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 Carpenter, with 218 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
101	Carpenter	218	0.100%	3.01x
102	Hawkins	217	0.100%	1.42x
103	Donovan	216	0.100%	6.43x
104	Edmonds	216	0.100%	5.35x
105	Marsh	216	0.100%	1.43x
106	Reece	216	0.100%	11.71x
107	Clarke	213	0.100%	0.50x
108	Long	212	0.100%	1.55x
109	Bailey	204	0.100%	0.64x
110	Andrews	200	0.090%	0.99x
111	Palmer	199	0.090%	0.80x
112	Perkins	199	0.090%	2.09x
113	Parfitt	197	0.090%	12.77x
114	Hunt	192	0.090%	0.68x
115	Gough	191	0.090%	3.08x
116	Samuel	188	0.090%	7.46x
117	Moses	186	0.090%	8.61x
118	Barrett	184	0.090%	1.30x
119	Brooks	184	0.090%	0.89x
120	Barry	182	0.090%	4.77x
121	Hobbs	182	0.090%	2.37x
122	Bryant	181	0.090%	2.01x
123	Hayes	181	0.090%	1.38x
124	Hicks	178	0.080%	2.01x
125	Hoskins	178	0.080%	8.64x
126	Wheeler	177	0.080%	1.39x
127	Gunter	176	0.080%	23.75x
128	Wood	174	0.080%	0.26x
129	Mahoney	173	0.080%	7.66x
130	Preece	169	0.080%	4.92x
131	Weeks	169	0.080%	3.74x
132	Pope	166	0.080%	2.28x
133	Ellis	165	0.080%	0.54x
134	Thompson	165	0.080%	0.26x
135	Kelly	163	0.080%	0.70x
136	Mills	163	0.080%	0.60x
137	Stone	163	0.080%	1.07x
138	Scott	160	0.080%	0.30x
139	Jordan	159	0.080%	1.70x
140	Day	158	0.070%	0.79x
141	Jeffries	155	0.070%	5.85x
142	Robins	155	0.070%	3.46x
143	Fitzgerald	153	0.070%	4.14x
144	Gould	153	0.070%	2.00x
145	Mason	153	0.070%	0.54x
146	Jackson	152	0.070%	0.26x
147	Stevens	149	0.070%	0.68x
148	Gardner	148	0.070%	1.03x
149	Reynolds	148	0.070%	0.81x
150	Sheppard	148	0.070%	2.02x
151	Simmonds	147	0.070%	2.61x
152	Leonard	146	0.070%	3.19x
153	Robinson	146	0.070%	0.22x
154	Fry	144	0.070%	2.13x
155	Wilcox	144	0.070%	3.62x
156	Walker	143	0.070%	0.20x
157	Newman	142	0.070%	0.90x
158	Tovey	142	0.070%	11.47x
159	Dando	139	0.070%	17.81x
160	Prichard	139	0.070%	7.17x
161	Wilkins	139	0.070%	1.49x
162	Holmes	138	0.070%	0.54x
163	Morgans	138	0.070%	3.03x
164	Hayward	137	0.060%	1.52x
165	Rowland	137	0.060%	2.28x
166	Ryan	137	0.060%	2.09x
167	Wall	137	0.060%	1.86x
168	Curtis	136	0.060%	1.13x
169	Dunn	136	0.060%	0.77x
170	Harrington	136	0.060%	3.39x
171	Wilson	136	0.060%	0.14x
172	Beynon	135	0.060%	8.95x
173	Oliver	135	0.060%	0.90x
174	Roach	135	0.060%	4.34x
175	Harry	134	0.060%	8.76x
176	Russell	134	0.060%	0.52x
177	Barnes	133	0.060%	0.52x
178	Wright	133	0.060%	0.20x
179	Giles	132	0.060%	1.64x
180	Jeremiah	132	0.060%	54.42x
181	Ball	131	0.060%	0.75x
182	Spencer	131	0.060%	0.68x
183	Bird	130	0.060%	0.81x
184	Brace	130	0.060%	10.72x
185	Brewer	130	0.060%	2.32x
186	Anthony	129	0.060%	5.26x
187	Maggs	129	0.060%	9.11x
188	Sims	129	0.060%	2.04x
189	Summers	128	0.060%	2.16x
190	Richardson	127	0.060%	0.35x
191	Farr	126	0.060%	4.02x
192	Fox	125	0.060%	0.64x
193	Bond	124	0.060%	1.11x
194	Driscoll	124	0.060%	5.28x
195	Hart	124	0.060%	0.69x
196	Langley	124	0.060%	2.68x
197	Walsh	123	0.060%	1.09x
198	Higgins	122	0.060%	1.14x
199	Poole	122	0.060%	1.20x
200	Berry	121	0.060%	0.72x