1881 census county

Caernarfonshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Caernarfonshire 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

2,175 surnames are listed for Caernarfonshire, covering 115,325 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 26,597 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Caernarfonshire

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	26,597	22.52%	19.88x
2	Williams	17,547	14.85%	20.68x
3	Roberts	12,439	10.53%	27.99x
4	Hughes	8,096	6.85%	24.46x
5	Evans	4,986	4.22%	9.66x
6	Thomas	4,951	4.19%	10.16x
7	Owen	4,169	3.53%	29.74x
8	Davies	3,875	3.28%	6.45x
9	Parry	3,134	2.65%	34.86x
10	Griffith	2,982	2.52%	77.49x
11	Owens	2,052	1.74%	34.98x
12	Griffiths	1,697	1.44%	8.78x
13	Pritchard	1,573	1.33%	24.73x
14	Edwards	1,460	1.24%	4.43x
15	Morris	1,407	1.19%	5.35x
16	Ellis	988	0.840%	5.76x
17	Lewis	930	0.790%	2.99x
18	Prichard	900	0.760%	82.97x
19	Rowlands	761	0.640%	25.86x
20	Lloyd	704	0.600%	5.10x
21	Humphreys	597	0.510%	14.35x
22	Price	402	0.340%	1.94x
23	Pierce	279	0.240%	16.07x
24	Foulkes	239	0.200%	21.72x
25	Richards	231	0.200%	1.29x
26	Smith	194	0.160%	0.12x
27	Rees	134	0.110%	1.30x
28	Pugh	133	0.110%	2.95x
29	Davis	95	0.080%	0.37x
30	Rowland	93	0.080%	2.77x
31	Wynne	93	0.080%	8.17x
32	Humphrey	92	0.080%	2.92x
33	Jackson	88	0.070%	0.27x
34	Phillips	88	0.070%	0.42x
35	William	85	0.070%	8.42x
36	Johnson	81	0.070%	0.20x
37	Robinson	81	0.070%	0.22x
38	Vaughan	76	0.060%	1.89x
39	Elias	74	0.060%	19.32x
40	Rogers	74	0.060%	0.48x
41	Brown	71	0.060%	0.09x
42	Wilson	70	0.060%	0.13x
43	Powell	69	0.060%	0.47x
44	Robert	66	0.060%	11.43x
45	Daniel	62	0.050%	2.38x
46	Edmunds	61	0.050%	3.96x
47	Green	60	0.050%	0.18x
48	Humphrys	60	0.050%	27.51x
49	Harris	54	0.050%	0.18x
50	Morgans	54	0.050%	2.12x
51	Brookes	49	0.040%	1.77x
52	Oliver	47	0.040%	0.56x
53	Turner	47	0.040%	0.14x
54	Philips	45	0.040%	2.06x
55	Walker	43	0.040%	0.11x
56	Watkins	43	0.040%	0.60x
57	Taylor	41	0.030%	0.05x
58	Barlow	40	0.030%	0.63x
59	Thompson	40	0.030%	0.11x
60	Trevor	40	0.030%	10.92x
61	Knowles	38	0.030%	0.60x
62	Hobson	37	0.030%	1.21x
63	White	37	0.030%	0.10x
64	Bowen	36	0.030%	0.74x
65	Richard	36	0.030%	3.53x
66	Ward	36	0.030%	0.14x
67	Adams	35	0.030%	0.20x
68	Gray	35	0.030%	0.21x
69	Hope	35	0.030%	0.87x
70	Lester	35	0.030%	1.88x
71	Wood	34	0.030%	0.09x
72	Jenkins	33	0.030%	0.24x
73	Lunt	32	0.030%	4.21x
74	Richardson	32	0.030%	0.16x
75	Harrison	31	0.030%	0.12x
76	Sharpe	31	0.030%	0.89x
77	Bracegirdle	30	0.030%	10.02x
78	Closs	30	0.030%	58.96x
79	Cooke	30	0.030%	0.46x
80	Huxley	30	0.030%	5.64x
81	Lee	30	0.030%	0.16x
82	Meredith	30	0.030%	1.26x
83	Peters	30	0.030%	0.72x
84	Ensor	29	0.020%	11.01x
85	Ross	29	0.020%	0.22x
86	Conway	28	0.020%	1.27x
87	Eardley	28	0.020%	6.30x
88	Edward	28	0.020%	2.55x
89	Moses	28	0.020%	2.32x
90	Wright	28	0.020%	0.07x
91	Pughe	27	0.020%	10.75x
92	Ashton	26	0.020%	0.45x
93	Bellis	26	0.020%	3.88x
94	Butler	26	0.020%	0.23x
95	Hall	26	0.020%	0.07x
96	Fisher	25	0.020%	0.18x
97	Foster	25	0.020%	0.16x
98	Foulks	25	0.020%	21.06x
99	Holmes	25	0.020%	0.17x
100	Paul	25	0.020%	0.85x