Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lampeter, Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

Lampeter 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
JONES13819.742517.43
DAVIES13319.027237.41
EVANS10915.593735.69
THOMAS628.869821.49
WILLIAMS497.01009.76
LLOYD284.005734.31
PRICE202.861216.35
EDWARDS182.57519.24
MORGAN182.575112.95
REES172.432027.96
HOWELLS121.716767.26
GRIFFITHS111.57379.62
HATTER71.0014813.95
STURDY60.8584270.27
GRANT50.71537.21
RICHARD50.715382.92
JAMES50.71533.64
HARFORD40.5722175.44
STEPHENS40.572210.31
JENKINS40.57224.86
GRIFFITH30.429213.18
JEREMIAH30.4292375.00
BAIRD20.286113.38
HUGHES20.28611.02
LEWIS20.28611.09
SAUNDERS20.28613.12
DANIELS20.28619.11
HATTIER20.28616,666.67
BATEMAN20.286111.07
SMITH20.28610.20
GEORGE20.28614.88
HOWELL20.28616.79
COLE10.14311.57
MUNRO10.14313.20
SKINNER10.14312.82
ROW10.143127.86
HERBERT10.14313.83
TOONE10.143159.17
BOWEN10.14313.46
MORRIS10.14310.64
PETER10.143140.82
ROWLANDS10.14315.74
DOBIN10.1431833.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HATTIER0.706996666.6667
DOBIN0.70699833.3333
HATTER0.70699813.9535
JEREMIAH0.70699375.0000
STURDY0.70699270.2703
HARFORD0.70699175.4386
RICHARD0.7069982.9187
HOWELLS0.7069967.2646
TOONE0.7069959.1716
PETER0.7069940.8163
DAVIES0.7069937.4079
EVANS0.7069935.6851
LLOYD0.7069934.3053
REES0.7069927.9559
ROW0.7069927.8552
THOMAS0.7069921.4942
JONES0.7069917.4319
PRICE0.7069916.3492
BAIRD0.7069913.3779
GRIFFITH0.7069913.1752
MORGAN0.7069912.9487
BATEMAN0.7069911.0742
STEPHENS0.7069910.3119
WILLIAMS0.706999.7586
GRIFFITHS0.706999.6162
EDWARDS0.706999.2398
DANIELS0.706999.1075
GRANT0.706997.2077
HOWELL0.706996.7889
ROWLANDS0.706995.7438
GEORGE0.706994.8757
JENKINS0.706994.8561
HERBERT0.706993.8300
JAMES0.706993.6417
BOWEN0.706993.4602
MUNRO0.706993.2041
SAUNDERS0.706993.1196
SKINNER0.706992.8185
COLE0.706991.5704
LEWIS0.706991.0883
HUGHES0.706991.0211
MORRIS0.706990.6427
SMITH0.706990.2026

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 699 people called HATTIER in Lampeter 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 6666.6667 in Lampeter means that 6666.6667% of the people in Lampeter on census day were called HATTIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HATTIER 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 HATTIER 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 HATTIER 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 HATTIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Lampeter means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HATTIER in Lampeter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lampeter in 1881

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

BAIRD (2)  BATEMAN (2)  BOWEN (1)  COLE (1)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIES (133)  DOBIN (1)  EDWARDS (18)  EVANS (109)  FOWDEN (3)  GEORGE (2)  GRANT (5)  GRIFFITHS (11)  GRIFFITH (3)  HARFORD (4)  HATTER (7)  HATTIER (2)  HERBERT (1)  HOWELLS (12)  HOWELL (2)  HUGHES (2)  JAMES (5)  JENKINS (4)  JEREMIAH (3)  JONES (138)  LEEWORTHY (2)  LEWES (1)  LEWIS (2)  LLOYD (28)  MORGAN (18)  MORRIS (1)  MUNRO (1)  PETER (1)  PRICE (20)  REES (17)  RICHARD (5)  ROW (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (2)  STEPHENS (4)  STURDY (6)  THOMAS (62)  TOONE (1)  TRATMAN (1)  WILLIAMS (49)