Common surnames 328/2025

FOI Reference: 328/2025

Request

How many people working for Dyfed-Powys Police have the following surnames? Please provide figures for each surname.

Davies

Jones

Smith

Williams

Note that these are some of the most common surnames in the world, and information is typically deemed to be fully anonymised if there are at least 3-5 individuals to whom the information could refer to. This is the basis used in the publication of academic studies, which have to comply with the Data Protection Act 2018.

If any surnames fall below the anonymisation threshold, please could you replace the total of each of those surnames with an asterisk.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response:

As at 28/02/2025

Davies – 126

Jones – 143

Smith – 12

Williams - 91

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 01/04/2025)