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 Shepherd, with 219 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
201	Shepherd	219	0.040%	0.59x
202	Jeffreys	218	0.040%	7.20x
203	Davey	217	0.040%	1.04x
204	Hobbs	215	0.040%	1.16x
205	May	214	0.040%	0.66x
206	Barnett	213	0.040%	0.93x
207	Warren	212	0.040%	0.62x
208	Burgess	211	0.040%	0.60x
209	Bond	210	0.040%	0.78x
210	Howe	210	0.040%	1.05x
211	Jackson	207	0.040%	0.15x
212	Phillip	207	0.040%	8.01x
213	Beer	206	0.040%	2.53x
214	Philips	205	0.040%	2.18x
215	Lynch	202	0.040%	1.51x
216	Oliver	202	0.040%	0.56x
217	Bell	201	0.040%	0.21x
218	Bartlett	200	0.040%	0.90x
219	Hart	200	0.040%	0.46x
220	Regan	200	0.040%	3.83x
221	Gronow	199	0.040%	38.93x
222	Marshall	198	0.040%	0.23x
223	Grove	195	0.040%	3.28x
224	Osborne	195	0.040%	0.80x
225	Short	195	0.040%	0.98x
226	Bassett	193	0.040%	2.43x
227	Barrett	192	0.040%	0.56x
228	Holland	192	0.040%	0.53x
229	Tanner	189	0.040%	1.66x
230	Flynn	188	0.040%	1.93x
231	Willis	188	0.040%	0.70x
232	Henry	187	0.040%	1.45x
233	Bowden	186	0.040%	1.27x
234	Lock	185	0.040%	1.28x
235	Mason	184	0.040%	0.27x
236	Murray	184	0.040%	0.29x
237	Newman	182	0.040%	0.48x
238	Stokes	180	0.040%	0.84x
239	Walsh	180	0.040%	0.66x
240	Foley	179	0.040%	2.79x
241	Gilbert	179	0.040%	0.62x
242	Atkins	177	0.030%	0.93x
243	Burns	177	0.030%	0.52x
244	Roach	177	0.030%	2.36x
245	Lyons	176	0.030%	1.55x
246	West	176	0.030%	0.36x
247	Burton	175	0.030%	0.40x
248	Hodges	175	0.030%	1.17x
249	Collier	172	0.030%	1.01x
250	Havard	172	0.030%	13.08x
251	Buckley	171	0.030%	0.62x
252	Marsh	171	0.030%	0.47x
253	Aubrey	169	0.030%	11.86x
254	Thorne	168	0.030%	1.57x
255	Watkin	168	0.030%	3.77x
256	Griffin	167	0.030%	0.70x
257	Phelps	167	0.030%	3.31x
258	Benjamin	166	0.030%	6.22x
259	Harrington	166	0.030%	1.72x
260	Summers	165	0.030%	1.16x
261	Mccarthy	164	0.030%	6.72x
262	Pike	164	0.030%	1.11x
263	Berry	163	0.030%	0.40x
264	Lougher	163	0.030%	52.73x
265	Sutton	163	0.030%	0.50x
266	Eaton	162	0.030%	1.14x
267	Dennis	161	0.030%	1.07x
268	Humphrey	160	0.030%	1.18x
269	Prichard	159	0.030%	3.40x
270	Fox	156	0.030%	0.33x
271	Maddock	156	0.030%	3.36x
272	Marks	155	0.030%	1.49x
273	Hayward	154	0.030%	0.71x
274	Daniels	152	0.030%	0.95x
275	Fletcher	152	0.030%	0.26x
276	Hoskins	151	0.030%	3.04x
277	Lake	151	0.030%	1.34x
278	Watson	151	0.030%	0.13x
279	Cousins	149	0.030%	1.63x
280	Holmes	149	0.030%	0.24x
281	Mordecai	149	0.030%	40.43x
282	Cooke	148	0.030%	0.53x
283	Daley	148	0.030%	2.47x
284	Bryan	146	0.030%	1.16x
285	Haines	146	0.030%	1.24x
286	Morse	146	0.030%	3.13x
287	Foster	145	0.030%	0.21x
288	Freeman	145	0.030%	0.45x
289	Wheeler	145	0.030%	0.47x
290	Spencer	144	0.030%	0.31x
291	Carpenter	143	0.030%	0.82x
292	Gale	143	0.030%	0.94x
293	Kinsey	143	0.030%	4.29x
294	Porter	142	0.030%	0.37x
295	Gough	139	0.030%	0.93x
296	Ware	139	0.030%	1.66x
297	Gordon	138	0.030%	0.43x
298	Leonard	138	0.030%	1.25x
299	Preece	138	0.030%	1.67x
300	England	137	0.030%	1.31x