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

Dolwyddelan 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
JONES29923.432620.69
WILLIAMS22017.241424.00
ROBERTS13510.579928.12
HUGHES967.523526.85
DAVIES846.583112.94
OWENS614.780696.26
EVANS614.780610.94
GRIFFITHS513.996924.42
LLOYD272.116018.12
ELLIS251.959213.49
THOMAS221.72414.18
EDWARDS201.56745.62
PIERCE151.175580.00
PRICE141.09726.27
MORRIS110.86213.87
DOUGALL110.8621277.08
PARRY90.70539.27
PRITCHARD90.705313.10
HUMPHREYS80.627017.81
DANIELS70.548617.47
MCNAUGHTON70.54861,891.89
LEWIS60.47021.79
ROLFE60.470236.25
DINWOODIE50.3918364.96
HOLLAND50.39185.50
GRIFFITH50.391812.03
ECCLES50.391824.49
PUGH40.31358.21
DAVIS40.31351.43
HANFORD40.3135277.78
WESTON40.31357.69
OWEN40.31352.64
SALSBURY40.3135191.39
DOWNING30.235113.52
PENNY20.15678.81
WATSON10.07840.34
ROWLANDS10.07843.15
EGERTON10.078415.95
JENKINS10.07840.67
LESTER10.07844.98
JACKSON10.07840.28
HUGH10.078429.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCNAUGHTON1.281,2761891.8919
DINWOODIE1.281,276364.9635
HANFORD1.281,276277.7778
DOUGALL1.281,276277.0781
SALSBURY1.281,276191.3876
OWENS1.281,27696.2601
PIERCE1.281,27680.0000
ROLFE1.281,27636.2538
ROBERTS1.281,27628.1227
HUGHES1.281,27626.8494
ECCLES1.281,27624.4858
GRIFFITHS1.281,27624.4241
WILLIAMS1.281,27624.0015
JONES1.281,27620.6903
LLOYD1.281,27618.1220
HUMPHREYS1.281,27617.8055
DANIELS1.281,27617.4651
DOWNING1.281,27613.5196
ELLIS1.281,27613.4924
PRITCHARD1.281,27613.1004
DAVIES1.281,27612.9424
GRIFFITH1.281,27612.0279
EVANS1.281,27610.9399
PARRY1.281,2769.2678
PENNY1.281,2768.8067
PUGH1.281,2768.2051
WESTON1.281,2767.6864
PRICE1.281,2766.2696
EDWARDS1.281,2765.6240
HOLLAND1.281,2765.5042
THOMAS1.281,2764.1781
MORRIS1.281,2763.8727
OWEN1.281,2762.6413
LEWIS1.281,2761.7885
DAVIS1.281,2761.4265

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,276 people called MCNAUGHTON in Dolwyddelan 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 1891.8919 in Dolwyddelan means that 1891.8919% of the people in Dolwyddelan on census day were called MCNAUGHTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCNAUGHTON 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 MCNAUGHTON 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 MCNAUGHTON 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 MCNAUGHTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.28 in Dolwyddelan means that you are 1.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCNAUGHTON in Dolwyddelan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dolwyddelan in 1881

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

CHARLS (2)  DANIELS (7)  DAVIES (84)  DAVIS (4)  DINWOODIE (5)  DOWNING (3)  ECCLES (5)  EDWARDS (20)  EGERTON (1)  ELLIS (25)  EVANS (61)  GRIFFITHS (51)  GRIFFTHS (3)  GRIFFITH (5)  HANFORD (4)  HOLLAND (5)  HUGHES (96)  HUGH (1)  HUMPHREYS (8)  JACKSON (1)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (299)  KYFFIN (2)  LEWIS (6)  LESTER (1)  LLOYD (27)  DOUGALL (11)  MCNAUGHTON (7)  MORRIS (11)  MORRIES (3)  OWENS (61)  OWEN (4)  PIERCE (15)  PENNY (2)  PARRY (9)  PHANNAH (1)  PRICE (14)  PRITCHARD (9)  PRYDDERCH (5)  PUGH (4)  ROBERTS (135)  ROLFE (6)  ROWLANDS (1)  SALSBURY (4)  THOMAS (22)  WATSON (1)  WESTON (4)  WILLIAMS (220)