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 Bott, with 24 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
101	Bott	24	0.020%	2.58x
102	Buckland	24	0.020%	1.92x
103	Eames	24	0.020%	2.96x
104	Hudson	24	0.020%	0.25x
105	Martin	24	0.020%	0.08x
106	Walters	24	0.020%	0.43x
107	Blackburn	23	0.020%	0.52x
108	Bromley	22	0.020%	1.21x
109	Harries	22	0.020%	0.99x
110	Hills	22	0.020%	0.67x
111	Howells	22	0.020%	0.73x
112	Newell	22	0.020%	1.18x
113	Andrews	21	0.020%	0.19x
114	Armstrong	21	0.020%	0.23x
115	Barker	21	0.020%	0.14x
116	Cooper	21	0.020%	0.07x
117	Hewitt	21	0.020%	0.37x
118	King	21	0.020%	0.08x
119	Payne	21	0.020%	0.20x
120	Poole	21	0.020%	0.37x
121	Shaw	21	0.020%	0.10x
122	Watson	21	0.020%	0.08x
123	Wrench	21	0.020%	5.32x
124	Bartley	20	0.020%	3.52x
125	Prytherch	20	0.020%	20.53x
126	Tomkinson	20	0.020%	2.59x
127	Abram	19	0.020%	4.48x
128	Baum	19	0.020%	10.40x
129	Clayton	19	0.020%	0.30x
130	Cook	19	0.020%	0.08x
131	Daniels	19	0.020%	0.51x
132	Hughs	19	0.020%	4.43x
133	Moore	19	0.020%	0.08x
134	Stanley	19	0.020%	0.42x
135	Stevens	19	0.020%	0.15x
136	Summers	19	0.020%	0.57x
137	Webster	19	0.020%	0.18x
138	Brooks	18	0.020%	0.16x
139	Carter	18	0.020%	0.09x
140	Douglas	18	0.020%	0.31x
141	Evanes	18	0.020%	72.46x
142	Fraser	18	0.020%	0.17x
143	Grey	18	0.020%	0.70x
144	Harwood	18	0.020%	0.57x
145	Herbert	18	0.020%	0.41x
146	Hill	18	0.020%	0.06x
147	Marks	18	0.020%	0.74x
148	Prichards	18	0.020%	76.08x
149	Stephen	18	0.020%	0.87x
150	West	18	0.020%	0.16x
151	Atherton	17	0.010%	0.80x
152	Barber	17	0.010%	0.24x
153	Brereton	17	0.010%	3.46x
154	George	17	0.010%	0.25x
155	Hart	17	0.010%	0.17x
156	Higgins	17	0.010%	0.28x
157	Hobley	17	0.010%	8.57x
158	Murray	17	0.010%	0.12x
159	Prydderch	17	0.010%	67.35x
160	Walsh	17	0.010%	0.27x
161	Welch	17	0.010%	0.41x
162	Wyatt	17	0.010%	0.49x
163	Anwyl	16	0.010%	23.05x
164	Austin	16	0.010%	0.28x
165	Bradley	16	0.010%	0.17x
166	Buckingham	16	0.010%	1.02x
167	Bullock	16	0.010%	0.42x
168	Chambers	16	0.010%	0.24x
169	Dorkins	16	0.010%	33.26x
170	Goldsworthy	16	0.010%	3.29x
171	Goosey	16	0.010%	15.31x
172	Harding	16	0.010%	0.19x
173	Humphry	16	0.010%	4.37x
174	Lovell	16	0.010%	0.65x
175	Newton	16	0.010%	0.18x
176	Thorpe	16	0.010%	0.34x
177	Charles	15	0.010%	0.61x
178	Eaton	15	0.010%	0.45x
179	Goodman	15	0.010%	0.44x
180	Holt	15	0.010%	0.19x
181	Jervis	15	0.010%	1.65x
182	Jordan	15	0.010%	0.29x
183	Lawson	15	0.010%	0.22x
184	Leary	15	0.010%	1.41x
185	Manley	15	0.010%	1.13x
186	May	15	0.010%	0.20x
187	Miller	15	0.010%	0.07x
188	Patrick	15	0.010%	0.64x
189	Pearce	15	0.010%	0.14x
190	Pozzi	15	0.010%	53.57x
191	Rawling	15	0.010%	3.48x
192	Salt	15	0.010%	0.85x
193	Samuel	15	0.010%	1.06x
194	Sloan	15	0.010%	1.35x
195	Solomon	15	0.010%	1.87x
196	Thorman	15	0.010%	33.65x
197	Vincent	15	0.010%	0.41x
198	Young	15	0.010%	0.06x
199	Allen	14	0.010%	0.06x
200	Brady	14	0.010%	0.67x