1881 census county

Radnorshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Radnorshire 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

997 surnames are listed for Radnorshire, covering 21,930 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 1,812 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Radnorshire

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	1,812	7.69%	6.79x
2	Davies	1,593	6.76%	13.29x
3	Price	1,576	6.69%	38.21x
4	Evans	1,162	4.93%	11.28x
5	Lewis	888	3.77%	14.33x
6	Williams	834	3.54%	4.93x
7	Lloyd	684	2.90%	24.85x
8	Powell	509	2.16%	17.31x
9	Thomas	477	2.02%	4.90x
10	Griffiths	410	1.74%	10.63x
11	Edwards	390	1.65%	5.94x
12	Morris	359	1.52%	6.84x
13	Hamer	328	1.39%	74.31x
14	Pugh	312	1.32%	34.65x
15	Hughes	301	1.28%	4.56x
16	Meredith	300	1.27%	63.00x
17	Watkins	268	1.14%	18.76x
18	Bufton	190	0.810%	369.72x
19	Stephens	188	0.800%	14.37x
20	Mills	161	0.680%	5.27x
21	Owens	160	0.680%	13.67x
22	Phillips	155	0.660%	3.68x
23	Bowen	153	0.650%	15.70x
24	Smith	148	0.630%	0.44x
25	George	144	0.610%	10.41x
26	Morgans	134	0.570%	26.34x
27	Pritchard	129	0.550%	10.16x
28	Rogers	117	0.500%	3.82x
29	Rees	103	0.440%	5.02x
30	Vaughan	99	0.420%	12.31x
31	Roberts	97	0.410%	1.09x
32	Weale	92	0.390%	207.63x
33	Owen	89	0.380%	3.18x
34	Wilding	89	0.380%	32.12x
35	Brown	80	0.340%	0.51x
36	Mason	79	0.340%	2.49x
37	Matthews	78	0.330%	3.79x
38	Ingram	72	0.310%	10.00x
39	Worthing	72	0.310%	396.04x
40	Turner	69	0.290%	1.05x
41	Duggan	68	0.290%	37.70x
42	Probert	68	0.290%	36.58x
43	Richards	68	0.290%	1.91x
44	Dyke	67	0.280%	28.64x
45	Stedman	66	0.280%	45.11x
46	Watson	66	0.280%	1.21x
47	Bound	64	0.270%	150.02x
48	Harris	64	0.270%	1.07x
49	Gittoes	60	0.250%	604.84x
50	Goodwin	59	0.250%	4.75x
51	Kinsey	59	0.250%	38.23x
52	Webb	59	0.250%	1.85x
53	Prosser	57	0.240%	15.44x
54	Reynolds	57	0.240%	2.79x
55	Brick	56	0.240%	174.40x
56	Hardwick	55	0.230%	15.26x
57	Nicholls	52	0.220%	4.22x
58	Taylor	51	0.220%	0.34x
59	Moore	49	0.210%	1.04x
60	Drew	48	0.200%	7.71x
61	Layton	48	0.200%	25.44x
62	Jenkins	47	0.200%	1.69x
63	Beavan	46	0.200%	49.91x
64	Bounds	45	0.190%	129.35x
65	Sheen	45	0.190%	28.59x
66	Parry	44	0.190%	2.45x
67	Harding	43	0.180%	2.52x
68	Joseph	40	0.170%	20.93x
69	Mantle	40	0.170%	32.48x
70	Hope	38	0.160%	4.74x
71	Reese	38	0.160%	68.78x
72	Wilde	38	0.160%	11.07x
73	Harper	36	0.150%	2.39x
74	Jarman	36	0.150%	16.02x
75	Preece	36	0.150%	9.39x
76	Baker	34	0.140%	0.66x
77	Bennett	34	0.140%	0.88x
78	Tuck	34	0.140%	11.24x
79	Bright	33	0.140%	6.92x
80	Hatfield	33	0.140%	19.63x
81	Pryce	33	0.140%	29.28x
82	Gough	31	0.130%	4.49x
83	Davis	29	0.120%	0.56x
84	Handley	29	0.120%	7.29x
85	Miles	29	0.120%	2.09x
86	Parker	29	0.120%	0.65x
87	Vaughn	29	0.120%	41.08x
88	Beaumont	28	0.120%	4.01x
89	Greenway	28	0.120%	15.98x
90	Palfrey	27	0.110%	35.41x
91	Prothero	27	0.110%	64.24x
92	Rice	27	0.110%	3.69x
93	Thompson	27	0.110%	0.38x
94	Jackson	26	0.110%	0.39x
95	Baldwin	25	0.110%	2.49x
96	Whittall	25	0.110%	51.57x
97	Bywater	24	0.100%	20.22x
98	Deakins	24	0.100%	98.68x
99	Green	24	0.100%	0.36x
100	Havard	24	0.100%	39.40x