1881 census place

Bersham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bersham, Denbighshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

105 surnames are listed for Bersham, Denbighshire, covering 2,525 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 892 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bersham

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Jones	892	18.95%	16.73x
2	Roberts	350	7.44%	19.76x
3	Edwards	194	4.12%	14.79x
4	Hughes	171	3.63%	12.97x
5	Griffiths	118	2.51%	15.32x
6	Rogers	101	2.15%	16.53x
7	Parry	59	1.25%	16.47x
8	Pritchard	38	0.810%	14.99x
9	Gittins	37	0.790%	127.54x
10	Owens	35	0.740%	14.97x
11	Carrington	34	0.720%	68.56x
12	Bellis	29	0.620%	108.45x
13	Bryan	22	0.470%	18.83x
14	Roden	20	0.420%	90.70x
15	Odgers	17	0.360%	196.99x
16	Corbett	16	0.340%	17.35x
17	Hanmer	15	0.320%	217.39x
18	Kendrick	14	0.300%	30.90x
19	Picken	13	0.280%	66.16x
20	Wynne	13	0.280%	28.66x
21	Samuels	12	0.250%	60.27x
22	Blunt	11	0.230%	28.93x
23	Warne	11	0.230%	32.01x
24	Manuel	10	0.210%	70.52x
25	Prydderch	10	0.210%	990.10x
26	Clutton	9	0.190%	104.53x
27	Crewe	9	0.190%	73.11x
28	Formstone	9	0.190%	681.82x
29	Hulm	9	0.190%	426.54x
30	Bithel	8	0.170%	350.88x
31	Blackshaw	8	0.170%	36.65x
32	Butterton	8	0.170%	606.06x
33	Hodgkins	8	0.170%	37.81x
34	Mortimore	8	0.170%	45.10x
35	Shelby	8	0.170%	629.92x
36	Wheldon	8	0.170%	101.65x
37	Breese	7	0.150%	55.60x
38	Camden	7	0.150%	233.33x
39	Challenor	7	0.150%	150.86x
40	Mostyn	7	0.150%	197.18x
41	Orange	7	0.150%	86.53x
42	Povah	7	0.150%	247.35x
43	Wilkin	7	0.150%	27.14x
44	Myles	6	0.130%	27.21x
45	Tunnah	6	0.130%	163.04x
46	Wrench	6	0.130%	38.17x
47	Bethell	5	0.110%	28.79x
48	Cogan	5	0.110%	52.30x
49	Colling	5	0.110%	41.74x
50	Kempster	5	0.110%	30.32x
51	Longton	5	0.110%	75.08x
52	Bessell	4	0.090%	102.56x
53	Champkin	4	0.090%	307.69x
54	Prytherch	4	0.090%	103.09x
55	Stockes	4	0.090%	555.56x
56	Weymouth	4	0.090%	54.05x
57	Abrams	3	0.060%	25.75x
58	Allmond	3	0.060%	254.24x
59	Bennion	3	0.060%	28.25x
60	Phoenix	3	0.060%	47.85x
61	Stern	3	0.060%	66.96x
62	Thelwall	3	0.060%	175.44x
63	Whilding	3	0.060%	232.56x
64	Able	2	0.040%	22.65x
65	Becket	2	0.040%	20.96x
66	Bewsher	2	0.040%	63.90x
67	Boycott	2	0.040%	34.84x
68	Caddock	2	0.040%	219.78x
69	Creegan	2	0.040%	253.16x
70	Dall	2	0.040%	23.04x
71	Donohoe	2	0.040%	30.67x
72	Hannaby	2	0.040%	222.22x
73	Hooson	2	0.040%	21.76x
74	Liversage	2	0.040%	45.98x
75	Mcquitty	2	0.040%	6666.67x
76	Ollerhead	2	0.040%	70.67x
77	Sandland	2	0.040%	40.90x
78	Sarsfield	2	0.040%	94.34x
79	Woolrich	2	0.040%	41.75x
80	Bonsell	1	0.020%	135.14x
81	Boote	1	0.020%	13.51x
82	Chaloner	1	0.020%	12.94x
83	Conwell	1	0.020%	64.10x
84	Danning	1	0.020%	188.68x
85	Dogherty	1	0.020%	29.07x
86	Dulson	1	0.020%	23.31x
87	Fennah	1	0.020%	84.75x
88	Gaugh	1	0.020%	166.67x
89	Hallan	1	0.020%	67.11x
90	Huband	1	0.020%	22.03x
91	Jellicoe	1	0.020%	33.00x
92	Ledsham	1	0.020%	23.15x
93	Macquire	1	0.020%	67.57x
94	Mcgeary	1	0.020%	303.03x
95	Oniel	1	0.020%	24.39x
96	Purslow	1	0.020%	13.89x
97	Ranford	1	0.020%	36.76x
98	Speake	1	0.020%	13.95x
99	Stclair	1	0.020%	40.49x
100	Timmings	1	0.020%	56.82x