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

Bettwsgwerfilgoch 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
JONES5119.615417.32
EDWARDS4115.769256.58
DAVIES2810.769221.17
HUGHES207.692327.45
EVANS207.692317.60
ROBERTS176.538517.38
ELLIS145.384637.08
THOMAS124.615411.18
WILLIAMS103.84625.35
ROWLANDS83.0769123.46
ASTIN83.07691,066.67
EWARDS62.307720,000.00
PRICE51.923110.99
MORRIS51.92318.64
LLOYD41.538513.18
WYNNE20.769279.68
GRIFFITHS20.76924.70
ARTHUR10.384617.64
POWELL10.38463.08
PARRY10.38465.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EWARDS0.2626020000.0000
ASTIN0.262601066.6667
ROWLANDS0.26260123.4568
WYNNE0.2626079.6813
EDWARDS0.2626056.5829
ELLIS0.2626037.0763
HUGHES0.2626027.4537
DAVIES0.2626021.1720
ARTHUR0.2626017.6367
EVANS0.2626017.6025
ROBERTS0.2626017.3806
JONES0.2626017.3198
LLOYD0.2626013.1752
THOMAS0.2626011.1846
PRICE0.2626010.9890
MORRIS0.262608.6386
WILLIAMS0.262605.3542
PARRY0.262605.0531
GRIFFITHS0.262604.7004
POWELL0.262603.0826

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 260 people called EWARDS in Bettwsgwerfilgoch 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 20000.0000 in Bettwsgwerfilgoch means that 20000.0000% of the people in Bettwsgwerfilgoch on census day were called EWARDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EWARDS 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 EWARDS 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 EWARDS 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 EWARDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Bettwsgwerfilgoch means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EWARDS in Bettwsgwerfilgoch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bettwsgwerfilgoch in 1881

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

ARTHUR (1)  ASTIN (8)  DAVIES (28)  EDWARDS (41)  ELLIS (14)  EVANS (20)  EWARDS (6)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HANERMAN (1)  HUGHES (20)  JONES (51)  LLOYD (4)  MORRIS (5)  PARRY (1)  PETRES (2)  POWELL (1)  PRICE (5)  PUGHE (1)  ROBERTS (17)  ROWLANDS (8)  THOMAS (12)  WILLIAMS (10)  WYNNE (2)