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 Woodstock, with 38 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
1001	Woodstock	38	0.020%	29.90x
1002	Worbey	38	0.020%	99.16x
1003	Bottoms	37	0.020%	10.44x
1004	Chaplin	37	0.020%	1.28x
1005	Cheek	37	0.020%	9.13x
1006	Dawes	37	0.020%	1.35x
1007	Eaton	37	0.020%	0.66x
1008	Eggleton	37	0.020%	4.66x
1009	Figg	37	0.020%	7.71x
1010	Gathard	37	0.020%	87.37x
1011	Glover	37	0.020%	0.43x
1012	Greenham	37	0.020%	9.46x
1013	Kirkby	37	0.020%	3.24x
1014	Markham	37	0.020%	1.54x
1015	Morrison	37	0.020%	0.23x
1016	Murray	37	0.020%	0.15x
1017	Newling	37	0.020%	16.88x
1018	Ross	37	0.020%	0.17x
1019	Tew	37	0.020%	4.19x
1020	Tharby	37	0.020%	68.79x
1021	Woollatt	37	0.020%	35.05x
1022	Ayers	36	0.020%	2.98x
1023	Bandy	36	0.020%	13.12x
1024	Brice	36	0.020%	2.17x
1025	Bruton	36	0.020%	5.31x
1026	Buckoke	36	0.020%	66.12x
1027	Bunnage	36	0.020%	41.51x
1028	Burrage	36	0.020%	9.17x
1029	Clayden	36	0.020%	5.68x
1030	Drury	36	0.020%	1.13x
1031	Findlay	36	0.020%	0.86x
1032	Gomm	36	0.020%	6.79x
1033	Griffiths	36	0.020%	0.11x
1034	Hazell	36	0.020%	2.30x
1035	Houghton	36	0.020%	0.51x
1036	Hoye	36	0.020%	25.14x
1037	Huffer	36	0.020%	24.90x
1038	Hummerstone	36	0.020%	47.38x
1039	Lovegrove	36	0.020%	3.07x
1040	Minnis	36	0.020%	29.91x
1041	Searing	36	0.020%	62.27x
1042	Shelford	36	0.020%	20.05x
1043	Smyth	36	0.020%	1.91x
1044	Sparrow	36	0.020%	1.41x
1045	Swann	36	0.020%	1.64x
1046	Beck	35	0.020%	0.74x
1047	Beckett	35	0.020%	0.87x
1048	Bignall	35	0.020%	10.45x
1049	Birchmore	35	0.020%	33.59x
1050	Boswell	35	0.020%	1.85x
1051	Bowles	35	0.020%	1.06x
1052	Burgoyne	35	0.020%	3.98x
1053	Burridge	35	0.020%	2.56x
1054	Bysouth	35	0.020%	35.18x
1055	Coomes	35	0.020%	36.92x
1056	Coxhill	35	0.020%	28.29x
1057	Culver	35	0.020%	7.82x
1058	Daws	35	0.020%	3.40x
1059	Douse	35	0.020%	14.38x
1060	Giddens	35	0.020%	18.14x
1061	Howell	35	0.020%	0.41x
1062	Ingram	35	0.020%	0.57x
1063	Love	35	0.020%	0.73x
1064	Millard	35	0.020%	1.05x
1065	Munn	35	0.020%	2.41x
1066	Nutting	35	0.020%	9.52x
1067	Procter	35	0.020%	1.34x
1068	Rist	35	0.020%	25.15x
1069	Salmons	35	0.020%	12.45x
1070	Sheldrake	35	0.020%	5.27x
1071	Shephard	35	0.020%	1.81x
1072	Wilds	35	0.020%	12.73x
1073	Wiles	35	0.020%	2.01x
1074	Wiltshire	35	0.020%	1.30x
1075	Abraham	34	0.020%	1.71x
1076	Barley	34	0.020%	3.04x
1077	Booth	34	0.020%	0.17x
1078	Browne	34	0.020%	0.92x
1079	Bulley	34	0.020%	7.17x
1080	Canfield	34	0.020%	14.70x
1081	Clear	34	0.020%	8.09x
1082	Cock	34	0.020%	1.54x
1083	Greenhill	34	0.020%	3.91x
1084	Kendall	34	0.020%	0.78x
1085	Muncey	34	0.020%	17.80x
1086	Prudden	34	0.020%	64.84x
1087	Roe	34	0.020%	0.87x
1088	Rush	34	0.020%	1.57x
1089	Stamp	34	0.020%	2.30x
1090	Stanbridge	34	0.020%	5.91x
1091	Styles	34	0.020%	1.60x
1092	Suckling	34	0.020%	5.76x
1093	Wiggs	34	0.020%	24.79x
1094	Wilmott	34	0.020%	4.98x
1095	Wisbey	34	0.020%	10.60x
1096	Wyman	34	0.020%	7.80x
1097	Allaway	33	0.020%	9.16x
1098	Bardell	33	0.020%	12.27x
1099	Broom	33	0.020%	1.33x
1100	Chilton	33	0.020%	2.04x