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

Rhoscolyn 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
JONES12428.054324.77
WILLIAMS9220.814528.98
HUGHES5011.312240.37
OWEN4610.407287.69
ROBERTS306.787318.04
THOMAS184.07249.87
OWENS112.488750.11
JAMES112.488712.67
SMITH81.81001.28
HUMPHREYS81.810051.41
GRIFFITH71.583748.61
HUDSON61.357516.58
EVANS30.67871.55
PLATT30.678725.64
HOPKINS20.45257.51
PRITCHARD20.45258.40
DINGLE20.4525103.63
ALLAN10.22623.60
PARRY10.22622.97
GRIFFETH10.22621,666.67
MORGAN10.22621.14
EDWARDS10.22620.81
WYNNE10.226223.47
CRYAN10.2262625.00
CANNON10.226212.50
HILL10.22620.89
MEREDITH10.226211.20
CLARKE10.22621.12
BENTLY10.226287.72
ELLIS10.22621.56
LLOYD10.22621.94
DAVIES10.22620.44
VANCE10.2262119.05
CHAMBERS10.22623.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIFFETH0.444421666.6667
CRYAN0.44442625.0000
VANCE0.44442119.0476
DINGLE0.44442103.6269
BENTLY0.4444287.7193
OWEN0.4444287.6859
HUMPHREYS0.4444251.4139
OWENS0.4444250.1139
GRIFFITH0.4444248.6111
HUGHES0.4444240.3714
WILLIAMS0.4444228.9755
PLATT0.4444225.6410
JONES0.4444224.7713
WYNNE0.4444223.4742
ROBERTS0.4444218.0419
HUDSON0.4444216.5792
JAMES0.4444212.6699
CANNON0.4444212.5000
MEREDITH0.4444211.1982
THOMAS0.444429.8684
PRITCHARD0.444428.4034
HOPKINS0.444427.5131
CHAMBERS0.444423.9793
ALLAN0.444423.6036
PARRY0.444422.9727
LLOYD0.444421.9376
ELLIS0.444421.5581
EVANS0.444421.5532
SMITH0.444421.2819
MORGAN0.444421.1377
CLARKE0.444421.1166
HILL0.444420.8883
EDWARDS0.444420.8118
DAVIES0.444420.4448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 442 people called GRIFFETH in Rhoscolyn 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 1666.6667 in Rhoscolyn means that 1666.6667% of the people in Rhoscolyn on census day were called GRIFFETH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIFFETH 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 GRIFFETH 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 GRIFFETH 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 GRIFFETH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Rhoscolyn means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIFFETH in Rhoscolyn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rhoscolyn in 1881

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

ALLAN (1)  BAILL (1)  BENTLY (1)  CANNON (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARKE (1)  CRYAN (1)  DAVIES (1)  DINGLE (2)  EDWARDS (1)  EILLESPIE (1)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (3)  GRIFFITH (7)  GRIFFETH (1)  HILL (1)  HOPKINS (2)  HUDSON (6)  HUGHES (50)  HUMPHREYS (8)  JAMES (11)  JONES (124)  LLOYD (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MORGAN (1)  OWEN (46)  OWENS (11)  PARRY (1)  PLATT (3)  PRITCHARD (2)  ROBERTS (30)  SMITH (8)  THOMAS (18)  VANCE (1)  WILLIAMS (92)  WYNNE (1)