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

Gwnnws Upper 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
JONES18727.540524.32
EVANS7210.603824.27
WILLIAMS669.720213.53
EDWARDS558.100129.06
HUGHES547.952928.38
DAVIES476.921913.61
THOMAS182.65106.42
MORGAN172.503712.59
LLOYD172.503721.44
MORRIS162.356410.59
REES142.061923.70
JENKINS121.767315.00
BONNER121.7673201.01
JAMES111.62008.25
ROBERTS101.47283.91
MORGANS71.030947.78
OLIVER71.030914.45
ROGERS60.88376.81
FELIX60.88371,052.63
MEREDITH60.883743.73
PRICE50.73644.21
STEADMAN40.589195.69
DAVIS30.44182.01
GRIFFITHS30.44182.70
RICHARDS30.44182.93
PHILLIPS30.44182.47
HARRIES30.441823.49
PARRY20.29463.87
HALES20.294620.53
HARRIS20.29461.16
ROWLANDS20.294611.83
BALL10.14731.78
MASON10.14731.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FELIX0.686791052.6316
BONNER0.68679201.0050
STEADMAN0.6867995.6938
MORGANS0.6867947.7816
MEREDITH0.6867943.7318
EDWARDS0.6867929.0636
HUGHES0.6867928.3822
JONES0.6867924.3176
EVANS0.6867924.2661
REES0.6867923.7007
HARRIES0.6867923.4926
LLOYD0.6867921.4430
HALES0.6867920.5339
JENKINS0.6867914.9981
OLIVER0.6867914.4509
DAVIES0.6867913.6086
WILLIAMS0.6867913.5312
MORGAN0.6867912.5898
ROWLANDS0.6867911.8273
MORRIS0.6867910.5862
JAMES0.686798.2477
ROGERS0.686796.8066
THOMAS0.686796.4240
PRICE0.686794.2077
ROBERTS0.686793.9147
PARRY0.686793.8700
RICHARDS0.686792.9257
GRIFFITHS0.686792.6998
PHILLIPS0.686792.4693
DAVIS0.686792.0106
BALL0.686791.7828
HARRIS0.686791.1590
MASON0.686791.0953

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 679 people called FELIX in Gwnnws Upper 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 1052.6316 in Gwnnws Upper means that 1052.6316% of the people in Gwnnws Upper on census day were called FELIX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FELIX 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 FELIX 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 FELIX 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 FELIX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Gwnnws Upper means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FELIX in Gwnnws Upper than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gwnnws Upper in 1881

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

BALL (1)  BONNER (12)  DAVIES (47)  DAVIS (3)  EBENEZER (4)  EDWARDS (55)  EVANS (72)  FELIX (6)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HALES (2)  HARRIS (2)  HARRIES (3)  HUGHES (54)  JAMES (11)  JENKINS (12)  JONES (187)  LLOYD (17)  MASON (1)  MEREDITH (6)  MORGAN (17)  MORGANS (7)  MORRIS (16)  OLIVER (7)  PARRY (2)  PHILLIPS (3)  PRICE (5)  PRYSE (1)  REES (14)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERTS (10)  ROGERS (6)  ROWLANDS (2)  STEADMAN (4)  THOMAS (18)  WILLIAMS (66)