Top surnames from the 1881 census in Carfan Prisk, Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

Carfan Prisk is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

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
JONES3124.031021.22
DAVIES1914.728728.95
WILLIAMS1410.852715.11
THOMAS107.751918.79
RODERICK86.20161,777.78
REES86.201671.30
LLOYD86.201653.12
JAMES75.426427.62
EDWARDS64.651216.69
WILLIAM53.8760454.55
EDMUNDS43.1008238.10
MORGAN32.325611.70
EVANS21.55043.55
ABEL10.7752120.48
PUGH10.775220.28
FELIX10.7752909.09
HUGHES10.77522.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODERICK0.131291777.7778
FELIX0.13129909.0909
WILLIAM0.13129454.5455
EDMUNDS0.13129238.0952
ABEL0.13129120.4819
REES0.1312971.3012
LLOYD0.1312953.1208
DAVIES0.1312928.9546
JAMES0.1312927.6243
JONES0.1312921.2183
PUGH0.1312920.2840
THOMAS0.1312918.7864
EDWARDS0.1312916.6898
WILLIAMS0.1312915.1074
MORGAN0.1312911.6959
EVANS0.131293.5480
HUGHES0.131292.7663

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 129 people called RODERICK in Carfan Prisk 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 1777.7778 in Carfan Prisk means that 1777.7778% of the people in Carfan Prisk on census day were called RODERICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODERICK 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 RODERICK 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 RODERICK 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 RODERICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Carfan Prisk means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODERICK in Carfan Prisk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Carfan Prisk in 1881

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

ABEL (1)  DAVIES (19)  EDMUNDS (4)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (2)  FELIX (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (7)  JONES (31)  LLOYD (8)  MORGAN (3)  PUGH (1)  REES (8)  RODERICK (8)  THOMAS (10)  WILLIAMS (14)  WILLIAM (5)