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

Redberth 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
THOMAS1213.333332.31
HARRIES910.0000532.54
CANTON88.888913,333.33
JONES66.66675.89
EVANS55.555612.71
ROGERS55.555642.81
BOWEN55.5556134.41
LEWIS55.555621.13
JOHN44.4444123.08
HITCHINGS44.44441,428.57
HOWELL44.4444105.54
EDWARDS33.333311.96
DAVIES33.33336.55
BELT22.22222,000.00
HOWELLS22.222286.96
NASH22.222248.19
GRIFFITHS22.222213.58
BEVAN11.111145.45
ARGUST11.111110,000.00
WILLIAMS11.11111.55
LAMB11.111121.05
WATTS11.111113.25
BEDDOWS11.1111588.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CANTON0.099013333.3333
ARGUST0.099010000.0000
BELT0.09902000.0000
HITCHINGS0.09901428.5714
BEDDOWS0.0990588.2353
HARRIES0.0990532.5444
BOWEN0.0990134.4086
JOHN0.0990123.0769
HOWELL0.0990105.5409
HOWELLS0.099086.9565
NASH0.099048.1928
BEVAN0.099045.4545
ROGERS0.099042.8082
THOMAS0.099032.3102
LEWIS0.099021.1327
LAMB0.099021.0526
GRIFFITHS0.099013.5777
WATTS0.099013.2450
EVANS0.099012.7129
EDWARDS0.099011.9617
DAVIES0.09906.5531
JONES0.09905.8864
WILLIAMS0.09901.5468

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 90 people called CANTON in Redberth 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 13333.3333 in Redberth means that 13333.3333% of the people in Redberth on census day were called CANTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CANTON 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 CANTON 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 CANTON 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 CANTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Redberth means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CANTON in Redberth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Redberth in 1881

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

ARGUST (1)  BEDDOWS (1)  BELT (2)  BEVAN (1)  BOWEN (5)  CANTON (8)  DAVIES (3)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (5)  GRIFFITHS (2)  HARRIES (9)  HITCHINGS (4)  HOWELLS (2)  HOWELL (4)  JOHN (4)  JONES (6)  LAMB (1)  LEWIS (5)  NASH (2)  NOOT (1)  REYNISH (1)  ROGERS (5)  THOMAS (12)  VOYLE (1)  WATTS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)