Top surnames from the 1881 census in Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Merthyr Mawr is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Glamorgan / Morgannwg

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
JONES1615.841613.99
REES109.9010113.77
WILLIAMS87.920811.03
HITCHCOCK76.9307598.29
LLEWELLYN65.9406408.16
NICHOLL65.94061,132.08
COSBY54.95055,555.56
CORNELIUS54.95051,724.14
DAVIES54.95059.73
EVANS54.950511.33
THOMAS43.96049.60
MATTHEWS43.960445.40
AYERS21.9802327.87
HOPKIN21.9802256.41
MORGAN21.98029.96
HOWELL21.980246.95
JURY10.9901312.50
HOWE10.990125.19
RICHARDS10.99016.56
GIBBS10.990120.16
MORRIS10.99014.45
DUNN10.990111.90
GIBBON10.990198.04
LEWIS10.99013.77
BISHOP10.990114.16
STUBBS10.990137.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COSBY0.101015555.5556
CORNELIUS0.101011724.1379
NICHOLL0.101011132.0755
HITCHCOCK0.10101598.2906
LLEWELLYN0.10101408.1633
AYERS0.10101327.8689
JURY0.10101312.5000
HOPKIN0.10101256.4103
REES0.10101113.7656
GIBBON0.1010198.0392
HOWELL0.1010146.9484
MATTHEWS0.1010145.4030
STUBBS0.1010137.4532
HOWE0.1010125.1889
GIBBS0.1010120.1613
BISHOP0.1010114.1643
JONES0.1010113.9872
DUNN0.1010111.9048
EVANS0.1010111.3276
WILLIAMS0.1010111.0269
MORGAN0.101019.9552
DAVIES0.101019.7333
THOMAS0.101019.5969
RICHARDS0.101016.5574
MORRIS0.101014.4484
LEWIS0.101013.7665

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 101 people called COSBY in Merthyr Mawr 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 5555.5556 in Merthyr Mawr means that 5555.5556% of the people in Merthyr Mawr on census day were called COSBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COSBY 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 COSBY 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 COSBY 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 COSBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Merthyr Mawr means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COSBY in Merthyr Mawr than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Merthyr Mawr in 1881

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

BISHOP (1)  CORNELIUS (5)  COSBY (5)  DAVIES (5)  DUNN (1)  EVANS (5)  AYERS (2)  GIBBON (1)  GIBBS (1)  HITCHCOCK (7)  HOPKIN (2)  HOWE (1)  HOWELL (2)  JONES (16)  JURY (1)  LEWIS (1)  LEYSHON (1)  LLEWELLYN (6)  MATTHEWS (4)  MORGAN (2)  MORRIS (1)  NICHOLL (6)  REES (10)  RICHARDS (1)  SCHRODA (1)  STUBBS (1)  THOMAS (4)  WILLIAMS (8)