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

Llyswen 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
JONES3216.161614.27
DAVIES115.555610.92
JAMES115.555628.28
WILLIAMS105.05057.03
LEWIS105.050519.21
JENKINS94.545538.58
PRITCHARD84.040475.05
VEALE84.0404941.18
VAUGHAN73.5354103.55
WHITE63.03039.43
MATTHEWS52.525328.95
EVANS52.52535.78
POWELL42.020216.19
MORGAN42.020210.16
BOWEN42.020248.84
REES42.020223.23
MEREDITH42.0202100.00
RATCLIFFE31.515254.84
BROWN31.51522.30
DREW31.515257.36
NEWMAN21.010113.59
RODGERS21.010136.90
WATKINS21.010116.67
THOMAS21.01012.45
HARRIS21.01013.97
PARRY21.010113.27
BUTLER10.50515.18
STEPHENS10.50519.10
BIBBY10.505146.73
HERRIN10.5051909.09
WHITAKER10.505117.89
HACKMAN10.5051500.00
WAKEMAN10.5051166.67
TURNER10.50511.81
PUGH10.505113.23
HASLER10.5051204.08
DANIELS10.505116.08
PROTHERO10.5051285.71
WARWICK10.505136.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VEALE0.20198941.1765
HERRIN0.20198909.0909
HACKMAN0.20198500.0000
PROTHERO0.20198285.7143
HASLER0.20198204.0816
WAKEMAN0.20198166.6667
VAUGHAN0.20198103.5503
MEREDITH0.20198100.0000
PRITCHARD0.2019875.0469
DREW0.2019857.3614
RATCLIFFE0.2019854.8446
BOWEN0.2019848.8400
BIBBY0.2019846.7290
JENKINS0.2019838.5769
RODGERS0.2019836.9004
WARWICK0.2019836.4964
MATTHEWS0.2019828.9519
JAMES0.2019828.2849
REES0.2019823.2288
LEWIS0.2019819.2086
WHITAKER0.2019817.8891
WATKINS0.2019816.6667
POWELL0.2019816.1943
DANIELS0.2019816.0772
JONES0.2019814.2704
NEWMAN0.2019813.5870
PARRY0.2019813.2714
PUGH0.2019813.2275
DAVIES0.2019810.9225
MORGAN0.2019810.1574
WHITE0.201989.4280
STEPHENS0.201989.0992
WILLIAMS0.201987.0309
EVANS0.201985.7790
BUTLER0.201985.1787
HARRIS0.201983.9746
THOMAS0.201982.4477
BROWN0.201982.2985
TURNER0.201981.8142

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 198 people called VEALE in Llyswen 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 941.1765 in Llyswen means that 941.1765% of the people in Llyswen on census day were called VEALE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VEALE 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 VEALE 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 VEALE 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 VEALE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Llyswen means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VEALE in Llyswen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llyswen in 1881

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

BECKHAND (1)  BIBBY (1)  BOWEN (4)  BROWN (3)  BUTLER (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (11)  DREW (3)  EVANS (5)  GASPARD (?) (1)  GOODREY (2)  HACKMAN (1)  HARRIS (2)  HASLER (1)  HERRIN (1)  JAMES (11)  JENKINS (9)  JONES (32)  LEWIS (10)  MATTHEWS (5)  MEREDITH (4)  MORGAN (4)  NEWMAN (2)  PERCI (7)  PERRCE (1)  PARRY (2)  PERSSEN (2)  POWELL (4)  PRITCHARD (8)  PROTHERO (1)  PUGH (1)  RATCLIFFE (3)  REES (4)  RODGERS (2)  SHAIL (5)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMAS (2)  TURNER (1)  VAUGHAN (7)  VEALE (8)  WAKEMAN (1)  WARWICK (1)  WATKINS (2)  WHITAKER (1)  WHITE (6)  WILLIAMS (10)  GWILLIAM (3)