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

Llangower 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
JONES7127.413124.20
ROBERTS3613.899636.95
DAVIES228.494216.70
WILLIAMS166.17768.60
EDWARDS155.791520.78
MORRIS155.791526.02
THOMAS114.247110.29
ROWLANDS93.4749139.53
EVANS93.47497.95
PRICE62.316613.24
REES51.930522.19
HARGRAVE51.9305602.41
PETERS51.930555.07
PARMETER41.544413,333.33
PARRY31.158315.22
RICHARDS31.15837.67
ELLIS20.77225.32
HUMPHREYS20.772221.93
PRITCHARD20.772214.34
CLEGG10.386111.34
LLOYD10.38613.31
HUGHES10.38611.38
DAVIS10.38611.76
WEATHERBY10.3861270.27
PUGH10.386110.10
GRIFFITHS10.38612.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARMETER0.2625913333.3333
HARGRAVE0.26259602.4096
WEATHERBY0.26259270.2703
ROWLANDS0.26259139.5349
PETERS0.2625955.0661
ROBERTS0.2625936.9458
MORRIS0.2625926.0191
JONES0.2625924.2048
REES0.2625922.1926
HUMPHREYS0.2625921.9298
EDWARDS0.2625920.7814
DAVIES0.2625916.6996
PARRY0.2625915.2207
PRITCHARD0.2625914.3369
PRICE0.2625913.2363
CLEGG0.2625911.3379
THOMAS0.2625910.2919
PUGH0.2625910.1010
WILLIAMS0.262598.5998
EVANS0.262597.9519
RICHARDS0.262597.6707
ELLIS0.262595.3177
LLOYD0.262593.3069
GRIFFITHS0.262592.3596
DAVIS0.262591.7569
HUGHES0.262591.3780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 259 people called PARMETER in Llangower 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 13333.3333 in Llangower means that 13333.3333% of the people in Llangower on census day were called PARMETER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Llangower in 1881

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

CARSLEY (2)  CLEGG (1)  DAVIES (22)  DAVIS (1)  EDWARDS (15)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (9)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HARGRAVE (5)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHREYS (2)  JONES (71)  LLOYD (1)  MORRIS (15)  PARMETER (4)  PARRY (3)  PETERS (5)  PRICE (6)  PRITCHARD (2)  PUGHE (9)  PUGH (1)  REES (5)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERTS (36)  ROWLANDS (9)  THOMAS (11)  WEATHERBY (1)  WILLIAMS (16)