Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knelston, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Knelston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Glamorgan / Morgannwg

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
HOSKIN1819.14894,285.71
THOMAS1718.085143.83
WILSON77.446816.22
LEWIS77.446828.33
ACE66.38307,500.00
JENKINS55.319145.13
BEYNON55.3191746.27
GORDON55.319184.46
LUCAS44.255391.95
GUY33.1915145.63
WILLIAMS33.19154.44
CLEMENT22.1277210.53
PHILLIP22.1277416.67
CLARK22.12777.08
JONES11.06380.94
EDWARDS11.06383.82
LLEWELLYN11.063872.99
GROVE11.063890.91
EATON11.063838.02
NICHOLAS11.063854.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ACE0.09947500.0000
HOSKIN0.09944285.7143
BEYNON0.0994746.2687
PHILLIP0.0994416.6667
CLEMENT0.0994210.5263
GUY0.0994145.6311
LUCAS0.099491.9540
GROVE0.099490.9091
GORDON0.099484.4595
LLEWELLYN0.099472.9927
NICHOLAS0.099454.3478
JENKINS0.099445.1264
THOMAS0.099443.8257
EATON0.099438.0228
LEWIS0.099428.3286
WILSON0.099416.2150
CLARK0.09947.0796
WILLIAMS0.09944.4431
EDWARDS0.09943.8168
JONES0.09940.9393

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 94 people called ACE in Knelston 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 7500.0000 in Knelston means that 7500.0000% of the people in Knelston on census day were called ACE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ACE 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 ACE 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 ACE 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 ACE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Knelston means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ACE in Knelston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knelston in 1881

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

ACE (6)  BEYNON (5)  CLARK (2)  CLEMENT (2)  EATON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  GAMAN (2)  GORDON (5)  GROVE (1)  GUY (3)  HOSKIN (18)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (7)  LLEWELLYN (1)  LUCAS (4)  NICHOLAS (1)  PHILLIP (2)  THOMAS (17)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (7)