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 Brinklow, with 42 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
901	Brinklow	42	0.020%	24.31x
902	Chance	42	0.020%	4.51x
903	Clinton	42	0.020%	5.43x
904	Harmer	42	0.020%	2.10x
905	Harradine	42	0.020%	14.91x
906	Larman	42	0.020%	22.23x
907	Lodge	42	0.020%	1.15x
908	Nutkins	42	0.020%	58.39x
909	Pigg	42	0.020%	7.07x
910	Rainbird	42	0.020%	12.57x
911	Sargent	42	0.020%	1.35x
912	Warman	42	0.020%	4.45x
913	Barnett	41	0.020%	0.45x
914	Brewster	41	0.020%	2.10x
915	Briant	41	0.020%	7.47x
916	Carrington	41	0.020%	1.93x
917	Cass	41	0.020%	2.87x
918	Compton	41	0.020%	2.12x
919	Duncombe	41	0.020%	8.11x
920	Gee	41	0.020%	0.80x
921	Markwell	41	0.020%	11.09x
922	Mayes	41	0.020%	2.11x
923	Meek	41	0.020%	1.75x
924	Player	41	0.020%	5.29x
925	Rice	41	0.020%	0.66x
926	Robertson	41	0.020%	0.12x
927	Timms	41	0.020%	2.02x
928	Tofts	41	0.020%	18.04x
929	Turpin	41	0.020%	3.79x
930	Warrell	41	0.020%	18.48x
931	Whitley	41	0.020%	2.49x
932	Catley	40	0.020%	9.25x
933	Chapple	40	0.020%	2.93x
934	Cordwell	40	0.020%	9.97x
935	Gocher	40	0.020%	51.29x
936	Hatton	40	0.020%	1.01x
937	Heard	40	0.020%	1.87x
938	Hunter	40	0.020%	0.19x
939	Knott	40	0.020%	1.00x
940	Lancaster	40	0.020%	0.80x
941	Marcham	40	0.020%	16.48x
942	Marks	40	0.020%	0.97x
943	Pack	40	0.020%	4.23x
944	Plum	40	0.020%	12.34x
945	Rumball	40	0.020%	24.48x
946	Sheffield	40	0.020%	3.79x
947	Short	40	0.020%	0.51x
948	Storey	40	0.020%	0.78x
949	Thurley	40	0.020%	13.77x
950	Wall	40	0.020%	0.57x
951	Way	40	0.020%	1.80x
952	Wheatley	40	0.020%	0.98x
953	Bangs	39	0.020%	20.28x
954	Bardle	39	0.020%	126.09x
955	Beaumont	39	0.020%	0.65x
956	Collings	39	0.020%	1.63x
957	Desborough	39	0.020%	9.51x
958	Drake	39	0.020%	0.66x
959	Dye	39	0.020%	2.92x
960	Gosling	39	0.020%	1.24x
961	Handscombe	39	0.020%	41.44x
962	Hibbert	39	0.020%	1.32x
963	Holden	39	0.020%	0.35x
964	Hurst	39	0.020%	0.54x
965	Pooley	39	0.020%	2.40x
966	Silsby	39	0.020%	38.93x
967	Spriggs	39	0.020%	3.90x
968	Squire	39	0.020%	1.63x
969	Swaine	39	0.020%	4.41x
970	Sworder	39	0.020%	48.35x
971	Tingey	39	0.020%	12.69x
972	Titmas	39	0.020%	58.60x
973	Tripp	39	0.020%	3.97x
974	Tuck	39	0.020%	1.51x
975	Wick	39	0.020%	11.13x
976	Woodley	39	0.020%	2.17x
977	Belcher	38	0.020%	1.57x
978	Blackwell	38	0.020%	1.04x
979	Blaxill	38	0.020%	65.73x
980	Bonnett	38	0.020%	7.48x
981	Clibbon	38	0.020%	102.79x
982	Crawford	38	0.020%	0.39x
983	Deller	38	0.020%	9.63x
984	Denton	38	0.020%	1.03x
985	Dickens	38	0.020%	1.80x
986	Fellows	38	0.020%	1.39x
987	Godwin	38	0.020%	1.46x
988	Higby	38	0.020%	64.23x
989	Hine	38	0.020%	2.39x
990	Holliman	38	0.020%	38.71x
991	Mansell	38	0.020%	1.62x
992	Overall	38	0.020%	9.09x
993	Pavely	38	0.020%	50.01x
994	Presland	38	0.020%	14.72x
995	Randle	38	0.020%	2.25x
996	Rivett	38	0.020%	5.08x
997	Stagg	38	0.020%	2.83x
998	Strange	38	0.020%	1.76x
999	Strickland	38	0.020%	2.37x
1000	Whiting	38	0.020%	0.98x