Top surnames from the 1881 census in Castledyrran, Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

Castledyrran is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

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
DAVIES1719.540238.42
THOMAS1011.494327.86
JONES910.34489.13
JAMES89.195446.81
WILLIAMS89.195412.80
OWENS66.8966138.89
MORGAN55.747128.90
JOHN55.7471158.73
PHILLIPS44.597725.69
REYNOLDS44.597753.05
GRIFFITHS33.448321.07
HOWELLS22.298990.09
SALMON11.149450.51
LLEWELLYN11.149478.74
JENKINS11.14949.76
TUDOR11.1494169.49
HARRIES11.149460.98
RICHARDS11.14947.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUDOR0.0987169.4915
JOHN0.0987158.7302
OWENS0.0987138.8889
HOWELLS0.098790.0901
LLEWELLYN0.098778.7402
HARRIES0.098760.9756
REYNOLDS0.098753.0504
SALMON0.098750.5051
JAMES0.098746.8110
DAVIES0.098738.4181
MORGAN0.098728.9017
THOMAS0.098727.8552
PHILLIPS0.098725.6904
GRIFFITHS0.098721.0674
WILLIAMS0.098712.8000
JENKINS0.09879.7561
JONES0.09879.1343
RICHARDS0.09877.6104

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 87 people called TUDOR in Castledyrran 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 169.4915 in Castledyrran means that 169.4915% of the people in Castledyrran on census day were called TUDOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUDOR 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 TUDOR 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 TUDOR 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 TUDOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Castledyrran means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUDOR in Castledyrran than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Castledyrran in 1881

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

DAVIES (17)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HARRIES (1)  HOWELLS (2)  JAMES (8)  JENKINS (1)  JOHN (5)  JONES (9)  LLEWELLYN (1)  MORGAN (5)  OWENS (6)  PHILLIPS (4)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICHARDS (1)  SALMON (1)  THOMAS (10)  TUDOR (1)  WILLIAMS (8)