Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fwythog, Herefordshire

Fwythog is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Herefordshire

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
DAVIES1820.224739.76
JONES1213.483111.90
WILLIAMS910.112414.08
GRIFFITHS66.741641.21
MORGAN66.741633.90
DODD55.6180138.12
LEWIS55.618021.37
WATKINS44.494474.21
POWELL44.494436.04
PRICE22.247212.84
BISHOP11.123616.08
RUDGE11.1236142.86
EVANS11.12362.57
CROSS11.123616.34
MADDY11.12361,666.67
GUNTER11.1236322.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MADDY0.09891666.6667
GUNTER0.0989322.5806
RUDGE0.0989142.8571
DODD0.0989138.1215
WATKINS0.098974.2115
GRIFFITHS0.098941.2088
DAVIES0.098939.7614
POWELL0.098936.0360
MORGAN0.098933.8983
LEWIS0.098921.3675
CROSS0.098916.3399
BISHOP0.098916.0772
WILLIAMS0.098914.0779
PRICE0.098912.8370
JONES0.098911.9048
EVANS0.09892.5714

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 89 people called MADDY in Fwythog 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 1666.6667 in Fwythog means that 1666.6667% of the people in Fwythog on census day were called MADDY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Fwythog in 1881

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

BEAVON (7)  BISHOP (1)  CROSS (1)  DAVIES (18)  DODD (5)  ECLEY (1)  EVANS (1)  GRIFFITHS (6)  GUNTER (1)  JONES (12)  LEWIS (5)  MADDY (1)  MORGAN (6)  POWELL (4)  PRICE (2)  RUDDGE (1)  RUDGE (1)  SEABOURN (1)  WATKINS (4)  WILLIAMS (9)  WISTONE (2)