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 Cole, with 20 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
101	Cole	20	0.030%	0.31x
102	Daniels	20	0.030%	0.89x
103	Finch	20	0.030%	0.84x
104	Hall	20	0.030%	0.10x
105	Thompson	20	0.030%	0.09x
106	Llewellyn	19	0.030%	1.83x
107	Herberts	18	0.030%	199.12x
108	Pickering	18	0.030%	0.70x
109	Watkin	18	0.030%	2.89x
110	William	18	0.030%	2.96x
111	Arter	17	0.020%	21.14x
112	Barson	17	0.020%	12.76x
113	Bevan	17	0.020%	0.98x
114	Hogan	17	0.020%	2.37x
115	Magor	17	0.020%	23.05x
116	Woodward	17	0.020%	0.48x
117	Abel	16	0.020%	3.49x
118	Alban	16	0.020%	84.08x
119	Brown	16	0.020%	0.03x
120	Clark	16	0.020%	0.07x
121	Close	16	0.020%	2.57x
122	Doughton	16	0.020%	43.38x
123	Dunn	16	0.020%	0.27x
124	Havard	16	0.020%	8.69x
125	Humphrey	16	0.020%	0.84x
126	Loyd	16	0.020%	5.72x
127	Nicholls	16	0.020%	0.43x
128	Benbow	15	0.020%	5.31x
129	Bennett	15	0.020%	0.13x
130	Bubb	15	0.020%	8.07x
131	Enos	15	0.020%	242.33x
132	Kemp	15	0.020%	0.38x
133	Patrick	15	0.020%	1.06x
134	Simon	15	0.020%	3.20x
135	Atwood	14	0.020%	10.76x
136	Blackwall	14	0.020%	43.26x
137	Clayton	14	0.020%	0.36x
138	Garland	14	0.020%	1.48x
139	Jinkins	14	0.020%	20.79x
140	Kitto	14	0.020%	12.68x
141	Mathew	14	0.020%	5.23x
142	Shaw	14	0.020%	0.11x
143	Truscott	14	0.020%	3.61x
144	Tyler	14	0.020%	0.67x
145	Wynne	14	0.020%	2.04x
146	Edmunds	13	0.020%	1.40x
147	Harper	13	0.020%	0.28x
148	Humphrys	13	0.020%	9.88x
149	Hutton	13	0.020%	0.61x
150	Jeffreys	13	0.020%	3.07x
151	Joshua	13	0.020%	24.61x
152	Llewelyn	13	0.020%	6.15x
153	Northey	13	0.020%	7.59x
154	Pearce	13	0.020%	0.20x
155	Theophilus	13	0.020%	45.92x
156	Trevethan	13	0.020%	22.30x
157	Wigg	13	0.020%	6.62x
158	Worthington	13	0.020%	0.91x
159	Arthur	12	0.020%	0.77x
160	Berry	12	0.020%	0.21x
161	Bishop	12	0.020%	0.24x
162	Edwardes	12	0.020%	30.94x
163	Hedley	12	0.020%	1.65x
164	Henderson	12	0.020%	0.15x
165	Holmes	12	0.020%	0.14x
166	Jonathan	12	0.020%	29.15x
167	Lowther	12	0.020%	2.76x
168	Messer	12	0.020%	5.74x
169	Phillipps	12	0.020%	8.83x
170	Probert	12	0.020%	2.14x
171	Rice	12	0.020%	0.54x
172	Wiliams	12	0.020%	28.34x
173	Allen	11	0.020%	0.08x
174	Botwood	11	0.020%	40.20x
175	Burrel	11	0.020%	27.85x
176	Gay	11	0.020%	1.16x
177	Gray	11	0.020%	0.11x
178	Lawrie	11	0.020%	1.61x
179	Luke	11	0.020%	1.59x
180	Lyons	11	0.020%	0.69x
181	Mears	11	0.020%	1.64x
182	Salmon	11	0.020%	0.68x
183	Simpson	11	0.020%	0.09x
184	Spedding	11	0.020%	4.98x
185	Wigley	11	0.020%	2.44x
186	Charman	10	0.010%	2.51x
187	Edward	10	0.010%	1.51x
188	Evanes	10	0.010%	66.71x
189	Eynon	10	0.010%	4.94x
190	Garner	10	0.010%	0.44x
191	Ivory	10	0.010%	6.67x
192	Lott	10	0.010%	3.64x
193	Marks	10	0.010%	0.69x
194	Massey	10	0.010%	0.55x
195	Paull	10	0.010%	4.04x
196	Philipps	10	0.010%	14.49x
197	Watts	10	0.010%	0.17x
198	Woosnam	10	0.010%	17.22x
199	Young	10	0.010%	0.07x
200	Adey	9	0.010%	3.92x