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

Pennal 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
JONES13620.389818.00
DAVIES619.145417.98
WILLIAMS578.545711.90
OWEN456.746656.85
EVANS395.847113.38
LEWIS294.347816.54
ROBERTS243.59829.56
PUGH233.448390.27
MORGANS182.6987125.09
THOMAS182.69876.54
ROWLANDS142.099084.24
MORGAN121.79919.05
EDWARDS121.79916.46
HARRIS101.49935.90
HUGHES91.34934.82
HUMPHREYS91.349338.33
PRICE81.19946.85
FLEMING81.199428.86
PARRY71.049513.79
MORRIS71.04954.71
GRIFFITHS71.04956.41
LLOYD60.89967.70
DAKINS60.89962,608.70
REES60.899610.34
JENKINS50.74966.36
MEREDITH50.749637.12
BREES50.74962,173.91
PANTON50.7496222.22
BENNETT40.59973.65
VINCENT40.599719.23
WATKINS40.59979.90
MILES40.599710.17
DRY30.4498352.94
GILBERT20.29995.26
OWENS20.29996.04
BURTON20.29993.52
RICHARDS20.29991.99
PRYCE20.299962.70
CRAMPTON20.299961.54
RICHARD20.299934.78
HARRISON20.29991.35
PRICHARD10.149916.34
CHARLES10.14997.26
PETTERS10.1499303.03
YOUNG10.14990.70
REESE10.149964.10
DUNFORD10.149924.81
WALLACE10.14992.19
MERIDETH10.1499454.55
GOSLING10.14999.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAKINS0.676672608.6957
BREES0.676672173.9130
MERIDETH0.67667454.5455
FREDRICK0.67667434.7826
DRY0.67667352.9412
PETTERS0.67667303.0303
PANTON0.67667222.2222
MORGANS0.67667125.0869
PUGH0.6766790.2669
ROWLANDS0.6766784.2359
REESE0.6766764.1026
PRYCE0.6766762.6959
CRAMPTON0.6766761.5385
OWEN0.6766756.8469
KINGDON0.6766748.0769
HUMPHREYS0.6766738.3305
MEREDITH0.6766737.1195
RICHARD0.6766734.7826
FLEMING0.6766728.8600
DUNFORD0.6766724.8139
TUDOR0.6766722.2717
VINCENT0.6766719.2308
JONES0.6766718.0037
DAVIES0.6766717.9798
LEWIS0.6766716.5374
PRICHARD0.6766716.3399
PARRY0.6766713.7904
EVANS0.6766713.3805
WILLIAMS0.6766711.8963
REES0.6766710.3413
MILES0.6766710.1652
WATKINS0.676679.8961
GOSLING0.676679.5785
ROBERTS0.676679.5644
MORGAN0.676679.0470
LLOYD0.676677.7042
CHARLES0.676677.2569
PRICE0.676676.8534
THOMAS0.676676.5397
EDWARDS0.676676.4554
GRIFFITHS0.676676.4132
JENKINS0.676676.3613
OWENS0.676676.0368
HARRIS0.676675.8994
ROWLAND0.676675.2743
GILBERT0.676675.2645
HUGHES0.676674.8154
MORRIS0.676674.7148
BENNETT0.676673.6486
BURTON0.676673.5199

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 667 people called DAKINS in Pennal 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 2608.6957 in Pennal means that 2608.6957% of the people in Pennal on census day were called DAKINS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAKINS 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 DAKINS 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 DAKINS 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 DAKINS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Pennal means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAKINS in Pennal than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pennal in 1881

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

BENNETT (4)  BREES (5)  BURTON (2)  CHARLES (1)  CRAMPTON (2)  DAKINS (6)  DAVIES (61)  DRY (3)  DUNFORD (1)  EDWARDS (12)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (39)  FANCOTT (1)  FLEMING (8)  FREDRICK (1)  GILBERT (2)  GILL (1)  GOSLING (1)  GRIFFITHS (7)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (10)  HARRISON (2)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (9)  HUMPHREYS (9)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (136)  JWYORAM (1)  KINGDON (1)  LEWIS (29)  LLOYD (6)  MEREDITH (5)  MERIDETH (1)  MREDITH (3)  MILES (4)  MORGAN (12)  MORGANS (18)  MORRIS (7)  OWEN (45)  OWENS (2)  PANTON (5)  PARRY (7)  PETTERS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRYCE (2)  PRICE (8)  PRICHARD (1)  PUGHE (8)  PUGH (23)  REESE (1)  REES (6)  REGAMY (1)  READ (1)  RICHARDS (2)  RICHARD (2)  ROBERTS (24)  ROGERS (1)  ROWLANDS (14)  ROWLAND (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (18)  TIBOT (5)  TIBBOT (1)  TUDOR (1)  VINCENT (4)  WALLACE (1)  WATKINS (4)  WILLIAMS (57)  YOUNG (1)