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

Portskewett 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
WILLIAMS163.25874.54
TAYLOR142.85134.46
BENNET132.6477191.74
YARDLEY122.4440384.62
HANKS122.4440502.09
PIERCE122.4440166.21
BUDDEN112.2403578.95
BOND112.240342.32
HOUSE102.0367156.49
JEFFS102.0367260.42
HUGHES102.03677.27
WESTALL91.8330818.18
STEPHENS91.833033.03
JONES81.62931.44
LAW81.629336.02
DANIELS81.629351.88
EVANS81.62933.73
PHILLIPS71.42577.97
WITHERS71.425786.96
TALBOT71.425757.28
TRIMMER61.2220618.56
BIDDLE61.2220169.49
ANDREWS61.222012.75
BARNES61.222010.15
WATTS61.222014.57
HARDY61.222020.40
BAILEY61.22208.11
ELLIS51.01837.01
BAXTER51.018317.09
EDWARDS51.01833.65
BREWER51.018338.40
PEARCE51.018311.09
SMITH40.81470.58
FORBES40.814724.32
LOCK40.814728.61
STRAWBRIDGE40.8147769.23
SHEPPARD40.814723.52
STONE30.61108.45
COLLIS30.611059.06
LOYD30.6110155.44
KYTE30.6110361.45
PRICE30.61103.49
TANNER30.611027.22
BALFOUR30.611087.72
POOLE30.611012.68
LEWIS30.61102.32
DUNN30.61107.35
GIBBONS30.611019.01
PITT20.407319.07
DAVIS20.40731.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRAILFORD0.4949110000.0000
ARMOND0.494911000.0000
WESTALL0.49491818.1818
STRAWBRIDGE0.49491769.2308
TAY0.49491740.7407
TRIMMER0.49491618.5567
DAKINS0.49491588.2353
BUDDEN0.49491578.9474
HANKS0.49491502.0921
KIMMINS0.49491416.6667
YARDLEY0.49491384.6154
KYTE0.49491361.4458
JEFFS0.49491260.4167
DAGLEY0.49491232.5581
WARN0.49491224.7191
BENNET0.49491191.7404
FORMBY0.49491178.5714
BIDDLE0.49491169.4915
PIERCE0.49491166.2050
HOLLISTER0.49491158.7302
HOUSE0.49491156.4945
LOYD0.49491155.4404
HANNEY0.49491126.5823
WINNING0.4949190.9091
BALFOUR0.4949187.7193
WITHERS0.4949186.9565
BOUCHER0.4949177.2201
BARFOOT0.4949165.7895
COLLIS0.4949159.0551
TALBOT0.4949157.2831
BOARD0.4949154.9451
DANIELS0.4949151.8807
CREIGHTON0.4949151.5464
BRICE0.4949149.3827
ANGEL0.4949147.3934
BOND0.4949142.3240
NEWPORT0.4949140.0000
BREWER0.4949138.4025
TURLEY0.4949137.7358
LAW0.4949136.0198
RAWLINS0.4949134.9650
STEPHENS0.4949133.0275
LANDER0.4949129.7619
BRUNT0.4949129.5858
MERRITT0.4949128.9855
LOCK0.4949128.6123
ROACH0.4949127.6625
TANNER0.4949127.2232
LANGDON0.4949126.1780
FORBES0.4949124.3161

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 491 people called BRAILFORD in Portskewett 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 10000.0000 in Portskewett means that 10000.0000% of the people in Portskewett on census day were called BRAILFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRAILFORD 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 BRAILFORD 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 BRAILFORD 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 BRAILFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Portskewett means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRAILFORD in Portskewett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Portskewett in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (6)  ANGEL (1)  ARMOND (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BAILEY (6)  BALFOUR (3)  BALL (2)  BARFOOT (1)  BARNES (6)  BARRETT (1)  BAXTER (5)  BAYILL (1)  BEARD (1)  BUCHER OR BEECHER (2)  BENNET (13)  BARRY (1)  BIDDLE (6)  BOARD (1)  BOND (11)  BUDDEN (11)  BOWELES (1)  BRAILFORD (1)  BREWER (5)  BRIDLE (1)  BRUNT (1)  BRICE (2)  BURTON (1)  BOUCHER (2)  CARTER (2)  CLARK (1)  CODRINGTON (4)  COLLIS (3)  CREIGHTON (1)  CRUMP (1)  CURTHOYS (2)  DAGLEY (1)  DAKINS (1)  DANIELS (8)  DAVIS (2)  DAVIES (1)  DAVEY (1)  DOUDING (1)  DUNN (3)  EDWARDS (5)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (8)  FIELD (2)  FILORY (1)  FISHER (1)  FLOWER (1)  FORBES (4)  FORMBY (1)  FOX (1)  GAY (1)  GESLEY (2)  GIBBONS (3)  GOTON (1)  GOULD (2)  GRATREX (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GUPNILL (1)  HAGUE (1)  HANKS (12)  HANNEY (1)  HANYNES (1)  HARDY (6)  HARES (4)  HARVEY (1)  HERBERT (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HOLLISTER (1)  HOOPER (1)  HORNER (2)  HOUSE (10)  HUGHES (10)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUNTER (1)  JAMES (2)  JEFFS (10)  JONES (8)  KELLY (1)  KERR (2)  KING (1)  KIMMINS (1)  KYTE (3)  LANDER (1)  LANGDON (1)  LAW (8)  LEWIS (3)  LOYD (3)  LOCK (4)  LOYDELL (3)  MERRITT (1)  MASON (1)  MEREDITH (2)  MERIWEATHER (1)  MORTIMER (1)  NEWPORT (1)  OWEN (2)  PAYFORD (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEARCE (5)  PIERCE (12)  PERRY (1)  PHILLIPS (7)  PINCHES (1)  PIPER (1)  PITT (2)  POOLE (3)  PRICE (3)  RAISTRICK (1)  REES (1)  RICHARDS (2)  RIDALE (1)  ROACH (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROLERTON (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  RAWLINS (1)  RUSOCK (1)  SHEPPARD (4)  SHORT (1)  SYMONDS (1)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (1)  STEPHENS (9)  STONE (3)  STRAWBRIDGE (4)  STUTE (1)  TALBOT (7)  TANNER (3)  TAYLOR (14)  TEALE (1)  TEPLIN (6)  TETT (4)  THOMAS (1)  TIPLIN (1)  TRIMMER (6)  TURLEY (1)  TURNER (1)  TUSSEL (2)  TAY (2)  USTON (1)  WALLS (1)  WARN (2)  WARNER (1)  WARREN (2)  WATTS (6)  WESTALL (9)  WHEREAL (5)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (16)  GWILLIAM (7)  WILLOW OR WITTOM (6)  WINNING (1)  WISE (1)  WITHERS (7)  WOODS (2)  WOODHOUSE (1)  YARDLEY (12)