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

Boulston 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
THOMAS1917.431242.24
LEWIS1614.678955.83
NICHOLAS109.1743469.48
JAMES98.256942.04
ACKLAND76.42201,944.44
EVANS76.422014.70
MORGANS65.5046255.32
MARTIN54.587218.62
DEVEREAUX43.66976,666.67
JENKINS43.669731.15
HARRIES32.7523146.34
HOWELLS21.834971.94
GRIFFITHS21.834911.21
COLLINS10.91746.39
PHILLIPS10.91745.13
BROOME10.9174185.19
JOHN10.917425.38
WILLIAMS10.91741.28
PARISH10.917459.52
DAVIES10.91741.80
BLACKMORE10.917463.69
HAVARD10.9174357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEVEREAUX0.111096666.6667
ACKLAND0.111091944.4444
NICHOLAS0.11109469.4836
HAVARD0.11109357.1429
MORGANS0.11109255.3191
BROOME0.11109185.1852
HARRIES0.11109146.3415
HOWELLS0.1110971.9424
BLACKMORE0.1110963.6943
PARISH0.1110959.5238
LEWIS0.1110955.8269
THOMAS0.1110942.2410
JAMES0.1110942.0364
JENKINS0.1110931.1526
JOHN0.1110925.3807
MARTIN0.1110918.6220
EVANS0.1110914.6966
GRIFFITHS0.1110911.2108
COLLINS0.111096.3939
PHILLIPS0.111095.1282
DAVIES0.111091.8038
WILLIAMS0.111091.2771

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 109 people called DEVEREAUX in Boulston 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 6666.6667 in Boulston means that 6666.6667% of the people in Boulston on census day were called DEVEREAUX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEVEREAUX 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 DEVEREAUX 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 DEVEREAUX 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 DEVEREAUX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Boulston means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEVEREAUX in Boulston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Boulston in 1881

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

ACKLAND (7)  BLACKMORE (1)  BROOME (1)  COLLINS (1)  DAVIES (1)  DEVEREAUX (4)  EVANS (7)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HARRIES (3)  HAVARD (1)  HOWELLS (2)  JAMES (9)  JENKINS (4)  JOHN (1)  LEWIS (16)  MARTIN (5)  MORGANS (6)  NICHOLAS (10)  NOOT (4)  PARISH (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PAULETT (2)  THOMAS (19)  WILLIAMS (1)