Top surnames from the 1881 census in Gwyddelwern, Merioneth / Meirionnydd

Gwyddelwern is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Merioneth / Meirionnydd

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
JONES24926.918923.77
ROBERTS14816.000042.53
DAVIES13514.594628.69
HUGHES707.567627.01
WILLIAMS646.91899.63
EVANS495.297312.12
EDWARDS414.432415.90
LLOYD323.459529.63
THOMAS242.59466.29
WYNNE131.4054145.90
PARRY131.405418.47
OWEN111.189210.02
REES80.86499.94
BOWYER70.756869.44
JENKINS50.54054.59
STOCKTON50.540588.97
OWENS50.540510.88
VAUGHAN30.32439.51
FOULKES30.324334.80
PRITCHARD30.32436.02
GRIFFITHS30.32431.98
PRICE30.32431.85
ELLIS20.21621.49
GOODFELLOW20.216224.45
SALISBURY10.108110.88
PIERCE10.10817.36
LEWIS10.10810.41
ROWLANDS10.10814.34
JAMES10.10810.55
WARBURTON10.10814.38
MORRIS10.10810.49
HUMPHREYS10.10813.07
WYNN10.108112.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WYNNE0.93925145.9035
STOCKTON0.9392588.9680
BOWYER0.9392569.4444
ROBERTS0.9392542.5300
FOULKES0.9392534.8028
LLOYD0.9392529.6269
DAVIES0.9392528.6929
HUGHES0.9392527.0072
GOODFELLOW0.9392524.4499
JONES0.9392523.7686
PARRY0.9392518.4659
EDWARDS0.9392515.9038
WYNN0.9392512.4688
EVANS0.9392512.1224
OWENS0.9392510.8838
SALISBURY0.9392510.8814
OWEN0.9392510.0191
REES0.939259.9416
WILLIAMS0.939259.6317
VAUGHAN0.939259.5057
PIERCE0.939257.3584
THOMAS0.939256.2875
PRITCHARD0.939256.0229
JENKINS0.939254.5872
WARBURTON0.939254.3821
ROWLANDS0.939254.3403
HUMPHREYS0.939253.0703
GRIFFITHS0.939251.9819
PRICE0.939251.8532
ELLIS0.939251.4890
JAMES0.939250.5504
MORRIS0.939250.4857
LEWIS0.939250.4112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 925 people called WYNNE in Gwyddelwern 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 145.9035 in Gwyddelwern means that 145.9035% of the people in Gwyddelwern on census day were called WYNNE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WYNNE 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 WYNNE 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 WYNNE 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 WYNNE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Gwyddelwern means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WYNNE in Gwyddelwern than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gwyddelwern in 1881

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

ATCHERLEY (2)  BERTTLEY (1)  BOWYER (7)  DAVIES (135)  EDWARDS (41)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (49)  FOULKES (3)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GRIFFITHS (3)  GRIPHITHES (7)  GRIPHITHS (1)  HANAM (4)  HUGHES (70)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JAMES (1)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (249)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (32)  MORRIS (1)  OWEN (11)  OWENS (5)  PIERCE (1)  PARRY (13)  PRICE (3)  PRITCHARD (3)  REES (8)  REES ((ROBERTS)) (2)  ROBERTS (148)  ROLANT (1)  ROWLANDS (1)  SALISBURY (1)  STOCKTON (5)  THOMAS (24)  VAUGHAN (3)  WARBURTON (1)  WILLIAMS (64)  WYNNE (13)  WYNN (1)