Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gileston, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Gileston 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
SEARLE713.2075654.21
SPENCER611.3208123.97
JENKIN611.32081,428.57
DAVIES59.434018.55
LEWIS47.547228.72
HOWE47.5472192.31
HOPKIN47.5472975.61
HARTNEY23.773620,000.00
EDWARDS11.88686.77
ROBERTS11.88685.02
BAKER11.88688.61
STOCK11.8868151.52
GEORGE11.886832.15
SHORT11.886848.31
EDMUNDS11.8868144.93
POOLE11.886839.22
JENKINS11.886816.00
WILLIAMS11.88682.63
FREEMAN11.886829.59
PARRY11.886824.81
THOMAS11.88684.57
SMITH11.88681.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARTNEY0.055320000.0000
JENKIN0.05531428.5714
HOPKIN0.0553975.6098
SEARLE0.0553654.2056
HOWE0.0553192.3077
STOCK0.0553151.5152
EDMUNDS0.0553144.9275
SPENCER0.0553123.9669
SHORT0.055348.3092
POOLE0.055339.2157
GEORGE0.055332.1543
FREEMAN0.055329.5858
LEWIS0.055328.7150
PARRY0.055324.8139
DAVIES0.055318.5460
JENKINS0.055316.0000
BAKER0.05538.6133
EDWARDS0.05536.7705
ROBERTS0.05535.0150
THOMAS0.05534.5725
WILLIAMS0.05532.6267
SMITH0.05531.3364

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 53 people called HARTNEY in Gileston 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 20000.0000 in Gileston means that 20000.0000% of the people in Gileston on census day were called HARTNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARTNEY 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 HARTNEY 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 HARTNEY 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 HARTNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Gileston means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARTNEY in Gileston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gileston in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  DAVIES (5)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDES (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GEORGE (1)  HARTNEY (2)  HOPKIN (4)  HOWE (4)  JENKIN (6)  JENKINS (1)  LEWIS (4)  PARRY (1)  POOLE (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SEARLE (7)  SHORT (1)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (6)  STOCK (1)  THOMAS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)