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

Pistill 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
JONES22524.752521.86
WILLIAMS12613.861419.30
ROBERTS12013.201335.09
EVANS485.280512.08
OWENS404.400488.61
HUGHES343.740413.35
GRIFFITHS293.190319.50
DAVIES272.97035.84
THOMAS242.64036.40
PARRY151.650221.68
BAUM131.4301921.99
ROWLANDS121.320153.00
MORRIS101.10014.94
COOKE90.990117.94
GRIFFITH90.990130.40
BARLOW80.880116.30
SEATON80.8801104.03
NEEDHAM80.880141.37
OWEN70.77016.49
EDWARDS70.77012.76
HOLMES70.77016.32
HUTCHINSON60.660111.62
LLOYD60.66015.65
HUMPHREYS60.660118.75
SIMMONS60.660116.17
FOULKES60.660170.84
JOHNSON50.55011.64
CRAMP50.5501125.00
EAMES40.440064.10
DARBY40.440027.42
DYER40.440011.36
WILLIAMSON40.44004.91
REES30.33003.79
KELLY30.33003.01
FORD30.33003.39
WATT30.33008.61
ELLIS30.33002.27
NEWBOLD30.330045.25
SPARGO30.3300178.57
ELIAS30.3300101.69
WOODHOUSE30.330013.93
CRAWFORD20.22004.50
WESTER10.1100909.09
HUMPHREY10.11004.13
SWAIN10.11005.71
MARR10.11009.64
WOOD10.11000.35
ROBINSON10.11000.35
BAXTER10.11001.85
MARTON10.110059.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAUM0.91909921.9858
WESTER0.91909909.0909
WOOLEN0.91909666.6667
SPARGO0.91909178.5714
CRAMP0.91909125.0000
SEATON0.91909104.0312
ELIAS0.91909101.6949
OWENS0.9190988.6132
FOULKES0.9190970.8383
EAMES0.9190964.1026
MARTON0.9190959.8802
WINSON0.9190954.9451
ROWLANDS0.9190953.0035
HOPEWELL0.9190945.8716
NEWBOLD0.9190945.2489
NEEDHAM0.9190941.3650
CORNS0.9190939.3701
ROBERTS0.9190935.0908
GRIFFITH0.9190930.3951
DARBY0.9190927.4160
JONES0.9190921.8557
PARRY0.9190921.6826
GRIFFITHS0.9190919.4958
WILLIAMS0.9190919.2961
HUMPHREYS0.9190918.7500
COOKE0.9190917.9426
BARLOW0.9190916.2966
SIMMONS0.9190916.1725
HAYDEN0.9190914.1044
WOODHOUSE0.9190913.9276
HUGHES0.9190913.3485
EVANS0.9190912.0840
HUTCHINSON0.9190911.6189
FLOYD0.9190911.5741
DYER0.9190911.3604
MARR0.919099.6432
WATT0.919098.6059
WHYTE0.919096.4893
OWEN0.919096.4881
THOMAS0.919096.3981
HOLMES0.919096.3240
DAVIES0.919095.8396
SWAIN0.919095.7078
LLOYD0.919095.6529
MORRIS0.919094.9422
WILLIAMSON0.919094.9086
CRAWFORD0.919094.4964
HUMPHREY0.919094.1305
REES0.919093.7936
FORD0.919093.3883

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 909 people called BAUM in Pistill 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 921.9858 in Pistill means that 921.9858% of the people in Pistill on census day were called BAUM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAUM 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 BAUM 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 BAUM 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 BAUM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.91 in Pistill means that you are 0.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAUM in Pistill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pistill in 1881

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

BARLOW (8)  BAUM (13)  BAXTER (1)  BRACEGIRDLE (3)  COOKE (9)  CORNS (1)  CRAMP (5)  CRAWFORD (2)  DARBY (4)  DAVIES (27)  DYER (4)  EAMES (4)  EDWARDS (7)  ELLIS (3)  ELIAS (3)  EVANS (48)  FORD (3)  FOULKES (6)  GRANT (1)  GRIFFITH (9)  GRIFFITHS (29)  MC HALL (1)  HAYDEN (1)  HOLMES (7)  HOPEWELL (1)  HUGHES (34)  HUMPHREYS (6)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUTCHINSON (6)  JOHNSON (5)  JONES (225)  KELLY (3)  LEWIS (1)  LLOYD (6)  FLOYD (1)  LOVEL (1)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTON (1)  MC SUTOSH (1)  MORRIS (10)  MARR (1)  NEEDHAM (8)  NEWBOLD (3)  OWENS (40)  OWEN (7)  PEMSON (1)  PARRY (15)  REES (3)  ROBERTS (120)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLANDS (12)  SCOTT (1)  SEATON (8)  SIMMONS (6)  SPARGO (3)  STIRTTEN (1)  SWAIN (1)  THOMAS (24)  THOMOS (1)  TITHERINGTON (8)  WATT (3)  WESTER (1)  WHYTE (1)  WILLIAMS (126)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILDBUR (2)  WINSON (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHOUSE (3)  WOOLEN (1)