1881 census place

Pembrey surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

98 surnames are listed for Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, covering 3,750 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Williams, with 622 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Pembrey

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Williams	622	10.99%	15.29x
2	Davies	452	7.98%	15.69x
3	Thomas	348	6.15%	14.89x
4	Evans	304	5.37%	12.29x
5	Rees	225	3.97%	45.68x
6	John	196	3.46%	95.73x
7	Lewis	170	3.00%	11.42x
8	Griffiths	147	2.60%	15.87x
9	Jenkins	84	1.48%	12.59x
10	Bevan	65	1.15%	46.92x
11	Morgans	56	0.990%	45.83x
12	Bonnell	53	0.940%	1355.50x
13	Owens	44	0.780%	15.65x
14	Edmunds	41	0.720%	55.55x
15	Harries	40	0.710%	37.55x
16	Bowen	38	0.670%	16.23x
17	David	36	0.640%	61.07x
18	Charles	35	0.620%	29.91x
19	Hugh	35	0.620%	233.80x
20	Emanuel	34	0.600%	312.79x
21	Gravell	34	0.600%	637.90x
22	Samuel	34	0.600%	50.30x
23	Daniel	33	0.580%	26.38x
24	Gower	32	0.570%	53.85x
25	Howells	32	0.570%	22.15x
26	Brazel	28	0.490%	1435.90x
27	Morse	28	0.490%	53.88x
28	Anthony	25	0.440%	38.00x
29	Erasmus	25	0.440%	1336.90x
30	Christopher	24	0.420%	72.05x
31	Wales	19	0.340%	41.42x
32	Badger	18	0.320%	54.91x
33	Eynon	18	0.320%	111.87x
34	Rosser	18	0.320%	43.66x
35	Harry	16	0.280%	39.00x
36	Protheroe	16	0.280%	111.03x
37	Perrott	15	0.260%	77.04x
38	Robert	15	0.260%	54.19x
39	Beynon	13	0.230%	32.15x
40	Brace	11	0.190%	33.83x
41	Clement	11	0.190%	19.29x
42	Morries	11	0.190%	328.36x
43	Devereux	10	0.180%	65.23x
44	Elkington	10	0.180%	46.93x
45	Hughs	10	0.180%	48.66x
46	Joseph	9	0.160%	19.61x
47	Randell	9	0.160%	25.47x
48	Snook	9	0.160%	22.52x
49	Alldridge	8	0.140%	133.11x
50	Dewdney	8	0.140%	95.69x
51	Blow	7	0.120%	33.08x
52	Prickett	7	0.120%	45.31x
53	Sellwood	7	0.120%	76.17x
54	Utley	7	0.120%	75.11x
55	Zachariah	7	0.120%	1428.57x
56	Bowser	6	0.110%	71.60x
57	Enock	6	0.110%	206.19x
58	Folland	6	0.110%	72.12x
59	Gibbard	6	0.110%	44.02x
60	Gravel	6	0.110%	202.02x
61	Labbett	6	0.110%	291.26x
62	Acres	5	0.090%	80.39x
63	Aubrey	5	0.090%	31.53x
64	Grylls	5	0.090%	197.63x
65	Peregrine	5	0.090%	181.16x
66	Streeter	5	0.090%	21.16x
67	Swire	5	0.090%	88.50x
68	Treharne	5	0.090%	39.37x
69	Carnell	4	0.070%	23.35x
70	Lodwick	4	0.070%	78.59x
71	Lodwig	4	0.070%	201.01x
72	Madge	4	0.070%	22.38x
73	Rowett	4	0.070%	93.68x
74	Rudall	4	0.070%	213.90x
75	Sparry	4	0.070%	254.78x
76	Bowin	3	0.050%	247.93x
77	Dally	3	0.050%	26.81x
78	Lawford	3	0.050%	23.68x
79	Scannell	3	0.050%	85.71x
80	Trower	3	0.050%	32.64x
81	Bethel	2	0.040%	21.86x
82	Colebrook	2	0.040%	28.53x
83	Deards	2	0.040%	53.76x
84	Embley	2	0.040%	40.40x
85	Jeremy	2	0.040%	32.63x
86	Leyshon	2	0.040%	15.15x
87	Maliphant	2	0.040%	168.07x
88	Scourfield	2	0.040%	33.39x
89	Sparrey	2	0.040%	219.78x
90	Browing	1	0.020%	40.65x
91	Coysh	1	0.020%	28.41x
92	Hardley	1	0.020%	47.62x
93	Lamburn	1	0.020%	59.52x
94	Luckraft	1	0.020%	64.52x
95	Morcom	1	0.020%	11.92x
96	Mountjoy	1	0.020%	15.50x
97	Tottenham	1	0.020%	50.76x
98	Unknown	1	0.020%	357.14x