Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pen Y Clawdd, Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

Pen Y Clawdd is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

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
LEWIS1522.058883.89
THOMAS57.352917.82
JAMES57.352937.43
WATKINS57.3529121.36
DAVID34.4118422.54
PARRY34.411857.92
WILLIAMS34.41186.14
MILES34.411874.81
ROBERTS22.94127.82
FARR22.9412198.02
GWYNN11.4706833.33
HOWELLS11.470657.47
HARVEY11.470613.77
GRIFFITH11.470645.05
JONES11.47061.30
HOWELL11.470634.84
HARDING11.470620.33
ROPER11.470670.42
HOLFORD11.4706454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GWYNN0.0768833.3333
HOLFORD0.0768454.5455
DAVID0.0768422.5352
FARR0.0768198.0198
WATKINS0.0768121.3592
LEWIS0.076883.8926
MILES0.076874.8130
ROPER0.076870.4225
PARRY0.076857.9151
HOWELLS0.076857.4713
GRIFFITH0.076845.0450
JAMES0.076837.4251
HOWELL0.076834.8432
HARDING0.076820.3252
THOMAS0.076817.8190
HARVEY0.076813.7741
ROBERTS0.07687.8186
WILLIAMS0.07686.1412
JONES0.07681.2985

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 68 people called GWYNN in Pen Y Clawdd 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 833.3333 in Pen Y Clawdd means that 833.3333% of the people in Pen Y Clawdd on census day were called GWYNN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GWYNN 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 GWYNN 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 GWYNN 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 GWYNN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Pen Y Clawdd means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GWYNN in Pen Y Clawdd than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pen Y Clawdd in 1881

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

DAVID (3)  DUGLAS (3)  ELLAWAY (1)  FARR (2)  GRIFFITH (1)  GWYNN (1)  HOLFORD (1)  HARDING (1)  HARVEY (1)  HOWELL (1)  HOWELLS (1)  JAMES (5)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (15)  DOWLE (9)  MILES (3)  PARRY (3)  ROBERTS (2)  ROPER (1)  THOMAS (5)  WATKINS (5)  WILLIAMS (3)