Top surnames from the 1881 census in Penrhoslligwy, Anglesey / Sir Fon

Penrhoslligwy is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Anglesey / Sir Fon

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
JONES9223.896121.10
WILLIAMS5915.324721.33
HUGHES4712.207843.57
PARRY297.532598.98
PRITCHARD266.7532125.42
ROWLANDS235.9740239.83
OWEN235.974050.34
ROBERTS205.194813.81
DAVIES123.11696.13
LEWIS102.59749.88
GRIFFITHS102.597415.87
EVANS102.59745.94
GRIFFITH41.039031.90
MATHEWS41.039028.13
PRICE41.03905.94
OWENS30.779215.69
EDWARDS30.77922.80
OLDFIELD20.519531.45
THOMAS20.51951.26
ELLIS10.25971.79
FRANCIS10.25974.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROWLANDS0.39385239.8332
PRITCHARD0.39385125.4221
PARRY0.3938598.9761
OWEN0.3938550.3392
HUGHES0.3938543.5669
GRIFFITH0.3938531.8979
OLDFIELD0.3938531.4465
MATHEWS0.3938528.1294
WILLIAMS0.3938521.3335
JONES0.3938521.0995
GRIFFITHS0.3938515.8730
OWENS0.3938515.6904
ROBERTS0.3938513.8083
LEWIS0.393859.8795
DAVIES0.393856.1278
EVANS0.393855.9439
PRICE0.393855.9365
FRANCIS0.393854.3611
EDWARDS0.393852.7959
ELLIS0.393851.7886
THOMAS0.393851.2589

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 385 people called ROWLANDS in Penrhoslligwy 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 239.8332 in Penrhoslligwy means that 239.8332% of the people in Penrhoslligwy on census day were called ROWLANDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROWLANDS 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 ROWLANDS 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 ROWLANDS 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 ROWLANDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Penrhoslligwy means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROWLANDS in Penrhoslligwy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Penrhoslligwy in 1881

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

DAVIES (12)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (10)  FRANCIS (1)  GRIFFITHS (10)  GRIFFITH (4)  HUGHES (47)  JONES (92)  LEWIS (10)  MATHEWS (4)  OLDFIELD (2)  OWEN (23)  OWENS (3)  PARRY (29)  PRICE (4)  PRITCHARD (26)  ROBERTS (20)  ROWLANDS (23)  THOMAS (2)  WILLIAMS (59)