Top surnames from the 1881 census in Llaniestyn, Anglesey / Sir Fon

Llaniestyn is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Anglesey / Sir Fon

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
WILLIAMS6016.393422.82
OWEN4913.3880112.80
HUGHES3810.382537.05
OWENS318.4699170.52
JONES277.37706.51
ROWLANDS277.3770296.05
THOMAS226.010914.57
ROBERTS205.464514.53
EVANS184.918011.25
OLIVER143.825153.62
ELLIS143.825126.34
EDWARDS102.73229.80
DAVIES61.63933.22
HUGHS41.0929300.75
STAPLES41.0929114.29
MORRIS41.09294.91
LEWIS20.54642.08
GRIFFITH20.546416.78
KELLY20.54644.99
EAMES10.273239.84
HARRIS10.27321.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUGHS0.37366300.7519
ROWLANDS0.37366296.0526
OWENS0.37366170.5171
STAPLES0.37366114.2857
OWEN0.37366112.7993
OLIVER0.3736653.6193
EAMES0.3736639.8406
HUGHES0.3736637.0515
ELLIS0.3736626.3405
WILLIAMS0.3736622.8215
GRIFFITH0.3736616.7785
THOMAS0.3736614.5666
ROBERTS0.3736614.5254
EVANS0.3736611.2542
EDWARDS0.373669.8039
JONES0.373666.5137
KELLY0.373664.9900
MORRIS0.373664.9098
DAVIES0.373663.2229
LEWIS0.373662.0784
HARRIS0.373661.0752

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 366 people called HUGHS in Llaniestyn 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 300.7519 in Llaniestyn means that 300.7519% of the people in Llaniestyn on census day were called HUGHS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUGHS 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 HUGHS 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 HUGHS 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 HUGHS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Llaniestyn means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUGHS in Llaniestyn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llaniestyn in 1881

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

CAMES (1)  DAVIES (6)  EAMES (1)  EDWARDS (10)  ELLIS (14)  EVANS (18)  GRIFFITH (2)  GWONETT (1)  HARRIS (1)  HUGHES (38)  HUGHS (4)  JENNET (1)  JONES (27)  KELLY (2)  LEWIS (2)  MORRIS (4)  OLIVER (14)  OWEN (49)  OWENS (31)  ROBERTS (20)  RAWLANDS (7)  ROWLANDS (27)  STAPLES (4)  THOMAS (22)  WILLIAMS (60)