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 Bendall, with 13 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
301	Bendall	13	0.020%	6.11x
302	Bridgwater	13	0.020%	11.71x
303	Carey	13	0.020%	1.18x
304	Coop	13	0.020%	6.81x
305	Foster	13	0.020%	0.17x
306	Hayes	13	0.020%	0.36x
307	Knowles	13	0.020%	0.42x
308	Laurence	13	0.020%	1.57x
309	Letton	13	0.020%	54.64x
310	Lovatt	13	0.020%	3.21x
311	Murray	13	0.020%	0.18x
312	Philpots	13	0.020%	55.56x
313	Pitman	13	0.020%	2.44x
314	Pitt	13	0.020%	1.04x
315	Powis	13	0.020%	5.84x
316	Reynolds	13	0.020%	0.26x
317	Russell	13	0.020%	0.18x
318	Stone	13	0.020%	0.31x
319	Thomson	13	0.020%	0.17x
320	Tidman	13	0.020%	15.98x
321	Timothy	13	0.020%	17.72x
322	Travers	13	0.020%	4.43x
323	Trivett	13	0.020%	18.72x
324	Veale	13	0.020%	5.16x
325	Wathan	13	0.020%	76.61x
326	Webster	13	0.020%	0.26x
327	Wheeler	13	0.020%	0.37x
328	Andrews	12	0.020%	0.21x
329	Austin	12	0.020%	0.42x
330	Bainton	12	0.020%	15.77x
331	Banks	12	0.020%	0.40x
332	Conway	12	0.020%	1.10x
333	Cowe	12	0.020%	7.62x
334	Curtis	12	0.020%	0.36x
335	Cutter	12	0.020%	7.31x
336	Dean	12	0.020%	0.30x
337	Dowding	12	0.020%	4.81x
338	Drinkwater	12	0.020%	2.08x
339	Dyer	12	0.020%	0.53x
340	Edmund	12	0.020%	19.97x
341	Frances	12	0.020%	3.26x
342	Gittins	12	0.020%	3.33x
343	Gwilym	12	0.020%	51.70x
344	Higgins	12	0.020%	0.41x
345	Jacob	12	0.020%	2.64x
346	Lennard	12	0.020%	9.11x
347	Minton	12	0.020%	6.07x
348	Nurse	12	0.020%	4.22x
349	Parfit	12	0.020%	38.20x
350	Parton	12	0.020%	3.78x
351	Peter	12	0.020%	5.87x
352	Peters	12	0.020%	0.59x
353	Ralph	12	0.020%	1.35x
354	Richmond	12	0.020%	0.94x
355	Sheen	12	0.020%	3.08x
356	Shepherd	12	0.020%	0.28x
357	Smiles	12	0.020%	9.91x
358	Ware	12	0.020%	1.25x
359	Watson	12	0.020%	0.09x
360	Weaver	12	0.020%	0.79x
361	Webber	12	0.020%	0.67x
362	Withers	12	0.020%	1.25x
363	Worth	12	0.020%	2.29x
364	Ayres	11	0.020%	1.36x
365	Beavis	11	0.020%	4.60x
366	Boucher	11	0.020%	3.57x
367	Brewer	11	0.020%	0.71x
368	Bridgewater	11	0.020%	8.10x
369	Butler	11	0.020%	0.19x
370	Campbell	11	0.020%	0.11x
371	Caswell	11	0.020%	3.88x
372	Chappel	11	0.020%	4.28x
373	Christopher	11	0.020%	3.20x
374	Cottle	11	0.020%	3.83x
375	Doyle	11	0.020%	0.77x
376	Hammonds	11	0.020%	7.16x
377	Harvey	11	0.020%	0.18x
378	Holder	11	0.020%	1.40x
379	Kettle	11	0.020%	2.15x
380	Maggs	11	0.020%	2.81x
381	Millard	11	0.020%	1.14x
382	Moss	11	0.020%	0.31x
383	Page	11	0.020%	0.24x
384	Penny	11	0.020%	1.06x
385	Perrot	11	0.020%	35.46x
386	Poole	11	0.020%	0.39x
387	Stevens	11	0.020%	0.18x
388	Sykes	11	0.020%	0.39x
389	Tippins	11	0.020%	25.06x
390	Walke	11	0.020%	31.16x
391	Wesley	11	0.020%	4.84x
392	Whiteman	11	0.020%	2.92x
393	Whitney	11	0.020%	3.63x
394	Winter	11	0.020%	0.53x
395	Woodford	11	0.020%	2.71x
396	Yates	11	0.020%	0.27x
397	Young	11	0.020%	0.09x
398	Bowcott	10	0.020%	21.10x
399	Bradshaw	10	0.020%	0.42x
400	Cave	10	0.020%	1.19x