARGEST (10)  HARRIS (2)  HAVARD (3)  HERBERT (8)  HOARE (1)  HOWELLS (11)  HUGHES (4)  HULIN (3)  ISAAC (27)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (25)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (106)  LEWIS (18)  LLEWELLYN (2)  LUCAS (1)  MADDOCKS (3)  MAINWARING (11)  KENSEY (4)  MC MURREY (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MESSAR (2)  MILBURN (1)  MICHAEL (1)  MOORE (4)  MORGAN (14)  MORRIS (25)  NICHOLAS (4)  NICHLAS (1)  OWENS (1)  PALMER (1)  PARRINGTON (5)  PEMBER (1)  PENNY (1)  PERKINS (6)  PARRY (27)  PETERS (2)  PHILLIPS (22)  POWELL (38)  PRICE (47)  PRITCHARD (11)  PROGAT (1)  PROPER (2)  PROSSER (13)  PUGH (14)  RAIKES (2)  REES (12)  RICHARDS (9)  RICHMOND (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (4)  ROSS (1)  SAVIGAN (1)  SHIRFIELD (1)  SMITH (2)  TAUNTON (1)  THOMAS (42)  VAUGHAN (15)  VOBES (2)  WEAL (1)  WALTERS (1)  WATKINS (46)  WESTERN (1)  WHITTING (1)  WHITNEY (3)  WILDING (11)  WILLIAMS (57)  WOODFORD (8)  WORTHING (1)  WORTHYTON (1)