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

Llangathen 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
JONES15718.066715.95
DAVIES8810.126619.91
THOMAS829.436122.87
LEWIS677.710029.33
EVANS536.099013.96
HARRIES485.5236293.58
GRIFFITHS475.408533.05
WILLIAMS414.71816.57
REES404.603052.91
EDWARDS202.30158.26
AMBROSE161.8412209.15
WALTERS141.611033.79
RICHARDS131.49609.91
BENNETT121.38098.40
MORGANS111.265858.67
TOBIAS111.26581,594.20
LLOYD101.15079.86
SCURLOCK91.03572,571.43
JAMES91.03575.27
WATKIN70.805591.98
FALCONER70.805567.57
SIMON70.8055122.38
DANIELS50.575418.32
MICHAEL40.460385.65
GABE40.46031,818.18
AARON40.4603294.12
PRICE40.46032.63
TRUNDLE30.3452361.45
JENKINS30.34522.93
PHILLIPS30.34521.93
POWELL30.34522.77
SAUNDERS30.34523.76
BROCKIE30.3452288.46
MORGAN30.34521.74
CHARLES30.345216.70
REYNOLD20.2301166.67
ISRAEL20.2301175.44
ROBERTS20.23010.61
LUNDY20.2301132.45
SMITH20.23010.16
JACOB20.230129.59
HARRIS20.23010.91
ROGERSON10.11519.35
BOWEN10.11512.78
EVAN10.1151101.01
STEPHEN10.11516.56
CADOGAN10.1151161.29
WARLOW10.115168.03
COLE10.11511.26
PERKINS10.11512.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCURLOCK0.878692571.4286
GABE0.878691818.1818
TOBIAS0.878691594.2029
TRUNDLE0.87869361.4458
AARON0.87869294.1176
HARRIES0.87869293.5780
BROCKIE0.87869288.4615
AMBROSE0.87869209.1503
ISRAEL0.87869175.4386
REYNOLD0.87869166.6667
CADOGAN0.87869161.2903
PHILLIS0.87869140.8451
LUNDY0.87869132.4503
SIMON0.87869122.3776
HINDES0.87869112.3596
EVAN0.87869101.0101
WATKIN0.8786991.9842
MICHAEL0.8786985.6531
WARLOW0.8786968.0272
FALCONER0.8786967.5676
MORGANS0.8786958.6667
REES0.8786952.9101
WALTERS0.8786933.7919
GRIFFITHS0.8786933.0497
JACOB0.8786929.5858
LEWIS0.8786929.3255
THOMAS0.8786922.8667
DAVIES0.8786919.9091
DANIELS0.8786918.3150
CHARLES0.8786916.7038
JONES0.8786915.9524
EVANS0.8786913.9569
RICHARDS0.878699.9055
LLOYD0.878699.8551
ROGERSON0.878699.3545
BENNETT0.878698.4016
EDWARDS0.878698.2580
WILLIAMS0.878696.5680
STEPHEN0.878696.5617
JAMES0.878695.2727
JOHNS0.878694.4563
SAUNDERS0.878693.7641
PUGH0.878693.0120
WATT0.878693.0012
JENKINS0.878692.9297
BOWEN0.878692.7832
POWELL0.878692.7673
PRICE0.878692.6302
PERKINS0.878692.5582
PHILLIPS0.878691.9295

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 869 people called SCURLOCK in Llangathen 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 2571.4286 in Llangathen means that 2571.4286% of the people in Llangathen on census day were called SCURLOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCURLOCK 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 SCURLOCK 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 SCURLOCK 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 SCURLOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.87 in Llangathen means that you are 0.87 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCURLOCK in Llangathen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llangathen in 1881

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

AARON (4)  AMBROSE (16)  BENNETT (12)  BOWEN (1)  BROCKIE (3)  CADOGAN (1)  CHARLES (3)  CODHS (3)  COLE (1)  DANIELS (5)  DAVIES (88)  EDWARDS (20)  EVAN (1)  EVANS (53)  FALCONER (7)  GABE (4)  GRIFFITHS (47)  GRIFFTHS (3)  GROYTHER (1)  GWYNNE (8)  HARRIES (48)  HARRIS (2)  HINDES (1)  ISRAEL (2)  JACOB (2)  JAMES (9)  JENKINS (3)  JOHNS (1)  JONES (157)  LEWIS (67)  LLOYD (10)  LUNDY (2)  MICHAEL (4)  MORGANS (11)  MORGAN (3)  MORRIES (8)  MORRIS (1)  PERGRIN (1)  PERKINS (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  PHILLIS (1)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (4)  PUGH (1)  PUNTAN (2)  REES (40)  REYNOLD (2)  RICHARDS (13)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERSON (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCURLOCK (9)  SIMON (7)  SMITH (2)  STEPHENES (1)  STEPHEN (1)  THOMAS (82)  TOBIAS (11)  TRUNDLE (3)  WALTERS (14)  WARLOW (1)  WATKIN (7)  WATT (1)  WILLIAMS (41)