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

Merthyr 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
JONES4517.110315.11
THOMAS3212.167329.48
DAVIES2911.026621.68
EVANS238.745220.01
GRIFFITHS207.604646.47
RICHARDS176.463942.80
REES155.703465.56
WILLIAMS134.94306.88
MORRIS114.182518.79
PHILLIPS114.182523.37
ISAAC103.8023303.03
JAMES93.422117.42
MORGANS83.0418140.85
WALTERS41.520931.90
LLOYD41.520913.03
ROBERTS20.76052.02
HARRIES20.760540.40
BOWEN10.38029.20
JENKINS10.38023.23
HUGHES10.38021.36
OWENS10.38027.66
CARTER10.38022.27
HOWELLS10.380214.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISAAC0.26263303.0303
MORGANS0.26263140.8451
REES0.2626365.5594
GRIFFITHS0.2626346.4684
RICHARDS0.2626342.7996
HARRIES0.2626340.4040
WALTERS0.2626331.8979
THOMAS0.2626329.4849
PHILLIPS0.2626323.3744
DAVIES0.2626321.6790
EVANS0.2626320.0122
MORRIS0.2626318.7906
JAMES0.2626317.4216
JONES0.2626315.1078
HOWELLS0.2626314.9031
LLOYD0.2626313.0251
BOWEN0.262639.1996
OWENS0.262637.6570
WILLIAMS0.262636.8809
JENKINS0.262633.2268
CARTER0.262632.2650
ROBERTS0.262632.0214
HUGHES0.262631.3570

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 263 people called ISAAC in Merthyr 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 303.0303 in Merthyr means that 303.0303% of the people in Merthyr on census day were called ISAAC.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISAAC 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 ISAAC 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 ISAAC 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 ISAAC here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Merthyr means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISAAC in Merthyr than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Merthyr in 1881

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

BOWEN (1)  CARTER (1)  DAVIES (29)  EVANS (23)  GRIFFITHS (20)  HARRIES (2)  HOWELLS (1)  HUGHES (1)  ISAAC (10)  JAMES (9)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (45)  LLOYD (4)  MORGANS (8)  MORGAN (MORGANS) (2)  MORRIS (11)  OWENS (1)  PHILLIPS (11)  REES (15)  RICHARDS (17)  ROBERTS (2)  THOMAS (32)  WALTERS (4)  WILLIAMS (13)