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

Meline 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
DAVIES4011.331422.28
THOMAS339.348422.65
JOHN277.6487211.60
WILLIAMS277.648710.65
REES257.082281.41
PHILLIPS195.382430.08
JENKINS195.382445.67
LEWIS154.249316.16
JAMES154.249321.63
GRIFFITHS154.249325.97
MORRIS123.399415.27
JONES102.83292.50
EDWARDS92.54969.15
LLOYD82.266319.41
SELBY71.9830165.88
EVANS71.98304.54
RICHARDS71.983013.13
MATHIAS51.4164233.64
MORGAN41.13315.70
GEORGE41.133119.31
HUGHES30.84993.03
PRICE30.84994.86
NICHOLAS30.849943.54
MATTHIAS30.8499697.67
JOB20.5666186.92
WATTS20.56666.76
BEVAN20.566623.15
SPENCER20.56666.21
GRIFFITH20.566617.39
SALLIS20.5666384.62
LLEWELLYN10.283319.42
JOHNSON10.28330.84
DANIEL10.283312.82
OWEN10.28332.39
HARRIES10.283315.06
MARSDEN10.28336.84
ROWLANDS10.283311.38
DAVIS10.28331.29
BOWEN10.28336.85
STEPHENS10.28335.10
SALMON10.283312.42

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MATTHIAS0.35353697.6744
SALLIS0.35353384.6154
MATHIAS0.35353233.6449
JOHN0.35353211.5987
JOB0.35353186.9159
SELBY0.35353165.8768
REES0.3535381.4067
JENKINS0.3535345.6731
NICHOLAS0.3535343.5414
PHILLIPS0.3535330.0823
GRIFFITHS0.3535325.9650
BEVAN0.3535323.1481
THOMAS0.3535322.6539
DAVIES0.3535322.2779
JAMES0.3535321.6325
LLEWELLYN0.3535319.4175
LLOYD0.3535319.4081
GEORGE0.3535319.3143
GRIFFITH0.3535317.3913
LEWIS0.3535316.1621
MORRIS0.3535315.2711
HARRIES0.3535315.0602
RICHARDS0.3535313.1307
DANIEL0.3535312.8205
SALMON0.3535312.4224
ROWLANDS0.3535311.3766
WILLIAMS0.3535310.6475
EDWARDS0.353539.1482
BOWEN0.353536.8493
MARSDEN0.353536.8399
WATTS0.353536.7568
SPENCER0.353536.2054
MORGAN0.353535.6980
STEPHENS0.353535.1046
PRICE0.353534.8559
EVANS0.353534.5381
HUGHES0.353533.0331
JONES0.353532.5013
OWEN0.353532.3866
DAVIS0.353531.2892
JOHNSON0.353530.8431

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 353 people called MATTHIAS in Meline 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 697.6744 in Meline means that 697.6744% of the people in Meline on census day were called MATTHIAS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MATTHIAS 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 MATTHIAS 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 MATTHIAS 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 MATTHIAS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Meline means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MATTHIAS in Meline than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Meline in 1881

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

BEVAN (2)  BLETHYN (2)  BOWEN (1)  DANIEL (1)  DAVIES (40)  DAVIS (1)  EDWARDS (9)  EVANS (7)  GEORGE (4)  GRIFFITHS (15)  GRIFFITH (2)  HARRIES (1)  HUGHES (3)  JAMES (15)  JENKINS (19)  JOB (2)  JOHN (27)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (10)  LEWIS (15)  LLEWELLYN (1)  LLOYD (8)  MARSDEN (1)  MATTHIAS (3)  MATHIAS (5)  MORGAN (4)  MORRIS (12)  NICHOLAS (3)  OWEN (1)  PEREGRINE (8)  PHILLIPS (19)  PRICE (3)  REES (25)  RICHARDS (7)  ROWLANDS (1)  SALLIS (2)  SALMON (1)  SELBY (7)  SPENCER (2)  STEPHENS (1)  THOMAS (33)  WATTS (2)  WILLIAMS (27)