Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gwenddwr North, Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

Gwenddwr North is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

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
WILLIAMS3818.269225.43
DAVIES3114.903829.30
JONES2311.05779.76
PRICE146.730838.46
GRIFFITHS146.730841.13
PARRY136.250082.12
LLOYD104.807741.17
RICHARDS62.884619.10
PROBERT62.8846365.85
POWELL52.403819.27
EVANS31.44233.30
THOMAS31.44233.50
GWYNN31.4423789.47
DODD31.442335.46
MORGAN31.44237.25
WATKINS31.442323.81
PHILLIPS31.44238.06
BEVAN20.961539.29
HUMPHRIES20.961542.64
MAIL10.4808625.00
PROSSER10.480830.67
WEEKS10.480822.47
JARMAN10.480850.51
HOPE10.480814.12
LEWIS10.48081.83
PROTHERO10.4808270.27
JAMES10.48082.45
PRITCHARD10.48088.93
HAVARD10.4808185.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GWYNN0.21208789.4737
MAIL0.21208625.0000
PROBERT0.21208365.8537
PROTHERO0.21208270.2703
HAVARD0.21208185.1852
PARRY0.2120882.1226
JARMAN0.2120850.5051
HUMPHRIES0.2120842.6439
LLOYD0.2120841.1692
GRIFFITHS0.2120841.1281
BEVAN0.2120839.2927
PRICE0.2120838.4615
DODD0.2120835.4610
PROSSER0.2120830.6748
DAVIES0.2120829.3006
WILLIAMS0.2120825.4317
WATKINS0.2120823.8095
WEEKS0.2120822.4719
POWELL0.2120819.2678
RICHARDS0.2120819.1022
HOPE0.2120814.1243
JONES0.212089.7636
PRITCHARD0.212088.9286
PHILLIPS0.212088.0602
MORGAN0.212087.2534
THOMAS0.212083.4953
EVANS0.212083.3007
JAMES0.212082.4474
LEWIS0.212081.8285

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 208 people called GWYNN in Gwenddwr North 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 789.4737 in Gwenddwr North means that 789.4737% of the people in Gwenddwr North on census day were called GWYNN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GWYNN 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 GWYNN 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 GWYNN 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 GWYNN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Gwenddwr North means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GWYNN in Gwenddwr North than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gwenddwr North in 1881

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

BEAVAN (6)  BEVAN (2)  BOWCOTT (2)  DAVIES (31)  DODD (3)  EVANS (3)  GRIFFITHS (14)  GWYNN (3)  GWYNNE (1)  HAVARD (1)  HOPE (1)  HUMPHRIES (2)  JAMES (1)  JARMAN (1)  JONES (23)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (10)  MAIL (1)  MORGAN (3)  PARRY (13)  PHILLIPS (3)  POWELL (5)  PRICE (14)  PRITCHARD (1)  PROBERT (6)  PROSSER (1)  PROTHERO (1)  RICHARDS (6)  THOMAS (3)  WEALE (4)  WATKINS (3)  WEEKS (1)  WILLIAMS (38)