1881 census county

Merionethshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Merionethshire 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

995 surnames are listed for Merionethshire, covering 52,229 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 12,309 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Merionethshire

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	12,309	23.03%	20.33x
2	Roberts	5,561	10.40%	27.65x
3	Williams	5,497	10.28%	14.31x
4	Evans	3,372	6.31%	14.44x
5	Davies	3,278	6.13%	12.06x
6	Hughes	2,160	4.04%	14.42x
7	Owen	1,808	3.38%	28.50x
8	Edwards	1,716	3.21%	11.52x
9	Thomas	1,519	2.84%	6.89x
10	Lloyd	1,051	1.97%	16.84x
11	Lewis	1,049	1.96%	7.46x
12	Griffiths	818	1.53%	9.35x
13	Morris	756	1.41%	6.35x
14	Parry	722	1.35%	17.75x
15	Ellis	714	1.34%	9.20x
16	Pugh	705	1.32%	34.52x
17	Owens	690	1.29%	25.99x
18	Richards	672	1.26%	8.32x
19	Griffith	636	1.19%	36.52x
20	Humphreys	600	1.12%	31.88x
21	Rowlands	497	0.930%	37.32x
22	Pughe	372	0.700%	327.18x
23	Price	288	0.540%	3.08x
24	Rees	268	0.500%	5.76x
25	Pritchard	168	0.310%	5.84x
26	Vaughan	145	0.270%	7.95x
27	Smith	115	0.220%	0.15x
28	Pierce	103	0.190%	13.11x
29	Morgans	97	0.180%	8.41x
30	Jenkins	87	0.160%	1.38x
31	Wynne	82	0.150%	15.92x
32	Davis	74	0.140%	0.63x
33	Edmunds	62	0.120%	8.90x
34	Powell	60	0.110%	0.90x
35	Richard	59	0.110%	12.80x
36	Phillips	58	0.110%	0.61x
37	Prichard	57	0.110%	11.61x
38	Foulkes	56	0.100%	11.24x
39	Humphrey	49	0.090%	3.44x
40	Watkins	44	0.080%	1.36x
41	Rowland	42	0.080%	2.76x
42	Howell	36	0.070%	1.60x
43	Tudor	35	0.070%	9.74x
44	Daniel	34	0.060%	2.88x
45	Rogers	33	0.060%	0.48x
46	William	32	0.060%	7.01x
47	Meredith	31	0.060%	2.87x
48	Peters	30	0.060%	1.60x
49	Green	29	0.050%	0.19x
50	Breese	27	0.050%	18.88x
51	Clarke	26	0.050%	0.24x
52	Wood	26	0.050%	0.15x
53	Howells	25	0.050%	1.83x
54	Ephraim	24	0.040%	353.98x
55	Miles	24	0.040%	0.76x
56	Robert	24	0.040%	9.18x
57	Brown	23	0.040%	0.07x
58	Lumley	22	0.040%	6.75x
59	White	22	0.040%	0.13x
60	Adams	20	0.040%	0.25x
61	George	20	0.040%	0.64x
62	Joseph	20	0.040%	4.61x
63	Gabriel	19	0.040%	13.42x
64	Jarrett	19	0.040%	3.88x
65	Andrew	18	0.030%	1.06x
66	Mills	18	0.030%	0.26x
67	Thompson	18	0.030%	0.11x
68	Newell	17	0.030%	2.01x
69	Bennett	16	0.030%	0.18x
70	Scott	16	0.030%	0.12x
71	Watkin	16	0.030%	3.42x
72	Watson	16	0.030%	0.13x
73	Powel	15	0.030%	10.99x
74	Pritchards	15	0.030%	71.84x
75	Arthur	14	0.030%	1.20x
76	Bowen	14	0.030%	0.63x
77	Brees	14	0.030%	76.17x
78	Brodie	14	0.030%	1.95x
79	Buckley	14	0.030%	0.48x
80	Harris	14	0.030%	0.10x
81	Mathews	14	0.030%	0.71x
82	Penny	14	0.030%	1.47x
83	Roddick	14	0.030%	35.65x
84	Wright	14	0.030%	0.08x
85	Barnett	13	0.020%	0.54x
86	Bell	13	0.020%	0.13x
87	Blades	13	0.020%	4.28x
88	Daniels	13	0.020%	0.77x
89	Edward	13	0.020%	2.62x
90	Emanuel	13	0.020%	12.67x
91	Harrison	13	0.020%	0.11x
92	Kirkham	13	0.020%	1.74x
93	Park	13	0.020%	0.78x
94	Philips	13	0.020%	1.31x
95	Samuel	13	0.020%	2.04x
96	Tanner	13	0.020%	1.08x
97	Taylor	13	0.020%	0.04x
98	Vaughn	13	0.020%	8.12x
99	Whittington	13	0.020%	3.45x
100	Charles	12	0.020%	1.09x