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

Penboyr 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
DAVIES31924.805648.77
JONES28722.317319.71
EVANS17513.608131.14
WILLIAMS876.76529.42
THOMAS755.832014.13
REES655.054458.10
JAMES503.888019.79
LEWIS453.499213.31
GRIFFITHS262.021812.35
PHILLIPS131.01095.65
PARRY120.933112.26
HOWELLS110.855433.52
MORRIS110.85543.84
HARRIES100.777641.34
NICHOLAS90.699835.84
JENKINS80.62215.28
HUGHES80.62212.22
YOUNG70.54432.53
GOWER70.544351.85
CHARLES60.466622.57
ISAAC50.388831.02
LLOYD50.38883.33
MORGANS40.311014.41
STEPHEN40.311017.74
ELLIOT40.311012.20
MATHIAS40.311051.22
HINDES30.2333227.27
GEORGE30.23333.98
OWENS20.15553.13
SINNETT20.1555181.82
OLIVER20.15552.18
RICHARDS20.15551.03
WALTERS10.07781.63
CROON10.07781,250.00
HERBERT10.07782.08
BEYNON10.077810.88
MARTIN10.07780.32
NEWMAN10.07781.05
MATTHIAS10.077864.52
HAVARD10.077830.12
LODWICK10.077886.21
DANIEL10.07783.52
STEPHENS10.07781.40
CANTON10.0778117.65
EDWARDS10.07780.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HINDES1.291,286227.2727
SINNETT1.291,286181.8182
REES1.291,28658.1032
GOWER1.291,28651.8519
MATHIAS1.291,28651.2164
DAVIES1.291,28648.7678
HARRIES1.291,28641.3394
NICHOLAS1.291,28635.8423
HOWELLS1.291,28633.5161
EVANS1.291,28631.1410
ISAAC1.291,28631.0174
CHARLES1.291,28622.5734
JAMES1.291,28619.7941
JONES1.291,28619.7054
STEPHEN1.291,28617.7384
MORGANS1.291,28614.4144
THOMAS1.291,28614.1328
LEWIS1.291,28613.3097
GRIFFITHS1.291,28612.3545
PARRY1.291,28612.2612
ELLIOT1.291,28612.1951
WILLIAMS1.291,2869.4177
PHILLIPS1.291,2865.6500
JENKINS1.291,2865.2788
GEORGE1.291,2863.9756
MORRIS1.291,2863.8427
LLOYD1.291,2863.3298
OWENS1.291,2863.1314
YOUNG1.291,2862.5338
HUGHES1.291,2862.2201
OLIVER1.291,2862.1801
RICHARDS1.291,2861.0298

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,286 people called HINDES in Penboyr 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 227.2727 in Penboyr means that 227.2727% of the people in Penboyr on census day were called HINDES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HINDES 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 HINDES 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 HINDES 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 HINDES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.29 in Penboyr means that you are 1.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HINDES in Penboyr than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Penboyr in 1881

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

BEYNON (1)  CANTON (1)  CHARLES (6)  CROON (1)  DANIEL (1)  DAVIES (319)  JONES ((DAVIES)) (2)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIOT (4)  EVANS (175)  GEORGE (3)  GOWER (7)  GRIFFITHS (26)  HARRIES (10)  HAVARD (1)  HERBERT (1)  HINDES (3)  HOWELLS (11)  HUGHES (8)  ISAAC (5)  JAMES (50)  JENKINS (8)  JONES (287)  LEWIS (45)  LLOYD (5)  LODWICK (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATHIAS (4)  MATTHIAS (1)  MORGANS (4)  MORRIS (11)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHOLAS (9)  OLIVER (2)  OWENS (2)  PARRY (12)  PHILLIPS (13)  REES (65)  RICHARDS (2)  SINNETT (2)  STEPHEN (4)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMAS (75)  WALTERS (1)  WILLIAMS (87)  YOUNG (7)