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 Tamplin, with 121 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
201	Tamplin	121	0.060%	39.72x
202	Gale	120	0.060%	1.90x
203	Miller	120	0.060%	0.32x
204	Holland	119	0.060%	0.79x
205	Purnell	119	0.060%	10.74x
206	Bartlett	118	0.060%	1.28x
207	Collier	118	0.060%	1.67x
208	Gilbert	118	0.060%	0.98x
209	Porter	117	0.060%	0.74x
210	Stokes	117	0.060%	1.31x
211	Bishop	116	0.050%	0.79x
212	Dyer	116	0.050%	1.42x
213	Chivers	115	0.050%	6.17x
214	Crowley	115	0.050%	8.45x
215	Gibbs	115	0.050%	1.11x
216	Waite	114	0.050%	2.60x
217	Griffin	111	0.050%	1.12x
218	Webber	111	0.050%	1.72x
219	Woods	110	0.050%	0.83x
220	Brian	109	0.050%	11.06x
221	Protheroe	108	0.050%	20.10x
222	Reardon	108	0.050%	11.67x
223	Regan	108	0.050%	4.99x
224	Ward	108	0.050%	0.23x
225	Marshall	107	0.050%	0.30x
226	Dixon	106	0.050%	0.46x
227	Shea	106	0.050%	7.47x
228	Chapman	105	0.050%	0.35x
229	Coleman	105	0.050%	1.00x
230	Dix	105	0.050%	5.04x
231	Hurley	105	0.050%	4.26x
232	Arthur	104	0.050%	2.26x
233	Cooke	102	0.050%	0.88x
234	Daniels	101	0.050%	1.52x
235	Higgs	101	0.050%	2.62x
236	Hooper	101	0.050%	1.13x
237	Welsh	101	0.050%	1.21x
238	Christopher	100	0.050%	8.05x
239	Lynch	100	0.050%	1.79x
240	Shaw	100	0.050%	0.26x
241	Davey	99	0.050%	1.14x
242	Jarrett	99	0.050%	5.11x
243	Sheen	99	0.050%	7.02x
244	Campbell	98	0.050%	0.27x
245	Crockett	98	0.050%	9.86x
246	Baldwin	97	0.050%	1.08x
247	Butler	97	0.050%	0.47x
248	Gray	97	0.050%	0.32x
249	Hillier	97	0.050%	3.41x
250	Watson	97	0.050%	0.20x
251	Buckley	96	0.050%	0.84x
252	Garrett	96	0.050%	2.00x
253	Harper	96	0.050%	0.71x
254	Michael	96	0.050%	8.46x
255	Ashman	95	0.050%	6.93x
256	David	95	0.050%	4.32x
257	Elliott	95	0.050%	0.53x
258	Haines	95	0.050%	1.94x
259	Bateman	94	0.040%	1.72x
260	Brain	94	0.040%	4.15x
261	Short	94	0.040%	1.14x
262	Wallace	94	0.040%	0.65x
263	Chappell	93	0.040%	2.61x
264	Drew	93	0.040%	1.67x
265	Warren	93	0.040%	0.66x
266	Weaver	93	0.040%	1.69x
267	Barton	92	0.040%	0.81x
268	Challenger	92	0.040%	21.85x
269	Phelps	92	0.040%	4.39x
270	Smart	91	0.040%	0.95x
271	Wilks	91	0.040%	2.74x
272	Mitchell	89	0.040%	0.21x
273	Mogford	89	0.040%	23.33x
274	Barnett	87	0.040%	0.91x
275	Griffith	87	0.040%	1.26x
276	Bryan	86	0.040%	1.64x
277	Dobbs	86	0.040%	6.03x
278	Horton	86	0.040%	1.10x
279	Duffield	85	0.040%	4.64x
280	Tyler	85	0.040%	1.36x
281	Barber	84	0.040%	0.66x
282	Bright	84	0.040%	1.97x
283	Hillman	84	0.040%	4.62x
284	Groves	83	0.040%	1.40x
285	May	83	0.040%	0.62x
286	Read	82	0.040%	0.60x
287	Casey	81	0.040%	2.60x
288	Everson	81	0.040%	11.79x
289	Blackmore	80	0.040%	2.63x
290	Power	80	0.040%	2.83x
291	Chambers	79	0.040%	0.66x
292	Freeman	79	0.040%	0.59x
293	Gay	79	0.040%	2.81x
294	Norman	79	0.040%	0.81x
295	Coombs	78	0.040%	2.18x
296	Flower	78	0.040%	3.78x
297	Pask	78	0.040%	13.72x
298	Humphries	77	0.040%	1.62x
299	Llewellin	77	0.040%	21.75x
300	Lyons	77	0.040%	1.64x