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 Lamb, with 30 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
1201	Lamb	30	0.010%	0.28x
1202	Lees	30	0.010%	0.34x
1203	Lyles	30	0.010%	29.17x
1204	Maunders	30	0.010%	16.84x
1205	Merry	30	0.010%	1.99x
1206	Negus	30	0.010%	5.22x
1207	Paine	30	0.010%	1.08x
1208	Rawlins	30	0.010%	2.56x
1209	Reeks	30	0.010%	9.70x
1210	Salisbury	30	0.010%	1.50x
1211	Seaton	30	0.010%	1.76x
1212	Timpson	30	0.010%	8.48x
1213	Walls	30	0.010%	1.24x
1214	Wesley	30	0.010%	3.83x
1215	Whittaker	30	0.010%	0.31x
1216	Woolston	30	0.010%	8.61x
1217	Bamford	29	0.010%	0.96x
1218	Banks	29	0.010%	0.28x
1219	Beech	29	0.010%	0.98x
1220	Beer	29	0.010%	0.90x
1221	Brittain	29	0.010%	1.86x
1222	Cave	29	0.010%	1.00x
1223	Crick	29	0.010%	2.41x
1224	Faint	29	0.010%	16.65x
1225	Forster	29	0.010%	0.44x
1226	Giffin	29	0.010%	14.33x
1227	Hammett	29	0.010%	4.33x
1228	Haylock	29	0.010%	5.28x
1229	Haywood	29	0.010%	0.69x
1230	Humberstone	29	0.010%	7.37x
1231	Kiddle	29	0.010%	6.66x
1232	Luckett	29	0.010%	5.77x
1233	Mays	29	0.010%	2.52x
1234	Mortimer	29	0.010%	0.69x
1235	Noades	29	0.010%	91.80x
1236	Nott	29	0.010%	2.04x
1237	Priest	29	0.010%	1.10x
1238	Pritlove	29	0.010%	62.51x
1239	Purton	29	0.010%	9.36x
1240	Rands	29	0.010%	4.92x
1241	Sanderson	29	0.010%	0.35x
1242	Shore	29	0.010%	1.34x
1243	Snow	29	0.010%	1.06x
1244	Spurr	29	0.010%	3.45x
1245	Stephens	29	0.010%	0.26x
1246	Tillcock	29	0.010%	100.35x
1247	Warrick	29	0.010%	9.42x
1248	Weeden	29	0.010%	6.98x
1249	Wilkerson	29	0.010%	14.14x
1250	Woolley	29	0.010%	0.73x
1251	Addington	28	0.010%	15.31x
1252	Austen	28	0.010%	1.81x
1253	Avis	28	0.010%	2.90x
1254	Axtell	28	0.010%	11.29x
1255	Bennet	28	0.010%	1.01x
1256	Burnham	28	0.010%	2.26x
1257	Bury	28	0.010%	1.87x
1258	Charter	28	0.010%	7.19x
1259	Costin	28	0.010%	8.57x
1260	Culverhouse	28	0.010%	9.96x
1261	Curd	28	0.010%	5.94x
1262	Eustace	28	0.010%	4.96x
1263	Faulder	28	0.010%	12.89x
1264	Guiver	28	0.010%	14.36x
1265	Hodges	28	0.010%	0.47x
1266	Hodgins	28	0.010%	16.59x
1267	Holder	28	0.010%	1.03x
1268	Honour	28	0.010%	8.75x
1269	Hope	28	0.010%	0.41x
1270	Hurry	28	0.010%	6.64x
1271	Marten	28	0.010%	4.58x
1272	Marvel	28	0.010%	32.28x
1273	Oakman	28	0.010%	19.64x
1274	Pates	28	0.010%	9.96x
1275	Patterson	28	0.010%	0.40x
1276	Pegrum	28	0.010%	20.12x
1277	Pestell	28	0.010%	10.26x
1278	Phypers	28	0.010%	52.73x
1279	Pilgrim	28	0.010%	2.47x
1280	Rixon	28	0.010%	4.23x
1281	Sweeney	28	0.010%	1.04x
1282	Tufnell	28	0.010%	27.58x
1283	Walsh	28	0.010%	0.26x
1284	Webber	28	0.010%	0.46x
1285	Whitehouse	28	0.010%	0.53x
1286	Worman	28	0.010%	13.61x
1287	Yates	28	0.010%	0.20x
1288	Bartram	27	0.010%	2.71x
1289	Bent	27	0.010%	1.84x
1290	Bilton	27	0.010%	3.16x
1291	Bodsworth	27	0.010%	16.73x
1292	Bushell	27	0.010%	1.38x
1293	Colley	27	0.010%	1.06x
1294	Deville	27	0.010%	20.08x
1295	Fitt	27	0.010%	5.17x
1296	Fossey	27	0.010%	7.98x
1297	Frances	27	0.010%	2.13x
1298	Geaves	27	0.010%	46.70x
1299	Grigg	27	0.010%	2.05x
1300	Halls	27	0.010%	1.70x