Top surnames from the 1881 census in Merthyr Dovan, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Merthyr Dovan 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
JAMES98.823544.91
LEWELLYN87.843120,000.00
REES87.843190.19
LEWIS65.882422.37
SILLMAN65.882420,000.00
JOHN65.8824162.60
EVANS65.882413.46
HOARD54.902025,000.00
HERBERT54.9020131.23
JONES54.90204.33
WILLIAMS43.92165.46
DAILY43.92161,538.46
THOMAS43.92169.50
CARVER32.9412326.09
MORRIS32.941213.21
FORD32.941230.18
MATTHEWS32.941233.71
MCMULLIN21.960810,000.00
EDWARDS10.98043.52
JOHNS10.980438.02
DONOVAN10.980461.73
MORGAN10.98044.93
MARTIN10.98043.98
POWELL10.98047.86
GRIFFITHS10.98045.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOARD0.1010225000.0000
LEWELLYN0.1010220000.0000
SILLMAN0.1010220000.0000
MCMULLIN0.1010210000.0000
DAILY0.101021538.4615
CARVER0.10102326.0870
JOHN0.10102162.6016
HERBERT0.10102131.2336
REES0.1010290.1917
DONOVAN0.1010261.7284
JAMES0.1010244.9102
JOHNS0.1010238.0228
MATTHEWS0.1010233.7079
FORD0.1010230.1811
LEWIS0.1010222.3714
EVANS0.1010213.4620
MORRIS0.1010213.2100
THOMAS0.101029.5034
POWELL0.101027.8616
GRIFFITHS0.101025.9916
WILLIAMS0.101025.4593
MORGAN0.101024.9310
JONES0.101024.3283
MARTIN0.101023.9793
EDWARDS0.101023.5174

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 102 people called HOARD in Merthyr Dovan 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 25000.0000 in Merthyr Dovan means that 25000.0000% of the people in Merthyr Dovan on census day were called HOARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOARD 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 HOARD 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 HOARD 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 HOARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Merthyr Dovan means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOARD in Merthyr Dovan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Merthyr Dovan in 1881

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

AIDES (1)  ARUNDAL (1)  SCAMMELL (2)  CARVER (3)  DAILY (4)  DONOVAN (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (6)  FLARTY (1)  FORD (3)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HERBERT (5)  HOARD (5)  JAMES (9)  JOHNS (1)  JOHN (6)  JONES (5)  LEWIS (6)  LEWELLYN (8)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MCMULLIN (2)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (3)  POWELL (1)  REES (8)  SILLMAN (6)  THOMAS (4)  WILLIAMS (4)