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

Dale 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
THOMAS288.383220.31
DAVIES257.485014.72
ROCH216.28745,833.33
REYNOLDS216.287472.59
LEWIS144.191615.94
MATHIAS123.5928591.13
EVANS113.29347.54
ALLEN102.994015.85
BAKER92.694612.30
WILLIAMS82.39523.33
PHILLIPS82.395213.39
HARRIES82.3952127.39
GEORGE72.095835.71
COAKER61.79641,935.48
JAMES61.79649.14
PHILIPPS51.49701,562.50
JENKINS51.497012.70
KENDRICK51.4970155.28
PETTS51.4970588.24
EDWARDS41.19764.30
REES41.197613.76
SPRIGGS41.1976240.96
CROSS41.197617.41
LIGHTFOOT30.898264.52
BLAKE30.898218.54
HARRISON30.89824.05
JONES30.89820.79
JOHN30.898224.83
SPICER30.898266.82
DUNSFORD30.8982600.00
MORGAN30.89824.52
HOOPER30.898221.20
SIMS30.898229.97
LLOYD30.89827.69
KENT30.898221.32
WHEELER30.898214.87
SINNETT20.5988689.66
RICHARDS20.59883.97
BRANDON20.5988117.65
BARTLETT10.29946.84
JOHNSTONE10.29946.62
STRADLING10.2994238.10
OWEN10.29942.52
SMITH10.29940.21
MERRYMAN10.2994312.50
HIRE10.2994714.29
WOOLCOCK10.2994106.38
GRIFFITHS10.29941.83
FRY10.29949.35
JOHNS10.299411.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCH0.333345833.3333
COAKER0.333341935.4839
PHILIPPS0.333341562.5000
HIRE0.33334714.2857
SINNETT0.33334689.6552
DUNSFORD0.33334600.0000
MATHIAS0.33334591.1330
PETTS0.33334588.2353
MERRYMAN0.33334312.5000
SPRIGGS0.33334240.9639
STRADLING0.33334238.0952
KENDRICK0.33334155.2795
CALVERLEY0.33334140.8451
HARRIES0.33334127.3885
BRANDON0.33334117.6471
WOOLCOCK0.33334106.3830
GOODRIDGE0.3333490.0901
REYNOLDS0.3333472.5890
SPICER0.3333466.8151
CORRIGAN0.3333466.6667
LIGHTFOOT0.3333464.5161
GEORGE0.3333435.7143
SIMS0.3333429.9700
JOHN0.3333424.8344
EDMUNDS0.3333422.9885
KENT0.3333421.3220
HOOPER0.3333421.2014
THOMAS0.3333420.3149
BLAKE0.3333418.5414
CROSS0.3333417.4064
LEWIS0.3333415.9435
ALLEN0.3333415.8504
WHEELER0.3333414.8736
DAVIES0.3333414.7154
MORGANS0.3333413.8696
REES0.3333413.7646
PHILLIPS0.3333413.3869
JENKINS0.3333412.7033
BAKER0.3333412.2984
BEVAN0.3333412.2399
JOHNS0.3333411.6009
FRY0.333349.3458
JAMES0.333349.1449
LLOYD0.333347.6923
EVANS0.333347.5368
BARTLETT0.333346.8353
JOHNSTONE0.333346.6225
OWENS0.333346.0277
SUTTON0.333344.7015
MORGAN0.333344.5167

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 334 people called ROCH in Dale 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 5833.3333 in Dale means that 5833.3333% of the people in Dale on census day were called ROCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCH 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 ROCH 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 ROCH 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 ROCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Dale means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCH in Dale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dale in 1881

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

ALLEN (10)  ANDERSON (1)  BAKER (9)  BARTLETT (1)  BEVAN (1)  BLAKE (3)  BOOBIER (2)  BRANDON (2)  CALVERLEY (1)  CHARTRES (2)  COAKER (6)  CORRIGAN (1)  CROSS (4)  DAVIES (25)  DUNSFORD (3)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (4)  EVANS (11)  AVESTON (3)  FRY (1)  GAUDION (1)  GEORGE (7)  GOODRIDGE (1)  GRIFFITHS (1)  GWYNNE (4)  HIRE (1)  HARRIES (8)  HARRISON (3)  HOOPER (3)  JAMES (6)  JENKINS (5)  JOHN (3)  JOHNS (1)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JONES (3)  KENDRICK (5)  KENT (3)  LEWIS (14)  LIGHTFOOT (3)  LLEWELLIN (6)  LLOYD (3)  MATHIAS (12)  MERRYMAN (1)  MORGAN (3)  MORGANS (1)  OWENS (1)  OWEN (1)  PETTS (5)  PHILLIPS (8)  PHILIPPS (5)  REES (4)  REYNOLDS (21)  RICHARDS (2)  RIDNEY (7)  ROCH (21)  SIMS (3)  SINNETT (2)  SMITH (1)  SPICER (3)  SPRIGGS (4)  STRADLING (1)  STURLEY (14)  SUTTON (1)  THOMAS (28)  WHEELER (3)  WOOLCOCK (1)  WILLIAMS (8)