Top surnames from the 1881 census in Corwen Bonwn, Merioneth / Meirionnydd

Corwen Bonwn 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
JONES3567.307759.43
PRICE611.538565.93
PARRY47.6923101.01
HUGHES23.846213.73
ROBERTS23.846210.22
EVANS11.92314.40
THOMAS11.92314.66
GRIFFITHS11.923111.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARRY0.0552101.0101
PRICE0.055265.9341
JONES0.055259.4328
HUGHES0.055213.7268
GRIFFITHS0.055211.7509
ROBERTS0.055210.2249
THOMAS0.05524.6598
EVANS0.05524.4014

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 52 people called PARRY in Corwen Bonwn 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 101.0101 in Corwen Bonwn means that 101.0101% of the people in Corwen Bonwn on census day were called PARRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARRY 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 PARRY 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 PARRY 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 PARRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Corwen Bonwn means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARRY in Corwen Bonwn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Corwen Bonwn in 1881

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

EVANS (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HUGHES (2)  JONES (35)  PARRY (4)  PRICE (6)  ROBERTS (2)  THOMAS (1)