Top surnames from the 1881 census in St Athan, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

St Athan 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
THOMAS389.973824.17
DAVID287.3491705.29
HOPKIN277.0866915.25
JENKIN236.0367764.12
JOHN153.9370108.85
HARRY153.9370543.48
DEERE143.67456,666.67
MORGAN123.149615.84
JONES112.88712.55
HAMMEL102.62479,090.91
ELWARD92.362215,000.00
SANDERS92.362252.11
WILLIAMS82.09972.92
JENNINGS82.099741.41
BOND61.574829.75
LITTLEJOHN61.5748326.09
BREWER61.574859.35
SMITH51.31230.93
DUNN51.312315.78
GREGORY51.312318.71
EVANS51.31233.00
HOWE41.049926.74
LEWIS41.04993.99
OSBORN30.787437.83
INGLETON30.7874588.24
QUICK30.787470.26
BUCKNELL30.7874309.28
HERBERT30.787421.08
WATTS30.78749.39
JAMES30.78744.01
LLEWELLYN30.787453.96
STEPHENS20.52499.46
GEORGE20.52498.94
ALEXANDER20.52499.92
SCOTT20.52492.07
DAVIES20.52491.03
TAYLOR20.52490.82
HOWELLS20.524920.58
REES20.52496.04
MATHEWS10.26257.11
WILKINS10.26255.94
HARRIES10.262513.95
PITMAN10.262528.74
GRIFFITHS10.26251.60
NICHOLLS10.26255.03
BEYNON10.262536.76
HUGH10.262599.01
FRANCES10.262541.67
LONG10.26254.05
HOWARD10.26252.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELWARD0.3838115000.0000
HAMMEL0.383819090.9091
DEERE0.383816666.6667
TRAW0.383815000.0000
HOPKIN0.38381915.2542
JENKIN0.38381764.1196
DAVID0.38381705.2897
INGLETON0.38381588.2353
HARRY0.38381543.4783
LITTLEJOHN0.38381326.0870
BUCKNELL0.38381309.2784
CURL0.38381135.1351
JOHN0.38381108.8534
HUGH0.3838199.0099
QUICK0.3838170.2576
BREWER0.3838159.3472
LLEWELLYN0.3838153.9568
SANDERS0.3838152.1135
FRANCES0.3838141.6667
JENNINGS0.3838141.4079
OSBORN0.3838137.8310
BEYNON0.3838136.7647
BOND0.3838129.7471
PITMAN0.3838128.7356
HOWE0.3838126.7380
THOMAS0.3838124.1700
POOL0.3838122.6757
HERBERT0.3838121.0822
HOWELLS0.3838120.5761
POWER0.3838119.6078
GREGORY0.3838118.7056
MORGAN0.3838115.8374
DUNN0.3838115.7778
HARRIES0.3838113.9470
HORNE0.3838112.0627
ALEXANDER0.383819.9157
STEPHENS0.383819.4607
WATTS0.383819.3897
GEORGE0.383818.9445
HALE0.383817.3153
MATHEWS0.383817.1073
REES0.383816.0350
WILKINS0.383815.9382
BARNETT0.383815.8207
NICHOLLS0.383815.0251
LONG0.383814.0453
JAMES0.383814.0086
LEWIS0.383813.9932
EVANS0.383813.0032
WILLIAMS0.383812.9230

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 381 people called ELWARD in St Athan 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 15000.0000 in St Athan means that 15000.0000% of the people in St Athan on census day were called ELWARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELWARD 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 ELWARD 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 ELWARD 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 ELWARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in St Athan means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELWARD in St Athan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Athan in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (2)  BARNETT (1)  BEYNON (1)  BOND (6)  BREWER (6)  BUCKNELL (3)  CURL (1)  DAVID (28)  DAVIES (2)  DEWBIRY (1)  DUNN (5)  DEERE (14)  ELWARD (9)  EVANS (5)  FRANCES (1)  GEORGE (2)  GREGORY (5)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALE (1)  HAMMEL (10)  HARRIES (1)  HARRY (15)  HERBERT (3)  HOPKIN (27)  HORNE (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWE (4)  HOWELLS (2)  HUGH (1)  INGLETON (3)  JAMES (3)  JENKIN (23)  JENKING (4)  JENNINGS (8)  JOHN (15)  JONES (11)  LEWIS (4)  LISCOMBE (4)  LISKER (1)  LITTLEJOHN (6)  LLEWELLIN (14)  LLEWELLYN (3)  LLEWELLING (1)  LONG (1)  LOUGHER (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MELLUISH (6)  METHERILL (1)  MINCHINTON (2)  MORGAN (12)  NELHUISH (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  OSBORN (3)  OWEN (1)  PAVIOUR (5)  PITMAN (1)  POOL (1)  POWER (1)  QUICK (3)  REES (2)  RODRIK ((ROBERTS)) (2)  SANDERS (9)  SCOTT (2)  SELLA (1)  SHORIER (2)  SMITH (5)  STEPHENS (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (38)  TRAW (1)  TUCKFIELD (1)  VELLARD (1)  WATTS (3)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (8)