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

Vorlan 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
JAMES1343.3333220.71
EVANS413.333330.51
GIBBY413.333313,333.33
JENKINS413.3333112.99
REES310.0000114.94
JOHN13.333392.59
FRANCIS13.333355.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIBBY0.033013333.3333
JAMES0.0330220.7131
REES0.0330114.9425
JENKINS0.0330112.9944
JOHN0.033092.5926
FRANCIS0.033055.8659
EVANS0.033030.5111

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 30 people called GIBBY in Vorlan 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 Vorlan means that 13333.3333% of the people in Vorlan on census day were called GIBBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIBBY 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 GIBBY 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 GIBBY 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 GIBBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.03 in Vorlan means that you are 0.03 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIBBY in Vorlan than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Vorlan in 1881

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

EVANS (4)  FRANCIS (1)  GIBBY (4)  JAMES (13)  JENKINS (4)  JOHN (1)  REES (3)