Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gwnnws Lower, Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

Gwnnws Lower 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
JONES9019.955717.62
MORGANS4810.6430493.32
EDWARDS327.095325.46
DAVIES327.095313.95
EVANS265.765013.19
HUGHES245.321518.99
HOWELLS163.5477139.01
JAMES143.104215.80
LEWIS132.882510.96
JENKINS122.660822.58
WILLIAMS122.66083.70
ROWLANDS112.439097.95
OLIVER102.217331.08
LLOYD102.217318.99
RICHARDS81.773811.75
HOPKINS81.773829.46
RODERICK71.5521443.04
PARRY71.552120.40
LAWRIE71.5521162.04
THOMAS61.33043.22
HERBERT61.330435.61
REES61.330415.29
ELLIS51.10867.63
PROSSER51.108670.82
HOWELL51.108626.30
PUGH40.886923.22
MITCHELL30.66523.28
ROWLAND30.665223.40
MORRIS20.44351.99
OWEN20.44353.74
BURREL10.2217400.00
MORGAN10.22171.12
JONATHAN10.2217384.62
JACK10.221710.44
ROBERTS10.22170.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MORGANS0.45451493.3196
RODERICK0.45451443.0380
BURREL0.45451400.0000
JONATHAN0.45451384.6154
LAWRIE0.45451162.0370
HOWELLS0.45451139.0096
ROWLANDS0.4545197.9519
PROSSER0.4545170.8215
HERBERT0.4545135.6083
OLIVER0.4545131.0849
HOPKINS0.4545129.4551
HOWELL0.4545126.3019
EDWARDS0.4545125.4595
ROWLAND0.4545123.4009
PUGH0.4545123.2153
JENKINS0.4545122.5776
PARRY0.4545120.3963
HUGHES0.4545118.9918
LLOYD0.4545118.9897
JONES0.4545117.6201
JAMES0.4545115.8031
REES0.4545115.2944
DAVIES0.4545113.9494
EVANS0.4545113.1926
RICHARDS0.4545111.7457
LEWIS0.4545110.9640
JACK0.4545110.4384
ELLIS0.454517.6348
OWEN0.454513.7362
WILLIAMS0.454513.7040
MITCHELL0.454513.2790
THOMAS0.454513.2239
MORRIS0.454511.9922
MORGAN0.454511.1150
ROBERTS0.454510.5894

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 451 people called MORGANS in Gwnnws Lower 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 493.3196 in Gwnnws Lower means that 493.3196% of the people in Gwnnws Lower on census day were called MORGANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MORGANS 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 MORGANS 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 MORGANS 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 MORGANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Gwnnws Lower means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MORGANS in Gwnnws Lower than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gwnnws Lower in 1881

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

BURREL (1)  DAVIES (32)  EDWARDS (32)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (26)  HERBERT (6)  HOPKINS (8)  HOWELL (5)  HOWELLS (16)  HUGHES (24)  JACK (1)  JAMES (14)  JENKINS (12)  JONATHAN (1)  JONES (90)  LAWRIE (7)  LEWIS (13)  LLOYD (10)  MITCHELL (3)  MORGANS (48)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  OLIVER (10)  OWEN (2)  PARRY (7)  PARY (1)  PRYSE (4)  PROSSER (5)  PUGH (4)  RAI (5)  REES (6)  RICHARDS (8)  ROBERTS (1)  RODERICK (7)  ROWLAND (3)  ROWLANDS (11)  THICKINS (2)  THOMAS (6)  WILLIAMS (12)