Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corwen Bodorlas, Merioneth / Meirionnydd

Corwen Bodorlas is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Merioneth / Meirionnydd

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
JONES4327.044023.88
ROBERTS2415.094340.12
WILLIAMS159.434013.13
EDWARDS138.176129.34
EVANS127.547217.27
HUGHES106.289322.45
DAVIES85.03149.89
HOWELL85.0314119.40
PRICE53.144717.97
GRIFFITH31.886857.92
PARRY31.886824.79
BREEZE21.2579204.08
LLOYD21.257910.77
OWEN10.62895.30
GRIFFITHS10.62893.84
MORRIS10.62892.83
THOMAS10.62891.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BREEZE0.16159204.0816
HOWELL0.16159119.4030
GRIFFITH0.1615957.9151
ROBERTS0.1615940.1204
EDWARDS0.1615929.3387
PARRY0.1615924.7934
JONES0.1615923.8796
HUGHES0.1615922.4467
PRICE0.1615917.9662
EVANS0.1615917.2712
WILLIAMS0.1615913.1326
LLOYD0.1615910.7701
DAVIES0.161599.8924
OWEN0.161595.2994
GRIFFITHS0.161593.8432
MORRIS0.161592.8257
THOMAS0.161591.5242

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 159 people called BREEZE in Corwen Bodorlas 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 204.0816 in Corwen Bodorlas means that 204.0816% of the people in Corwen Bodorlas on census day were called BREEZE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BREEZE 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 BREEZE 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 BREEZE 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 BREEZE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Corwen Bodorlas means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BREEZE in Corwen Bodorlas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corwen Bodorlas in 1881

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

BREEZE (2)  DAVIES (8)  EDWARDS (13)  EVANS (12)  GRIFFITH (3)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HOWELL (8)  HOWEL (7)  HUGHES (10)  JONES (43)  LLOYD (2)  MORRIS (1)  OWEN (1)  PARRY (3)  PRICE (5)  ROBERTS (24)  THOMAS (1)  WILLIAMS (15)