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

Wiston 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
THOMAS669.179422.24
LEWIS517.093226.98
DAVIES506.954113.67
MORRIS425.841426.24
EVANS425.841413.37
JOHN365.0070138.46
WILLIAMS314.31156.00
JAMES294.033420.53
REES283.894344.76
WATTS263.616143.12
GRIFFITHS202.781617.00
ROWLANDS192.6426106.09
REED182.503534.29
BUTLER162.225322.82
OWENS152.086242.01
JONES152.08621.84
PHILLIPS141.947110.88
JENKINS131.808115.34
MORGANS121.669077.32
BEVANS111.52991,018.52
HOWELLS111.529959.95
RICHARDS111.529910.13
EDWARDS81.11273.99
ROSSER81.1127152.67
REYNOLDS81.112712.85
BROWN81.11271.69
HARRIES81.112759.13
STURGES70.9736406.98
BOWEN70.973623.55
MORGAN60.83454.20
WARLOW60.8345491.80
MERRIMAN50.6954190.11
BARTLETT50.695415.88
KENDAL50.6954178.57
MADDOCKS40.556391.12
DEMPSTER40.556379.05
LLEWELLYN40.556338.10
LLOYD30.41723.57
ROBERTS30.41721.11
COLLINS30.41722.91
MERCHANT30.417261.98
PARCELL20.2782350.88
WILSON20.27820.61
WHITTON20.278245.35
GIBBON20.278227.47
DEER20.2782178.57
GEORGE10.13912.37
PARRY10.13911.83
ADAMS10.13910.94
NICHOLAS10.13917.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEVANS0.727191018.5185
WARLOW0.72719491.8033
STURGES0.72719406.9767
PARCELL0.72719350.8772
MERRIMAN0.72719190.1141
KENDAL0.72719178.5714
DEER0.72719178.5714
ROSSER0.72719152.6718
MERRYMAN0.72719142.8571
JOHN0.72719138.4615
ROWLANDS0.72719106.0860
MADDOCKS0.7271991.1162
DEMPSTER0.7271979.0514
MORGANS0.7271977.3196
MERCHANT0.7271961.9835
HOWELLS0.7271959.9455
HARRIES0.7271959.1279
WHITTON0.7271945.3515
REES0.7271944.7642
WATTS0.7271943.1249
OWENS0.7271942.0050
LLEWELLYN0.7271938.0952
REED0.7271934.2922
GIBBON0.7271927.4725
LEWIS0.7271926.9798
MORRIS0.7271926.2418
WILLCOX0.7271925.7732
BANNER0.7271925.4453
BOWEN0.7271923.5452
BUTLER0.7271922.8245
THOMAS0.7271922.2447
JAMES0.7271920.5339
GRIFFITHS0.7271916.9981
BARTLETT0.7271915.8781
JENKINS0.7271915.3429
DAVIES0.7271913.6717
EVANS0.7271913.3677
REYNOLDS0.7271912.8452
PHILLIPS0.7271910.8831
RICHARDS0.7271910.1308
MOOR0.727199.9206
NICHOLAS0.727197.1225
WILLIAMS0.727196.0021
MORGAN0.727194.1961
EDWARDS0.727193.9922
LLOYD0.727193.5736
WATERS0.727193.4614
COLLINS0.727192.9078
GEORGE0.727192.3702
FRANCIS0.727192.3348

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 719 people called BEVANS in Wiston 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 1018.5185 in Wiston means that 1018.5185% of the people in Wiston on census day were called BEVANS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEVANS 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 BEVANS 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 BEVANS 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 BEVANS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Wiston means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEVANS in Wiston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wiston in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  BANNER (1)  BARTLETT (5)  BEVANS (11)  BOWEN (7)  BROWN (8)  BUTLER (16)  COLLINS (3)  DAVIES (50)  DEMPSTER (4)  DEER (2)  EDWARDS (8)  EVANS (42)  FRANCIS (1)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBON (2)  GRIFFITHS (20)  HARRIES (8)  HOPKINS (1)  HOWELLS (11)  JAMES (29)  JENKINS (13)  JOHN (36)  JONES (15)  KENDAL (5)  LEWIS (51)  LLEWELLYN (4)  LLOYD (3)  MADDOCKS (4)  MERCHANT (3)  MERRIMAN (5)  MERRYMAN (1)  MOOR (1)  MORGANS (12)  MORGAN (6)  MORRIS (42)  KNEATH (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  OWENS (15)  PARCELL (2)  PARRY (1)  PHILLIPS (14)  PHILPIN (2)  REYMOND (4)  REES (28)  REED (18)  REID (1)  REYNOLDS (8)  RICHARDS (11)  ROBERTS (3)  ROSSER (8)  ROWLANDS (19)  SCURFIELD (8)  STURGES (7)  THOMAS (66)  VENABLES (1)  WARLOW (6)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (26)  WHITTON (2)  WILLCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (31)  WILSON (2)