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 Meredith, with 430 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
101	Meredith	430	0.080%	4.18x
102	Reed	422	0.080%	1.14x
103	Ford	421	0.080%	0.85x
104	Butler	418	0.080%	0.84x
105	Gibbs	417	0.080%	1.67x
106	Webb	413	0.080%	0.60x
107	Webber	407	0.080%	2.62x
108	Driscoll	405	0.080%	7.15x
109	Perkins	402	0.080%	1.76x
110	Hall	397	0.080%	0.27x
111	Treharne	395	0.080%	34.61x
112	Lee	387	0.080%	0.47x
113	King	386	0.080%	0.35x
114	Mills	384	0.080%	0.58x
115	Bailey	383	0.080%	0.50x
116	Gibbon	379	0.070%	7.36x
117	Hayes	379	0.070%	1.20x
118	Clark	376	0.070%	0.25x
119	Anthony	371	0.070%	6.28x
120	Herbert	371	0.070%	1.95x
121	Mainwaring	363	0.070%	18.44x
122	Fisher	354	0.070%	0.59x
123	Michael	354	0.070%	12.94x
124	Thompson	350	0.070%	0.23x
125	Elias	348	0.070%	21.10x
126	Humphreys	348	0.070%	1.94x
127	Parsons	348	0.070%	0.90x
128	Hawkins	342	0.070%	0.93x
129	Hunt	341	0.070%	0.50x
130	Payne	340	0.070%	0.74x
131	Gould	323	0.060%	1.76x
132	Cooper	320	0.060%	0.26x
133	Grant	318	0.060%	0.63x
134	Austin	314	0.060%	1.26x
135	Russell	314	0.060%	0.51x
136	Sims	314	0.060%	2.06x
137	Brooks	309	0.060%	0.62x
138	Wilkins	309	0.060%	1.37x
139	Andrews	307	0.060%	0.63x
140	Lawrence	307	0.060%	0.93x
141	Miller	307	0.060%	0.34x
142	Welsh	303	0.060%	1.50x
143	Mahoney	302	0.060%	5.55x
144	Ward	302	0.060%	0.27x
145	Day	299	0.060%	0.62x
146	Carter	296	0.060%	0.35x
147	Knight	290	0.060%	0.46x
148	Ball	289	0.060%	0.69x
149	Ryan	289	0.060%	1.83x
150	Waters	289	0.060%	1.41x
151	Arnold	288	0.060%	1.05x
152	Rowland	285	0.060%	1.97x
153	Hooper	284	0.060%	1.32x
154	Lane	282	0.060%	0.80x
155	Gray	280	0.060%	0.39x
156	Meyrick	279	0.050%	20.92x
157	Wood	278	0.050%	0.17x
158	Eynon	274	0.050%	18.96x
159	Robinson	271	0.050%	0.17x
160	Harvey	270	0.050%	0.50x
161	Nicholls	270	0.050%	1.02x
162	Bishop	267	0.050%	0.75x
163	Hicks	267	0.050%	1.25x
164	Scott	266	0.050%	0.21x
165	Wright	266	0.050%	0.16x
166	Curtis	265	0.050%	0.92x
167	Long	264	0.050%	0.80x
168	Abraham	263	0.050%	5.24x
169	Harrison	263	0.050%	0.23x
170	Arthur	260	0.050%	2.35x
171	Power	259	0.050%	3.80x
172	Coleman	258	0.050%	1.02x
173	Stevens	257	0.050%	0.48x
174	Mathias	256	0.050%	8.29x
175	Norman	256	0.050%	1.09x
176	Mort	255	0.050%	10.39x
177	Fry	254	0.050%	1.56x
178	Grey	254	0.050%	2.30x
179	Bird	247	0.050%	0.64x
180	Crowley	246	0.050%	7.50x
181	Peters	243	0.050%	1.36x
182	Elliott	241	0.050%	0.56x
183	Dunn	240	0.050%	0.57x
184	Kelly	239	0.050%	0.43x
185	Shea	239	0.050%	7.00x
186	Dyer	238	0.050%	1.21x
187	Walker	238	0.050%	0.14x
188	Stone	233	0.050%	0.63x
189	Chapman	231	0.050%	0.32x
190	Howard	231	0.050%	0.46x
191	Fitzgerald	229	0.050%	2.57x
192	Hurley	229	0.050%	3.86x
193	Ace	223	0.040%	51.69x
194	Giles	223	0.040%	1.15x
195	Ashton	221	0.040%	0.89x
196	Jenkin	220	0.040%	5.48x
197	Leary	220	0.040%	4.79x
198	Protheroe	220	0.040%	17.00x
199	Moses	219	0.040%	4.21x
200	Poole	219	0.040%	0.89x