1881 census county

Montgomeryshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Montgomeryshire 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

1,691 surnames are listed for Montgomeryshire, covering 63,418 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 9,739 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Montgomeryshire

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	9,739	14.55%	12.85x
2	Evans	5,262	7.86%	17.99x
3	Davies	4,846	7.24%	14.23x
4	Williams	2,909	4.35%	6.05x
5	Owen	1,641	2.45%	20.65x
6	Roberts	1,638	2.45%	6.50x
7	Lewis	1,613	2.41%	9.16x
8	Morris	1,588	2.37%	10.66x
9	Hughes	1,548	2.31%	8.25x
10	Thomas	1,541	2.30%	5.58x
11	Edwards	1,376	2.06%	7.38x
12	Lloyd	1,123	1.68%	14.37x
13	Griffiths	1,097	1.64%	10.01x
14	Humphreys	994	1.48%	42.17x
15	Pugh	778	1.16%	30.42x
16	Pryce	669	1.00%	209.00x
17	Richards	666	0.990%	6.59x
18	Owens	521	0.780%	15.67x
19	Rowlands	519	0.780%	31.12x
20	Parry	471	0.700%	9.24x
21	Hamer	456	0.680%	36.38x
22	Rees	448	0.670%	7.69x
23	Ellis	387	0.580%	3.98x
24	Brown	343	0.510%	0.78x
25	Watkin	334	0.500%	57.01x
26	Price	314	0.470%	2.68x
27	Morgans	308	0.460%	21.32x
28	Gittins	284	0.420%	68.83x
29	Rogers	279	0.420%	3.21x
30	Mills	269	0.400%	3.10x
31	Breese	266	0.400%	148.56x
32	Vaughan	261	0.390%	11.43x
33	Bowen	259	0.390%	9.36x
34	Smith	250	0.370%	0.26x
35	Jenkins	246	0.370%	3.12x
36	Jerman	243	0.360%	242.13x
37	Bennett	242	0.360%	2.20x
38	Phillips	234	0.350%	1.95x
39	Bebb	232	0.350%	178.34x
40	Meredith	226	0.340%	16.71x
41	Powell	226	0.340%	2.71x
42	Watkins	213	0.320%	5.25x
43	Pritchard	206	0.310%	5.72x
44	Benbow	205	0.310%	77.26x
45	Jarman	201	0.300%	31.48x
46	Ashton	195	0.290%	5.95x
47	Wood	189	0.280%	0.89x
48	Tudor	168	0.250%	37.32x
49	Breeze	166	0.250%	40.16x
50	Astley	161	0.240%	36.27x
51	Oliver	160	0.240%	3.35x
52	Howells	159	0.240%	9.31x
53	Trow	159	0.240%	94.34x
54	Reese	154	0.230%	98.14x
55	Stephens	154	0.230%	4.15x
56	George	147	0.220%	3.74x
57	Harris	138	0.210%	0.81x
58	Turner	135	0.200%	0.72x
59	Goodwin	134	0.200%	3.80x
60	Woosnam	126	0.190%	231.02x
61	Andrew	116	0.170%	5.47x
62	Ingram	113	0.170%	5.53x
63	Jervis	110	0.160%	21.39x
64	Gough	106	0.160%	5.40x
65	Wilson	99	0.150%	0.32x
66	Higgins	98	0.150%	2.90x
67	Chapman	94	0.140%	0.99x
68	Arthur	90	0.130%	6.17x
69	Mathews	89	0.130%	3.60x
70	Pierce	89	0.130%	9.05x
71	Davis	86	0.130%	0.58x
72	Harding	86	0.130%	1.78x
73	Corfield	85	0.130%	22.45x
74	Bevan	84	0.130%	5.13x
75	Kinsey	83	0.120%	18.93x
76	Howell	80	0.120%	2.84x
77	Bumford	79	0.120%	133.38x
78	Foulkes	79	0.120%	12.67x
79	Manuel	79	0.120%	39.18x
80	Griffith	76	0.110%	3.48x
81	Matthews	76	0.110%	1.30x
82	Weaver	73	0.110%	4.19x
83	Gwilt	67	0.100%	104.09x
84	Worthington	67	0.100%	4.99x
85	Blayney	66	0.100%	113.13x
86	Swain	66	0.100%	5.12x
87	Barrett	65	0.100%	1.45x
88	Ridge	65	0.100%	13.88x
89	Taylor	65	0.100%	0.15x
90	Reynolds	64	0.100%	1.10x
91	Peate	63	0.090%	71.17x
92	Preece	61	0.090%	5.60x
93	Gethin	58	0.090%	125.35x
94	Farmer	57	0.090%	2.72x
95	Green	57	0.090%	0.30x
96	Savage	56	0.080%	2.18x
97	Adams	55	0.080%	0.56x
98	Beedles	54	0.080%	249.08x
99	Bound	54	0.080%	44.57x
100	Mason	53	0.080%	0.59x