Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beddgelert, Merioneth / Meirionnydd

Beddgelert 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
WILLIAMS28621.423229.82
JONES26519.850217.53
ROBERTS17413.033734.64
EVANS896.666715.26
HUGHES725.393319.25
PARRY493.670448.23
OWEN483.595530.29
OWENS413.071261.84
THOMAS342.54686.17
GRIFFITHS312.322114.19
DAVIES282.09744.12
PRICHARD282.0974228.39
PIERCE231.7228117.23
HUMPHREYS181.348338.30
GRIFFITH181.348341.39
RODDICK141.04871,428.57
ROBERT110.8240168.45
MORRIS100.74913.37
DAVIS80.59932.73
LEWIS80.59932.28
ELLIS60.44943.10
POWEL60.4494175.95
GOODMAN50.374512.84
EDMUNDS50.374528.74
WATSON40.29961.29
EDMONDS40.299615.68
HAGGARTY30.2247116.73
CHAPMAN30.22471.58
WHITE30.22470.70
FRANCIS20.14982.51
EDWARDS20.14980.54
DOWNEY20.149821.19
AGNEW10.074913.32
LEGG10.07494.54
FRASER10.07490.84
PRATT10.07491.30
JINKENS10.0749909.09
PHILLIPS10.07490.42
HARRISON10.07490.34
ROBINSON10.07490.23
LLOYD10.07490.64
WILLIAM10.07498.77
ISAAC10.07495.98
WARRING10.0749144.93
STARKE10.074988.50
MORRISON10.07490.95
PRICE10.07490.43
JOHN10.07492.07
HUMPREY10.0749250.00
WARING10.07495.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RODDICK1.341,3351428.5714
PRICHARD1.341,335228.3850
POWEL1.341,335175.9531
ROBERT1.341,335168.4533
PIERCE1.341,335117.2273
HAGGARTY1.341,335116.7315
OWENS1.341,33561.8401
PARRY1.341,33548.2283
GRIFFITH1.341,33541.3888
HUMPHREYS1.341,33538.2979
ROBERTS1.341,33534.6448
OWEN1.341,33530.2935
WILLIAMS1.341,33529.8230
EDMUNDS1.341,33528.7356
DOWNEY1.341,33521.1864
HUGHES1.341,33519.2472
JONES1.341,33517.5272
EDMONDS1.341,33515.6801
EVANS1.341,33515.2562
GRIFFITHS1.341,33514.1896
GOODMAN1.341,33512.8370
THOMAS1.341,3356.1717
DAVIES1.341,3354.1235
MORRIS1.341,3353.3651
ELLIS1.341,3353.0950
DAVIS1.341,3352.7269
FRANCIS1.341,3352.5148
LEWIS1.341,3352.2793
CHAPMAN1.341,3351.5823
WATSON1.341,3351.2917
WHITE1.341,3350.6991
EDWARDS1.341,3350.5375

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,335 people called RODDICK in Beddgelert 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 1428.5714 in Beddgelert means that 1428.5714% of the people in Beddgelert on census day were called RODDICK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RODDICK 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 RODDICK 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 RODDICK 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 RODDICK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.34 in Beddgelert means that you are 1.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RODDICK in Beddgelert than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beddgelert in 1881

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

AGNEW (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  DAVIES (28)  DAVIS (8)  DOWNEY (2)  EDMONDS (4)  EDMUNDS (5)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (6)  EVANS (89)  FRANCIS (2)  FRASER (1)  GOODMAN (5)  GRIFFITHS (31)  GRIFFITH (18)  HAGGARTY (3)  HEELES (1)  HARRISON (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HUGHES (72)  HUMPHREYS (18)  HUMPREY (1)  ISAAC (1)  JINKENS (1)  JOHN (1)  JONES (265)  LEGG (1)  LEWIS (8)  LLOYD (1)  MINSHULL (1)  MORRIS OR MOARIES (6)  MORRIES OR MORRIS (4)  MORRIS (10)  MORRISON (1)  OWEN (48)  OWENS (41)  PIERCE (23)  PARRY (49)  PHILLIPS (1)  POWEL (6)  PRATT (1)  PRICE (1)  PRICHARD (28)  ROBERTS (174)  ROBERT (11)  ROBINSON (1)  RODDICK (14)  SEARELL (2)  STARKE (1)  STURT (2)  THOMAS (34)  WARING (1)  WARRING (1)  WATSON (4)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (286)  WILLIAM (1)