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

Chapel Colman 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
THOMAS2117.796643.13
EVANS1512.711929.09
JONES1512.711911.22
DAVIES1311.016921.66
LEWIS86.779725.79
GRIFFITHS75.932236.25
JENKINS54.237335.95
PHILLIPS54.237323.69
WILLIAMS54.23735.90
FRENCH43.389869.44
MITCHELL43.389816.71
MORRIS32.542411.42
RICHARDS21.694911.22
HARRIES21.694990.09
ROBERTSON21.694910.12
MARTIN10.84753.44
WILLIAM10.847599.01
HOUSTON10.847566.67
MORGAN10.84754.26
JAMES10.84754.31
HOWELLS10.847533.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WILLIAM0.1211899.0099
HARRIES0.1211890.0901
FRENCH0.1211869.4444
HOUSTON0.1211866.6667
THOMAS0.1211843.1300
GRIFFITHS0.1211836.2506
JENKINS0.1211835.9454
HOWELLS0.1211833.2226
EVANS0.1211829.0923
LEWIS0.1211825.7898
PHILLIPS0.1211823.6855
DAVIES0.1211821.6594
MITCHELL0.1211816.7084
MORRIS0.1211811.4199
JONES0.1211811.2242
RICHARDS0.1211811.2233
ROBERTSON0.1211810.1163
WILLIAMS0.121185.8990
JAMES0.121184.3141
MORGAN0.121184.2608
MARTIN0.121183.4400

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 118 people called WILLIAM in Chapel Colman 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 99.0099 in Chapel Colman means that 99.0099% of the people in Chapel Colman on census day were called WILLIAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WILLIAM 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 WILLIAM 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 WILLIAM 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 WILLIAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Chapel Colman means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WILLIAM in Chapel Colman than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chapel Colman in 1881

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

BLETHYN (1)  DAVIES (13)  EVANS (15)  FRENCH (4)  GRIFFITHS (7)  HARRIES (2)  HOUSTON (1)  HOWELLS (1)  JAMES (1)  JENKINS (5)  JONES (15)  LEWIS (8)  MARTIN (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (3)  PHILLIPS (5)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTSON (2)  THOMAS (21)  WILLIAMS (5)  WILLIAM (1)