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

Little Newcastle 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
WILLIAMS2910.104514.07
THOMAS269.059221.95
LEWIS258.710833.13
VAUGHAN206.9686204.29
JAMES196.620233.71
LLOYD186.271853.72
GRIFFITHS186.271838.32
ROWE155.226592.02
EVANS103.48437.97
MORGAN93.135915.77
MORRIS82.787512.52
OWEN82.787523.49
DAVIES82.78755.48
GEORGE72.439041.57
JONES72.43902.15
RICHARD62.0906242.92
MILES51.742229.53
REED51.742223.87
HARRIES51.742292.59
PRICE51.74229.95
JENKINS41.393711.83
JOHN41.393738.54
PHILLIPS41.39377.79
HOWELLS41.393754.64
BATEMAN31.045340.43
LAMB31.045319.82
WILSON20.69691.52
PAGE10.34844.36
SMITH10.34840.25
REES10.34844.00
NICHOLAS10.348417.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RICHARD0.29287242.9150
VAUGHAN0.29287204.2901
HARRIES0.2928792.5926
ROWE0.2928792.0245
HOWELLS0.2928754.6448
LLOYD0.2928753.7153
GEORGE0.2928741.5677
BATEMAN0.2928740.4313
JOHN0.2928738.5356
GRIFFITHS0.2928738.3223
JAMES0.2928733.7059
LEWIS0.2928733.1301
MILES0.2928729.5334
REED0.2928723.8663
OWEN0.2928723.4880
THOMAS0.2928721.9539
LAMB0.2928719.8151
NICHOLAS0.2928717.8571
MORGAN0.2928715.7701
WILLIAMS0.2928714.0661
MORRIS0.2928712.5215
JENKINS0.2928711.8273
PRICE0.292879.9542
EVANS0.292877.9738
PHILLIPS0.292877.7897
DAVIES0.292875.4802
PAGE0.292874.3592
REES0.292874.0048
JONES0.292872.1536
WILSON0.292871.5173
SMITH0.292870.2468

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 287 people called RICHARD in Little Newcastle 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 242.9150 in Little Newcastle means that 242.9150% of the people in Little Newcastle on census day were called RICHARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RICHARD 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 RICHARD 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 RICHARD 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 RICHARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Little Newcastle means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RICHARD in Little Newcastle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Newcastle in 1881

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

BATEMAN (3)  DAVIES (8)  DAVES (DAVIES) (2)  DEVONALD (1)  EVANS (10)  GEORGE (7)  GRIFFITHS (18)  HARRIES (5)  HOWELLS (4)  JAMES (19)  JENKINS (4)  JOHN (4)  JONES (7)  LAMB (3)  LEWIS (25)  LLEWELLIN (3)  LLOYD (18)  MILES (5)  MORGAN (9)  MORRIS (8)  NICHOLAS (1)  OWEN (8)  PAGE (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PRICE (5)  REES (1)  REED (5)  RICHARD (6)  ROWE (15)  SMITH (1)  THOMAS (26)  VAUGHAN (20)  WILLIAMS (29)  WILSON (2)