1881 census county

Brecknockshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brecknockshire 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

2,038 surnames are listed for Brecknockshire, covering 53,003 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 6,033 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brecknockshire

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	Jones	6,033	10.33%	9.12x
2	Williams	5,001	8.56%	11.92x
3	Davies	4,517	7.73%	15.20x
4	Price	3,080	5.27%	30.13x
5	Evans	2,412	4.13%	9.45x
6	Thomas	2,199	3.76%	9.12x
7	Lewis	1,743	2.98%	11.35x
8	Powell	1,599	2.74%	21.94x
9	Watkins	995	1.70%	28.11x
10	Griffiths	891	1.53%	9.32x
11	Jenkins	875	1.50%	12.71x
12	Phillips	677	1.16%	6.48x
13	Morris	552	0.940%	4.24x
14	Edwards	530	0.910%	3.26x
15	Parry	526	0.900%	11.83x
16	Prosser	496	0.850%	54.20x
17	Rees	454	0.780%	8.93x
18	Lloyd	433	0.740%	6.35x
19	Pugh	432	0.740%	19.35x
20	Pritchard	430	0.740%	13.67x
21	Richards	374	0.640%	4.24x
22	Hughes	373	0.640%	2.28x
23	Morgans	342	0.590%	27.13x
24	Harris	313	0.540%	2.11x
25	Bevan	289	0.490%	20.22x
26	Vaughan	284	0.490%	14.25x
27	Meredith	266	0.460%	22.54x
28	Smith	242	0.410%	0.29x
29	Roberts	239	0.410%	1.09x
30	Walters	228	0.390%	8.19x
31	Probert	216	0.370%	46.88x
32	Bowen	202	0.350%	8.36x
33	Havard	192	0.330%	127.16x
34	Owen	191	0.330%	2.75x
35	Herbert	173	0.300%	7.93x
36	Howells	173	0.300%	11.60x
37	Prothero	139	0.240%	133.44x
38	Stephens	121	0.210%	3.73x
39	Rogers	111	0.190%	1.46x
40	Taylor	110	0.190%	0.29x
41	Samuel	108	0.180%	15.49x
42	Saunders	107	0.180%	2.00x
43	Owens	97	0.170%	3.34x
44	Brown	94	0.160%	0.24x
45	Davis	88	0.150%	0.69x
46	George	87	0.150%	2.54x
47	Hopkins	87	0.150%	2.47x
48	Hargest	84	0.140%	192.26x
49	Matthews	76	0.130%	1.49x
50	Arthur	75	0.130%	5.89x
51	Turner	75	0.130%	0.46x
52	Gwynne	73	0.130%	49.83x
53	Jeffreys	73	0.130%	21.00x
54	Miles	72	0.120%	2.09x
55	Prichard	72	0.120%	13.42x
56	Llewellyn	71	0.120%	8.32x
57	Charles	69	0.120%	5.72x
58	Isaac	69	0.120%	9.42x
59	Webb	69	0.120%	0.87x
60	Moses	65	0.110%	10.88x
61	Roderick	64	0.110%	31.33x
62	Gwillim	63	0.110%	105.19x
63	Bufton	61	0.100%	47.89x
64	Martin	60	0.100%	0.42x
65	Mathews	59	0.100%	2.73x
66	Hall	58	0.100%	0.34x
67	Hamer	58	0.100%	5.30x
68	Rumsey	58	0.100%	29.73x
69	Clark	57	0.100%	0.32x
70	Harries	57	0.100%	5.19x
71	Nicholas	56	0.100%	4.91x
72	Rowlands	56	0.100%	3.85x
73	Hill	55	0.090%	0.37x
74	Mathias	54	0.090%	15.22x
75	Protheroe	54	0.090%	36.33x
76	Walker	54	0.090%	0.28x
77	Adams	53	0.090%	0.62x
78	Beavan	53	0.090%	23.20x
79	Waters	52	0.090%	2.22x
80	Weeks	51	0.090%	4.08x
81	Daniel	50	0.090%	3.87x
82	Lane	49	0.080%	1.22x
83	White	46	0.080%	0.25x
84	Bennett	44	0.080%	0.46x
85	Clarke	44	0.080%	0.37x
86	Hopkin	44	0.080%	9.74x
87	Jarman	44	0.080%	7.90x
88	King	44	0.080%	0.35x
89	Mason	44	0.080%	0.56x
90	Kinsey	43	0.070%	11.24x
91	Moore	42	0.070%	0.36x
92	Preece	42	0.070%	4.42x
93	Beynon	41	0.070%	9.83x
94	Gunter	41	0.070%	20.00x
95	Joseph	41	0.070%	8.66x
96	Rosser	41	0.070%	9.64x
97	Howell	40	0.070%	1.62x
98	Pearce	40	0.070%	0.75x
99	Wilson	40	0.070%	0.15x
100	Addis	38	0.070%	19.02x