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1881 census place

Holyhead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Holyhead, Anglesey in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

176 surnames are listed for Holyhead, Anglesey, covering 7,008 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Ashurst, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Holyhead

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Ashurst12.93x
102Askin112.45x
103Bada11666.67x
104Bagnell115.90x
105Bettison18.47x
106Bosson112.77x
107Brophy17.72x
108Bruster142.02x
109Cadden119.53x
110Canavan18.87x
111Cartmell15.15x
112Chart17.39x
113Clarck134.48x
114Clench111.24x
115Colliers186.21x
116Cranley143.10x
117Cronan113.50x
118Cullingham122.99x
119Daffern112.72x
120Dailly112.36x
121Dakers17.66x
122Damerell117.64x
123Delamore142.55x
124Endacott16.64x
125Farah1526.32x
126Faulks17.64x
127Fishley137.45x
128Flashman136.50x
129Fuge18.87x
130Gearon1103.09x
131Gibbin113.37x
132Goods146.30x
133Goulbourne163.29x
134Greenacre17.04x
135Griffeth181.97x
136Grigson124.63x
137Haill134.84x
138Hefferan152.63x
139Holywell143.67x
140Jevons15.90x
141Kerwin18.99x
142Kidney18.64x
143Learmouth111.09x
144Liberty128.17x
145Loasby111.40x
146Mahar122.03x
147Megan146.95x
148Morran18.32x
149Moylan124.45x
150Muckle19.15x
151Muriel162.11x
152Nailor116.42x
153Paines127.93x
154Parlett110.96x
155Penston177.52x
156Rafter116.00x
157Seaborne112.08x
158Sharps115.67x
159Simcox14.08x
160Stavely115.13x
161Stear114.64x
162Stirrup16.88x
163Stonier15.84x
164Storm18.10x
165Straub1100.00x
166Swinden111.04x
167Switzer128.49x
168Teviotdale139.22x
169Toal125.64x
170Tone127.25x
171Trevithick115.13x
172Twohig177.52x
173Wards113.21x
174Whiffen18.50x
175Wiliams117.42x
176Wilkenson119.05x