1881 census county

Denbighshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Denbighshire 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

2,938 surnames are listed for Denbighshire, covering 106,123 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 19,984 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Denbighshire

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	19,984	18.11%	15.99x
2	Roberts	9,882	8.95%	23.80x
3	Williams	9,474	8.59%	11.95x
4	Davies	7,367	6.68%	13.12x
5	Hughes	5,477	4.96%	17.71x
6	Evans	4,455	4.04%	9.24x
7	Edwards	3,900	3.53%	12.68x
8	Thomas	2,108	1.91%	4.63x
9	Lloyd	1,896	1.72%	14.71x
10	Griffiths	1,726	1.56%	9.56x
11	Parry	1,708	1.55%	20.34x
12	Morris	1,442	1.31%	5.87x
13	Owens	1,055	0.960%	19.25x
14	Price	993	0.900%	5.14x
15	Ellis	992	0.900%	6.19x
16	Rogers	872	0.790%	6.09x
17	Lewis	756	0.690%	2.61x
18	Owen	747	0.680%	5.70x
19	Wynne	554	0.500%	52.09x
20	Pritchard	545	0.490%	9.17x
21	Humphreys	523	0.470%	13.46x
22	Smith	478	0.430%	0.31x
23	Powell	442	0.400%	3.21x
24	Phillips	424	0.380%	2.15x
25	Richards	422	0.380%	2.53x
26	Foulkes	316	0.290%	30.74x
27	Wright	307	0.280%	0.87x
28	Pierce	284	0.260%	17.51x
29	Dodd	281	0.250%	6.26x
30	Griffith	275	0.250%	7.65x
31	Pugh	263	0.240%	6.24x
32	Taylor	253	0.230%	0.36x
33	Bellis	244	0.220%	38.93x
34	Vaughan	219	0.200%	5.82x
35	Harrison	210	0.190%	0.86x
36	Jenkins	190	0.170%	1.46x
37	Rowland	184	0.170%	5.87x
38	Rowlands	176	0.160%	6.40x
39	Jackson	170	0.150%	0.55x
40	Green	161	0.150%	0.52x
41	Salisbury	157	0.140%	14.32x
42	Lee	152	0.140%	0.84x
43	Brown	129	0.120%	0.18x
44	Fisher	129	0.120%	1.00x
45	Johnson	123	0.110%	0.33x
46	Turner	122	0.110%	0.40x
47	Martin	119	0.110%	0.44x
48	Wilson	115	0.100%	0.23x
49	Wynn	115	0.100%	12.02x
50	Bowen	113	0.100%	2.48x
51	Chaloner	113	0.100%	62.33x
52	Mathews	112	0.100%	2.75x
53	Clutton	111	0.100%	54.97x
54	Clarke	109	0.100%	0.49x
55	Kendrick	107	0.100%	10.07x
56	Matthews	104	0.090%	1.08x
57	Meredith	103	0.090%	4.62x
58	Gittins	100	0.090%	14.70x
59	Baker	99	0.090%	0.41x
60	Platt	95	0.090%	3.25x
61	Robinson	94	0.090%	0.27x
62	Davis	93	0.080%	0.38x
63	Kelly	93	0.080%	0.77x
64	Allen	92	0.080%	0.44x
65	Peters	91	0.080%	2.35x
66	Prince	91	0.080%	3.65x
67	Randles	91	0.080%	36.53x
68	Walker	90	0.080%	0.24x
69	Simon	89	0.080%	12.26x
70	Maddocks	85	0.080%	12.61x
71	Tilston	83	0.080%	59.43x
72	Bryan	82	0.070%	2.99x
73	Charles	81	0.070%	3.55x
74	Hanmer	81	0.070%	50.07x
75	Stephens	81	0.070%	1.32x
76	Moss	78	0.070%	1.15x
77	Hall	77	0.070%	0.24x
78	Daniel	75	0.070%	3.08x
79	Shone	72	0.070%	16.03x
80	Phoenix	71	0.060%	48.29x
81	Cooper	70	0.060%	0.26x
82	Harris	70	0.060%	0.25x
83	Matthias	70	0.060%	52.48x
84	Rees	69	0.060%	0.72x
85	Tudor	69	0.060%	9.30x
86	Bailey	68	0.060%	0.41x
87	Huxley	68	0.060%	13.68x
88	Mitchell	66	0.060%	0.29x
89	Goodwin	64	0.060%	1.10x
90	Parker	64	0.060%	0.30x
91	Tunnah	64	0.060%	74.23x
92	Valentine	64	0.060%	4.52x
93	White	64	0.060%	0.18x
94	Blackwell	63	0.060%	3.13x
95	George	63	0.060%	0.97x
96	Povah	62	0.060%	93.49x
97	Carrington	61	0.060%	5.25x
98	Clark	60	0.050%	0.18x
99	Oldfield	60	0.050%	3.29x
100	Stokes	60	0.050%	1.29x