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

Clarbeston 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
THOMAS3120.261449.10
JAMES127.843139.93
PHILLIPS106.535936.54
JENKINS106.535955.46
ROSSER95.8824810.81
JOHN95.8824162.75
BOWEN85.2288126.38
SAVAGE74.5752119.05
LEWIS63.921614.91
JONES53.26802.89
DAVIES53.26806.43
EVANS42.61445.98
BUTLER31.960820.11
HUDSON31.960823.94
HOWELLS31.960876.92
HARRIES21.307269.44
ANGEL21.3072303.03
PARRY21.307217.18
ADAMS10.65364.43
WATKINS10.653610.79
MORGAN10.65363.29
GEORGE10.653611.14
WILLIAMS10.65360.91
FRANCIS10.653610.98

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROSSER0.15153810.8108
ANGEL0.15153303.0303
JOHN0.15153162.7486
BOWEN0.15153126.3823
SAVAGE0.15153119.0476
HOWELLS0.1515376.9231
HARRIES0.1515369.4444
JENKINS0.1515355.4631
THOMAS0.1515349.0972
JAMES0.1515339.9334
PHILLIPS0.1515336.5364
HUDSON0.1515323.9425
BUTLER0.1515320.1072
PARRY0.1515317.1821
LEWIS0.1515314.9142
GEORGE0.1515311.1359
FRANCIS0.1515310.9769
WATKINS0.1515310.7875
DAVIES0.151536.4251
EVANS0.151535.9827
ADAMS0.151534.4346
MORGAN0.151533.2862
JONES0.151532.8855
WILLIAMS0.151530.9098

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 153 people called ROSSER in Clarbeston 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 810.8108 in Clarbeston means that 810.8108% of the people in Clarbeston on census day were called ROSSER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROSSER 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 ROSSER 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 ROSSER 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 ROSSER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Clarbeston means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROSSER in Clarbeston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clarbeston in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANGEL (2)  BOWEN (8)  BUTLER (3)  DAVIES (5)  EVANS (4)  FRANCIS (1)  GEORGE (1)  HARRIES (2)  HOWELLS (3)  HUDSON (3)  JAMES (12)  JENKINS (10)  JOHN (9)  JONES (5)  LEWIS (6)  LLEWELLIN (6)  MORGAN (1)  NARBETT (7)  PARRY (2)  PHILLIPS (10)  PHILPIN (2)  ROSSER (9)  ROSITER (1)  SAVAGE (7)  THOMAS (31)  WATKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)