Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skenfrith, Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

Skenfrith is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

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
JONES386.08005.37
WILLIAMS355.60007.80
EDWARDS294.640016.65
MORGAN223.520017.70
PRICE152.400013.71
WALKER132.08006.21
EVANS132.08004.76
THOMAS121.92004.65
DAVIS121.92008.74
POWELL111.760014.11
MATHEWS111.760047.66
LOYD111.7600448.98
BEVAN101.600065.40
RUCK101.6000625.00
LEWIS101.60006.09
GRIFFITTS91.440012,857.14
EDMONDS91.440075.38
VAUGHAN91.440042.21
KEAR81.2800754.72
HOYLE81.280055.44
ROSSER81.2800175.82
PERKINS81.280028.46
MARTIN81.28005.20
SMITH81.28000.91
JOHNSON71.12003.33
HALL71.12003.81
PARKER71.12005.89
PRITCHARD71.120020.80
NETTLETON71.1200260.22
PARRY71.120014.72
POYNER60.9600652.17
CLARK60.96003.19
BIGGS60.960050.93
HOPKIN60.9600124.22
ELLIS60.96006.61
MEREDITH50.800039.59
RIDGWAY50.800087.26
WATKINS50.800013.20
JORDON50.8000177.94
ECKLEY50.80001,923.08
HUGHES40.64002.28
BEAVEN40.6400219.78
TURNER40.64002.30
LAMBERT40.640011.73
ROFF40.6400380.95
BRIGHT40.640031.65
BELCHER40.640053.12
GALE30.480016.02
DAVIES30.48000.94
PROSSER30.480030.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIFFITTS0.6362512857.1429
HANIFAN0.6362510000.0000
ECKLEY0.636251923.0769
LEWTON0.636251111.1111
KEAR0.63625754.7170
POYNER0.63625652.1739
RUCK0.63625625.0000
LOYD0.63625448.9796
REY0.63625400.0000
ROFF0.63625380.9524
MARTAIN0.63625294.1176
FEILD0.63625277.7778
GRITTON0.63625270.2703
NICOLLS0.63625263.1579
NETTLETON0.63625260.2230
RUSHEN0.63625222.2222
BEAVEN0.63625219.7802
BENETT0.63625200.0000
JORDON0.63625177.9359
ROSSER0.63625175.8242
REESE0.63625136.0544
HOPKIN0.63625124.2236
VAUGHN0.63625106.9519
LONGFORD0.6362595.2381
HAINS0.6362594.3396
HANBURY0.6362590.9091
RIDGWAY0.6362587.2600
FUSSELL0.6362585.4701
EDMONDS0.6362575.3769
HUMBLE0.6362567.5676
KENNARD0.6362565.7895
BEVAN0.6362565.4022
HOLLY0.6362563.6943
POWEL0.6362562.5000
HOYLE0.6362555.4401
BELCHER0.6362553.1208
BIGGS0.6362550.9338
MATHEWS0.6362547.6603
HOLLEY0.6362543.4783
VAUGHAN0.6362542.2139
MEREDITH0.6362539.5883
REECE0.6362536.6300
BRIGHT0.6362531.6456
WHITNEY0.6362530.7692
PROSSER0.6362530.6435
PERKINS0.6362528.4596
JEFFREYS0.6362526.8817
STEADMAN0.6362525.9740
WHITEMAN0.6362524.8139
WOOLLEY0.6362524.1935

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 625 people called GRIFFITTS in Skenfrith 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 12857.1429 in Skenfrith means that 12857.1429% of the people in Skenfrith on census day were called GRIFFITTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIFFITTS 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 GRIFFITTS 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 GRIFFITTS 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 GRIFFITTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Skenfrith means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIFFITTS in Skenfrith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skenfrith in 1881

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

BABBAGE (1)  BARRAT (1)  BARTHUS (1)  BEACHMANS ? (1)  BELCHER (4)  BENETT (1)  BEAVAN (1)  BEAVEN (4)  BEVAN (10)  BIGGS (6)  BELLINGTON (1)  BOWER (1)  BRADY (1)  BRIGHT (4)  BRUNNING (1)  BYRNE (1)  CHARLES (1)  CLARK (6)  COLLINS (2)  CONNELL (1)  COUNSELL (1)  CUNNINGHAM (1)  DAVIS (12)  DAVIES (3)  DAWES (1)  DOHERTY (1)  DONALDSON (1)  DUNCAN (1)  EARIMAN (1)  ECKLEY (5)  EDMONDS (9)  EDWARDS (29)  ELDRIDG (1)  ELLISS (4)  ELLESS (10)  ELLIS (6)  EVANS (13)  FENCOTT (2)  FEILD (1)  FORACHON (5)  FRY (1)  FUSSELL (1)  GALE (3)  JORDON (5)  GREENHOOD (1)  GRIFFITTS (9)  GRIFFITHS (2)  GRITTON (1)  GUNEY (1)  HALL (7)  HAMMOND (3)  HANBURY (1)  HANIFAN (1)  HATTON (1)  HAINS (1)  HOLLEY (1)  HOLLY (1)  HOPKIN (6)  HOYLE (8)  HUGHES (4)  HUMBLE (2)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JACKSON (2)  JEFFREYS (1)  JOHNSON (7)  JONES (38)  KEAR (8)  KENNARD (2)  KENARD (KENNARD) (8)  LAMBERT (4)  LEWIS (10)  LEWTON (3)  LOYD (11)  LONGFORD (1)  MAEDLEE (2)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (8)  MARTAIN (1)  MATHEWS (11)  MEREDITH (5)  MERI...SOS (1)  MORGAN (22)  MORRIS (1)  NASH (3)  NETTLETON (7)  NEWMAN (1)  NICOLLS (2)  NORMAN (3)  PARKER (7)  PASK (6)  PERKINS (8)  PARRY (7)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHILLPOTTS (3)  POYNER (6)  PORTAR (3)  POWELL (11)  POWEL (1)  PRICE (15)  PRITCHARD (7)  PROSSER (3)  PULLEN (1)  REY (1)  RASSERER (2)  REESE (2)  REECE (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARD (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDGWAY (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (3)  RUCK (10)  ROSS (1)  ROSSER (8)  ROFF (4)  RUSHEN (1)  SANDERSON (1)  CINDERBY (6)  SMITH (8)  SPEKE (7)  SPENCER (1)  STEADMAN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (12)  TURNER (4)  VAUGHN (2)  VAUGHAN (9)  WALKER (13)  WALL (1)  WATKINS (5)  WEBB (2)  WHITNEY (1)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILDON (4)  WILLIAMS (35)  WOODHOUSE (2)  WOOLLEY (3)  WOLLY (1)  YOUNG (1)