Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cydplwyf, Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

Cydplwyf 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
DAVIES4418.884137.13
EVANS4318.454942.23
THOMAS3615.450637.44
JONES2912.446410.99
JENKINS135.579447.34
LEWIS114.721017.96
WILLIAMS114.72106.57
ENOCH93.86273,214.29
OLIVER62.575136.10
JAMES62.575113.11
LLOYD52.145918.38
REES41.716719.73
MICHAEL31.2876240.00
RICHARD20.858499.50
HARRIES10.429222.83
GRIFFITHS10.42922.62
RICHARDS10.42922.84
ELLIS10.42922.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENOCH0.232333214.2857
MICHAEL0.23233240.0000
RICHARD0.2323399.5025
JENKINS0.2323347.3416
EVANS0.2323342.2314
THOMAS0.2323337.4415
DAVIES0.2323337.1277
OLIVER0.2323336.1011
HARRIES0.2323322.8311
REES0.2323319.7336
LLOYD0.2323318.3756
LEWIS0.2323317.9563
JAMES0.2323313.1090
JONES0.2323310.9898
WILLIAMS0.232336.5723
ELLIS0.232332.9560
RICHARDS0.232332.8417
GRIFFITHS0.232332.6226

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 233 people called ENOCH in Cydplwyf 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 3214.2857 in Cydplwyf means that 3214.2857% of the people in Cydplwyf on census day were called ENOCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ENOCH 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 ENOCH 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 ENOCH 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 ENOCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Cydplwyf means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ENOCH in Cydplwyf than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cydplwyf in 1881

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

DAVIES (44)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (43)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HARRIES (1)  ENOCH (9)  JAMES (6)  JENKINS (13)  JENNET (6)  JONES (29)  LEWIS (11)  LLOYD (5)  MICHAEL (3)  OLIVER (6)  REES (4)  RICHARD (2)  RICHARDS (1)  THOMAS (36)  TYRREL (1)  WILLIAMS (11)