Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bishopston Higher, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Bishopston Higher is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Glamorgan / Morgannwg

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
REES188.8670101.93
JONES188.86707.83
MORRIS188.867039.83
JAMES136.403932.61
PUGH136.4039167.53
RICHARDS115.418735.88
GREENING115.4187973.45
SAMBROOK115.41872,619.05
EDWARDS104.926117.67
THOMAS104.926111.94
BURGESS73.448349.65
LEWIS73.448313.12
SERGENT62.95572,857.14
WILLIAMS52.46313.43
PARRY52.463132.36
HOPKINS52.463140.92
HINDS41.9704285.71
PHILLIPS41.970411.01
LLEWELLYN41.9704135.14
MATTHEWS31.477816.94
ANDREWS20.985210.28
EVANS20.98522.25
SPILLER10.492686.96
JENKINS10.49264.18
JOSLYN10.49261,250.00
BULL10.492611.66
HARLOW10.492690.09
GEORGE10.49268.40
DAVIS10.49262.24
BEES10.4926312.50
GRILLS10.4926476.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SERGENT0.202032857.1429
SAMBROOK0.202032619.0476
JOSLYN0.202031250.0000
GREENING0.20203973.4513
GRILLS0.20203476.1905
BEES0.20203312.5000
HINDS0.20203285.7143
PUGH0.20203167.5258
LLEWELLYN0.20203135.1351
REES0.20203101.9253
HARLOW0.2020390.0901
SPILLER0.2020386.9565
BURGESS0.2020349.6454
HOPKINS0.2020340.9165
MORRIS0.2020339.8318
RICHARDS0.2020335.8774
JAMES0.2020332.6060
PARRY0.2020332.3625
EDWARDS0.2020317.6741
MATTHEWS0.2020316.9396
LEWIS0.2020313.1160
THOMAS0.2020311.9374
BULL0.2020311.6550
PHILLIPS0.2020311.0132
ANDREWS0.2020310.2828
GEORGE0.202038.3963
JONES0.202037.8292
JENKINS0.202034.1806
WILLIAMS0.202033.4289
EVANS0.202032.2545
DAVIS0.202032.2416

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 203 people called SERGENT in Bishopston Higher 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 2857.1429 in Bishopston Higher means that 2857.1429% of the people in Bishopston Higher on census day were called SERGENT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SERGENT 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 SERGENT 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 SERGENT 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 SERGENT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Bishopston Higher means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SERGENT in Bishopston Higher than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bishopston Higher in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  BULL (1)  BURGESS (7)  BEES (1)  DAVIS (1)  EDWARDS (10)  EVANS (2)  GEORGE (1)  GODBEER (7)  GREENING (11)  GRILLS (1)  HARLOW (1)  HINDS (4)  HOPKINS (5)  JAMES (13)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (18)  JOSLYN (1)  LEWIS (7)  LLEWELLYN (4)  MATTHEWS (3)  MORRIS (18)  PARRY (5)  PHILLIPS (4)  PUGH (13)  REES (18)  RICHARDS (11)  SAMBROOK (11)  SERGENT (6)  SPILLER (1)  THOMAS (10)  WILLIAMS (5)