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

Llandyfeisant 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
THOMAS2110.714325.96
LEWIS199.693936.87
EVANS178.673519.85
DAVIS157.653134.83
JONES157.65316.76
RICHENS105.10202,631.58
WALTERS73.571474.87
DAVIES73.57147.02
ALLEN63.061216.21
REES63.061235.19
GRIFFITHS63.061218.71
MEREDITH63.0612151.52
CHARLES52.5510123.46
WOODROW52.5510413.22
HARRIES31.530681.30
WILLIAMS31.53062.13
BENNET21.020473.80
HUGHES21.02043.64
PHILLIPS21.02045.70
DANIELS21.020432.47
BOWEN21.020424.69
MORGANS21.020447.28
BYNON10.51021,250.00
WOOD10.51021.60
JOHN10.510214.10
BATES10.51028.02
PURNELL10.510297.09
OLIVER10.51027.15
WOOTON10.5102192.31
JENKINS10.51024.33
ARTHUR10.510223.42
GRIGG10.510278.13
PRICE10.51022.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHENS0.201962631.5789
BYNON0.201961250.0000
WOODROW0.20196413.2231
WOOTON0.20196192.3077
MEREDITH0.20196151.5152
CHARLES0.20196123.4568
PURNELL0.2019697.0874
HARRIES0.2019681.3008
GRIGG0.2019678.1250
WALTERS0.2019674.8663
BENNET0.2019673.8007
MORGANS0.2019647.2813
LEWIS0.2019636.8717
REES0.2019635.1906
DAVIS0.2019634.8270
DANIELS0.2019632.4675
THOMAS0.2019625.9644
BOWEN0.2019624.6914
ARTHUR0.2019623.4192
EVANS0.2019619.8482
GRIFFITHS0.2019618.7091
ALLEN0.2019616.2075
JOHN0.2019614.1044
BATES0.201968.0192
OLIVER0.201967.1531
DAVIES0.201967.0218
JONES0.201966.7574
PHILLIPS0.201965.7029
JENKINS0.201964.3290
HUGHES0.201963.6417
PRICE0.201962.9155
WILLIAMS0.201962.1307
WOOD0.201961.6013

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 196 people called RICHENS in Llandyfeisant 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 2631.5789 in Llandyfeisant means that 2631.5789% of the people in Llandyfeisant on census day were called RICHENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICHENS 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 RICHENS 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 RICHENS 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 RICHENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Llandyfeisant means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICHENS in Llandyfeisant than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llandyfeisant in 1881

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

ALLEN (6)  ARTHUR (1)  BATES (1)  BENNET (2)  BYNON (1)  BINON (1)  BOWEN (2)  CHARLES (5)  DANIELS (2)  DAVIS (15)  DAVIES (7)  DYNEVOR (6)  EVANS (17)  FEBEARY (2)  GRIGG (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  HARRIES (3)  HUGHES (2)  JENKINS (1)  JOHN (1)  JONES (15)  KOASS (1)  LEWIS (19)  MAGOR (2)  MEREDITH (6)  MORGANS (2)  OLIVER (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PRICE (1)  PUNTAN (1)  PURNELL (1)  REES (6)  RICHENS (10)  SKOULDINGCANN (4)  ISTANCE (1)  THOMAS (21)  TICEHURST (4)  WALTERS (7)  WILLIAMS (3)  WOOD (1)  WOODROW (5)  WOOTON (1)