Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cosheston, Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

Cosheston is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
GRIFFITHS386.713841.03
PURSER295.12371,394.23
PHILLIPS244.240323.70
WILLIAMS234.06365.66
REES213.710242.65
CADOGAN203.53364,878.05
DAVIES183.18026.25
LEWIS142.47359.41
FURLONG142.4735707.07
EYNON142.4735869.57
NICHOLAS132.2968117.65
JENKINS132.296819.49
SMITH122.12011.50
EVANS122.12014.85
WARLOW122.12011,250.00
JOHN111.943553.74
WEBB111.943514.34
LEACH101.766842.83
FERGUSON101.766824.93
HUGHES91.59015.67
MATHIAS91.5901261.63
JOHNS91.590161.56
JAMES91.59018.10
COLE91.590117.46
WHITE81.41344.40
LINDSEY71.2367243.06
BEYNON71.2367173.27
MORSE71.2367134.62
PARCELL71.23671,555.56
GOODRICH71.2367598.29
ROSSITER61.0601168.54
GETTINGS61.06011,071.43
GOODRIDGE61.0601317.46
COOK61.06015.34
SAUNDERS61.060111.56
JONES50.88340.78
GEORGE50.883415.06
THOMAS50.88342.14
MORGANS40.706732.76
HAYS40.7067165.29
HOWELLS40.706727.70
HARRIES40.706737.56
POWELL40.70675.66
LLOYD40.70676.05
ADAMS30.53003.60
TWIGG30.530075.76
HOOD30.530019.14
STEPHENS30.53009.55
COTTON30.530022.21
BOWEN20.35348.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CADOGAN0.575664878.0488
PARCELL0.575661555.5556
PURSER0.575661394.2308
WARLOW0.575661250.0000
GETTINGS0.575661071.4286
EYNON0.57566869.5652
FURLONG0.57566707.0707
GOODRICH0.57566598.2906
BRINN0.57566526.3158
HIRE0.57566434.7826
GOODRIDGE0.57566317.4603
MATHIAS0.57566261.6279
LINDSEY0.57566243.0556
HOOKS0.57566206.1856
SINNETT0.57566204.0816
BEYNON0.57566173.2673
CALE0.57566172.4138
ROSSITER0.57566168.5393
HAYS0.57566165.2893
MORSE0.57566134.6154
CREE0.57566118.3432
NICHOLAS0.57566117.6471
TWIGG0.5756675.7576
JOHNS0.5756661.5595
JOHN0.5756653.7372
LEACH0.5756642.8266
REES0.5756642.6483
GRIFFITHS0.5756641.0279
HARRIES0.5756637.5587
MORGANS0.5756632.7600
HOWELLS0.5756627.7008
FERGUSON0.5756624.9252
DAWKINS0.5756624.3902
PHILLIPS0.5756623.6990
COTTON0.5756622.2058
JENKINS0.5756619.4903
HOOD0.5756619.1449
COLE0.5756617.4554
GEORGE0.5756615.0557
WEBB0.5756614.3379
SAUNDERS0.5756611.5585
COUSINS0.575669.8232
STEPHENS0.575669.5511
LEWIS0.575669.4080
MEREDITH0.575668.7489
BOWEN0.575668.5470
HICKS0.575668.4424
JAMES0.575668.0950
TALBOT0.575667.0972
COOKE0.575666.4020

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 566 people called CADOGAN in Cosheston at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4878.0488 in Cosheston means that 4878.0488% of the people in Cosheston on census day were called CADOGAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CADOGAN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called CADOGAN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called CADOGAN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called CADOGAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Cosheston means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CADOGAN in Cosheston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cosheston in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAMS (3)  ALLEN (2)  BEYNON (7)  BOWEN (2)  BRINN (1)  BROWN (1)  CADOGAN (20)  CAUNICK (1)  CLARK (1)  COLE (9)  COOKE (2)  COOK (6)  COSKER (3)  COTTON (3)  COUSINS (1)  CREE (2)  DAVIES (18)  DAVIS (1)  DAWKINS (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (12)  EYNON (14)  FERGUSON (10)  FREEMAN (1)  FURLONG (14)  GEORGE (5)  GIFFITHS (2)  GETTINGS (6)  GOODRICH (7)  GOODRIDGE (6)  GRIFFITHS (38)  GULLUM (1)  GWYTHER (4)  HIRE (1)  HARRIES (4)  HAYS (4)  HICKS (2)  HOOD (3)  HOWELLS (4)  HUGHES (9)  HOOKS (2)  JAMES (9)  JENKINS (13)  JOHN (11)  JOHNS (9)  JONES (5)  CALE (2)  KENDRY (1)  KENNIFORD (19)  LEACH (10)  LEWIS (14)  LINDSEY (7)  LLEWHELLYN (1)  LLOYD (4)  LONG (1)  MATHIAS (9)  MEREDITH (1)  MORGANS (4)  MORGAN (2)  MORRIS (1)  MORSE (7)  MURPHY (1)  NASH (1)  NICHOLAS (13)  OWENS (1)  PARCELL (7)  PHILLIPS (24)  POWELL (4)  PURSER (29)  REES (21)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROSSITER (6)  SAUNDERS (6)  SINNETT (1)  SMITH (12)  STEACIE (3)  STEPHENS (3)  TALBOT (1)  THOMAS (5)  TRIBES (1)  TUCKER (1)  TWIGG (3)  VALENCE (2)  WALTERS (1)  WARLOW (12)  WEBB (11)  WHITE (8)  WILLIAMS (23)