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 Messham, with 65 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
101	Messham	65	0.080%	187.81x
102	Parker	65	0.080%	0.44x
103	Brooks	64	0.080%	0.83x
104	Butler	64	0.080%	0.84x
105	Robinson	64	0.080%	0.26x
106	Bagshaw	63	0.080%	10.05x
107	Bevan	63	0.080%	3.28x
108	Nuttall	63	0.080%	3.18x
109	Davison	62	0.080%	2.21x
110	Gittins	62	0.080%	12.81x
111	Holmes	61	0.080%	0.64x
112	Pickering	61	0.080%	2.15x
113	Shaw	61	0.080%	0.42x
114	Burrows	60	0.080%	1.75x
115	Coppack	60	0.080%	107.93x
116	Moore	60	0.080%	0.38x
117	Dutton	59	0.080%	3.32x
118	Meredith	59	0.080%	3.72x
119	Reece	59	0.080%	8.60x
120	Bell	58	0.070%	0.39x
121	Bithell	58	0.070%	51.32x
122	Edge	57	0.070%	4.21x
123	Thornton	57	0.070%	1.44x
124	Clarke	56	0.070%	0.35x
125	Dunn	54	0.070%	0.83x
126	Bithel	53	0.070%	139.40x
127	Langford	53	0.070%	4.29x
128	Hunt	52	0.070%	0.50x
129	Amos	51	0.060%	3.95x
130	Brookes	51	0.060%	2.77x
131	Clark	51	0.060%	0.22x
132	Dykins	51	0.060%	173.71x
133	Saunders	50	0.060%	0.69x
134	Durkin	49	0.060%	14.30x
135	Littler	49	0.060%	9.40x
136	Mitchell	49	0.060%	0.31x
137	Parsonage	49	0.060%	24.62x
138	Watson	49	0.060%	0.27x
139	Rees	48	0.060%	0.70x
140	Ward	48	0.060%	0.28x
141	Denman	47	0.060%	13.44x
142	Fletcher	47	0.060%	0.52x
143	Profit	47	0.060%	98.49x
144	Young	47	0.060%	0.28x
145	Allen	46	0.060%	0.31x
146	Humphries	46	0.060%	2.60x
147	Smallwood	46	0.060%	6.35x
148	Blythin	45	0.060%	217.29x
149	Luke	45	0.060%	5.89x
150	Chesters	44	0.060%	19.35x
151	Manley	44	0.060%	5.00x
152	Newton	44	0.060%	0.73x
153	Rigby	44	0.060%	1.93x
154	Savage	44	0.060%	1.46x
155	Barlow	43	0.050%	1.01x
156	Bradley	43	0.050%	0.68x
157	Moores	43	0.050%	6.62x
158	Reynolds	43	0.050%	0.63x
159	Woodward	43	0.050%	1.11x
160	Beckett	42	0.050%	2.68x
161	Birks	42	0.050%	8.07x
162	Hollins	42	0.050%	10.21x
163	Hough	42	0.050%	3.11x
164	Ingman	42	0.050%	97.09x
165	Ball	41	0.050%	0.63x
166	Eaton	41	0.050%	1.86x
167	Gallagher	41	0.050%	3.44x
168	Stanley	41	0.050%	1.36x
169	Watkin	41	0.050%	5.97x
170	Knight	40	0.050%	0.41x
171	Mcdonald	40	0.050%	6.27x
172	Salisbury	40	0.050%	5.13x
173	Anwyl	39	0.050%	84.53x
174	Birch	39	0.050%	1.21x
175	Carr	39	0.050%	0.69x
176	Davidson	39	0.050%	0.59x
177	Fisher	39	0.050%	0.42x
178	Prichard	39	0.050%	5.41x
179	Ratcliffe	39	0.050%	1.80x
180	Bradshaw	38	0.050%	1.18x
181	Kenney	38	0.050%	8.79x
182	Maddocks	38	0.050%	7.92x
183	Molyneux	38	0.050%	6.34x
184	Spencer	38	0.050%	0.53x
185	Warburton	38	0.050%	1.96x
186	Whitfield	38	0.050%	2.42x
187	Harper	37	0.050%	0.74x
188	Howell	37	0.050%	1.12x
189	Stealey	37	0.050%	231.39x
190	Ankers	36	0.050%	18.38x
191	Gibbons	36	0.050%	1.43x
192	Hopkins	36	0.050%	0.76x
193	Mather	36	0.050%	1.85x
194	Murphy	36	0.050%	0.57x
195	Nield	36	0.050%	6.68x
196	Bateman	35	0.040%	1.72x
197	Cunnah	35	0.040%	103.49x
198	Rowland	35	0.040%	1.57x
199	Wood	35	0.040%	0.14x
200	Hallows	34	0.040%	22.05x