Top surnames from the 1881 census in Neath Lower, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Neath Lower 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
THOMAS4818.390844.57
JONES166.13035.41
RICHARD155.7471666.67
LEWIS124.597717.49
EVANS124.597710.52
JENKINS124.597739.01
EDWARDS103.831413.75
WILLIAMS93.44834.80
POOLE93.448371.54
HOPKINS93.448357.25
BOWEN83.065174.14
REES83.065135.24
DAVIES72.68205.27
PARSONS72.682035.30
HUGHES62.29898.20
GREGORY62.298932.77
LUKE62.2989236.22
WALTERS51.915740.19
JEWELL51.9157182.48
HARRIES41.532681.47
GRIFFITHS41.53269.37
HOPKIN31.1494148.51
WINSOR31.1494384.62
CLEGG20.766322.50
GILES20.766320.10
STAFFORD20.766336.04
BRYANT20.766317.94
MORRIS20.76633.44
CLEMENT10.383138.02
POWELL10.38313.07
OWEN10.38313.23
MORGAN10.38311.93
JAMES10.38311.95
HOWELL10.38319.09
NEWELL10.383124.27
ISAAC10.383130.58
TUCK10.383129.85
RICHARDS10.38312.54

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHARD0.26261666.6667
WINSOR0.26261384.6154
LUKE0.26261236.2205
JEWELL0.26261182.4818
HOPKIN0.26261148.5149
HARRIES0.2626181.4664
BOWEN0.2626174.1427
POOLE0.2626171.5421
HOPKINS0.2626157.2519
THOMAS0.2626144.5682
WALTERS0.2626140.1929
JENKINS0.2626139.0117
CLEMENT0.2626138.0228
STAFFORD0.2626136.0360
PARSONS0.2626135.3001
REES0.2626135.2423
GREGORY0.2626132.7690
ISAAC0.2626130.5810
TUCK0.2626129.8507
NEWELL0.2626124.2718
CLEGG0.2626122.4972
GILES0.2626120.1005
BRYANT0.2626117.9372
LEWIS0.2626117.4876
EDWARDS0.2626113.7476
EVANS0.2626110.5217
GRIFFITHS0.262619.3655
HOWELL0.262619.0909
HUGHES0.262618.2046
JONES0.262615.4129
DAVIES0.262615.2727
WILLIAMS0.262614.8003
MORRIS0.262613.4423
OWEN0.262613.2279
POWELL0.262613.0713
RICHARDS0.262612.5368
JAMES0.262611.9505
MORGAN0.262611.9268

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 261 people called RICHARD in Neath Lower 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 666.6667 in Neath Lower means that 666.6667% of the people in Neath Lower on census day were called RICHARD.

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

All the surnames recorded in Neath Lower in 1881

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

BARCKLAY (1)  BOWEN (8)  BRYANT (2)  CHATWIN (1)  CLEGG (2)  CLEMENT (1)  CONEBERG (6)  DAVIES (7)  EDWARDS (10)  EVANS (12)  GILES (2)  GREGORY (6)  GRIFFITHS (4)  HARRIES (4)  HOBS (8)  HOPKIN (3)  HOPKINS (9)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (6)  ISAAC (1)  JAMES (1)  JENKINS (12)  JEWELL (5)  JONES (16)  LEWIS (12)  LUKE (6)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (2)  NEWELL (1)  OWEN (1)  PARSONS (7)  POOLE (9)  POWELL (1)  REES (8)  RICHARD (15)  RICHARDS (1)  STAFFORD (2)  SUCTCLAFF (1)  THOMAS (48)  TUCK (1)  WALTERS (5)  WILLIAMS (9)  WINSOR (3)