1881 census county

Hertfordshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hertfordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

8,746 surnames are listed for Hertfordshire, covering 184,439 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 3,482 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hertfordshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	3,482	1.73%	1.22x
2	Brown	1,372	0.680%	1.03x
3	Clark	1,289	0.640%	2.13x
4	Taylor	1,023	0.510%	0.79x
5	Hill	946	0.470%	1.84x
6	King	905	0.450%	2.06x
7	Day	869	0.430%	4.58x
8	Gray	847	0.420%	2.95x
9	Wright	809	0.400%	1.25x
10	White	786	0.390%	1.21x
11	Carter	780	0.390%	2.31x
12	Green	778	0.390%	1.37x
13	Chapman	764	0.380%	2.67x
14	Parker	726	0.360%	1.90x
15	Turner	714	0.350%	1.27x
16	Wilson	677	0.340%	0.73x
17	Webb	664	0.330%	2.43x
18	Cooper	651	0.320%	1.33x
19	Allen	648	0.320%	1.70x
20	Saunders	640	0.320%	3.47x
21	Young	637	0.320%	1.47x
22	Cook	636	0.320%	1.59x
23	Robinson	582	0.290%	0.91x
24	Edwards	579	0.290%	1.03x
25	Andrews	569	0.280%	2.95x
26	Johnson	566	0.280%	0.84x
27	Walker	544	0.270%	0.81x
28	Baker	537	0.270%	1.22x
29	Martin	530	0.260%	1.07x
30	Clarke	514	0.260%	1.26x
31	Field	507	0.250%	5.06x
32	Hall	495	0.250%	0.84x
33	Barker	490	0.240%	1.86x
34	Ward	490	0.240%	1.11x
35	Watson	486	0.240%	1.04x
36	Harris	484	0.240%	0.95x
37	Cox	482	0.240%	1.58x
38	Williams	482	0.240%	0.33x
39	Sharp	481	0.240%	2.87x
40	Collins	476	0.240%	1.65x
41	Foster	476	0.240%	1.77x
42	Wells	474	0.240%	2.83x
43	Howard	467	0.230%	2.36x
44	Lawrence	460	0.230%	3.52x
45	Davis	450	0.220%	1.02x
46	Pratt	448	0.220%	3.87x
47	Page	442	0.220%	2.75x
48	Adams	439	0.220%	1.48x
49	Jackson	439	0.220%	0.78x
50	Warren	433	0.220%	3.22x
51	Burgess	429	0.210%	3.07x
52	Hunt	429	0.210%	1.60x
53	Prior	427	0.210%	9.16x
54	Jones	423	0.210%	0.19x
55	Barnes	416	0.210%	1.72x
56	Hart	410	0.200%	2.39x
57	Crawley	409	0.200%	15.63x
58	Payne	407	0.200%	2.25x
59	Wood	406	0.200%	0.63x
60	Hawkins	405	0.200%	2.78x
61	Chalkley	401	0.200%	64.40x
62	Arnold	396	0.200%	3.65x
63	Lee	394	0.200%	1.20x
64	Rogers	391	0.190%	1.50x
65	Freeman	386	0.190%	3.00x
66	Baldwin	382	0.190%	4.45x
67	Roberts	382	0.190%	0.50x
68	Waller	382	0.190%	7.53x
69	Cannon	373	0.190%	10.23x
70	Halsey	373	0.190%	43.07x
71	Phillips	373	0.190%	1.04x
72	Ellis	372	0.180%	1.27x
73	Mead	364	0.180%	7.75x
74	Knight	360	0.180%	1.45x
75	Stevens	360	0.180%	1.71x
76	Palmer	359	0.180%	1.51x
77	Fisher	356	0.180%	1.51x
78	Draper	350	0.170%	7.38x
79	French	349	0.170%	3.55x
80	Pearce	348	0.170%	1.88x
81	Aldridge	347	0.170%	8.89x
82	Anderson	341	0.170%	0.86x
83	Evans	341	0.170%	0.39x
84	Welch	341	0.170%	4.82x
85	Seabrook	335	0.170%	33.80x
86	Reynolds	334	0.170%	1.91x
87	Hale	333	0.170%	4.61x
88	Thompson	332	0.160%	0.55x
89	Scott	331	0.160%	0.65x
90	Miller	330	0.160%	0.92x
91	Shepherd	328	0.160%	2.22x
92	Warner	316	0.160%	4.30x
93	Bennett	315	0.160%	0.95x
94	Gurney	314	0.160%	14.98x
95	Archer	312	0.150%	3.75x
96	Atkins	311	0.150%	4.12x
97	Bird	310	0.150%	2.01x
98	Reed	310	0.150%	2.11x
99	Childs	305	0.150%	8.25x
100	Morris	302	0.150%	0.67x