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

Llangorse 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
WILLIAMS4612.994418.09
PRICE4512.711972.64
JONES267.34466.49
MORGAN236.497232.67
POWELL205.649745.29
EVANS185.084711.64
GRIFFITHS164.519827.62
THOMAS143.95489.58
MORRIS123.389815.23
PARRY123.389844.54
JENKINS102.824923.97
PRITCHARD102.824952.47
WATKINS92.542441.96
HARGEST71.97742,692.31
BEVANS61.69491,132.08
VAUGHAN61.694949.67
DAVIES61.69493.33
JAMES51.41247.19
WEBBS41.129913,333.33
HUGHES41.12994.03
PERROTT41.1299327.87
PROSSER41.129972.07
DAY30.84759.00
BEVAN30.847534.64
BOWEN20.565013.66
ANSON20.5650152.67
TREHARNE20.5650253.16
HAYWOOD20.565026.92
PROBERT10.282535.84
HUNT10.28252.13
OWEN10.28252.38
TAYLOR10.28250.44
MICHAEL10.282552.63
COOMBS10.282516.72
PUGH10.28257.39
TRANTER10.282538.31
SAMUEL10.282523.64
KANE10.282535.09
BUFTON10.2825129.87
FOWKES10.282594.34
RICHARDS10.28251.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEBBS0.3535413333.3333
HARGEST0.353542692.3077
BEVANS0.353541132.0755
PERROTT0.35354327.8689
TREHARNE0.35354253.1646
ANSON0.35354152.6718
BUFTON0.35354129.8701
FOWKES0.3535494.3396
PRICE0.3535472.6392
PROSSER0.3535472.0721
MICHAEL0.3535452.6316
PRITCHARD0.3535452.4659
VAUGHAN0.3535449.6689
POWELL0.3535445.2899
PARRY0.3535444.5434
WATKINS0.3535441.9580
TRANTER0.3535438.3142
PROBERT0.3535435.8423
KANE0.3535435.0877
BEVAN0.3535434.6420
MORGAN0.3535432.6705
GRIFFITHS0.3535427.6195
HAYWOOD0.3535426.9179
JENKINS0.3535423.9693
SAMUEL0.3535423.6407
WILLIAMS0.3535418.0896
COOMBS0.3535416.7224
MORRIS0.3535415.2284
BOWEN0.3535413.6612
EVANS0.3535411.6362
THOMAS0.353549.5838
DAY0.353549.0009
PUGH0.353547.3910
JAMES0.353547.1911
JONES0.353546.4851
HUGHES0.353544.0327
DAVIES0.353543.3322
OWEN0.353542.3798
HUNT0.353542.1268
RICHARDS0.353541.8706
TAYLOR0.353540.4417

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 354 people called WEBBS in Llangorse 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 13333.3333 in Llangorse means that 13333.3333% of the people in Llangorse on census day were called WEBBS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEBBS 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 WEBBS 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 WEBBS 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 WEBBS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Llangorse means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEBBS in Llangorse than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llangorse in 1881

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

ANSON (2)  AWERE (5)  BEVANS (6)  BEVAN (3)  BOWEN (2)  BUFTON (1)  KANE (1)  COOMBS (1)  DAVIES (6)  DAY (3)  EVANS (18)  FOWKES (1)  GRIFFITHS (16)  HARGEST (7)  HAYWOOD (2)  HUGHES (4)  HUNT (1)  JAMES (5)  JENKINS (10)  JONES (26)  MADOCKS (5)  MICHAEL (1)  MORGAN (23)  MORRIS (12)  OEDASS (1)  OWEN (1)  PERROTT (4)  PARRY (12)  POWELL (20)  PRICE (45)  PRITCHARD (10)  PROBERT (1)  PROSSER (4)  PUGH (1)  RICHARDS (1)  SAMUEL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (14)  TRANTER (1)  TREHARNE (2)  VAUGHAN (6)  WALKEYS (4)  WATKEYS (4)  WATKINS (9)  WEBBS (4)  WILLIAMS (46)  YORATH (1)