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

Llanddausaint 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
DAVIES11517.968835.33
THOMAS9114.218834.46
WILLIAMS7411.562516.10
JONES7211.25009.93
EVANS396.093813.95
LEWIS284.375016.64
GRIFFITHS274.218825.78
REES264.062546.70
HARRIES172.6563141.20
MORGANS162.5000115.86
PRITCHARD162.500046.43
PRICE152.343813.39
HUGHES111.71886.13
HOWELLS111.718867.36
GEORGE101.562526.63
POWELL81.250010.02
RODERICK81.2500357.14
AMBROSE71.0938124.11
PROSSER50.781349.90
JAMES50.78133.98
HOPKINS50.781312.97
MORGAN40.62503.14
EDWARDS40.62502.24
CURTIS30.46888.26
CHARLES30.468822.68
GABRIEL30.4688177.51
HARRIS20.31251.23
ROBERTS20.31250.83
ROGERS10.15631.20
JOSHUA10.1563212.77
RICHARDS10.15631.03
JOB10.156351.81
PHILLIPS10.15630.87
WATKINS10.15632.58
JOSEPH10.156319.27
JENKINS10.15631.33
OWENS10.15633.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODERICK0.64640357.1429
JOSHUA0.64640212.7660
GABRIEL0.64640177.5148
HARRIES0.64640141.1960
AMBROSE0.64640124.1135
MORGANS0.64640115.8581
HOWELLS0.6464067.3607
JOB0.6464051.8135
PROSSER0.6464049.9002
REES0.6464046.7038
PRITCHARD0.6464046.4306
DAVIES0.6464035.3270
THOMAS0.6464034.4566
GEORGE0.6464026.6312
GRIFFITHS0.6464025.7806
CHARLES0.6464022.6757
JOSEPH0.6464019.2678
LEWIS0.6464016.6409
WILLIAMS0.6464016.0961
EVANS0.6464013.9450
PRICE0.6464013.3929
HOPKINS0.6464012.9735
POWELL0.6464010.0200
JONES0.646409.9334
CURTIS0.646408.2599
HUGHES0.646406.1339
JAMES0.646403.9774
OWENS0.646403.1466
MORGAN0.646403.1429
WATKINS0.646402.5786
EDWARDS0.646402.2425
JENKINS0.646401.3259
HARRIS0.646401.2296
ROGERS0.646401.2035
RICHARDS0.646401.0347
PHILLIPS0.646400.8733
ROBERTS0.646400.8307

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 640 people called RODERICK in Llanddausaint 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 357.1429 in Llanddausaint means that 357.1429% of the people in Llanddausaint on census day were called RODERICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODERICK 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 RODERICK 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 RODERICK 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 RODERICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Llanddausaint means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODERICK in Llanddausaint than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llanddausaint in 1881

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

AMBROSE (7)  BEYNON OR BEYRON (2)  CHARLES (3)  CURTIS (3)  DAVIES (115)  EDWARDS (4)  EVANS (39)  GABRIEL (3)  GEORGE (10)  GRIFFITHS (27)  HARRIS (2)  HARRIES (17)  HOPKINS (5)  HOWELLS (11)  HUGHES (11)  JAMES (5)  GEFFREYS (1)  JENKINS (1)  JOB (1)  JONES (72)  JOSEPH (1)  JOSHUA (1)  JOSUAH (1)  LEWIS (28)  MORGANS (16)  MORGAN (4)  OWENS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POWELL (8)  PRICE (15)  PRITCHARD (16)  PROSSER (5)  REES (26)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (2)  RODERICK (8)  ROGERS (1)  THOMAS (91)  WATKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (74)