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

Fishguard 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
DAVIES1989.841019.35
EVANS1487.355916.83
WILLIAMS1246.16308.58
THOMAS1226.063614.69
JAMES1025.069625.81
HARRIES824.0755216.64
LEWIS824.075515.50
GRIFFITHS773.827023.39
OWEN703.479129.31
REES582.882733.14
GEORGE562.783347.43
MORGAN502.485112.50
JENKINS472.336019.82
JOHN462.286363.23
PHILLIPS442.186912.22
JONES422.08751.84
HOWELLS291.441456.48
RICHARDS251.24258.23
ROBERTS251.24253.30
LAMB241.192822.61
VAUGHAN211.043730.59
MORRIS211.04374.69
LLOYD180.89467.66
ROWLANDS140.695827.93
MATHIAS130.6461106.38
BEDDOE130.6461365.17
FRANCIS130.646110.85
PARRY110.54677.18
WATTS100.49705.93
NICHOLAS90.447322.91
SLOCOMBE90.4473139.75
LLEWELLYN90.447330.63
BENNETT80.39762.42
PICTON80.3976116.79
MORGANS80.397618.42
BEVAN80.397616.25
JOHNS80.397615.40
BIRCH80.39769.70
BANNER70.347963.75
SALMON70.347915.25
HUGHES70.34791.24
FURLONG70.347999.72
LUKE60.298230.64
BOWEN60.29827.21
GIBBON60.298229.44
NATHAN60.298289.55
CLAY60.298214.53
ENGLAND50.248512.06
PRICE50.24851.42
PETERS50.24857.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARMON2.012,0121304.3478
BEDDOE2.012,012365.1685
ROBLIN2.012,012280.3738
HARRIES2.012,012216.6446
SLOCOMBE2.012,012139.7516
PICTON2.012,012116.7883
WATHEN2.012,012110.7011
MATHIAS2.012,012106.3830
FURLONG2.012,01299.7151
NATHAN2.012,01289.5522
EYNON2.012,01287.4126
BANNER2.012,01263.7523
JOHN2.012,01263.2302
HOWELLS2.012,01256.4752
GEORGE2.012,01247.4335
BURGE2.012,01234.3171
REES2.012,01233.1372
LUKE2.012,01230.6435
LLEWELLYN2.012,01230.6331
VAUGHAN2.012,01230.5944
TUDOR2.012,01229.5639
GIBBON2.012,01229.4406
OWEN2.012,01229.3132
ROWLANDS2.012,01227.9330
BEYNON2.012,01227.8358
JAMES2.012,01225.8091
GRIFFITHS2.012,01223.3865
NICHOLAS2.012,01222.9066
LAMB2.012,01222.6116
JENKINS2.012,01219.8229
DAVIES2.012,01219.3473
MORGANS2.012,01218.4247
ROACH2.012,01216.8748
EVANS2.012,01216.8333
BEVAN2.012,01216.2503
LEWIS2.012,01215.5015
JOHNS2.012,01215.3994
SALMON2.012,01215.2539
THOMAS2.012,01214.6940
CLAY2.012,01214.5278
WILCOX2.012,01213.1891
MORGAN2.012,01212.4963
PHILLIPS2.012,01212.2229
ENGLAND2.012,01212.0627
STEPHEN2.012,01211.3379
FRANCIS2.012,01210.8460
BIRCH2.012,0129.7040
WILLIAMS2.012,0128.5795
RICHARDS2.012,0128.2277
LLOYD2.012,0127.6619

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2,012 people called GARMON in Fishguard 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 1304.3478 in Fishguard means that 1304.3478% of the people in Fishguard on census day were called GARMON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GARMON 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 GARMON 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 GARMON 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 GARMON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2.01 in Fishguard means that you are 2.01 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GARMON in Fishguard than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fishguard in 1881

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

ACREMAN (7)  ADAMS (2)  ANSTICE (3)  AVERY (1)  BADEN (1)  BAKER (1)  BALLARD (2)  BANNER (7)  BARZEY (1)  BEDDOE (13)  BENNETT (8)  BERRY (2)  BEVAN (8)  BEYNON (4)  BIRCH (8)  BOWEN (6)  BROWN (1)  BURGE (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CLAY (6)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (2)  CORNOCK (3)  CRAWCOME OR CRAWCOUS (2)  CRUNN (1)  CUNNINGHAM (2)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIES (198)  DAVID (1)  DAVIES (DAVID) (4)  EDWARDS (3)  ENGLAND (5)  EVANS (148)  EYNON (5)  FARR (1)  FOLKES (1)  FOSTER (1)  FOWLER (1)  FRANCIS (13)  FULLERTON (1)  FURLONG (7)  GARMON (3)  GARNON (10)  JARRETT (1)  GEORGE (56)  GIBBON (6)  GREEN (2)  GRIFFITHS (77)  GRIFFITH (3)  GROGANNE (4)  GRONOW (3)  GWYNNE (4)  HANCOCK (3)  HARRIES (82)  HARRIS (5)  HARVARD (1)  HICKEY (1)  HIGGON (5)  HIGGINS (2)  HOWEL (3)  HOWELL (1)  HOWELLS (29)  HUGHES (7)  HUMPHREYS (2)  JACKSON (5)  JACOB (2)  JAMES (102)  JENKINS (47)  JOHN (46)  JOHNS (8)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (42)  LAMB (24)  LEWIS (82)  LEATT (1)  LLEWELYN (16)  LLEWELLYN (9)  LLEWELIN (4)  LLOYD (18)  LUKE (6)  MENDUS (4)  MATHIAS (13)  MAIS (1)  MC NAMARA (6)  MEADUS (2)  MAYLER (1)  MILES (1)  MORGANS (8)  MORGAN (50)  MORRIS (21)  MORROW (1)  MORTIMER (1)  NARBETT (9)  NATHAN (6)  NICHOLAS (9)  NOLAN (?) (1)  OAKLEY (2)  OULSON (3)  OWEN (70)  OWENS (1)  PERKINS (4)  PARRY (11)  PARY (1)  PETERS (5)  PHILLIPS (44)  PHILLIP (1)  PICTON (8)  POWER (1)  PRATT (3)  PRETHRO (2)  PRICE (5)  PURTILL (1)  QUILTER (1)  QUIST (1)  REES (58)  REED (5)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICHARDS (25)  RICHARD (2)  ROACH (5)  ROCH (1)  ROBERTS (25)  ROBLIN (3)  ROWE (1)  ROWLANDS (14)  ROWLANS (1)  SALMON (7)  SAMBRUCK (7)  SAMBROOK (1)  SAIS (2)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SHEA (1)  SCALE (1)  SYMMONS (16)  SYMMON (1)  SLOCOMBE (9)  SMITH (1)  STEAD (1)  STEPHEN (4)  TAVNER (4)  THEAKEN (4)  THOMAS (122)  TOWNEND (1)  TREVOR (2)  TUDOR (4)  VAUGHAN (21)  VINCENT (1)  WALTERS (1)  WATHEN (3)  WATTS (10)  WILCOX (5)  WOOLCOCK (1)  WILCOCK (1)  WILLIAMS (124)  WILIAMS (1)