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

Meyllteyrn 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
JONES6322.909120.23
WILLIAMS5218.909126.32
GRIFFITH3211.6364357.14
THOMAS3010.909126.44
ROBERTS248.727323.20
OWEN238.363670.47
EVANS114.00009.15
HUGHES72.54559.08
GRIFFITHS72.545515.56
PRICHARD51.8182197.63
PARRY51.818223.89
EDWARDS41.45455.22
RICHARD31.0909126.58
MORGAN31.09095.49
LEWIS20.72732.77
ROWLAND10.363612.79
ELLIS10.36362.50
LLOYD10.36363.11
HUMPHREYS10.363610.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIFFITH0.28275357.1429
PRICHARD0.28275197.6285
RICHARD0.28275126.5823
OWEN0.2827570.4657
THOMAS0.2827526.4364
WILLIAMS0.2827526.3225
PARRY0.2827523.8892
ROBERTS0.2827523.1974
JONES0.2827520.2280
GRIFFITHS0.2827515.5556
ROWLAND0.2827512.7877
HUMPHREYS0.2827510.3306
EVANS0.282759.1537
HUGHES0.282759.0838
MORGAN0.282755.4855
EDWARDS0.282755.2192
LLOYD0.282753.1143
LEWIS0.282752.7663
ELLIS0.282752.5044

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 275 people called GRIFFITH in Meyllteyrn 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 357.1429 in Meyllteyrn means that 357.1429% of the people in Meyllteyrn on census day were called GRIFFITH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIFFITH 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 GRIFFITH 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 GRIFFITH 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 GRIFFITH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Meyllteyrn means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIFFITH in Meyllteyrn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Meyllteyrn in 1881

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

EDWARDS (4)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (11)  GRIFFITHS (7)  GRIFFITH (32)  HUGHES (7)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JONES (63)  LEWIS (2)  LLOYD (1)  MORGAN (3)  OWEN (23)  PARRY (5)  PRICHARD (5)  RICHARD (3)  ROBERTS (24)  ROWLAND (1)  THOMAS (30)  WILLIAMS (52)