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

St Nicholas 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
THOMAS2611.016926.70
MORGANS239.7458451.87
BOWEN135.5085133.20
LEWIS114.661017.73
GRIFFITHS114.661028.48
JOHN104.2373117.23
RICHARDS93.813625.25
NICHOLAS93.8136195.23
DAVIES93.81367.50
MORGAN83.389817.05
PHILLIPS83.389818.95
HUGHES83.389812.10
REES83.389838.97
JAMES83.389817.26
PERKINS72.966165.91
ROBERTS62.54246.76
REYNOLDS62.542429.35
EVANS62.54245.82
HOWELL52.118650.25
LLEWELLYN41.6949115.94
MORRIS41.69497.61
ROACH41.6949114.94
EDWARDS31.27124.56
HARRIES31.271267.57
WILLIAMS31.27121.77
GEORGE20.847514.44
SAUNDERS20.84759.24
JONES10.42370.37
PRICE10.42372.42
HUMPHREYS10.423712.03
HARRES10.42373,333.33
MATTHIAS10.4237344.83
BYRON10.4237116.28
ROWLANDS10.423717.01
MATHIAS10.423769.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARRES0.242363333.3333
MORGANS0.24236451.8664
MATTHIAS0.24236344.8276
NICHOLAS0.24236195.2278
BOWEN0.24236133.1967
JOHN0.24236117.2333
BYRON0.24236116.2791
LLEWELLYN0.24236115.9420
ROACH0.24236114.9425
MATHIAS0.2423669.9301
HARRIES0.2423667.5676
PERKINS0.2423665.9134
HOWELL0.2423650.2513
REES0.2423638.9674
REYNOLDS0.2423629.3542
GRIFFITHS0.2423628.4827
THOMAS0.2423626.6968
RICHARDS0.2423625.2525
PHILLIPS0.2423618.9484
LEWIS0.2423617.7276
JAMES0.2423617.2563
MORGAN0.2423617.0467
ROWLANDS0.2423617.0068
GEORGE0.2423614.4404
HUGHES0.2423612.0974
HUMPHREYS0.2423612.0337
SAUNDERS0.242369.2379
MORRIS0.242367.6147
DAVIES0.242367.4975
ROBERTS0.242366.7575
EVANS0.242365.8179
EDWARDS0.242364.5614
PRICE0.242362.4213
WILLIAMS0.242361.7696
JONES0.242360.3741

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 236 people called HARRES in St Nicholas 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 3333.3333 in St Nicholas means that 3333.3333% of the people in St Nicholas on census day were called HARRES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARRES 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 HARRES 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 HARRES 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 HARRES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in St Nicholas means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARRES in St Nicholas than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in St Nicholas in 1881

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

BOWEN (13)  BYRON (1)  DAVIES (9)  DEVONALD (1)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (6)  GEORGE (2)  GRIFFITHS (11)  HARRIES (3)  HARRES (1)  HOWELL (5)  HUGHES (8)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JAMES (8)  JOHN (10)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (11)  LLEWELLYN (4)  MADOCKS (4)  MATHIAS (1)  MATTHIAS (1)  MORGANS (23)  MORGAN (8)  MORRIS (4)  NICHOLAS (9)  PERKINS (7)  PHILLIPS (8)  PRETHREO (1)  PRICE (1)  REES (8)  REYNOLDS (6)  RICHARDS (9)  ROACH (4)  ROBERTS (6)  ROWLANDS (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  MC SHANE (1)  SYMMONS (3)  THOMAS (26)  WILCOCKS (2)  WILLIAMS (3)