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

Llandanwg 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
WILLIAMS18317.923624.95
JONES15615.279113.49
ROBERTS797.737520.57
LLOYD535.191044.46
EVANS434.21169.64
DAVIES393.81987.51
THOMAS363.52608.54
HUGHES343.330111.88
OWEN333.232127.23
GRIFFITH272.644581.18
HUMPHREYS272.644575.10
GRIFFITHS212.056812.57
EDWARDS191.86096.68
OWENS191.860937.47
ELLIS191.860912.82
LEWIS181.76306.71
PUGH151.469138.45
RICHARD131.2733147.73
MORRIS131.27335.72
RICHARDS111.07747.13
WILLIAM100.9794114.68
PRICE80.78354.48
ROWE70.685612.07
PARRY70.68569.01
DEAKIN60.587742.52
DENMAN60.5877131.87
MEREDITH50.489724.24
REES50.48975.63
CORY40.3918108.40
GEORGE40.39186.68
SHUTTLEWORTH40.391833.03
FARMER40.391812.54
PETERS40.391811.17
NELSON30.29386.07
BARROW20.19599.25
MILLER10.09790.55
HUMPHREY10.09793.68
HARPER10.09791.53
SIMON10.097914.88
CAMBELL10.097935.59
EVAN10.097985.47
EDMUNDS10.09797.51
BOWDEN10.09793.39
ROBERT10.097920.04
HOWELL10.09792.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHARD1.021,021147.7273
DENMAN1.021,021131.8681
WILLIAM1.021,021114.6789
CORY1.021,021108.4011
GRIFFITH1.021,02181.1786
HUMPHREYS1.021,02175.1043
LLOYD1.021,02144.4556
DEAKIN1.021,02142.5230
PUGH1.021,02138.4517
OWENS1.021,02137.4680
SHUTTLEWORTH1.021,02133.0306
OWEN1.021,02127.2322
WILLIAMS1.021,02124.9513
MEREDITH1.021,02124.2365
ROBERTS1.021,02120.5670
JONES1.021,02113.4911
ELLIS1.021,02112.8153
GRIFFITHS1.021,02112.5688
FARMER1.021,02112.5353
ROWE1.021,02112.0710
HUGHES1.021,02111.8844
PETERS1.021,02111.1732
EVANS1.021,0219.6378
BARROW1.021,0219.2464
PARRY1.021,0219.0090
THOMAS1.021,0218.5444
DAVIES1.021,0217.5097
RICHARDS1.021,0217.1341
LEWIS1.021,0216.7057
EDWARDS1.021,0216.6772
GEORGE1.021,0216.6767
NELSON1.021,0216.0667
MORRIS1.021,0215.7201
REES1.021,0215.6294
PRICE1.021,0214.4773

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,021 people called RICHARD in Llandanwg 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 147.7273 in Llandanwg means that 147.7273% of the people in Llandanwg on census day were called RICHARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICHARD 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 RICHARD 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 RICHARD 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 RICHARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.02 in Llandanwg means that you are 1.02 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICHARD in Llandanwg than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Llandanwg in 1881

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

BOWDEN (1)  BARROW (2)  CAMBELL (1)  CHRYSTOLL (1)  CORY (4)  DAVIES (39)  DAVIES (DAVYDD) (4)  DAVYDD (1)  DEAKIN (6)  DENMAN (6)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (19)  ELLIS (19)  EVANS (43)  EVAN (1)  FARMER (4)  GEORGE (4)  GRIFFITH (27)  GRIFFITHS (21)  GRIFFITHS (GRIFFITH) (12)  HARPER (1)  HOWELL (1)  HUGHES (34)  HUMPHREYS (27)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUMPHREYS (HUMPHREY) (8)  JONES (156)  LEWIS (18)  LLOYD (53)  LOVEGROVE (10)  MEREDITH (5)  MILLER (1)  MORRIS (13)  NELSON (3)  OWEN (33)  OWENS (19)  PARRY (7)  PETERS (4)  PRICE (8)  PUGH (15)  REES (5)  RICHARD (13)  RICHARDS (11)  ROBERTS (79)  ROBERT (1)  ROWE (7)  RAWNSON (6)  SHUTTLEWORTH (4)  SIMON (1)  THOMAS (36)  WILLIAMS (183)  WILLIAM (10)  WILLIAMS (WILLIAM) (30)  WILLIAM (WILLIAMS) (2)