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

Llangwyryfon 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
JONES11922.796920.13
EVANS9518.199241.65
DAVIES5610.728021.09
JAMES295.555628.28
EDWARDS264.980817.87
JENKINS224.214635.77
ISAAC193.6398290.52
WILLIAMS193.63985.07
ELLIS183.448323.75
MORGANS183.4483159.72
LEWIS101.91577.29
PARRY101.915725.17
THOMAS81.53263.71
REES81.532617.62
JOSEPH71.3410165.48
WILLIAM61.1494134.53
RICHARDS50.95796.34
OWENS50.957919.29
GRIFFITHS40.76634.68
BENJAMIN40.7663145.99
PHILIPS30.574731.02
LOYD30.5747146.34
HUGHES20.38311.37
MORRIS20.38311.72
VAUGHAN20.383111.23
BANISTER10.191646.08
MASON10.19161.42
CARTER10.19161.14
ROWLANDS10.19167.69
RODRICK10.1916666.67
POWELL10.19161.54
MORGAN10.19160.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODRICK0.52522666.6667
ISAAC0.52522290.5199
JOSEPH0.52522165.4846
MORGANS0.52522159.7161
LOYD0.52522146.3415
BENJAMIN0.52522145.9854
WILLIAM0.52522134.5291
BANISTER0.5252246.0829
EVANS0.5252241.6484
JENKINS0.5252235.7665
PHILIPS0.5252231.0238
JAMES0.5252228.2844
PARRY0.5252225.1699
ELLIS0.5252223.7467
DAVIES0.5252221.0915
JONES0.5252220.1289
OWENS0.5252219.2901
EDWARDS0.5252217.8719
REES0.5252217.6173
VAUGHAN0.5252211.2296
ROWLANDS0.525227.6923
LEWIS0.525227.2865
RICHARDS0.525226.3428
WILLIAMS0.525225.0669
GRIFFITHS0.525224.6827
THOMAS0.525223.7138
MORRIS0.525221.7212
POWELL0.525221.5356
MASON0.525221.4247
HUGHES0.525221.3673
CARTER0.525221.1413
MORGAN0.525220.9633

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 522 people called RODRICK in Llangwyryfon 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 666.6667 in Llangwyryfon means that 666.6667% of the people in Llangwyryfon on census day were called RODRICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODRICK 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 RODRICK 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 RODRICK 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 RODRICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Llangwyryfon means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODRICK in Llangwyryfon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llangwyryfon in 1881

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

BANISTER (1)  BENJAMIN (4)  CARTER (1)  DAVIES (56)  EBENEZER (1)  EDWARDS (26)  ELLIS (18)  EVANS (95)  GRIFFITHS (4)  GRYFFITHS (1)  HUGHES (2)  ISAAC (19)  JAMES (29)  JENKINS (22)  JONES (119)  JOSEPH (7)  LEWIS (10)  LOYD (3)  MASON (1)  MORGANS (18)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  OWENS (5)  PARRY (10)  PHILIPS (3)  PHILLIPPS (12)  PICKRIN (1)  POWELL (1)  REES (8)  RICHARDS (5)  RODRICK (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  THOMAS (8)  VAUGHAN (2)  WILLIAMS (19)  WILLIAM (6)