Top surnames from the 1881 census in Battle, Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

Battle is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Brecknockshire / Sir Frycheiniog

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
EVANS1813.235330.29
DAVIES1511.029421.68
WILLIAMS128.823512.28
THOMAS96.617616.04
MIDDLETON85.8824112.04
PUGH64.4118115.38
WATKINS53.676560.68
MATHEWS53.676599.60
JAMES42.941214.98
PHILIPS42.9412158.73
PRICHARD42.9412320.00
WATTS42.941235.09
PRICE32.205912.61
OWEN21.470612.39
SMITH21.47061.04
PEARCE21.470616.01
COATES21.470639.45
WILSON10.73531.60
BUFTON10.7353333.33
PROSSER10.735346.95
COUCH10.7353123.46
WALTERS10.735315.43
JONES10.73530.65
RICHARDS10.73534.87
HUGHES10.73532.62
ESCOTT10.7353263.16
MAXWELL10.735330.96
JARMIN10.73531,428.57
HERBERT10.735319.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JARMIN0.141361428.5714
BUFTON0.14136333.3333
PRICHARD0.14136320.0000
ESCOTT0.14136263.1579
PHILIPS0.14136158.7302
COUCH0.14136123.4568
PUGH0.14136115.3846
MIDDLETON0.14136112.0448
MATHEWS0.1413699.6016
WATKINS0.1413660.6796
PROSSER0.1413646.9484
COATES0.1413639.4477
WATTS0.1413635.0877
MAXWELL0.1413630.9598
EVANS0.1413630.2877
DAVIES0.1413621.6826
HERBERT0.1413619.6850
THOMAS0.1413616.0371
PEARCE0.1413616.0128
WALTERS0.1413615.4321
JAMES0.1413614.9757
PRICE0.1413612.6050
OWEN0.1413612.3916
WILLIAMS0.1413612.2825
RICHARDS0.141364.8685
HUGHES0.141362.6240
WILSON0.141361.6010
SMITH0.141361.0416
JONES0.141360.6492

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 136 people called JARMIN in Battle 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 1428.5714 in Battle means that 1428.5714% of the people in Battle on census day were called JARMIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JARMIN 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 JARMIN 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 JARMIN 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 JARMIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Battle means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JARMIN in Battle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Battle in 1881

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

AKRES (7)  BUFTON (1)  COATES (2)  COUCH (1)  COWE (12)  DAVIES (15)  ESCOTT (1)  EVANS (18)  HERBERT (1)  HUGHES (1)  JAMES (4)  JARMIN (1)  JONES (1)  MATHEWS (5)  MAXWELL (1)  MIDDLETON (8)  OWEN (2)  PEARCE (2)  PHILIPS (4)  PRICE (3)  PRICHARD (4)  PROSSER (1)  PUGH (6)  RICHARDS (1)  SMITH (2)  THOMAS (9)  WALTERS (1)  WATKINS (5)  WATTS (4)  WILLIAMS (12)  WILSON (1)