1881 census county

Anglesey surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Anglesey in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

1,280 surnames are listed for Anglesey, covering 50,458 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 10,416 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Anglesey

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Jones	10,416	20.12%	17.76x
2	Williams	8,285	16.00%	22.28x
3	Hughes	5,393	10.42%	37.17x
4	Roberts	4,302	8.31%	22.09x
5	Owen	3,683	7.11%	59.94x
6	Thomas	2,433	4.70%	11.39x
7	Parry	1,600	3.09%	40.61x
8	Evans	1,289	2.49%	5.70x
9	Lewis	862	1.67%	6.33x
10	Pritchard	840	1.62%	30.13x
11	Owens	826	1.60%	32.12x
12	Rowlands	769	1.49%	59.63x
13	Davies	751	1.45%	2.85x
14	Griffith	741	1.43%	43.93x
15	Edwards	710	1.37%	4.92x
16	Griffiths	524	1.01%	6.18x
17	Morris	372	0.720%	3.23x
18	Prichard	245	0.470%	51.53x
19	Ellis	215	0.420%	2.86x
20	Lloyd	214	0.410%	3.54x
21	Humphreys	180	0.350%	9.87x
22	Price	139	0.270%	1.53x
23	Rowland	127	0.250%	8.63x
24	Smith	85	0.160%	0.12x
25	Pierce	83	0.160%	10.91x
26	Prytherch	80	0.150%	187.35x
27	Brown	65	0.130%	0.19x
28	Richards	59	0.110%	0.75x
29	Peters	55	0.110%	3.03x
30	Edward	48	0.090%	9.99x
31	Martin	47	0.090%	0.37x
32	Chambers	43	0.080%	1.46x
33	Roose	43	0.080%	69.68x
34	Elias	40	0.080%	23.83x
35	Stanley	38	0.070%	1.91x
36	Jenkins	32	0.060%	0.52x
37	Michael	32	0.060%	11.50x
38	Powell	32	0.060%	0.50x
39	Robinson	32	0.060%	0.19x
40	Eames	31	0.060%	8.72x
41	Paynter	29	0.060%	19.97x
42	Green	28	0.050%	0.19x
43	Phillips	28	0.050%	0.30x
44	Allen	25	0.050%	0.26x
45	Salisbury	25	0.050%	4.86x
46	Wright	25	0.050%	0.15x
47	Dew	24	0.050%	7.96x
48	Davis	23	0.040%	0.20x
49	Higgins	23	0.040%	0.88x
50	Taylor	23	0.040%	0.07x
51	Baker	22	0.040%	0.19x
52	George	22	0.040%	0.72x
53	Gray	22	0.040%	0.30x
54	Hall	22	0.040%	0.14x
55	Wynne	22	0.040%	4.41x
56	Doyle	21	0.040%	1.67x
57	Harris	21	0.040%	0.16x
58	Picton	21	0.040%	11.92x
59	Rielly	21	0.040%	28.12x
60	Thompson	21	0.040%	0.14x
61	Bulkeley	20	0.040%	119.33x
62	Clay	20	0.040%	1.88x
63	Humphrey	20	0.040%	1.45x
64	Jarrett	20	0.040%	4.21x
65	Johnson	20	0.040%	0.12x
66	Mathews	19	0.040%	0.99x
67	Pearce	19	0.040%	0.40x
68	Collins	18	0.030%	0.24x
69	Cooke	18	0.030%	0.63x
70	Matthews	18	0.030%	0.40x
71	Bell	17	0.030%	0.17x
72	Meredith	17	0.030%	1.63x
73	Pary	17	0.030%	131.17x
74	Rogers	17	0.030%	0.25x
75	Anderson	16	0.030%	0.16x
76	Barnett	16	0.030%	0.69x
77	Edmunds	16	0.030%	2.37x
78	Gibson	16	0.030%	0.25x
79	Holmes	16	0.030%	0.25x
80	Staples	16	0.030%	3.23x
81	Noble	15	0.030%	0.70x
82	Oliver	15	0.030%	0.41x
83	Bellis	14	0.030%	4.76x
84	Buckley	14	0.030%	0.50x
85	Chard	14	0.030%	4.79x
86	Ellias	14	0.030%	176.10x
87	Foulkes	14	0.030%	2.90x
88	Gerrard	14	0.030%	2.12x
89	Hodgson	14	0.030%	0.39x
90	Jackson	14	0.030%	0.10x
91	Marshall	14	0.030%	0.16x
92	Tyrer	14	0.030%	6.13x
93	Warlow	14	0.030%	15.94x
94	Williamson	14	0.030%	0.30x
95	Wilson	14	0.030%	0.06x
96	Woods	14	0.030%	0.43x
97	Bennett	13	0.030%	0.15x
98	Burnell	13	0.030%	4.19x
99	Burns	13	0.030%	0.37x
100	Charles	13	0.030%	1.22x