Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bodvean, Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

Bodvean is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

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
JONES5519.503517.22
WILLIAMS4917.375924.19
ROBERTS4716.666744.30
EVANS217.446817.04
GRIFFITH217.4468228.51
OWEN207.092259.76
DAVIES144.96459.76
HUGHES134.609916.45
ROWLANDS113.9007156.70
ELLIS72.482317.09
PRICHARD72.4823270.27
PARRY51.773023.30
THOMAS20.70921.72
CLIFTON10.354625.06
MACDONALD10.35468.94
HUNT10.35462.67
MORRIS10.35461.59
HUMPHREYS10.354610.07
GOODMAN10.354612.15
OWENS10.35467.14
MCDONALD10.354643.67
JESS10.3546454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JESS0.28282454.5455
PRICHARD0.28282270.2703
GRIFFITH0.28282228.5092
ROWLANDS0.28282156.6952
OWEN0.2828259.7550
ROBERTS0.2828244.3020
MCDONALD0.2828243.6681
CLIFTON0.2828225.0627
WILLIAMS0.2828224.1892
PARRY0.2828223.2992
JONES0.2828217.2209
ELLIS0.2828217.0940
EVANS0.2828217.0413
HUGHES0.2828216.4515
GOODMAN0.2828212.1507
HUMPHREYS0.2828210.0705
DAVIES0.282829.7602
MACDONALD0.282828.9366
OWENS0.282827.1378
HUNT0.282822.6702
THOMAS0.282821.7187
MORRIS0.282821.5931

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 282 people called JESS in Bodvean 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 454.5455 in Bodvean means that 454.5455% of the people in Bodvean on census day were called JESS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JESS 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 JESS 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 JESS 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 JESS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Bodvean means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JESS in Bodvean than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bodvean in 1881

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

CLIFTON (1)  DAVIES (14)  ELLIS (7)  EVANS (21)  GOODMAN (1)  GRIFFITH (21)  HALAMAN (1)  HUGHES (13)  HUMPHREYS (1)  HUNT (1)  JESS (1)  JONES (55)  MCDONALD (1)  MACDONALD (1)  MORRIS (1)  OWEN (20)  OWENS (1)  PARRY (5)  PRICHARD (7)  ROBERTS (47)  ROWLANDS (11)  THOMAS (2)  WILLIAMS (49)