Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bieston, Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

Bieston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

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
JONES2627.957024.68
GILLAM99.67742,500.00
EDWARDS88.602230.86
WILLIAMS66.45168.98
BAKER44.301119.63
JACKSON44.301115.39
HUGHES44.301115.35
TOMLINSON44.301193.24
PLATT33.2258121.95
GODFREY33.2258108.70
HARRISON33.225814.53
POULTON22.1505266.67
REEVES11.075326.25
STUBBS11.075340.65
DODD11.075326.46
PRICE11.07536.14
PHILLIPS11.07536.01
ROBERTS11.07532.86
DAVIES11.07532.11
THOMSON11.07538.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLAM0.09932500.0000
POULTON0.0993266.6667
PLATT0.0993121.9512
GODFREY0.0993108.6957
TOMLINSON0.099393.2401
STUBBS0.099340.6504
EDWARDS0.099330.8642
DODD0.099326.4550
REEVES0.099326.2467
JONES0.099324.6843
BAKER0.099319.6271
JACKSON0.099315.3905
HUGHES0.099315.3492
HARRISON0.099314.5349
WILLIAMS0.09938.9807
THOMSON0.09938.0451
PRICE0.09936.1425
PHILLIPS0.09936.0096
ROBERTS0.09932.8580
DAVIES0.09932.1142

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 93 people called GILLAM in Bieston 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 2500.0000 in Bieston means that 2500.0000% of the people in Bieston on census day were called GILLAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLAM 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 GILLAM 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 GILLAM 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 GILLAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Bieston means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLAM in Bieston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bieston in 1881

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

BAKER (4)  BLYTHEN (8)  DAVIES (1)  DODD (1)  EDWARDS (8)  GILLAM (9)  GODFREY (3)  HOLLAWELL (1)  HARRISON (3)  HUGHES (4)  JACKSON (4)  JONES (26)  PHILLIPS (1)  PLATT (3)  POULTON (2)  PRICE (1)  REEVES (1)  ROBERTS (1)  STUBBS (1)  THOMSON (1)  TOMLINSON (4)  WILLIAMS (6)