1881 census county

Flintshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Flintshire 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

2,850 surnames are listed for Flintshire, covering 75,132 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 11,975 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Flintshire

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	11,975	15.25%	13.46x
2	Williams	5,785	7.37%	10.26x
3	Roberts	4,624	5.89%	15.65x
4	Hughes	4,124	5.25%	18.74x
5	Davies	3,983	5.07%	9.97x
6	Evans	2,166	2.76%	6.31x
7	Edwards	1,915	2.44%	8.75x
8	Parry	1,784	2.27%	29.85x
9	Griffiths	1,625	2.07%	12.64x
10	Thomas	1,117	1.42%	3.45x
11	Lloyd	1,116	1.42%	12.17x
12	Ellis	939	1.20%	8.23x
13	Price	921	1.17%	6.70x
14	Lewis	758	0.970%	3.67x
15	Bellis	526	0.670%	117.93x
16	Morris	513	0.650%	2.93x
17	Owens	511	0.650%	13.10x
18	Foulkes	408	0.520%	55.77x
19	Powell	343	0.440%	3.50x
20	Wynne	336	0.430%	44.40x
21	Smith	310	0.390%	0.28x
22	Humphreys	305	0.390%	11.03x
23	Owen	293	0.370%	3.14x
24	Taylor	280	0.360%	0.56x
25	Rowlands	269	0.340%	13.75x
26	Hewitt	254	0.320%	6.64x
27	Rogers	253	0.320%	2.48x
28	Pritchard	251	0.320%	5.94x
29	Pierce	249	0.320%	21.58x
30	Wright	222	0.280%	0.88x
31	Bennett	219	0.280%	1.70x
32	Catherall	215	0.270%	149.63x
33	Peters	213	0.270%	7.73x
34	Blackwell	208	0.260%	14.54x
35	Johnson	199	0.250%	0.75x
36	Shone	198	0.250%	61.94x
37	Millington	185	0.240%	15.56x
38	Hayes	174	0.220%	3.56x
39	Phillips	166	0.210%	1.18x
40	Connah	150	0.190%	254.24x
41	Vaughan	144	0.180%	5.37x
42	Kendrick	136	0.170%	17.99x
43	Harrison	133	0.170%	0.76x
44	Mathews	133	0.170%	4.59x
45	George	126	0.160%	2.73x
46	Lamb	124	0.160%	2.99x
47	Dodd	123	0.160%	3.85x
48	Brown	121	0.150%	0.23x
49	Hopwood	121	0.150%	13.52x
50	Wilson	118	0.150%	0.33x
51	Lee	117	0.150%	0.91x
52	Martin	115	0.150%	0.59x
53	Simon	115	0.150%	22.26x
54	Wainwright	115	0.150%	6.92x
55	Whitley	115	0.150%	17.89x
56	Wilcock	115	0.150%	10.30x
57	Astbury	114	0.150%	31.03x
58	Jenkins	114	0.150%	1.23x
59	Adams	112	0.140%	0.97x
60	Dowell	111	0.140%	28.22x
61	Jackson	110	0.140%	0.50x
62	Griffith	106	0.140%	4.14x
63	Green	105	0.130%	0.47x
64	Harris	105	0.130%	0.53x
65	Pugh	100	0.130%	3.33x
66	Oldfield	99	0.130%	7.63x
67	Bryan	98	0.120%	5.03x
68	Matthews	98	0.120%	1.43x
69	Fox	92	0.120%	1.26x
70	Holland	92	0.120%	1.65x
71	Kelly	92	0.120%	1.07x
72	Vickers	91	0.120%	4.51x
73	Huxley	90	0.110%	25.44x
74	Peers	90	0.110%	19.65x
75	Tudor	89	0.110%	16.85x
76	Goodwin	88	0.110%	2.13x
77	Tattum	87	0.110%	368.64x
78	Conway	86	0.110%	5.85x
79	Piercy	86	0.110%	30.45x
80	Hooson	84	0.110%	54.76x
81	Hill	82	0.100%	0.41x
82	Ames	81	0.100%	14.98x
83	Cooper	81	0.100%	0.42x
84	Beavan	79	0.100%	25.73x
85	Hall	76	0.100%	0.33x
86	Leighton	76	0.100%	9.00x
87	Turner	76	0.100%	0.35x
88	Richardson	75	0.100%	0.56x
89	Thompson	75	0.100%	0.32x
90	Walker	75	0.100%	0.29x
91	Richards	74	0.090%	0.62x
92	Crofts	73	0.090%	11.50x
93	Bartley	71	0.090%	18.80x
94	Iball	71	0.090%	381.52x
95	Barker	70	0.090%	0.68x
96	Probert	70	0.090%	11.30x
97	Collins	69	0.090%	0.61x
98	Weigh	69	0.090%	232.87x
99	Latham	67	0.090%	4.19x
100	Redfern	67	0.090%	6.12x