Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mold Argoed, Flintshire / Sir Fflint

Mold Argoed is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Flintshire / Sir Fflint

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
JONES19217.250715.23
HUGHES746.648723.73
ROBERTS716.379216.96
WILLIAMS454.04315.63
LEWIS413.683714.01
DAVIES383.41426.71
HOPWOOD282.5157220.82
HEWITT282.515751.65
PRICE242.156312.32
GRIFFITHS242.156313.18
EDWARDS242.15637.74
PARRY191.707122.43
EVENS141.2579479.45
EVANS141.25792.88
TAYLOR131.16801.83
BELLIS121.0782189.87
LAMB121.078220.44
MILLINGTON110.988365.28
DAVES100.89851,041.67
LLOYD100.89857.69
WYNNE100.898593.20
BENNETT100.89855.47
STANLEY90.808621.03
WILCOCK90.808656.85
THOMAS90.80861.96
GOODWIN90.808615.35
OWENS80.718814.47
PEERS80.7188123.27
GALLAGHER80.718847.31
FOULKES80.718877.15
ATHERTON70.628934.98
WHITEHEAD70.62899.30
SAUNDERS70.62896.86
SHAW60.53912.93
FOULKS60.5391535.71
BELLS60.53911,052.63
WOODWARD60.539110.93
POWELL60.53914.32
SHONE60.5391132.45
WRIGHT60.53911.68
CLEGG50.449213.20
KENNEY50.449281.57
JOHNSON50.44921.34
BLACKWELL50.449224.65
SMITH50.44920.32
KENDRICK50.449246.69
JENKINS50.44923.81
ANDREWS40.35943.75
ASTLEY40.359454.20
MORGAN40.35941.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHERBON1.111,1132857.1429
BELLS1.111,1131052.6316
DAVES1.111,1131041.6667
FOULKS1.111,113535.7143
EVENS1.111,113479.4521
PERCEY1.111,113270.2703
HOPWOOD1.111,113220.8202
BELLIS1.111,113189.8734
SHONE1.111,113132.4503
PEERS1.111,113123.2666
WYNNE1.111,11393.1966
KENNEY1.111,11381.5661
FOULKES1.111,11377.1456
MILLINGTON1.111,11365.2819
WILCOCK1.111,11356.8541
ASTLEY1.111,11354.2005
HEWITT1.111,11351.6510
GALLAGHER1.111,11347.3093
KENDRICK1.111,11346.6853
ATHERTON1.111,11334.9825
SHEPHARD1.111,11328.0899
BLACKWELL1.111,11324.6548
HUGHES1.111,11323.7278
ARROWSMITH1.111,11323.1750
PARRY1.111,11322.4295
STANLEY1.111,11321.0330
LAMB1.111,11320.4394
ROBERTS1.111,11316.9564
GOODWIN1.111,11315.3453
JONES1.111,11315.2318
OWENS1.111,11314.4718
LEWIS1.111,11314.0113
CLEGG1.111,11313.1961
GRIFFITHS1.111,11313.1767
PRICE1.111,11312.3216
GUY1.111,11312.3102
WOODWARD1.111,11310.9290
ROWLANDS1.111,11310.8225
DENTON1.111,1139.7800
WHITEHEAD1.111,1139.3048
COLES1.111,1137.7379
EDWARDS1.111,1137.7372
LLOYD1.111,1137.6947
SAUNDERS1.111,1136.8574
DAVIES1.111,1136.7124
LAW1.111,1135.9583
WILLIAMS1.111,1135.6284
BENNETT1.111,1135.4666
HUMPHREYS1.111,1135.1033
LEACH1.111,1134.3554

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,113 people called SHERBON in Mold Argoed 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 2857.1429 in Mold Argoed means that 2857.1429% of the people in Mold Argoed on census day were called SHERBON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHERBON 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 SHERBON 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 SHERBON 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 SHERBON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.11 in Mold Argoed means that you are 1.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHERBON in Mold Argoed than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mold Argoed in 1881

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

ANCOCK (4)  ANDREWS (4)  ANTERBOS (9)  ARROWSMITH (2)  ASREB (2)  ASTLEY (4)  ATHERTON (7)  BALMAIN (2)  BATES (3)  BELLIS (12)  BELLS (6)  BELLES (1)  BENNETT (10)  BEAVAN (3)  BEVEN (3)  BLACKWELL (5)  BRADOX (2)  BARROW (1)  CATHERALL (28)  CLEGG (5)  COLES (3)  CONNAH (16)  CONNOR (1)  CROOSE (10)  DAVIDSON (2)  DAVES (10)  DAVIES (38)  DEAN (1)  DENTON (2)  DUNN (2)  EDWARDS (24)  EVANS (14)  EVENS (14)  FLETCHER (3)  FOULKS (6)  FOULKES (8)  FRITH (1)  GALLAGHER (8)  GANETT (4)  GARDENER (1)  GOODWIN (9)  GRESTOREX (1)  GRIFFITHS (24)  GUY (3)  HARRISON (3)  HIRD (1)  HENNBY (3)  HERESMITH (3)  HEWITT (28)  HILL (4)  HOPLA (1)  HOPWOOD (28)  HOOPWOOD (6)  HORNSLEY (6)  HUGHES (74)  HUMPHREYS (2)  IBALL (8)  IBELL (6)  JEFFREY (1)  JENKINS (5)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (192)  KENDRICK (5)  KENNEY (5)  LAMB (12)  LARRGHTY (1)  LAW (3)  LEACH (2)  LEWIS (41)  LLOYD (10)  MEACOCK (2)  MILLINGTON (11)  MORGAN (4)  MULDAWNEY (1)  OWENS (8)  OWEN (1)  PARSONAGE (15)  PEERS (8)  PERCEY (2)  PARRY (19)  PETTERS (1)  PETERS (1)  POWEL (1)  POWELL (6)  PRICE (24)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBERTS (71)  ROGERS (2)  ROWLANDS (3)  SAUNDERS (7)  SHAW (6)  SHEPHARD (3)  SHERBON (2)  SHONE (6)  SMITH (5)  STANLEY (9)  TARREN (6)  TAYLOR (13)  THOMAS (9)  WAINNRIGHT (3)  WHITEHEAD (7)  WHITLEY (1)  WILCOCK (9)  WILLIAMS (45)  WYNNE (10)  WOODS (3)  WOODWARD (6)  WOOLRICH (1)  WRIGHT (6)  WYCHLEY (1)