Top surnames from the 1881 census in Egremont, Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

Egremont is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin

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
MORRIS1210.526347.28
DAVIES119.649118.97
NICHOLAS97.8947403.59
WILLIAMS87.01759.77
PHILLIPS76.140434.31
EDWARDS76.140422.03
JENKINS76.140452.12
GIBBY76.14045,833.33
JOHN54.3860121.36
GIBBON54.3860434.78
MORGANS43.5088162.60
GEORGE43.508859.79
MATHIAS43.5088579.71
ADAMS32.631617.86
HARRIES32.6316140.19
GRIFFITHS32.631616.08
WATKINS32.631643.42
THOMAS32.63166.38
BEYNON21.7544246.91
JAMES21.75448.93
BUTLER10.87728.99
BOWEN10.877221.23
EVANS10.87722.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIBBY0.111145833.3333
MATHIAS0.11114579.7101
GIBBON0.11114434.7826
NICHOLAS0.11114403.5874
BEYNON0.11114246.9136
MORGANS0.11114162.6016
HARRIES0.11114140.1869
JOHN0.11114121.3592
GEORGE0.1111459.7907
JENKINS0.1111452.1221
MORRIS0.1111447.2813
WATKINS0.1111443.4153
PHILLIPS0.1111434.3137
EDWARDS0.1111422.0334
BOWEN0.1111421.2314
DAVIES0.1111418.9688
ADAMS0.1111417.8571
GRIFFITHS0.1111416.0772
WILLIAMS0.111149.7692
BUTLER0.111148.9928
JAMES0.111148.9326
THOMAS0.111146.3776
EVANS0.111142.0072

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 114 people called GIBBY in Egremont 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 5833.3333 in Egremont means that 5833.3333% of the people in Egremont on census day were called GIBBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIBBY 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 GIBBY 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 GIBBY 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 GIBBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Egremont means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIBBY in Egremont than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Egremont in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  BEYNON (2)  BOWEN (1)  BUTLER (1)  DAVIES (11)  EDWARDS (7)  EVANS (1)  GEORGE (4)  GIBBON (5)  GIBBY (7)  GRIFFITHS (3)  HARRIES (3)  HOWELS (1)  JAMES (2)  JENKINS (7)  JOHN (5)  MATHIAS (4)  MORGANS (4)  MORRIS (12)  NICHOLAS (9)  PHILLIPS (7)  THOMAS (3)  VOYLE (1)  WATKINS (3)  WILLIAMS (8)