Top surnames from the 1881 census in Llangwyfan, Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

Llangwyfan is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

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
WILLIAMS2814.814820.62
FOULKES189.52381,022.73
ROBERTS178.994723.91
EDWARDS168.465630.38
EVANS168.465619.37
JONES157.93657.01
HUGHES147.407426.44
DAVIES147.407414.56
LLOYD94.761940.78
PHILLIPS52.645514.78
PARRY42.116427.82
HUMPHREYS42.116460.15
WYNNE31.5873164.84
GRIFFITHS31.58739.70
THOMAS31.58733.85
REES31.587318.25
GREGORY31.587322.62
RODGERS31.587358.03
EMERY10.529124.21
CARTER10.52913.15
WELLINGTON10.5291112.36
OWEN10.52914.46
WHEELER10.52918.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FOULKES0.191891022.7273
WYNNE0.19189164.8352
WELLINGTON0.19189112.3596
HUMPHREYS0.1918960.1504
RODGERS0.1918958.0271
LLOYD0.1918940.7793
EDWARDS0.1918930.3778
PARRY0.1918927.8164
HUGHES0.1918926.4350
EMERY0.1918924.2131
ROBERTS0.1918923.9100
GREGORY0.1918922.6244
WILLIAMS0.1918920.6231
EVANS0.1918919.3728
REES0.1918918.2482
PHILLIPS0.1918914.7842
DAVIES0.1918914.5636
GRIFFITHS0.191899.6993
WHEELER0.191898.7642
JONES0.191897.0077
OWEN0.191894.4583
THOMAS0.191893.8466
CARTER0.191893.1516

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 189 people called FOULKES in Llangwyfan 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 1022.7273 in Llangwyfan means that 1022.7273% of the people in Llangwyfan on census day were called FOULKES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FOULKES 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 FOULKES 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 FOULKES 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 FOULKES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Llangwyfan means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FOULKES in Llangwyfan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llangwyfan in 1881

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

BATHER (5)  CARTER (1)  DAVIES (14)  EDWARDS (16)  EMERY (1)  EVANS (16)  FOULKES (18)  GREGORY (3)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HUGHES (14)  HUMPHREYS (4)  JONES (15)  LLOYD (9)  OLDAM (1)  OWEN (1)  PARRY (4)  PHILLIPS (5)  REES (3)  ROBERTS (17)  RODGERS (3)  THOMAS (3)  WELLINGTON (1)  WHEELER (1)  WILLIAMS (28)  WYNNE (3)