1881 census county

Carmarthenshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Carmarthenshire 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

1,915 surnames are listed for Carmarthenshire, covering 114,937 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Davies, with 15,271 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Carmarthenshire

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	Davies	15,271	12.40%	24.38x
2	Jones	13,988	11.36%	10.03x
3	Thomas	11,753	9.55%	23.13x
4	Evans	9,240	7.50%	17.17x
5	Williams	7,889	6.41%	8.92x
6	Lewis	4,772	3.88%	14.74x
7	Rees	4,201	3.41%	39.22x
8	Griffiths	2,892	2.35%	14.35x
9	Phillips	2,048	1.66%	9.30x
10	Jenkins	1,892	1.54%	13.04x
11	Richards	1,762	1.43%	9.48x
12	Morris	1,597	1.30%	5.83x
13	Hughes	1,454	1.18%	4.21x
14	Edwards	1,376	1.12%	4.01x
15	Harries	1,361	1.11%	58.76x
16	Morgans	1,360	1.10%	51.18x
17	Bowen	1,310	1.06%	25.73x
18	John	1,300	1.06%	29.20x
19	Lloyd	1,022	0.830%	7.11x
20	Howells	1,002	0.810%	31.89x
21	Roberts	958	0.780%	2.07x
22	Walters	893	0.730%	15.21x
23	Price	843	0.680%	3.91x
24	Harris	508	0.410%	1.62x
25	Owens	466	0.380%	7.62x
26	Samuel	462	0.380%	31.43x
27	Hopkins	402	0.330%	5.42x
28	Daniel	397	0.320%	14.60x
29	Owen	393	0.320%	2.69x
30	Rogers	388	0.320%	2.43x
31	Powell	364	0.300%	2.37x
32	Beynon	362	0.290%	41.16x
33	Anthony	330	0.270%	23.06x
34	Stephens	321	0.260%	4.70x
35	Howell	314	0.260%	6.05x
36	Bevan	308	0.250%	10.22x
37	Charles	289	0.230%	11.36x
38	Reynolds	258	0.210%	2.42x
39	George	243	0.200%	3.36x
40	Llewellyn	237	0.190%	13.18x
41	Nicholas	235	0.190%	9.77x
42	Isaac	224	0.180%	14.51x
43	Treharne	220	0.180%	79.63x
44	Smith	217	0.180%	0.12x
45	Vaughan	207	0.170%	4.93x
46	Harry	182	0.150%	20.40x
47	Parry	179	0.150%	1.91x
48	Daniels	169	0.140%	4.37x
49	Mathias	163	0.130%	21.80x
50	Pugh	159	0.130%	3.38x
51	Rowlands	155	0.130%	5.05x
52	Wilkins	151	0.120%	2.77x
53	Arthur	149	0.120%	5.55x
54	Bassett	145	0.120%	7.55x
55	Protheroe	145	0.120%	46.28x
56	Gravell	138	0.110%	119.03x
57	Roderick	137	0.110%	31.83x
58	Richard	136	0.110%	12.81x
59	Brown	133	0.110%	0.16x
60	David	123	0.100%	9.59x
61	Jeremy	121	0.100%	90.84x
62	Watkins	114	0.090%	1.53x
63	Johns	113	0.090%	3.55x
64	Hugh	112	0.090%	34.40x
65	Wilson	112	0.090%	0.20x
66	Michael	108	0.090%	16.32x
67	Elias	107	0.090%	26.80x
68	Emanuel	106	0.090%	44.84x
69	Edmunds	104	0.080%	6.48x
70	Adams	103	0.080%	0.57x
71	Fisher	103	0.080%	0.71x
72	Perkins	102	0.080%	1.84x
73	Watts	102	0.080%	0.99x
74	Gower	95	0.080%	7.35x
75	Simon	92	0.070%	11.36x
76	White	90	0.070%	0.23x
77	Gibbon	86	0.070%	6.90x
78	Bennett	83	0.070%	0.41x
79	Mainwaring	82	0.070%	17.21x
80	Aubrey	81	0.070%	23.48x
81	King	80	0.070%	0.30x
82	Jacob	79	0.060%	8.25x
83	Lodwick	79	0.060%	71.44x
84	Allen	78	0.060%	0.34x
85	Griffith	78	0.060%	1.94x
86	Perrott	78	0.060%	18.42x
87	Humphreys	76	0.060%	1.75x
88	Saunders	75	0.060%	0.66x
89	Clement	71	0.060%	5.73x
90	Herbert	68	0.060%	1.48x
91	Henry	67	0.050%	2.15x
92	Job	67	0.050%	18.01x
93	Moses	67	0.050%	5.32x
94	Peters	67	0.050%	1.55x
95	Davis	66	0.050%	0.24x
96	Pritchard	64	0.050%	0.97x
97	Oliver	62	0.050%	0.71x
98	Dyer	61	0.050%	1.28x
99	Bonnell	60	0.050%	70.50x
100	Clarke	60	0.050%	0.24x