1881 census county

Monmouthshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Monmouthshire 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

6,334 surnames are listed for Monmouthshire, covering 186,854 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 12,502 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Monmouthshire

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	12,502	5.92%	5.23x
2	Williams	9,704	4.59%	6.40x
3	Davies	7,392	3.50%	6.88x
4	Thomas	5,360	2.54%	6.15x
5	Lewis	5,122	2.43%	9.22x
6	Evans	4,825	2.28%	5.23x
7	Price	3,172	1.50%	8.58x
8	Jenkins	2,694	1.28%	10.82x
9	Watkins	2,341	1.11%	18.29x
10	Edwards	2,273	1.08%	3.86x
11	Powell	2,155	1.02%	8.18x
12	Harris	2,053	0.970%	3.83x
13	Phillips	1,994	0.940%	5.28x
14	Griffiths	1,699	0.800%	4.92x
15	Smith	1,699	0.800%	0.57x
16	Rees	1,644	0.780%	8.95x
17	Richards	1,638	0.780%	5.14x
18	Roberts	1,357	0.640%	1.71x
19	Morris	1,192	0.560%	2.54x
20	Lloyd	1,067	0.510%	4.33x
21	Davis	1,063	0.500%	2.29x
22	Hughes	1,061	0.500%	1.79x
23	Brown	978	0.460%	0.70x
24	Pritchard	965	0.460%	8.49x
25	Parry	936	0.440%	5.82x
26	Taylor	881	0.420%	0.65x
27	Howells	770	0.360%	14.29x
28	Bevan	685	0.320%	13.26x
29	Prosser	672	0.320%	20.31x
30	Rogers	606	0.290%	2.21x
31	Walters	606	0.290%	6.02x
32	Baker	598	0.280%	1.29x
33	Hopkins	589	0.280%	4.63x
34	Vaughan	554	0.260%	7.69x
35	White	543	0.260%	0.80x
36	Meredith	541	0.260%	12.68x
37	Waters	539	0.260%	6.35x
38	Edmunds	535	0.250%	19.43x
39	Hill	533	0.250%	0.99x
40	George	494	0.230%	3.99x
41	Stephens	487	0.230%	4.16x
42	Bowen	476	0.230%	5.45x
43	Matthews	463	0.220%	2.51x
44	Miles	455	0.220%	3.65x
45	Pugh	439	0.210%	5.44x
46	Rosser	425	0.200%	27.63x
47	Collins	404	0.190%	1.33x
48	Cook	387	0.180%	0.92x
49	Adams	381	0.180%	1.22x
50	Rowlands	372	0.180%	7.07x
51	Parker	369	0.170%	0.92x
52	Young	369	0.170%	0.81x
53	Webb	360	0.170%	1.26x
54	Green	348	0.160%	0.59x
55	Nicholas	348	0.160%	8.44x
56	Saunders	346	0.160%	1.79x
57	Hall	345	0.160%	0.56x
58	Probert	337	0.160%	20.23x
59	Turner	326	0.150%	0.55x
60	Llewellyn	325	0.150%	10.54x
61	Pearce	324	0.150%	1.67x
62	Allen	317	0.150%	0.79x
63	Clark	316	0.150%	0.50x
64	Moore	312	0.150%	0.74x
65	Tucker	308	0.150%	2.64x
66	Mathews	307	0.150%	3.94x
67	Cox	305	0.140%	0.95x
68	Martin	294	0.140%	0.57x
69	Carter	290	0.140%	0.82x
70	Herbert	289	0.140%	3.66x
71	Murphy	280	0.130%	1.66x
72	John	278	0.130%	3.64x
73	Fisher	277	0.130%	1.12x
74	Parsons	275	0.130%	1.71x
75	Johnson	272	0.130%	0.38x
76	King	267	0.130%	0.58x
77	Harries	264	0.130%	6.64x
78	Owens	261	0.120%	2.49x
79	Harvey	260	0.120%	1.15x
80	Charles	256	0.120%	5.87x
81	Bennett	255	0.120%	0.73x
82	Owen	249	0.120%	0.99x
83	West	249	0.120%	1.22x
84	Arnold	247	0.120%	2.17x
85	Watts	247	0.120%	1.39x
86	Howell	244	0.120%	2.74x
87	Cooper	241	0.110%	0.47x
88	Reed	240	0.110%	1.56x
89	Ford	239	0.110%	1.16x
90	Lawrence	236	0.110%	1.72x
91	Lane	235	0.110%	1.61x
92	Johns	233	0.110%	4.27x
93	Daniel	230	0.110%	4.93x
94	Cole	229	0.110%	1.19x
95	Knight	229	0.110%	0.88x
96	Hodges	225	0.110%	3.63x
97	Hale	224	0.110%	2.96x
98	Harding	221	0.100%	1.45x
99	Lee	221	0.100%	0.64x
100	Payne	221	0.100%	1.16x