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

Castellan 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
WILLIAMS2916.763023.34
THOMAS1910.982726.61
DAVIES169.248618.18
PHILLIPS148.092545.23
LUKE137.5145773.81
JONES126.93646.12
EVANS116.358414.55
EDWARDS84.624316.59
NICHOLAS74.0462207.10
JENKINS74.046234.33
STEPHEN63.4682198.02
MORGAN52.890214.53
JOHN52.890279.87
HAVARD42.3121888.89
MARSDEN31.734141.90
LEWIS21.15614.40
MORGANS21.156153.62
BOWEN10.578013.99
GRIFFITHS10.57803.53
MATHIAS10.578095.24
CHRISTMAS10.5780107.53
OWEN10.57804.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAVARD0.17173888.8889
LUKE0.17173773.8095
NICHOLAS0.17173207.1006
STEPHEN0.17173198.0198
CHRISTMAS0.17173107.5269
MATHIAS0.1717395.2381
JOHN0.1717379.8722
MORGANS0.1717353.6193
PHILLIPS0.1717345.2342
MARSDEN0.1717341.8994
JENKINS0.1717334.3306
THOMAS0.1717326.6144
WILLIAMS0.1717323.3363
DAVIES0.1717318.1818
EDWARDS0.1717316.5906
EVANS0.1717314.5503
MORGAN0.1717314.5349
BOWEN0.1717313.9860
JONES0.171736.1246
OWEN0.171734.8709
LEWIS0.171734.3975
GRIFFITHS0.171733.5323

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 173 people called HAVARD in Castellan 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 888.8889 in Castellan means that 888.8889% of the people in Castellan on census day were called HAVARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAVARD 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 HAVARD 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 HAVARD 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 HAVARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Castellan means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAVARD in Castellan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Castellan in 1881

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

BOWEN (1)  CHRISTMAS (1)  DAVIES (16)  EDWARDS (8)  EVANS (11)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HAVARD (4)  JENKINS (7)  JOHN (5)  JONES (12)  LEWIS (2)  LUKE (13)  MARSDEN (3)  MATHIAS (1)  MORGANS (2)  MORGAN (5)  NICHOLAS (7)  OWEN (1)  PEREGRINE (5)  PHILLIPS (14)  STEPHEN (6)  THOMAS (19)  WILLIAMS (29)