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

Verwick 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
DAVIES10230.088559.15
JONES4613.569311.98
EVANS3610.619524.30
WILLIAMS339.734513.55
GRIFFITHS185.309732.44
THOMAS123.53988.58
JAMES102.949915.02
MORGANS102.9499136.61
GEORGE92.654945.25
EDWARDS82.35998.47
LEWIS82.35998.98
REES72.064923.74
MORRIS61.76997.95
RICHARDS51.47499.77
LUKE41.1799121.21
MORGAN30.88504.45
MITCHEL30.885090.63
JOHN20.590016.31
HARPER20.59009.22
OWENS20.590011.88
CHARLES20.590028.53
EDWARD10.295031.75
WATKINS10.29504.87
BOWEN10.29507.13
PHILLIPS10.29501.65
ELIAS10.295090.91
FINCH10.29508.87
SCOTT10.29501.17
JENKINS10.29502.50
RANDS10.2950101.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORGANS0.34339136.6120
LUKE0.34339121.2121
RANDS0.34339101.0101
ELIAS0.3433990.9091
MITCHEL0.3433990.6344
DAVIES0.3433959.1544
GEORGE0.3433945.2489
GRIFFITHS0.3433932.4441
EDWARD0.3433931.7460
CHARLES0.3433928.5307
EVANS0.3433924.3013
REES0.3433923.7369
JOHN0.3433916.3132
JAMES0.3433915.0173
WILLIAMS0.3433913.5512
JONES0.3433911.9814
OWENS0.3433911.8765
RICHARDS0.343399.7656
HARPER0.343399.2166
LEWIS0.343398.9757
FINCH0.343398.8652
THOMAS0.343398.5782
EDWARDS0.343398.4674
MORRIS0.343397.9512
BOWEN0.343397.1327
WATKINS0.343394.8685
MORGAN0.343394.4497
JENKINS0.343392.5031
PHILLIPS0.343391.6488
SCOTT0.343391.1659

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 339 people called MORGANS in Verwick 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 136.6120 in Verwick means that 136.6120% of the people in Verwick on census day were called MORGANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORGANS 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 MORGANS 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 MORGANS 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 MORGANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Verwick means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORGANS in Verwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Verwick in 1881

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

ALBANS (1)  BOWEN (1)  CHARLES (2)  DAVIES (102)  EDWARDS (8)  EDWARD (1)  ELIAS (1)  EVANS (36)  FINCH (1)  FRANCESS (1)  GEORGE (9)  GRIFFITHS (18)  HARPER (2)  JAMES (10)  JENKINS (1)  JOHN (2)  JONES (46)  LEWIS (8)  LUKE (4)  MITCHEL (3)  MORGANS (10)  MORGAN (3)  MORRIS (6)  OWENS (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  REES (7)  RANDS (1)  RICHARDS (5)  SCOTT (1)  THOMAS (12)  WATKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (33)