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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 Gay, with 2 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.

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1301Gay20.26x
1302Gee20.13x
1303Gilbraith29.49x
1304Gooch20.39x
1305Grady20.52x
1306Grafton21.24x
1307Gratton20.86x
1308Gretton21.45x
1309Grigg20.52x
1310Groom20.24x
1311Grubb20.55x
1312Halton20.90x
1313Hamlen211.93x
1314Hanks20.70x
1315Harpur24.27x
1316Harrowsmith28.47x
1317Harry20.47x
1318Hawes20.28x
1319Hawtin22.41x
1320Hayden20.44x
1321Heaney21.99x
1322Hedley20.34x
1323Hemmings20.40x
1324Henry20.14x
1325Herrin26.14x
1326Hinds20.50x
1327Holbrook20.48x
1328Holl24.81x
1329Holland20.05x
1330Holley20.93x
1331Hollier21.73x
1332Holloway20.11x
1333Hopper20.24x
1334Hore21.00x
1335Horne20.16x
1336Howels23.67x
1337Howson20.55x
1338Hurlstone26.49x
1339Ireland20.15x
1340Jakes21.82x
1341Jane21.19x
1342Jeffries20.27x
1343Jeffryes214.25x
1344Jollands214.25x
1345Jonson25.45x
1346Jukes20.57x
1347Kiff23.28x
1348Kind22.90x
1349Knapp20.50x
1350Lacy20.53x
1351Lawrance20.52x
1352Leathley23.18x
1353Lindsay20.11x
1354Linney21.09x
1355Lock20.12x
1356Logan20.14x
1357Lole216.03x
1358Lone29.96x
1359Lyons20.15x
1360Mackin22.28x
1361Maidment20.62x
1362Marson20.75x
1363Marton21.86x
1364Masson20.56x
1365Matthew20.45x
1366Maxwell20.14x
1367May20.05x
1368Mead20.15x
1369Medlicott22.23x
1370Mellors21.10x
1371Merrick20.46x
1372Meyler212.06x
1373Miers25.73x
1374Mingay22.57x
1375Mynard26.62x
1376Needham20.16x
1377Newbury20.56x
1378Norbury20.68x
1379Nuthall25.29x
1380Oakley20.16x
1381Obrian21.04x
1382Oram20.44x
1383Pardoe20.70x
1384Parratt21.69x
1385Pary213.67x
1386Passmore20.59x
1387Paterson20.05x
1388Peach20.32x
1389Peate22.59x
1390Peek21.30x
1391Peel20.19x
1392Pember23.57x
1393Penton22.09x
1394Peregrine27.02x
1395Pickerill23.02x
1396Pickering20.09x
1397Pitts20.33x
1398Plummer20.26x
1399Porter20.05x
1400Potts20.10x