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 Simmons, with 77 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
301	Simmons	77	0.040%	0.89x
302	Atkins	76	0.040%	0.96x
303	Booth	76	0.040%	0.36x
304	Jacob	76	0.040%	4.63x
305	Lambert	76	0.040%	0.66x
306	Tanner	76	0.040%	1.60x
307	Beavan	75	0.040%	9.08x
308	Frost	75	0.040%	0.63x
309	Harrison	75	0.040%	0.16x
310	Pitman	75	0.040%	3.89x
311	Wells	75	0.040%	0.43x
312	Willis	75	0.040%	0.67x
313	Beach	74	0.040%	3.68x
314	Daley	74	0.040%	2.98x
315	Gibbon	74	0.040%	3.46x
316	Hiley	74	0.040%	13.75x
317	Joseph	74	0.040%	4.32x
318	Light	74	0.040%	3.80x
319	Orchard	74	0.040%	3.30x
320	Baylis	73	0.030%	3.29x
321	Burke	73	0.030%	1.17x
322	Burton	73	0.030%	0.41x
323	French	73	0.030%	0.71x
324	Gardener	73	0.030%	1.93x
325	Jayne	73	0.030%	36.84x
326	Woodward	73	0.030%	0.70x
327	Burgess	72	0.030%	0.49x
328	Butcher	72	0.030%	0.81x
329	Foley	72	0.030%	2.71x
330	Madley	72	0.030%	42.02x
331	Padfield	72	0.030%	12.94x
332	Pitt	72	0.030%	1.60x
333	Pullin	72	0.030%	9.60x
334	Wills	72	0.030%	1.14x
335	Elias	71	0.030%	10.37x
336	Fletcher	71	0.030%	0.29x
337	Gane	71	0.030%	11.87x
338	Leary	71	0.030%	3.72x
339	Llewelyn	71	0.030%	11.33x
340	Reese	71	0.030%	14.34x
341	Vaughn	71	0.030%	11.22x
342	Addis	70	0.030%	9.69x
343	Carey	70	0.030%	1.76x
344	Peters	70	0.030%	0.95x
345	Pring	70	0.030%	7.25x
346	Wiltshire	70	0.030%	2.48x
347	William	69	0.030%	3.83x
348	Wyatt	69	0.030%	1.11x
349	Anderson	68	0.030%	0.16x
350	Bell	68	0.030%	0.17x
351	Biggs	68	0.030%	1.71x
352	Dowling	68	0.030%	2.91x
353	Moss	68	0.030%	0.52x
354	Prothero	68	0.030%	18.06x
355	Sadler	68	0.030%	1.37x
356	Abraham	67	0.030%	3.22x
357	Aubrey	67	0.030%	11.32x
358	Manship	67	0.030%	34.30x
359	Winstone	67	0.030%	12.06x
360	Bath	66	0.030%	4.17x
361	Beacham	66	0.030%	11.20x
362	Crane	66	0.030%	1.48x
363	Dowle	66	0.030%	20.48x
364	House	66	0.030%	2.40x
365	Jacobs	66	0.030%	1.30x
366	Murray	66	0.030%	0.25x
367	England	65	0.030%	1.49x
368	Farmer	65	0.030%	0.98x
369	Hook	65	0.030%	2.08x
370	Stockham	65	0.030%	23.16x
371	Duggan	64	0.030%	3.96x
372	Leyshon	64	0.030%	13.00x
373	Sutton	64	0.030%	0.48x
374	Ware	64	0.030%	1.84x
375	Boulton	63	0.030%	1.66x
376	Foster	63	0.030%	0.22x
377	Nicholls	63	0.030%	0.57x
378	Slade	63	0.030%	1.50x
379	Workman	63	0.030%	4.53x
380	Beard	62	0.030%	1.12x
381	Benjamin	62	0.030%	5.60x
382	Dew	62	0.030%	5.04x
383	Franklin	62	0.030%	0.88x
384	Meyrick	62	0.030%	11.20x
385	Norris	62	0.030%	0.68x
386	Rodway	62	0.030%	9.34x
387	Roper	62	0.030%	1.41x
388	Crump	61	0.030%	2.67x
389	Goodwin	61	0.030%	0.55x
390	Humphreys	61	0.030%	0.82x
391	Morton	61	0.030%	0.54x
392	Weston	61	0.030%	0.71x
393	Whitney	61	0.030%	5.56x
394	Winter	61	0.030%	0.81x
395	Yeates	61	0.030%	5.23x
396	Amos	60	0.030%	1.73x
397	Ashton	60	0.030%	0.58x
398	Brimble	60	0.030%	16.65x
399	Browning	60	0.030%	1.40x
400	Highley	60	0.030%	17.69x