1881 census place

Ruabon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ruabon, 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

221 surnames are listed for Ruabon, Denbighshire, covering 12,291 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 2,656 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ruabon

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	2,656	17.50%	15.46x
2	Davies	1,036	6.83%	13.42x
3	Roberts	997	6.57%	17.46x
4	Williams	972	6.41%	8.92x
5	Hughes	686	4.52%	16.13x
6	Edwards	661	4.36%	15.63x
7	Evans	648	4.27%	9.77x
8	Griffiths	376	2.48%	15.14x
9	Thomas	285	1.88%	4.55x
10	Lloyd	218	1.44%	12.30x
11	Parry	210	1.38%	18.18x
12	Pritchard	206	1.36%	25.21x
13	Morris	203	1.34%	6.01x
14	Phillips	183	1.21%	6.74x
15	Ellis	177	1.17%	8.03x
16	Richards	155	1.02%	6.76x
17	Wright	146	0.960%	3.00x
18	Powell	141	0.930%	7.45x
19	Rogers	136	0.900%	6.90x
20	Owens	133	0.880%	17.65x
21	Price	132	0.870%	4.97x
22	Dodd	113	0.740%	18.31x
23	Bowen	89	0.590%	14.18x
24	Bellis	83	0.550%	96.30x
25	Humphreys	71	0.470%	13.29x
26	Charles	58	0.380%	18.50x
27	Tunnah	55	0.360%	463.74x
28	Valentine	51	0.340%	26.21x
29	Stephens	44	0.290%	5.23x
30	Rowley	43	0.280%	10.79x
31	Griffithes	42	0.280%	1024.39x
32	Meredith	35	0.230%	11.42x
33	Prince	35	0.230%	10.20x
34	Darlington	28	0.180%	27.16x
35	Wynn	27	0.180%	20.53x
36	Foulkes	26	0.170%	18.39x
37	Pemberton	26	0.170%	13.49x
38	Rowland	26	0.170%	6.03x
39	Massey	24	0.160%	6.19x
40	Tomkins	24	0.160%	15.26x
41	Gabriel	23	0.150%	57.24x
42	Nicholas	23	0.150%	7.76x
43	Tudor	22	0.150%	21.56x
44	Garside	21	0.140%	9.59x
45	Pierce	20	0.130%	8.97x
46	Prytherch	17	0.110%	135.89x
47	Mile	16	0.110%	336.13x
48	Colley	15	0.100%	7.80x
49	Gittins	15	0.100%	16.04x
50	Hannaby	15	0.100%	519.03x
51	Downs	14	0.090%	5.19x
52	Kenrick	14	0.090%	89.12x
53	Simon	14	0.090%	14.03x
54	Crewe	13	0.090%	32.77x
55	Hamblett	13	0.090%	55.41x
56	Blower	12	0.080%	13.39x
57	Pruett	12	0.080%	320.00x
58	Samuels	12	0.080%	18.69x
59	Gilpin	11	0.070%	24.90x
60	Kempster	11	0.070%	20.70x
61	Kynaston	11	0.070%	38.49x
62	Paddock	11	0.070%	28.38x
63	Angel	10	0.070%	15.35x
64	Duckett	10	0.070%	10.33x
65	Jacks	10	0.070%	28.99x
66	Randles	10	0.070%	29.20x
67	Teasdale	10	0.070%	7.78x
68	Bloor	9	0.060%	10.75x
69	Blunt	9	0.060%	7.34x
70	Breese	9	0.060%	22.18x
71	Butterton	9	0.060%	211.76x
72	Caffin	9	0.060%	164.53x
73	Carden	9	0.060%	26.83x
74	Clutton	9	0.060%	32.41x
75	Freer	9	0.060%	10.74x
76	Grounds	9	0.060%	35.10x
77	Hanmer	9	0.060%	40.47x
78	Jellicoe	9	0.060%	92.02x
79	Morrish	9	0.060%	14.94x
80	Berrington	8	0.050%	29.13x
81	Buffey	8	0.050%	119.58x
82	Byrnes	8	0.050%	29.67x
83	Chatham	8	0.050%	33.31x
84	Deeks	8	0.050%	16.48x
85	Evison	8	0.050%	16.64x
86	Forshaw	8	0.050%	7.84x
87	Grindley	8	0.050%	18.93x
88	Haycocks	8	0.050%	94.01x
89	Povah	8	0.050%	87.72x
90	Sharmon	8	0.050%	148.98x
91	Tibbot	8	0.050%	258.90x
92	Tomley	8	0.050%	207.79x
93	Boldwin	7	0.050%	307.02x
94	Bushby	7	0.050%	11.76x
95	Douthwaite	7	0.050%	21.06x
96	Garrat	7	0.050%	120.07x
97	Giller	7	0.050%	102.34x
98	Huxley	7	0.050%	10.24x
99	Ingman	7	0.050%	83.73x
100	Lansley	7	0.050%	34.53x