1881 census county

Pembrokeshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pembrokeshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

2,785 surnames are listed for Pembrokeshire, covering 84,053 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Davies, with 6,800 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pembrokeshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Davies	6,800	7.32%	14.40x
2	Thomas	6,156	6.63%	16.07x
3	Evans	4,156	4.48%	10.24x
4	Williams	3,870	4.17%	5.80x
5	Griffiths	2,993	3.22%	19.70x
6	Phillips	2,826	3.04%	17.01x
7	Lewis	2,816	3.03%	11.54x
8	Jones	2,623	2.83%	2.49x
9	John	2,418	2.60%	72.02x
10	Rees	1,932	2.08%	23.92x
11	Morris	1,807	1.95%	8.74x
12	Harries	1,756	1.89%	100.54x
13	Jenkins	1,594	1.72%	14.57x
14	Edwards	1,105	1.19%	4.27x
15	Richards	1,077	1.16%	7.68x
16	Bowen	901	0.970%	23.47x
17	Lloyd	775	0.830%	7.15x
18	Mathias	769	0.830%	136.37x
19	Howells	740	0.800%	31.23x
20	George	735	0.790%	13.49x
21	Morgans	693	0.750%	34.59x
22	Owens	657	0.710%	14.25x
23	Owen	635	0.680%	5.76x
24	Nicholas	628	0.680%	34.64x
25	Hughes	617	0.660%	2.37x
26	Roberts	509	0.550%	1.46x
27	Cole	456	0.490%	5.39x
28	Adams	450	0.480%	3.29x
29	Llewellyn	440	0.470%	32.46x
30	Price	434	0.470%	2.67x
31	Reynolds	415	0.450%	5.16x
32	Smith	410	0.440%	0.31x
33	Beynon	401	0.430%	60.47x
34	Rogers	388	0.420%	3.22x
35	Brown	376	0.410%	0.61x
36	Allen	373	0.400%	2.13x
37	Stephens	359	0.390%	6.97x
38	Vaughan	337	0.360%	10.64x
39	Harris	318	0.340%	1.35x
40	Gwyther	311	0.340%	185.77x
41	Eynon	305	0.330%	115.61x
42	Powell	298	0.320%	2.57x
43	Johns	266	0.290%	11.10x
44	Rowlands	254	0.270%	10.98x
45	Walters	233	0.250%	5.26x
46	Warlow	228	0.250%	144.78x
47	Morse	221	0.240%	25.93x
48	Watts	216	0.230%	2.77x
49	Howell	215	0.230%	5.49x
50	Watkins	207	0.220%	3.68x
51	Llewellin	199	0.210%	127.88x
52	Bevans	190	0.200%	136.19x
53	Gibby	182	0.200%	186.97x
54	Roch	182	0.200%	179.52x
55	Picton	172	0.190%	54.45x
56	Young	171	0.180%	0.86x
57	Waters	160	0.170%	4.29x
58	Bateman	155	0.170%	6.46x
59	Parry	155	0.170%	2.19x
60	Perkins	154	0.170%	3.69x
61	Lawrence	147	0.160%	2.44x
62	Phelps	141	0.150%	15.29x
63	Scourfield	140	0.150%	142.46x
64	Collins	139	0.150%	1.04x
65	Davis	139	0.150%	0.68x
66	Devonald	138	0.150%	163.06x
67	Palmer	138	0.150%	1.26x
68	White	136	0.150%	0.46x
69	Martin	135	0.150%	0.59x
70	Roach	135	0.150%	9.87x
71	Webb	133	0.140%	1.06x
72	Hall	132	0.140%	0.48x
73	Saunders	126	0.140%	1.48x
74	Bevan	121	0.130%	5.33x
75	Mason	117	0.130%	0.94x
76	Merriman	117	0.130%	34.47x
77	Hay	111	0.120%	3.26x
78	Miles	111	0.120%	2.03x
79	Wilcox	111	0.120%	6.35x
80	Griffith	110	0.120%	3.64x
81	Hitchings	110	0.120%	38.36x
82	Taylor	108	0.120%	0.18x
83	Beddoe	107	0.120%	65.12x
84	Charles	98	0.110%	5.11x
85	Hill	98	0.110%	0.41x
86	Brace	97	0.100%	18.19x
87	Sutton	96	0.100%	1.62x
88	Miller	93	0.100%	0.56x
89	Gibbon	90	0.100%	9.57x
90	Moore	90	0.100%	0.48x
91	Page	87	0.090%	1.17x
92	Banner	86	0.090%	16.97x
93	Codd	86	0.090%	21.59x
94	Goodridge	83	0.090%	26.80x
95	Hooper	83	0.090%	2.11x
96	Daniel	82	0.090%	4.00x
97	Rowland	82	0.090%	3.11x
98	Bennett	81	0.090%	0.53x
99	Mills	80	0.090%	0.66x
100	Raymond	80	0.090%	14.93x