Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

Bettws Newydd is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

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
WILLIAMS1211.009215.33
BROOKS1110.0917103.19
LEWIS109.174334.89
DAVIS87.339433.40
HARRIS87.339428.88
DIXON76.422058.63
JONES65.50464.86
JENKINS43.669731.15
PRICE43.669720.96
DUNN43.669744.15
HOLDEN32.752350.25
OATLEY32.75232,142.86
STEED21.8349384.62
WATKINS21.834930.26
RICHARDSON21.834910.78
EDWARDS21.83496.58
BLAKE21.834937.88
JAMES21.83499.34
CLARK10.91743.05
ARTHUR10.917442.02
WATSON10.91743.96
HARDING10.917412.67
POWELL10.91747.35
MORRIS10.91744.12
WOODHOUSE10.917438.76
HOLBROOK10.9174126.58
VAUGHN10.9174303.03
NEW10.9174105.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OATLEY0.111092142.8571
STEED0.11109384.6154
VAUGHN0.11109303.0303
HOLBROOK0.11109126.5823
NEW0.11109105.2632
BROOKS0.11109103.1895
DIXON0.1110958.6265
HOLDEN0.1110950.2513
DUNN0.1110944.1501
ARTHUR0.1110942.0168
WOODHOUSE0.1110938.7597
BLAKE0.1110937.8788
LEWIS0.1110934.8918
DAVIS0.1110933.4029
JENKINS0.1110931.1526
WATKINS0.1110930.2572
HARRIS0.1110928.8809
PRICE0.1110920.9644
WILLIAMS0.1110915.3257
HARDING0.1110912.6743
RICHARDSON0.1110910.7759
JAMES0.111099.3414
POWELL0.111097.3529
EDWARDS0.111096.5833
JONES0.111094.8603
MORRIS0.111094.1220
WATSON0.111093.9557
CLARK0.111093.0525

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 109 people called OATLEY in Bettws Newydd 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 2142.8571 in Bettws Newydd means that 2142.8571% of the people in Bettws Newydd on census day were called OATLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OATLEY 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 OATLEY 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 OATLEY 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 OATLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Bettws Newydd means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OATLEY in Bettws Newydd than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bettws Newydd in 1881

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

ARTHUR (1)  BLAKE (2)  BROOKS (11)  BUFFRY (4)  CLARK (1)  DAVIS (8)  DIXON (7)  DOLBS (1)  DUNN (4)  EDWARDS (2)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (8)  HOLBROOK (1)  HOLDEN (3)  JAMES (2)  JENKINS (4)  JONES (6)  LEWIS (10)  MORRIS (1)  NEW (1)  OATLEY (3)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (4)  RICHARDSON (2)  STEED (2)  VAUGHN (1)  WATKINS (2)  WATSON (1)  WILLIAMS (12)  WINDOW (1)  WYSOME (1)  WOODHOUSE (1)