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

Llanfaglan 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
JONES6625.581422.59
WILLIAMS4918.992226.44
OWEN2911.240394.71
ROBERTS228.527122.67
EVANS155.814013.30
GRIFFITHS145.426433.16
HUGHES135.038817.98
HUMPHREYS93.488499.12
DAVIES72.71325.33
THOMAS62.32565.64
RICHARDS41.550410.27
MORGAN41.55047.80
OWENS41.550431.23
ROGERS31.16288.96
ELLIS20.77525.34
PRICHARD20.775284.39
GRIFFITH10.387611.90
ELIAS10.3876119.05
LAURENCE10.387627.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELIAS0.26258119.0476
HUMPHREYS0.2625899.1189
OWEN0.2625894.7093
PRICHARD0.2625884.3882
GRIFFITHS0.2625833.1596
OWENS0.2625831.2256
LAURENCE0.2625827.2480
WILLIAMS0.2625826.4393
ROBERTS0.2625822.6664
JONES0.2625822.5873
HUGHES0.2625817.9831
EVANS0.2625813.3049
GRIFFITH0.2625811.9048
RICHARDS0.2625810.2669
ROGERS0.262588.9552
MORGAN0.262587.7958
THOMAS0.262585.6354
ELLIS0.262585.3376
DAVIES0.262585.3341

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 258 people called ELIAS in Llanfaglan 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 119.0476 in Llanfaglan means that 119.0476% of the people in Llanfaglan on census day were called ELIAS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELIAS 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 ELIAS 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 ELIAS 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 ELIAS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Llanfaglan means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELIAS in Llanfaglan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llanfaglan in 1881

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

CERTER (2)  DAVIES (7)  ELIAS (1)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (15)  GRIFFITHS (14)  GRIFFITH (1)  HUGHES (13)  HUMPHREYS (9)  JONES (66)  LAURENCE (1)  MORGAN (4)  OWENS (4)  OWEN (29)  PRICHIARD (1)  PRICHARD (2)  RICHARDS (4)  ROBERTS (22)  ROGERS (3)  SILLAR (2)  THAW (1)  THOMAS (6)  WILLIAMS (49)