The 50 most common Welsh surnames

[Tooting Carmen]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifest...names-17960729

I have put an asterisk next to those surnames that are not of Welsh origin or are ambiguous.

1. Jones - 170,633

2. Davies - 111,559

3. Williams - 110,404

4. Evans - 74,243

5. Thomas - 71,040

6. Roberts - 46,130

7. Lewis - 40,037

8. Hughes - 37,076

9. Morgan - 34,360

10. Griffiths - 29,461

11. Edwards - 28,165

12. Smith - 25,660 *

13. James - 24,954

14. Rees - 24,613

15. Owen - 21,590

16. Jenkins - 20,328

17. Price - 19,851

18. Morris - 19,455

19. Phillips - 19,105

20. Richards - 16,284

21. Lloyd - 14,833

22. Harris - 12,985 *

22. Taylor - 12,985 *

24. Parry - 12,555

25. Powell - 12,328

26. Brown - 11,311 *

27. John - 10,203 *

28. Watkins - 8,877

29. Howells - 8,038

30. Pritchard - 7,953

31. Rogers - 7,190 *

32. Hill - 6,525 *

33. Hopkins - 6,414

34. Ellis - 6,403

35. Bowen - 6,354

35. Johnson - 6,354 *

37. Matthews - 6,286 *

38. White - 6,246 *

39. Wilson - 6,075 *

40. Rowlands - 6,071

41. Martin - 5,656 *

42. Baker - 5,572 *

43. Clarke - 5,499 *

44. Bennett - 5,493 *

45. Pugh - 5,344

46. Green - 5,319 *

47. Turner - 5,109 *

48. Walters - 5,069 *

49. Collins - 5,062 *

50. Bevan - 5,028

[Andullero]

None strike me as particularly ethnic from them, IMHO.

[Tooting Carmen]

None strike me as particularly ethnic from them, IMHO.

What do you mean?

[Andullero]

What do you mean?

As in, they sound Anglo to me and not "Cambric", as it were.

[Tooting Carmen]

As in, they sound Anglo to me and not "Cambric", as it were.

Welsh surnames are usually characterised either by double l's - Lloyd, Llewellyn - or first names with an 's' on the end, such as the top eleven in the list.

[Andullero]

Welsh surnames are usually characterised either by double l's - Lloyd, Llewellyn - or first names with an 's' on the end, such as the top eleven in the list.

Speaking about the diaspora, it seems there are more in the US than in the rest of the UK itself, interesting.

[Tooting Carmen]

Speaking about the diaspora, it seems there are more in the US than in the rest of the UK itself, interesting.

And a lot of them are Aframs, who adopted their masters' surnames...

[Andullero]

And a lot of them are Aframs, who adopted their masters' surnames...

Wonder then how many of those in the US that are of sole Euro stock are halfies in reality.

[Tooting Carmen]

Wonder then how many of those in the US that are of sole Euro stock are halfies in reality.

I thought it has long been proven that there is infinitely more White admixture among Black Americans than the opposite?

[Andullero]

I thought it has long been proven that there is infinitely more White admixture among Black Americans than the opposite?

Yeah, but I was also wondering how many of those claiming Welsh ancestry are also half Italian, Irish, German, etc.