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

St Dogwells 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
GRIFFITHS309.463757.83
DAVIES299.148317.99
HARRIES165.0473268.46
LEWIS154.731918.00
JONES144.41643.90
FRANCIS134.100968.86
THOMAS123.78559.17
REES113.470039.88
RICHARDS113.470022.98
MORGAN113.470017.45
WILLIAMS103.15464.39
MORGANS92.8391131.58
RICHARDSON82.523714.83
BATEMAN72.208285.47
JENKINS72.208218.74
PHILLIPS61.892710.58
EVANS61.89274.33
PRICE61.892710.81
MORRIS51.57737.09
BEDDOE51.5773892.86
MORSE51.5773171.82
GEORGE51.577326.88
BUSHELL41.2618130.29
JAMES41.26186.42
YOUNG41.26185.87
ROCH41.26181,142.86
HARNEY41.26182,105.26
JOHN30.946426.18
ROWLANDS30.946437.97
VAUGHAN20.630918.50
MARTELL20.6309625.00
NICHOLAS20.630932.31
COMERFORD20.6309833.33
EDWARDS20.63092.26
OWENS10.31556.35
ROWLAND10.315511.10
BENNETT10.31551.92
PATTERSON10.31559.05
GOULD10.31558.73
PAGE10.31553.95
ROACH10.315521.41
REYNOLDS10.31553.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARNEY0.323172105.2632
ROCH0.323171142.8571
BEDDOE0.32317892.8571
COMERFORD0.32317833.3333
MARTELL0.32317625.0000
HARRIES0.32317268.4564
MORSE0.32317171.8213
MORGANS0.32317131.5789
BUSHELL0.32317130.2932
BATEMAN0.3231785.4701
FRANCIS0.3231768.8559
GRIFFITHS0.3231757.8258
REES0.3231739.8840
ROWLANDS0.3231737.9747
NICHOLAS0.3231732.3102
GEORGE0.3231726.8817
JOHN0.3231726.1780
RICHARDS0.3231722.9789
ROACH0.3231721.4133
JENKINS0.3231718.7366
VAUGHAN0.3231718.5014
LEWIS0.3231717.9986
DAVIES0.3231717.9856
MORGAN0.3231717.4492
RICHARDSON0.3231714.8258
ROWLAND0.3231711.0988
PRICE0.3231710.8147
PHILLIPS0.3231710.5783
THOMAS0.323179.1736
PATTERSON0.323179.0498
GOULD0.323178.7260
MORRIS0.323177.0862
JAMES0.323176.4236
OWENS0.323176.3532
YOUNG0.323175.8737
WILLIAMS0.323174.3914
EVANS0.323174.3315
PAGE0.323173.9463
JONES0.323173.8995
REYNOLDS0.323173.6417
EDWARDS0.323172.2637
BENNETT0.323171.9194

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 317 people called HARNEY in St Dogwells 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 2105.2632 in St Dogwells means that 2105.2632% of the people in St Dogwells on census day were called HARNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARNEY 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 HARNEY 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 HARNEY 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 HARNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in St Dogwells means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARNEY in St Dogwells than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Dogwells in 1881

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

BATEMAN (7)  BEDDOE (5)  BENNETT (1)  BROPHEY (1)  BUSHELL (4)  COMERFORD (2)  DAVIES (29)  DEVREUX (3)  DEVONALD (3)  EDWARDES (2)  EDWARDS (2)  EVANS (6)  FRANCIS (13)  GEORGE (5)  GOULD (1)  GRIFFITHS (30)  HARNEY (4)  HARRIES (16)  JAMES (4)  JENKINS (7)  JOHN (3)  JONES (14)  LEWIS (15)  LEWIES (17)  LLEWELLINE (1)  LLEWELLIN (3)  MARTELL (2)  MORGAN (11)  MORGANS (9)  MORSE (5)  MORRIS (5)  NARBETT (1)  NICHOLAS (2)  OWENS (1)  PAGE (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PHILLIPS (6)  PRICE (6)  REES (11)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (11)  RICHARDSON (8)  ROCH (4)  ROACH (1)  ROWLANDS (3)  ROWLAND (1)  THOMAS (12)  VAUGHAN (2)  WILLIAMS (10)  WYTROW (1)  YOUNG (4)