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

Penllech 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
JONES6025.974022.93
WILLIAMS4419.047626.52
GRIFFITH4017.3160531.21
OWEN219.090976.59
ROBERTS208.658023.02
DAVIES156.493512.77
HUGHES52.16457.72
EVANS52.16454.95
THOMAS41.73164.20
BENNINGTON41.73161,176.47
RICHARDS20.86585.73
PARRY20.865811.38
OWENS20.865817.44
GOUGH10.432914.77
ROWLANDS10.432917.39
LEWIS10.43291.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENNINGTON0.232311176.4706
GRIFFITH0.23231531.2085
OWEN0.2323176.5864
WILLIAMS0.2323126.5156
ROBERTS0.2323123.0150
JONES0.2323122.9340
OWENS0.2323117.4368
ROWLANDS0.2323117.3913
GOUGH0.2323114.7710
DAVIES0.2323112.7660
PARRY0.2323111.3766
HUGHES0.232317.7244
RICHARDS0.232315.7323
EVANS0.232314.9534
THOMAS0.232314.1964
LEWIS0.232311.6466

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 231 people called BENNINGTON in Penllech 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 1176.4706 in Penllech means that 1176.4706% of the people in Penllech on census day were called BENNINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENNINGTON 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 BENNINGTON 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 BENNINGTON 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 BENNINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Penllech means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENNINGTON in Penllech than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Penllech in 1881

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

BENNINGTON (4)  DAVIES (15)  DEWSON (3)  EVANS (5)  GOUGH (1)  GRIFFITH (40)  HUGHES (5)  JONES (60)  LEWIS (1)  MAC INTYRE (1)  OWEN (21)  OWENS (2)  PARRY (2)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (20)  ROWLANDS (1)  THOMAS (4)  WILLIAMS (44)