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

Gwyddelwern Cynwyd 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
ROBERTS9119.320651.36
JONES7816.560514.62
DAVIES5110.828021.29
EDWARDS439.129532.76
WILLIAMS398.280311.53
EVANS306.369414.58
HUGHES234.883217.43
THOMAS234.883211.83
MORRIS163.397015.26
LLOYD153.184727.27
GRIFFITHS142.972418.16
VAUGHAN81.698549.78
OWENS51.061621.38
BAINS40.8493341.88
PALMER40.84937.20
WHITE30.63691.98
LEWIS20.42461.62
LOCKWOOD20.424619.23
HUMPHREYS20.424612.06
FOULKES20.424645.56
ROBERT10.212343.48
MASSEY10.21238.31
JENKINS10.21231.80
PETERS10.21236.05
OWEN10.21231.79
ELLIS10.21231.46
DAVIE10.212323.04
KELLY10.21231.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAINS0.47471341.8803
ROBERTS0.4747151.3573
VAUGHAN0.4747149.7822
FOULKES0.4747145.5581
ROBERT0.4747143.4783
EDWARDS0.4747132.7569
LLOYD0.4747127.2727
DAVIE0.4747123.0415
OWENS0.4747121.3767
DAVIES0.4747121.2881
LOCKWOOD0.4747119.2308
GRIFFITHS0.4747118.1629
HUGHES0.4747117.4269
MORRIS0.4747115.2614
JONES0.4747114.6223
EVANS0.4747114.5758
HUMPHREYS0.4747112.0627
THOMAS0.4747111.8337
WILLIAMS0.4747111.5269
MASSEY0.474718.3056
PALMER0.474717.2046
PETERS0.474716.0533
WHITE0.474711.9815
KELLY0.474711.9387
JENKINS0.474711.8018
OWEN0.474711.7889
LEWIS0.474711.6151
ELLIS0.474711.4620

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 471 people called BAINS in Gwyddelwern Cynwyd 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 341.8803 in Gwyddelwern Cynwyd means that 341.8803% of the people in Gwyddelwern Cynwyd on census day were called BAINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAINS 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 BAINS 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 BAINS 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 BAINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Gwyddelwern Cynwyd means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAINS in Gwyddelwern Cynwyd than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Gwyddelwern Cynwyd in 1881

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

BAINS (4)  BERDSALL (1)  DAVIES (51)  DAVIE (1)  EDWARDS (43)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (30)  FOULKES (2)  GRIFFITHS (14)  HUGHES (23)  HUMPHREYS (2)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (78)  KELLY (1)  LEWIS (2)  LLOYD (15)  LOCKWOOD (2)  MASSEY (1)  MORRIS (16)  OWENS (5)  OWEN (1)  PALMER (4)  PETERS (1)  ROBERTS (91)  ROBERT (1)  THOMAS (23)  VAUGHAN (8)  W (1)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (39)  WILNOW (6)