Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bangor, Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

Bangor is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cardiganshire / Ceredigion

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
JONES5228.729325.37
EVANS3921.547049.31
DAVIES2916.022131.50
REES105.524963.49
PHILLIPS105.524930.88
JAMES94.972425.32
THOMAS84.419910.71
POWELL63.314926.57
RICHARDS42.209914.64
GEORGE31.657528.25
LLOYD31.657514.20
GRIFFITHS21.10506.75
WILLIAMS21.10501.54
OLIVER21.105015.49
JACOB21.1050141.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JACOB0.18181141.8440
REES0.1818163.4921
EVANS0.1818149.3109
DAVIES0.1818131.4978
PHILLIPS0.1818130.8833
GEORGE0.1818128.2486
POWELL0.1818126.5722
JONES0.1818125.3671
JAMES0.1818125.3165
OLIVER0.1818115.4919
RICHARDS0.1818114.6359
LLOYD0.1818114.1978
THOMAS0.1818110.7109
GRIFFITHS0.181816.7522
WILLIAMS0.181811.5382

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 181 people called JACOB in Bangor 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 141.8440 in Bangor means that 141.8440% of the people in Bangor on census day were called JACOB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JACOB 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 JACOB 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 JACOB 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 JACOB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Bangor means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JACOB in Bangor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bangor in 1881

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

DAVIES (29)  EVANS (39)  GEORGE (3)  GRIFFITHS (2)  JACOB (2)  JAMES (9)  JONES (52)  LLOYD (3)  OLIVER (2)  PHILLIPS (10)  POWELL (6)  REES (10)  RICHARDS (4)  THOMAS (8)  WILLIAMS (2)