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

Brechfa 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
DAVIES2524.038547.26
THOMAS2019.230846.60
JONES1312.500011.04
EVANS1312.500028.60
ISAAC76.7308538.46
JAMES54.807724.47
RICHARDS43.846225.46
PRICE32.884616.48
WILLIAMS32.88464.02
REES21.923122.10
MORGANS21.923189.29
DYER10.961524.81
BEARD10.961536.50
HARRIES10.961551.02
MORGAN10.96154.84
BOLLER10.96155,000.00
PARRY10.961512.63
LEWIS10.96153.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLLER0.101045000.0000
ISAAC0.10104538.4615
MORGANS0.1010489.2857
HARRIES0.1010451.0204
DAVIES0.1010447.2590
THOMAS0.1010446.5983
BEARD0.1010436.4964
EVANS0.1010428.6029
RICHARDS0.1010425.4615
DYER0.1010424.8139
JAMES0.1010424.4738
REES0.1010422.0994
PRICE0.1010416.4835
PARRY0.1010412.6263
JONES0.1010411.0375
MORGAN0.101044.8356
WILLIAMS0.101044.0155
LEWIS0.101043.6576

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 104 people called BOLLER in Brechfa 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 5000.0000 in Brechfa means that 5000.0000% of the people in Brechfa on census day were called BOLLER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Brechfa in 1881

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

BEARD (1)  BOLLER (1)  DAVIES (25)  DYER (1)  EVANS (13)  HARRIES (1)  ISAAC (7)  JAMES (5)  JONES (13)  LEWIS (1)  MORGANS (2)  MORGAN (1)  PARRY (1)  PRICE (3)  REES (2)  RICHARDS (4)  THOMAS (20)  WILLIAMS (3)