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 Gwynne, with 79 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
101	Gwynne	79	0.090%	33.93x
102	Havard	78	0.080%	32.51x
103	Llewhellin	77	0.080%	234.33x
104	Luke	77	0.080%	8.52x
105	Ormond	77	0.080%	38.99x
106	Hicks	76	0.080%	1.96x
107	Salmon	76	0.080%	3.59x
108	Absalom	73	0.080%	65.96x
109	Noot	72	0.080%	181.45x
110	Peters	72	0.080%	2.21x
111	Roblin	72	0.080%	146.07x
112	Hire	71	0.080%	187.78x
113	Reed	71	0.080%	1.05x
114	Child	70	0.080%	4.43x
115	Cousins	70	0.080%	4.19x
116	Folland	70	0.080%	51.32x
117	Reynish	70	0.080%	161.33x
118	Dawkins	69	0.070%	10.26x
119	Philpin	69	0.070%	171.26x
120	Wilson	68	0.070%	0.16x
121	Butler	67	0.070%	0.74x
122	Canton	67	0.070%	108.63x
123	Gwilliam	65	0.070%	18.39x
124	Wilkins	65	0.070%	1.58x
125	Higgon	64	0.070%	215.05x
126	Narbett	64	0.070%	275.27x
127	Tucker	63	0.070%	1.23x
128	Cook	62	0.070%	0.34x
129	Johnson	62	0.070%	0.20x
130	Herbert	61	0.070%	1.76x
131	Robinson	61	0.070%	0.21x
132	Thompson	61	0.070%	0.22x
133	Llewelyn	59	0.060%	21.41x
134	Clarke	58	0.060%	0.31x
135	Jinkins	58	0.060%	66.11x
136	Lamb	58	0.060%	1.18x
137	Michael	58	0.060%	11.62x
138	Rossiter	58	0.060%	9.92x
139	Vaughn	57	0.060%	20.50x
140	Hurlow	56	0.060%	165.73x
141	Purser	56	0.060%	16.38x
142	Childs	55	0.060%	3.23x
143	Prout	55	0.060%	11.91x
144	Rosser	55	0.060%	8.13x
145	Skyrme	55	0.060%	65.23x
146	Tasker	55	0.060%	5.57x
147	Gay	54	0.060%	4.36x
148	Prickett	54	0.060%	21.32x
149	Skone	54	0.060%	267.99x
150	Howels	53	0.060%	61.28x
151	Protheroe	53	0.060%	22.44x
152	Sinnett	53	0.060%	66.52x
153	Gunter	52	0.060%	15.96x
154	Phillip	52	0.060%	11.03x
155	Richard	52	0.060%	6.50x
156	Wheeler	52	0.060%	0.93x
157	William	52	0.060%	6.56x
158	Ellis	51	0.050%	0.38x
159	Nicholls	51	0.050%	1.05x
160	Parcell	51	0.050%	69.42x
161	Russell	51	0.050%	0.45x
162	Scale	51	0.050%	90.89x
163	Symmons	51	0.050%	54.30x
164	Mabe	49	0.050%	106.82x
165	Pugh	49	0.050%	1.38x
166	Ladd	48	0.050%	14.66x
167	Mortimer	47	0.050%	2.42x
168	Berry	46	0.050%	0.62x
169	Brinn	46	0.050%	145.52x
170	Scurlock	45	0.050%	121.00x
171	Voyle	45	0.050%	96.77x
172	Cadogan	44	0.050%	66.02x
173	Edmonds	44	0.050%	2.48x
174	Henton	44	0.050%	24.86x
175	Cozens	43	0.050%	10.54x
176	Morries	43	0.050%	78.37x
177	Twigg	43	0.050%	6.62x
178	Woolcock	43	0.050%	16.41x
179	Bryant	42	0.050%	1.06x
180	Furlong	42	0.050%	12.96x
181	Green	42	0.050%	0.16x
182	Hart	42	0.050%	0.53x
183	Philipps	42	0.050%	46.72x
184	Payne	41	0.040%	0.49x
185	Philips	41	0.040%	2.38x
186	Shears	41	0.040%	10.04x
187	Thorne	41	0.040%	2.09x
188	Freeman	40	0.040%	0.67x
189	Arnold	39	0.040%	0.78x
190	Dunn	39	0.040%	0.51x
191	Laugharne	39	0.040%	190.71x
192	Leach	39	0.040%	1.02x
193	Tudor	39	0.040%	6.25x
194	Fortune	38	0.040%	7.83x
195	Gibbs	38	0.040%	0.83x
196	Long	38	0.040%	0.63x
197	Oliver	38	0.040%	0.57x
198	Baker	37	0.040%	0.18x
199	Day	37	0.040%	0.42x
200	Prosser	37	0.040%	2.54x