Stephen and Julie Gibbon (Gill) - Genealogy Information

Pugh - Location

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International Comparisons
International Comparisons	Rate	As % of GB rate in 1998
Great Britain Frequency (1998)	16675	100
Great Britain Frequency (1881)	11454
Great Britain Rate (1998)	421
Great Britain Rate (1881)	424
Northern Ireland	27.39	6.6
Republic of Ireland	5.55	1.3
Australia	152.16	36.7
New Zealand	162.84	39.3
United States	264.95	63.9
Canada	129.03	31.1

Further explanations about this information can be found here.

Geographical Spread
Geographical Spread	Statistics
Great Britain top area (1881)	Llandrindod Wells
Great Britain top area (1998)	Llandrindod Wells
Great Britain top area index *	2160
Great Britain top postal town	Rhayader
Number of UK gazetteer entries	None
County of gazetteer entry	Not applicable
Republic of Ireland top county
Republic of Ireland top county index *
Australia top state	Western Austalia
Australia top state index *	153
Australia top standard statistical division	West Central Highlands, Victoria
New Zealand top province	Nelson
New Zealand top province index *	175
United States top state	Alabama
United States top state index *	435
Number of gazetteer entries in Africa or Asian	none
African or Asian country with most gazetteer entries
Number of gazetteer entries in African or Asian country named above

Social Demographics
Social Demographics	Statistics
Category of surname	Celtic; Welsh; Name of Parent Starting with -Ap
Mosaic type with highest index #	Upland Hill Farmers
Index of top Mosaic type *	357
% of people with a more rural name	3
% of people with a more high-status name	28
Cultural, Ethnic, Linguistic categories of surname	British, Welsh

# Mosaic is a social classification. More information is available here.

* Meaning of an 'index' : An 'index' shows whether the level of something is higher in one area than it is in another area. In this instance we are interested in whether the number of occurrences of a name per million population is higher in a particular area than it is elsewhere. Thus we compare the incidence of a name in the US state where it is most concentrated with the average level of concentration in the whole of the US; the incidence in Australia's top state with the Australian average; the incidence in New Zealand's top province with the New Zealand average; the incidence in GB's top postal area with the GB average.

* Calculation of an 'index' : If a name has a rate per million population in an area which is identical to its rate in a base comparison area then we say it has an index of '100'. An index of '200' for a the name Jenson in Ohio would mean that the name Jenson was twice as common, per million population, in Ohio as it was in the reference area, in this case the whole US. An index of '500' for Wong in Victoria would indicate that the name Wong was five times more common per 1,000,000 names in Victoria than in the whole of Australia. An index of '1000' for the name Penhaligon in New Zealand would mean it was ten times more common per 1,000.000 names in New Zealand than in Great Britain. By contrast an index of only '50' would indicate a name which was only half as common in a target area than in its reference area.

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