Top surnames from the 1881 census in Conwil Cayo, Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

Conwil Cayo is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

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
DAVIES46723.574046.35
JONES32516.405914.49
WILLIAMS22711.458915.95
EVANS22211.206525.65
THOMAS1467.370017.86
LEWIS693.483113.25
JAMES643.230716.45
EDWARDS532.67549.60
MORGANS502.5240116.96
PRICE381.918210.96
REES261.312515.09
HARRIES251.262067.08
HUGHES241.21154.32
RICHARDS241.21158.02
GRIFFITHS231.16107.09
MORGAN190.95914.82
PUGH150.757219.82
DICKS140.7067144.78
LLOYD120.60585.19
ABEL100.504878.37
WALLIS80.403811.92
WILSON70.35340.77
SIMON70.353453.72
PRICHARD60.302932.99
GEORGE60.30295.16
PARRY60.30293.98
SAUNDERS50.25242.75
JENKINS50.25242.14
CORKE40.201966.56
FRANCIS40.20193.39
LOYD30.151438.56
PHILLIPS20.10100.56
BOWEN20.10102.44
HOPWOOD20.10108.86
ALLEN20.10100.53
LUKE20.101010.37
WHITE20.10100.31
FULFORD20.101030.26
OWEN20.10100.85
RICHARD10.05055.85
GOWER10.05054.81
STEPHEN10.05052.88
MURRY10.05059.55
RODERICK10.050514.43
MILES10.05050.86
JOHNS10.05051.96
THORN10.05053.38
GRIFFITH10.05051.55
POWEL10.050519.76
JOHN10.05051.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DICKS1.981,981144.7777
MORGANS1.981,981116.9591
ABEL1.981,98178.3699
HARRIES1.981,98167.0781
CORKE1.981,98166.5557
SIMON1.981,98153.7222
DAVIES1.981,98146.3464
LOYD1.981,98138.5604
PRICHARD1.981,98132.9852
FULFORD1.981,98130.2572
EVANS1.981,98125.6452
PUGH1.981,98119.8177
THOMAS1.981,98117.8598
JAMES1.981,98116.4474
WILLIAMS1.981,98115.9517
REES1.981,98115.0873
JONES1.981,98114.4859
LEWIS1.981,98113.2481
WALLIS1.981,98111.9225
PRICE1.981,98110.9611
LUKE1.981,98110.3734
EDWARDS1.981,9819.5997
HOPWOOD1.981,9818.8613
RICHARDS1.981,9818.0222
GRIFFITHS1.981,9817.0948
LLOYD1.981,9815.1878
GEORGE1.981,9815.1617
MORGAN1.981,9814.8228
HUGHES1.981,9814.3236
PARRY1.981,9813.9796
FRANCIS1.981,9813.3895
SAUNDERS1.981,9812.7519
BOWEN1.981,9812.4417
JENKINS1.981,9812.1418
OWEN1.981,9810.8506
WILSON1.981,9810.7694
PHILLIPS1.981,9810.5643
ALLEN1.981,9810.5344
WHITE1.981,9810.3141

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,981 people called DICKS in Conwil Cayo 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 144.7777 in Conwil Cayo means that 144.7777% of the people in Conwil Cayo on census day were called DICKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DICKS 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 DICKS 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 DICKS 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 DICKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.98 in Conwil Cayo means that you are 1.98 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DICKS in Conwil Cayo than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Conwil Cayo in 1881

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

ABEL (10)  AJAX (7)  ALLEN (2)  BEDOW (1)  BOWEN (2)  CHIDLOW (1)  O'CONNELL (1)  CORKE (4)  DAVIES (467)  DICKS (14)  EDWARDS (53)  ESSAY (1)  EVANS (222)  EVANES (17)  FRANCIS (4)  FULFORD (2)  GEORGE (6)  GLENOR (1)  GOWER (1)  GRIFFITH (1)  GRIFFITHS (23)  HARRIES (25)  HOPWOOD (2)  HUGHES (24)  JACOB (1)  JAMES (64)  JEINKINS (1)  JENKINGS (2)  JENKINS (5)  JOHN (1)  JOHNS (1)  JONES (325)  LEWIS (69)  LOYD (3)  LLOYD (12)  LUKE (2)  MILES (1)  MORGANS (50)  MORGAN (19)  MURRY (1)  MURRAY (MURRY) (2)  OWEN (2)  PERGREEN (4)  PARRY (6)  PHILLIPS (2)  POWEL (1)  PRICE (38)  PRICHARD (6)  PUGH (15)  REES (26)  RICHARDS (24)  RICHARD (1)  RODERICK (1)  ROOKES (1)  SAUNDERS (5)  SIMON (7)  STEPHEN (1)  THOMAS (146)  THORN (1)  WALLIS (8)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (227)  WILSON (7)