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1881 census place

Merthyr Tydfil surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan 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

940 surnames are listed for Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, covering 37,829 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Merthyr Tydfil

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
901Ravenhill11.26x
902Reach12.44x
903Ree13.46x
904Reilley14.08x
905Rhys14.98x
906Roseman17.38x
907Rubin136.10x
908Sannders115.70x
909Sayes113.62x
910Scale13.38x
911Scandrett13.38x
912Seaborn12.13x
913Servis17.86x
914Shapton111.34x
915Shinton12.54x
916Simmon14.64x
917Smout11.29x
918Stait12.78x
919Stormonth16.96x
920Stroyan13.95x
921Sutten116.56x
922Thornes12.51x
923Tidd11.85x
924Tinton111.34x
925Tippins12.72x
926Tory15.67x
927Trick11.77x
928Troy11.71x
929Tyne13.00x
930Voyce12.23x
931Wathers129.15x
932Whalen12.28x
933Wheelan12.26x
934Wheller13.29x
935Willaims121.14x
936Wilshere12.86x
937Woolaway19.14x
938Woollands112.02x
939Wooten14.00x
940Youel115.31x