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

Tydweiliog 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
JONES8623.626420.86
WILLIAMS8423.076932.12
ROBERTS6116.758244.55
HUGHES359.615434.31
GRIFFITH215.7692177.07
PARRY154.120954.15
OWEN154.120934.72
THOMAS123.29677.99
EVANS71.92314.40
GRIFFITHS71.923111.75
DAVIES61.64843.24
PRITCHARD41.098920.41
BENJAMIN30.8242157.07
DANIEL20.549524.88
TELFORD10.274731.15
CLARK10.27470.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIFFITH0.36364177.0658
BENJAMIN0.36364157.0681
PARRY0.3636454.1516
ROBERTS0.3636444.5451
OWEN0.3636434.7222
HUGHES0.3636434.3137
WILLIAMS0.3636432.1248
TELFORD0.3636431.1526
DANIEL0.3636424.8756
JONES0.3636420.8616
PRITCHARD0.3636420.4082
GRIFFITHS0.3636411.7509
THOMAS0.363647.9888
EVANS0.363644.4009
DAVIES0.363643.2406
CLARK0.363640.9140

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 364 people called GRIFFITH in Tydweiliog 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 177.0658 in Tydweiliog means that 177.0658% of the people in Tydweiliog 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 0.36 in Tydweiliog means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIFFITH in Tydweiliog than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tydweiliog in 1881

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

BENJAMIN (3)  CLARK (1)  DANIEL (2)  DAVIES (6)  EAMES (OWEN) (2)  EVANS (7)  GRIFFITHS (7)  GRIFFITH (21)  HUGHES (35)  JONES (86)  OWEN (15)  PARRY (15)  PRITCHARD (4)  ROBERTS (61)  STENHOUSE (2)  TELFORD (1)  THOMAS (12)  WILLIAMS (84)