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

Rhostie 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
JONES3118.452416.29
WILLIAMS3118.452425.69
DAVIES2716.071431.60
EVANS2313.690531.33
PRICE105.952434.01
WATKIN95.3571612.24
GRIFFITHS63.571421.83
MORGAN63.571417.96
EDWARDS63.571412.82
JAMES52.976215.15
LEWIS42.38109.06
RICHARDS21.19057.88
OWENS21.190523.98
THOMAS10.59521.44
PHILIPS10.595232.15
PARRY10.59527.82
HUGHES10.59522.12
VAUGHAN10.595217.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WATKIN0.17168612.2449
PRICE0.1716834.0136
PHILIPS0.1716832.1543
DAVIES0.1716831.5974
EVANS0.1716831.3309
WILLIAMS0.1716825.6878
OWENS0.1716823.9808
GRIFFITHS0.1716821.8261
MORGAN0.1716817.9587
VAUGHAN0.1716817.4520
JONES0.1716816.2926
JAMES0.1716815.1515
EDWARDS0.1716812.8150
LEWIS0.171689.0559
RICHARDS0.171687.8833
PARRY0.171687.8186
HUGHES0.171682.1240
THOMAS0.171681.4424

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 168 people called WATKIN in Rhostie 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 612.2449 in Rhostie means that 612.2449% of the people in Rhostie on census day were called WATKIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WATKIN 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 WATKIN 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 WATKIN 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 WATKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Rhostie means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WATKIN in Rhostie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rhostie in 1881

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

DAVIES (27)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (23)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (5)  JONES (31)  LEWIS (4)  MAGOR (1)  MORGAN (6)  OWENS (2)  PARRY (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PRICE (10)  RICHARDS (2)  THOMAS (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WATKIN (9)  WILLIAMS (31)