1881 census county

Glamorgan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Glamorgan 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

9,488 surnames are listed for Glamorgan, covering 455,631 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 31,945 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Glamorgan

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	31,945	6.28%	5.55x
2	Davies	31,186	6.13%	12.05x
3	Thomas	27,654	5.44%	13.17x
4	Williams	25,890	5.09%	7.09x
5	Evans	19,139	3.76%	8.61x
6	Lewis	13,453	2.64%	10.06x
7	Rees	11,657	2.29%	26.34x
8	Jenkins	8,973	1.76%	14.97x
9	Griffiths	7,434	1.46%	8.93x
10	John	5,867	1.15%	31.90x
11	Richards	5,758	1.13%	7.50x
12	Phillips	5,289	1.04%	5.81x
13	Edwards	5,170	1.02%	3.65x
14	Harris	3,966	0.780%	3.07x
15	Hughes	3,896	0.770%	2.73x
16	Price	3,832	0.750%	4.30x
17	Morris	3,699	0.730%	3.27x
18	Roberts	3,423	0.670%	1.79x
19	Powell	2,898	0.570%	4.57x
20	Smith	2,744	0.540%	0.38x
21	Howells	2,578	0.510%	19.86x
22	Hopkins	2,562	0.500%	8.36x
23	Lloyd	2,516	0.490%	4.24x
24	Bowen	2,375	0.470%	11.29x
25	Bevan	2,022	0.400%	16.25x
26	Watkins	2,019	0.400%	6.55x
27	David	2,003	0.390%	37.82x
28	Llewellyn	1,992	0.390%	26.82x
29	Davis	1,836	0.360%	1.64x
30	Owen	1,768	0.350%	2.93x
31	Morgans	1,733	0.340%	15.79x
32	Walters	1,684	0.330%	6.94x
33	Brown	1,353	0.270%	0.40x
34	George	1,313	0.260%	4.40x
35	Howell	1,288	0.250%	6.01x
36	Taylor	1,233	0.240%	0.38x
37	Harries	1,174	0.230%	12.27x
38	Hill	1,113	0.220%	0.86x
39	Parry	1,066	0.210%	2.75x
40	Rosser	1,062	0.210%	28.67x
41	Hopkin	1,044	0.210%	26.54x
42	Owens	1,033	0.200%	4.09x
43	Stephens	1,018	0.200%	3.61x
44	Rowlands	1,013	0.200%	7.99x
45	Collins	1,011	0.200%	1.39x
46	Beynon	951	0.190%	26.18x
47	Rogers	897	0.180%	1.36x
48	Matthews	890	0.180%	2.01x
49	White	871	0.170%	0.53x
50	Mathews	829	0.160%	4.41x
51	Daniel	826	0.160%	7.35x
52	Miles	826	0.160%	2.75x
53	Samuel	811	0.160%	13.36x
54	Baker	782	0.150%	0.70x
55	Martin	750	0.150%	0.60x
56	Tucker	747	0.150%	2.65x
57	Allen	715	0.140%	0.74x
58	Nicholas	699	0.140%	7.04x
59	Edmunds	679	0.130%	10.24x
60	Parker	667	0.130%	0.69x
61	Murphy	650	0.130%	1.60x
62	Reynolds	644	0.130%	1.46x
63	Johns	643	0.130%	4.90x
64	Griffith	634	0.120%	3.83x
65	Donovan	630	0.120%	7.79x
66	Watts	623	0.120%	1.46x
67	Charles	621	0.120%	5.91x
68	Harry	618	0.120%	16.77x
69	Llewelyn	616	0.120%	40.79x
70	Vaughan	614	0.120%	3.54x
71	Bennett	611	0.120%	0.73x
72	Isaac	611	0.120%	9.58x
73	Prosser	590	0.120%	7.40x
74	Adams	582	0.110%	0.78x
75	Pugh	580	0.110%	2.98x
76	Cook	559	0.110%	0.55x
77	Bryant	558	0.110%	2.57x
78	Clarke	554	0.110%	0.54x
79	Green	552	0.110%	0.39x
80	Joseph	552	0.110%	13.38x
81	Leyshon	521	0.100%	43.94x
82	Ellis	508	0.100%	0.69x
83	Cole	501	0.100%	1.08x
84	Richard	495	0.100%	11.29x
85	Cox	493	0.100%	0.64x
86	Mitchell	490	0.100%	0.47x
87	Johnson	484	0.100%	0.28x
88	Harding	482	0.090%	1.31x
89	Moore	480	0.090%	0.47x
90	Saunders	480	0.090%	1.03x
91	Pearce	473	0.090%	1.01x
92	Roderick	473	0.090%	26.60x
93	Clement	472	0.090%	9.21x
94	Pritchard	471	0.090%	1.72x
95	William	456	0.090%	10.50x
96	Young	455	0.090%	0.42x
97	Palmer	452	0.090%	0.75x
98	Barry	446	0.090%	4.85x
99	Turner	446	0.090%	0.32x
100	Wilson	440	0.090%	0.19x