1881 census county

Cardiganshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cardiganshire 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

1,004 surnames are listed for Cardiganshire, covering 67,021 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 13,892 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cardiganshire

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	13,892	19.49%	17.21x
2	Davies	10,860	15.24%	29.96x
3	Evans	8,229	11.55%	26.43x
4	Thomas	3,705	5.20%	12.60x
5	Williams	3,494	4.90%	6.83x
6	Jenkins	2,226	3.12%	26.51x
7	Lewis	2,087	2.93%	11.14x
8	Edwards	1,729	2.43%	8.71x
9	Rees	1,561	2.19%	25.18x
10	Hughes	1,408	1.98%	7.05x
11	Morgans	1,391	1.95%	90.45x
12	Griffiths	1,338	1.88%	11.47x
13	Lloyd	1,266	1.78%	15.21x
14	Richards	1,069	1.50%	9.93x
15	Morris	655	0.920%	4.13x
16	Owens	616	0.860%	17.41x
17	Roberts	483	0.680%	1.80x
18	Owen	428	0.600%	5.06x
19	Parry	427	0.600%	7.87x
20	Phillips	400	0.560%	3.14x
21	Rowlands	385	0.540%	21.69x
22	Pugh	292	0.410%	10.72x
23	Daniel	237	0.330%	15.05x
24	Howells	211	0.300%	11.60x
25	George	199	0.280%	4.76x
26	Price	197	0.280%	1.58x
27	Bowen	196	0.280%	6.65x
28	Ellis	184	0.260%	1.78x
29	Mason	175	0.250%	1.83x
30	Humphreys	167	0.230%	6.66x
31	Oliver	161	0.230%	3.17x
32	Powell	161	0.230%	1.81x
33	Herbert	160	0.220%	6.01x
34	Watkins	138	0.190%	3.20x
35	Isaac	120	0.170%	13.43x
36	Harries	112	0.160%	8.35x
37	Stephens	110	0.150%	2.78x
38	Benjamin	107	0.150%	28.62x
39	Hopkins	105	0.150%	2.45x
40	Vaughan	105	0.150%	4.32x
41	Roderick	100	0.140%	40.14x
42	Felix	93	0.130%	154.49x
43	Samuel	81	0.110%	9.52x
44	Elias	76	0.110%	32.89x
45	Mathias	76	0.110%	17.56x
46	Pierce	74	0.100%	7.07x
47	Richard	74	0.100%	12.04x
48	Walters	67	0.090%	1.97x
49	Jacob	66	0.090%	11.90x
50	Smith	64	0.090%	0.06x
51	Enoch	61	0.090%	71.82x
52	Joseph	61	0.090%	10.56x
53	Bonner	57	0.080%	9.10x
54	Charles	56	0.080%	3.80x
55	Rowland	53	0.070%	2.62x
56	Howell	52	0.070%	1.73x
57	Miles	50	0.070%	1.19x
58	Nicholas	50	0.070%	3.59x
59	Pryse	49	0.070%	127.90x
60	Timothy	43	0.060%	48.06x
61	Davis	42	0.060%	0.27x
62	Green	41	0.060%	0.20x
63	Hamer	41	0.060%	3.07x
64	Harris	41	0.060%	0.23x
65	Pritchard	40	0.060%	1.04x
66	Rogers	40	0.060%	0.43x
67	Beynon	39	0.050%	7.66x
68	Jeremiah	39	0.050%	47.65x
69	White	38	0.050%	0.17x
70	Meredith	37	0.050%	2.57x
71	Ishmael	35	0.050%	249.29x
72	Prosser	31	0.040%	2.78x
73	Reynolds	31	0.040%	0.50x
74	Bateman	29	0.040%	1.58x
75	Peters	29	0.040%	1.16x
76	Wright	29	0.040%	0.13x
77	Blackwell	28	0.040%	2.16x
78	Bonsall	28	0.040%	21.20x
79	Burrell	28	0.040%	3.02x
80	Clarke	28	0.040%	0.19x
81	Michael	28	0.040%	7.31x
82	Leonard	27	0.040%	1.75x
83	Wilson	27	0.040%	0.08x
84	Adams	26	0.040%	0.25x
85	Collins	26	0.040%	0.25x
86	Griffith	25	0.040%	1.08x
87	Joel	24	0.030%	14.92x
88	Pughe	24	0.030%	15.83x
89	Taylor	24	0.030%	0.05x
90	Warrington	24	0.030%	4.11x
91	Wood	24	0.030%	0.11x
92	Ball	23	0.030%	0.39x
93	Ebenezer	23	0.030%	402.80x
94	John	23	0.030%	0.89x
95	Andrew	22	0.030%	0.97x
96	Lodwick	22	0.030%	34.37x
97	Michell	22	0.030%	6.48x
98	Philips	22	0.030%	1.67x
99	Mitchell	21	0.030%	0.15x
100	Scott	21	0.030%	0.12x