1,224 Joneses have broken the world record!

Wales is celebrating after setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest same surname gathering by staging a mass get-together of Joneses.

A host of famous Joneses, led by pop icon Grace Jones, took to the stage to entertain an audience of Joneses, comfortably beating the current same surname record held by a group of 583 Norbergs in Sweden.

Iona Jones, S4C's Chief Executive, said, "It has been a wonderful record-breaking evening of entertainment and an unforgettable international celebration of the Jones clan."

Amarilis Espinoza who attended the event on behalf of Guinness World Records in order to validate the new record, added, "This was certainly a unique event and we're delighted that a new mass participation record has been set.”

She added, “This week marks the beginning of our annual Guinness World Records Day week and it’s fantastic to kick it off with such a great event!"

The show, produced by Cwmni Da in conjunction with Mr Producer, was hosted by Blue Peter's Gethin Jones and presenter Gwenllian Jones, who travelled 10,000 miles from her home in Sydney, Australia to attend the event.

Joining Grace Jones, who sang her iconic hits Pull up to the Bumper and Slave to the Rhythm on stage, were opera singers Dame Gwyneth Jones, Gwyn Hughes Jones and Leah-Marian Jones and West End performer John Owen Jones.

A host of other Welsh Joneses including Caryl Parry Jones, Heather Jones, Dai Jones, Elin Fflur Jones and the fictional Jones family from Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm also took part.

Special messages from Sir Tom Jones, Bryn Terfel Jones and Aled Jones were read out during the evening.