Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bettws Leiki, Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

Bettws Leiki is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

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
DAVIES7325.886550.89
JONES6221.985819.41
LLOYD217.446863.77
WILLIAMS196.73769.38
DANIEL165.6738256.82
MORGAN144.964524.96
EDWARDS124.255315.27
EVANS113.90078.93
THOMAS93.19157.73
JENKINS72.482321.07
RICHARDS62.127714.09
MORRIS51.77307.97
HUGHES51.77306.33
GRIFFITHS51.773010.83
LEWIS41.41845.40
ROWLANDS41.418456.98
HARRIES31.063856.50
HERBERT31.063828.46
ISAAC10.354628.33
WELSH10.35468.96
WATERS10.35468.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DANIEL0.28282256.8218
LLOYD0.2828263.7716
ROWLANDS0.2828256.9801
HARRIES0.2828256.4972
DAVIES0.2828250.8924
HERBERT0.2828228.4630
ISAAC0.2828228.3286
MORGAN0.2828224.9643
JENKINS0.2828221.0653
JONES0.2828219.4126
EDWARDS0.2828215.2691
RICHARDS0.2828214.0878
GRIFFITHS0.2828210.8342
WILLIAMS0.282829.3795
WELSH0.282828.9606
EVANS0.282828.9264
WATERS0.282828.8261
MORRIS0.282827.9656
THOMAS0.282827.7340
HUGHES0.282826.3275
LEWIS0.282825.3952

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 282 people called DANIEL in Bettws Leiki 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 256.8218 in Bettws Leiki means that 256.8218% of the people in Bettws Leiki on census day were called DANIEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DANIEL 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 DANIEL 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 DANIEL 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 DANIEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Bettws Leiki means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DANIEL in Bettws Leiki than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bettws Leiki in 1881

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

DANIEL (16)  DAVIES (73)  EDWARDS (12)  EVANS (11)  GRIFFITHS (5)  HARRIES (3)  HERBERT (3)  HUGHES (5)  ISAAC (1)  JENKINS (7)  JONES (62)  LEWIS (4)  LLOYD (21)  MORGAN (14)  MORRIS (5)  RICHARDS (6)  ROWLANDS (4)  THOMAS (9)  WATERS (1)  WELSH (1)  WILLIAMS (19)