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

Llanbedr 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
ROBERTS9919.760552.53
JONES9218.363316.21
WILLIAMS7214.371320.01
HUGHES509.980035.62
EVANS407.984018.27
DAVIES336.586812.95
THOMAS265.189612.58
OWEN142.794423.55
ROWLANDS101.996080.13
ELLIS81.596811.00
GHENT61.19762,500.00
VAUGHAN50.998029.26
GRIFFITH50.998030.64
MORRIS50.99804.48
PRITCHARD40.798414.83
BOSTOCK40.798485.11
COLE40.79848.76
EDWARDS40.79842.86
LLOYD30.59885.13
POTTER30.59889.23
BROOKES10.19968.50
BENTLEY10.19964.72
SMITH10.19960.14
GRIFFITHS10.19961.22
SALMON10.19968.75
SHAW10.19961.09
WILLIAM10.199623.36
BOARDMAN10.199612.44
STEWART10.19961.28
SAUNDERS10.19962.18
PARRY10.19962.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GHENT0.505012500.0000
BOSTOCK0.5050185.1064
ROWLANDS0.5050180.1282
ROBERTS0.5050152.5255
HUGHES0.5050135.6176
GRIFFITH0.5050130.6373
VAUGHAN0.5050129.2569
OWEN0.5050123.5452
WILLIAM0.5050123.3645
WILLIAMS0.5050120.0061
EVANS0.5050118.2707
JONES0.5050116.2143
PRITCHARD0.5050114.8258
DAVIES0.5050112.9498
THOMAS0.5050112.5762
BOARDMAN0.5050112.4378
ELLIS0.5050110.9966
POTTER0.505019.2336
COLE0.505018.7642
SALMON0.505018.7489
BROOKES0.505018.4962
LLOYD0.505015.1282
BENTLEY0.505014.7192
MORRIS0.505014.4835
EDWARDS0.505012.8647
PARRY0.505012.6226
SAUNDERS0.505012.1763
STEWART0.505011.2757
GRIFFITHS0.505011.2197
SHAW0.505011.0866
SMITH0.505010.1414

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 501 people called GHENT in Llanbedr 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 Llanbedr means that 2500.0000% of the people in Llanbedr on census day were called GHENT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GHENT 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 GHENT 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 GHENT 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 GHENT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Llanbedr means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GHENT in Llanbedr than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llanbedr in 1881

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

BENTLEY (1)  BOARDMAN (1)  BOSTOCK (4)  BROOKES (1)  COLE (4)  DAVIES (33)  EDWARDS (4)  ELLIS (8)  EVANS (40)  GHENT (6)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GRIFFITH (5)  HUGHES (50)  JONES (92)  LLOYD (3)  MASHAN (1)  MORRIS (5)  OWEN (14)  PARRY (1)  POTTER (3)  PRITCHARD (4)  ROBERTS (99)  ROBRTS (2)  ROWLANDS (10)  SALMON (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (1)  STEWART (1)  THOMAS (26)  VAUGHAN (5)  WILLIAMS (72)  WILLIAM (1)