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

St Lawrence 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
LEWIS2010.471239.82
DAVIES189.424118.53
HARRIES157.8534417.83
WILLIAMS136.80639.48
PHILLIPS126.282735.12
MORSE105.2356571.43
EVANS105.235611.98
RICHARDS94.712031.21
EYNON94.71201,666.67
JAMES84.188521.32
THOMAS73.66498.88
REYNOLDS73.664942.30
MORRIS52.617811.76
JOHN52.617872.36
ROWLANDS52.6178105.04
WILCOX42.0942111.11
WILLCOX31.5707291.26
MATHEW31.5707416.67
NICHOLAS21.047153.62
EDWARDS21.04713.76
BOWEN21.047125.32
MURROW21.04712,500.00
BISHOP21.047114.98
JENKINS21.04718.88
COURT10.523641.15
JONES10.52360.46
BEDDOE10.5236294.12
GEORGE10.52368.92
MILES10.52368.87
LUXTON10.5236117.65
HARTNELL10.5236217.39
MORGANS10.523624.27
MORGAN10.52362.63
TUDOR10.523678.13
MAJOR10.523638.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MURROW0.191912500.0000
EYNON0.191911666.6667
MORSE0.19191571.4286
HARRIES0.19191417.8273
MATHEW0.19191416.6667
BEDDOE0.19191294.1176
WILLCOX0.19191291.2621
HARTNELL0.19191217.3913
LUXTON0.19191117.6471
WILCOX0.19191111.1111
ROWLANDS0.19191105.0420
TUDOR0.1919178.1250
JOHN0.1919172.3589
NICHOLAS0.1919153.6193
REYNOLDS0.1919142.2961
COURT0.1919141.1523
LEWIS0.1919139.8248
MAJOR0.1919138.7597
PHILLIPS0.1919135.1185
RICHARDS0.1919131.2067
BOWEN0.1919125.3165
MORGANS0.1919124.2718
JAMES0.1919121.3220
DAVIES0.1919118.5280
BISHOP0.1919114.9813
EVANS0.1919111.9818
MORRIS0.1919111.7592
WILLIAMS0.191919.4752
GEORGE0.191918.9206
JENKINS0.191918.8849
THOMAS0.191918.8810
MILES0.191918.8731
EDWARDS0.191913.7573
MORGAN0.191912.6330
JONES0.191910.4623

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 191 people called MURROW in St Lawrence 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 2500.0000 in St Lawrence means that 2500.0000% of the people in St Lawrence on census day were called MURROW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MURROW 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 MURROW 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 MURROW 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 MURROW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in St Lawrence means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MURROW in St Lawrence than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Lawrence in 1881

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

BEDDOE (1)  BISHOP (2)  BOWEN (2)  COURT (1)  DAVIES (18)  EDWARDS (2)  EDWARDES (2)  EVANS (10)  EYNON (9)  GEORGE (1)  GULLIFORD (1)  HARRIES (15)  HARTNELL (1)  JAMES (8)  JENKINS (2)  JOHN (5)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (20)  LUXTON (1)  MAJOR (1)  MATHEW (3)  MILES (1)  MORGANS (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORSE (10)  MORRIS (5)  MURROW (2)  NICHOLAS (2)  PHILLIPS (12)  RETHROE (2)  REYNOLDS (7)  RICHARDS (9)  ROWLANDS (5)  THOMAS (7)  TUDOR (1)  WILLCOX (3)  WILCOX (4)  WILLIAMS (13)