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

Llanspyddid 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
WILLIAMS9617.142923.86
JONES488.57147.57
PRICE458.035745.92
DAVIES437.678615.10
POWELL376.607152.96
MORGAN295.178626.04
GRIFFITHS203.571421.82
PROBERT152.6786339.37
THOMAS132.32145.63
SMITH132.32141.64
PROSSER122.1429136.83
EDWARDS101.78576.41
HOPKIN91.6071207.85
MARTIN91.60716.52
RICHARDS71.25008.28
HARRIS71.25004.92
MATHIAS61.0714176.47
SINGLETON61.071454.20
LEWIS61.07144.08
MATHEWS61.071429.01
PHILLIPS61.07145.99
LOYD61.0714272.73
EVANS61.07142.45
JAMES50.89294.55
WATKINS50.892914.73
MORRIS50.89294.01
HUGHES50.89293.19
REES40.71438.21
PUGH40.714318.69
PARRY30.53577.04
MOSES30.535752.36
STEPHENS30.53579.65
BAMFORD30.535735.59
LAWRENCE20.35715.50
JENKINS20.35713.03
BEVAN20.357114.60
SHARP20.35714.29
PEARCE20.35713.89
MEREDITH20.357117.68
BUFTON10.178681.97
WALTERS10.17863.75
HALL10.17860.61
ASHTON10.17863.64
GRIFFITH10.17865.48
HOWELLS10.17867.00
MANTLE10.178634.13
SHEPHARD10.178618.62
PERROTT10.178651.81
DENHAM10.178620.24
WHITING10.17869.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERLEY0.56560526.3158
LAYER0.56560500.0000
ECKLEY0.56560434.7826
PROBERT0.56560339.3665
LOYD0.56560272.7273
HARGEST0.56560238.0952
HOPKIN0.56560207.8522
MATHIAS0.56560176.4706
PROSSER0.56560136.8301
POWLES0.5656096.1538
BUFTON0.5656081.9672
HAVARD0.5656068.9655
VAUGHN0.5656059.5238
SINGLETON0.5656054.2005
POWELL0.5656052.9631
MOSES0.5656052.3560
PERROTT0.5656051.8135
PRICE0.5656045.9184
BAMFORD0.5656035.5872
PHILLIP0.5656035.2113
MANTLE0.5656034.1297
MATHEWS0.5656029.0135
MORGAN0.5656026.0393
WILLIAMS0.5656023.8646
GRIFFITHS0.5656021.8245
DENHAM0.5656020.2429
FOULKES0.5656019.1571
PUGH0.5656018.6916
SHEPHARD0.5656018.6220
MEREDITH0.5656017.6835
DAVIES0.5656015.0962
SAMUEL0.5656014.9701
WATKINS0.5656014.7319
BEVAN0.5656014.5985
HADLEY0.5656013.1234
HOPKINSON0.5656010.9170
MILLARD0.5656010.7875
STEPHENS0.565609.6525
WHITING0.565609.2764
RICHARDS0.565608.2772
REES0.565608.2102
HORNE0.565608.2034
JONES0.565607.5684
PARRY0.565607.0389
HOWELLS0.565606.9979
JOHNS0.565606.9156
MARTIN0.565606.5241
EDWARDS0.565606.4074
DRAKE0.565606.1275
PHILLIPS0.565605.9886

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 560 people called HERLEY in Llanspyddid 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 526.3158 in Llanspyddid means that 526.3158% of the people in Llanspyddid on census day were called HERLEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Llanspyddid in 1881

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

ASHTON (1)  BAMFORD (3)  BEVAN (2)  BEAVAN (1)  BEVIN (1)  BUFTON (1)  SCAMELL (1)  DAVIES (43)  DENHAM (1)  DRAKE (1)  ECKLEY (1)  EDWARDS (10)  EVANS (6)  FOULKES (1)  GRIFFITHS (20)  GRIFFITH (1)  HADLEY (1)  HALL (1)  HARGEST (1)  HERLEY (1)  HARRIS (7)  HARRLEY (1)  HAVARD (1)  HAYGEST (1)  HURLE (1)  HOPKIN (9)  HOPKINSON (1)  HORNE (1)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (5)  JAMES (5)  JENKINS (2)  JOHNS (1)  JONES (48)  LAWRENCE (2)  LAYER (1)  LEWIS (6)  LOYD (6)  LONG (1)  MANTLE (1)  MARTIN (9)  MATHEWS (6)  MATHIAS (6)  MEREDITH (2)  MILLARD (1)  MORGAN (29)  MORRIS (5)  MOSES (3)  PERROTT (1)  PEARCE (2)  PARRY (3)  PHILLIPS (6)  PHILLIP (1)  POWELL (37)  POWLES (1)  PRICE (45)  PROBERT (15)  PROSSER (12)  PROTHEROE (1)  PUGH (4)  REDFIN (1)  REES (4)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (7)  SAMUEL (1)  SEABOURNE (1)  SELWOOD (5)  SHARP (2)  SHEPHARD (1)  SHETLAND (1)  SHORT (1)  SHYELL (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SINGLETON (6)  SMITH (13)  STEPHENS (3)  THOMAS (13)  VAUGHAN (1)  VAUGHN (1)  WALTERS (1)  WATHAN (2)  WATKINS (5)  WHITING (1)  WILLIAMS (96)  GWILLYM (3)