Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oxwich, Glamorgan / Morgannwg

Oxwich 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
GROVE3917.03061,455.22
BEVAN187.8603321.43
CLARKE135.676928.02
JONES104.36683.86
ACE93.93014,736.84
DOWNING83.4934201.01
BEYNON73.0568426.83
EDWARDS73.056810.97
TUCKER73.056855.25
GIBBS62.620153.33
ROSSER62.6201359.28
PICKERING62.620172.64
THOMAS62.62016.35
EVAN52.18341,923.08
SHEPHERD52.183429.80
REES41.746720.08
LEWIS41.74676.64
EATON31.310046.80
TAYLOR31.31002.05
PRITCHARD31.310024.33
FOX31.310014.11
LILLY31.3100215.83
STEPHENS31.310023.60
EVANS31.31003.00
MORRIS31.31005.88
SMITH31.31000.93
HARRY31.3100180.72
WALTER20.873456.98
WILLIAMS20.87341.22
OWEN20.87347.36
WILLIAM20.8734102.04
EDWARD20.873493.90
PHILLIPS10.43672.44
MAINWARING10.4367112.36
CURTIS10.43677.69
HARRIS10.43671.72
JENKINS10.43673.71
CLEMENT10.436743.29
DAVIS10.43671.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ACE0.232294736.8421
EVAN0.232291923.0769
GROVE0.232291455.2239
BEYNON0.23229426.8293
ROSSER0.23229359.2814
BEVAN0.23229321.4286
LILLY0.23229215.8273
DOWNING0.23229201.0050
HARRY0.23229180.7229
MAINWARING0.23229112.3596
WILLIAM0.23229102.0408
EDWARD0.2322993.8967
PICKERING0.2322972.6392
WALTER0.2322956.9801
TUCKER0.2322955.2486
GIBBS0.2322953.3333
EATON0.2322946.8019
CLEMENT0.2322943.2900
SHEPHERD0.2322929.7974
CLARKE0.2322928.0172
PRITCHARD0.2322924.3309
STEPHENS0.2322923.6035
REES0.2322920.0803
FOX0.2322914.1110
EDWARDS0.2322910.9683
CURTIS0.232297.6923
OWEN0.232297.3584
LEWIS0.232296.6434
THOMAS0.232296.3492
MORRIS0.232295.8847
JONES0.232293.8558
JENKINS0.232293.7051
EVANS0.232292.9979
PHILLIPS0.232292.4408
TAYLOR0.232292.0485
DAVIS0.232291.9873
HARRIS0.232291.7182
WILLIAMS0.232291.2158
SMITH0.232290.9278

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 229 people called ACE in Oxwich 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 4736.8421 in Oxwich means that 4736.8421% of the people in Oxwich on census day were called ACE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ACE 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 ACE 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 ACE 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 ACE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Oxwich means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ACE in Oxwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oxwich in 1881

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

ACE (9)  AYNGE (3)  BEVAN (18)  BEYNON (7)  CLARKE (13)  CLEMENT (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIS (1)  DOWNING (8)  EATON (3)  EDWARDS (7)  EDWARD (2)  EVAN (5)  EVANS (3)  FOX (3)  GIBBS (6)  GROVE (39)  HARRIS (1)  HARRY (3)  JINKIN (19)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (10)  LEWIS (4)  LILLY (3)  MAINWARING (1)  MORRIS (3)  OWEN (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKERING (6)  PRITCHARD (3)  REES (4)  ROSSER (6)  SHEPHERD (5)  SMITH (3)  STEPHENS (3)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMAS (6)  TUCKER (7)  WALTER (2)  WILLIAM (2)  WILLIAMS (2)