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 Phelps, with 23 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
201	Phelps	23	0.020%	1.88x
202	Roger	23	0.020%	5.44x
203	Stephen	23	0.020%	1.07x
204	Ebsworth	22	0.020%	19.32x
205	Fuller	22	0.020%	0.44x
206	Gibson	22	0.020%	0.15x
207	Maddox	22	0.020%	3.51x
208	Mathews	22	0.020%	0.48x
209	Philips	22	0.020%	0.96x
210	Chappel	21	0.020%	3.88x
211	Frances	21	0.020%	2.71x
212	Howels	21	0.020%	18.31x
213	Lawrence	21	0.020%	0.26x
214	Meyler	21	0.020%	60.10x
215	Norman	21	0.020%	0.37x
216	Nurse	21	0.020%	3.51x
217	Ray	21	0.020%	0.86x
218	Bona	20	0.020%	91.83x
219	Butler	20	0.020%	0.17x
220	Gwilym	20	0.020%	40.88x
221	Jinkins	20	0.020%	17.19x
222	Law	20	0.020%	0.36x
223	Lockyer	20	0.020%	2.12x
224	Miller	20	0.020%	0.09x
225	Moore	20	0.020%	0.08x
226	Prichard	20	0.020%	1.77x
227	Rodgers	20	0.020%	0.59x
228	Spencer	20	0.020%	0.18x
229	Wales	20	0.020%	2.01x
230	Bright	19	0.020%	0.76x
231	Delany	19	0.020%	9.37x
232	Grey	19	0.020%	0.71x
233	Marshall	19	0.020%	0.09x
234	Matthias	19	0.020%	12.77x
235	Randall	19	0.020%	0.49x
236	Reece	19	0.020%	1.77x
237	Salmon	19	0.020%	0.68x
238	William	19	0.020%	1.81x
239	Willis	19	0.020%	0.29x
240	Wood	19	0.020%	0.05x
241	Banfield	18	0.010%	3.20x
242	Devonald	18	0.010%	16.04x
243	Dicks	18	0.010%	2.99x
244	Esau	18	0.010%	62.57x
245	Footman	18	0.010%	16.77x
246	Henshaw	18	0.010%	1.72x
247	Llewelyn	18	0.010%	4.92x
248	Maliphant	18	0.010%	69.52x
249	Nicholls	18	0.010%	0.28x
250	Peel	18	0.010%	0.81x
251	Reynold	18	0.010%	10.58x
252	Ryan	18	0.010%	0.47x
253	Shankland	18	0.010%	8.20x
254	Timothy	18	0.010%	11.64x
255	Titus	18	0.010%	84.23x
256	Vivian	18	0.010%	3.15x
257	Baker	17	0.010%	0.06x
258	Banks	17	0.010%	0.27x
259	Bevon	17	0.010%	70.07x
260	Chapman	17	0.010%	0.10x
261	Cleaver	17	0.010%	1.63x
262	Cooke	17	0.010%	0.25x
263	Gay	17	0.010%	1.04x
264	Gwyn	17	0.010%	16.88x
265	Henshall	17	0.010%	2.85x
266	Lane	17	0.010%	0.20x
267	Mansel	17	0.010%	20.68x
268	Nevill	17	0.010%	3.78x
269	Summers	17	0.010%	0.49x
270	Voyle	17	0.010%	27.57x
271	Watkin	17	0.010%	1.58x
272	Ashton	16	0.010%	0.27x
273	Bowser	16	0.010%	8.78x
274	Christmas	16	0.010%	2.41x
275	Dudley	16	0.010%	0.87x
276	Harding	16	0.010%	0.18x
277	Holloway	16	0.010%	0.42x
278	Jennings	16	0.010%	0.26x
279	Levy	16	0.010%	1.03x
280	Marsh	16	0.010%	0.18x
281	Nicholl	16	0.010%	2.49x
282	Philpott	16	0.010%	1.70x
283	Prothero	16	0.010%	7.29x
284	Pryor	16	0.010%	1.95x
285	Roach	16	0.010%	0.88x
286	Ross	16	0.010%	0.12x
287	Simpson	16	0.010%	0.07x
288	Stevenson	16	0.010%	0.19x
289	Vaughn	16	0.010%	4.34x
290	Barry	15	0.010%	0.67x
291	Blacker	15	0.010%	3.73x
292	Buckley	15	0.010%	0.22x
293	Carpenter	15	0.010%	0.36x
294	Close	15	0.010%	1.40x
295	Edmund	15	0.010%	11.85x
296	Edward	15	0.010%	1.31x
297	Falconer	15	0.010%	1.02x
298	Harvey	15	0.010%	0.11x
299	Mathew	15	0.010%	3.25x
300	May	15	0.010%	0.19x