1881 census place

Swansea Town surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Swansea Town, 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

1,463 surnames are listed for Swansea Town, Glamorgan, covering 27,433 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Michell, with 32 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Swansea Town

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
101	Michell	32	0.080%	16.11x
102	Prust	32	0.080%	97.38x
103	Cornelius	31	0.070%	25.62x
104	Mathias	31	0.070%	12.24x
105	Crabbe	30	0.070%	51.05x
106	Hewett	30	0.070%	6.19x
107	Lynch	30	0.070%	2.73x
108	Manning	30	0.070%	2.26x
109	Meager	30	0.070%	52.29x
110	Short	30	0.070%	1.84x
111	Slee	29	0.070%	17.81x
112	Eynon	28	0.070%	23.63x
113	Fry	28	0.070%	2.10x
114	Kidwell	28	0.070%	117.60x
115	Morse	28	0.070%	7.31x
116	Bidder	27	0.060%	85.42x
117	Derrick	27	0.060%	11.55x
118	Sims	27	0.060%	2.16x
119	Ackland	26	0.060%	18.96x
120	Boyle	26	0.060%	2.40x
121	David	26	0.060%	5.99x
122	Edmunds	26	0.060%	4.78x
123	Holway	26	0.060%	89.35x
124	Maloney	26	0.060%	7.56x
125	Prosser	26	0.060%	3.98x
126	Smale	26	0.060%	9.46x
127	Court	25	0.060%	4.71x
128	Geen	25	0.060%	55.41x
129	Radford	25	0.060%	3.16x
130	Roe	25	0.060%	3.08x
131	Squire	25	0.060%	5.06x
132	Stroud	25	0.060%	5.80x
133	Benson	24	0.060%	2.12x
134	Goss	24	0.060%	6.61x
135	Guy	24	0.060%	2.63x
136	Philips	24	0.060%	3.11x
137	Pugsley	24	0.060%	18.69x
138	Quick	24	0.060%	5.14x
139	Richard	24	0.060%	6.67x
140	Wedlake	24	0.060%	42.13x
141	Bassett	23	0.060%	3.53x
142	Blackmore	23	0.060%	3.83x
143	Butt	23	0.060%	4.28x
144	Dalling	23	0.060%	44.64x
145	Harman	23	0.060%	3.69x
146	Heard	23	0.060%	5.19x
147	Leaker	23	0.060%	78.66x
148	Lock	23	0.060%	1.94x
149	Mahoney	23	0.060%	5.16x
150	Pengelly	23	0.060%	12.91x
151	Beard	22	0.050%	2.00x
152	Chalk	22	0.050%	8.00x
153	Connors	22	0.050%	32.44x
154	Courtney	22	0.050%	7.35x
155	Dowdle	22	0.050%	101.29x
156	Joseph	22	0.050%	6.51x
157	Kneath	22	0.050%	179.59x
158	Legg	22	0.050%	3.20x
159	Pressdee	22	0.050%	277.08x
160	Prichard	22	0.050%	5.74x
161	Ridd	22	0.050%	31.85x
162	Simons	22	0.050%	4.00x
163	Thorne	22	0.050%	2.50x
164	Abraham	21	0.050%	5.11x
165	Ayres	21	0.050%	3.63x
166	Dendle	21	0.050%	118.78x
167	Flynn	21	0.050%	2.63x
168	Gamage	21	0.050%	106.22x
169	Grove	21	0.050%	4.31x
170	Hurley	21	0.050%	4.32x
171	Jeffreys	21	0.050%	8.46x
172	Lake	21	0.050%	2.27x
173	Lilley	21	0.050%	3.64x
174	Draper	20	0.050%	2.04x
175	Guard	20	0.050%	36.26x
176	Hoare	20	0.050%	2.46x
177	Keefe	20	0.050%	11.12x
178	Mock	20	0.050%	43.39x
179	Roach	20	0.050%	3.26x
180	Snell	20	0.050%	2.53x
181	Biddle	19	0.050%	6.33x
182	Brian	19	0.050%	9.76x
183	Buse	19	0.050%	81.23x
184	Copus	19	0.050%	49.80x
185	Doyle	19	0.050%	1.87x
186	Foley	19	0.050%	3.62x
187	Leary	19	0.050%	5.04x
188	Padley	19	0.050%	16.95x
189	Randell	19	0.050%	7.30x
190	Shea	19	0.050%	6.78x
191	Beresford	18	0.040%	5.86x
192	Dent	18	0.040%	2.27x
193	Edmonds	18	0.040%	2.26x
194	Frances	18	0.040%	6.85x
195	Goldman	18	0.040%	33.92x
196	Goldsworthy	18	0.040%	10.47x
197	Mitchel	18	0.040%	4.42x
198	Oldham	18	0.040%	2.46x
199	Protheroe	18	0.040%	16.96x
200	Sambrook	18	0.040%	20.95x