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 Blindell, with 22 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
1501	Blindell	22	0.010%	55.46x
1502	Bolter	22	0.010%	8.96x
1503	Brinkley	22	0.010%	7.88x
1504	Brunton	22	0.010%	1.39x
1505	Byford	22	0.010%	2.42x
1506	Clay	22	0.010%	0.53x
1507	Cleaver	22	0.010%	1.29x
1508	Cooledge	22	0.010%	58.45x
1509	Cornhill	22	0.010%	14.04x
1510	Drew	22	0.010%	0.41x
1511	Durham	22	0.010%	1.27x
1512	Dyson	22	0.010%	0.34x
1513	Final	22	0.010%	48.13x
1514	Fleckney	22	0.010%	39.91x
1515	Forsdick	22	0.010%	21.11x
1516	Gilson	22	0.010%	3.52x
1517	Glazebrook	22	0.010%	6.10x
1518	Hargreaves	22	0.010%	0.26x
1519	Heady	22	0.010%	18.81x
1520	Hookham	22	0.010%	9.80x
1521	Humbles	22	0.010%	41.95x
1522	Jay	22	0.010%	1.25x
1523	Jellis	22	0.010%	12.07x
1524	Kenney	22	0.010%	1.98x
1525	Muncer	22	0.010%	74.37x
1526	Munro	22	0.010%	0.24x
1527	Narroway	22	0.010%	30.30x
1528	Passingham	22	0.010%	10.39x
1529	Peek	22	0.010%	4.14x
1530	Pennell	22	0.010%	3.78x
1531	Rainbow	22	0.010%	2.64x
1532	Ransom	22	0.010%	2.02x
1533	Roads	22	0.010%	8.92x
1534	Rowbottom	22	0.010%	1.83x
1535	Saltmarsh	22	0.010%	8.41x
1536	Simkins	22	0.010%	3.53x
1537	Sweeting	22	0.010%	2.73x
1538	Teale	22	0.010%	2.96x
1539	Ware	22	0.010%	0.66x
1540	Westell	22	0.010%	19.02x
1541	Westrope	22	0.010%	21.53x
1542	Wootton	22	0.010%	1.20x
1543	Addison	21	0.010%	0.75x
1544	Amos	21	0.010%	0.63x
1545	Appleby	21	0.010%	0.64x
1546	Aslin	21	0.010%	16.79x
1547	Blows	21	0.010%	9.61x
1548	Bly	21	0.010%	12.35x
1549	Bonnick	21	0.010%	18.48x
1550	Byott	21	0.010%	78.13x
1551	Chesher	21	0.010%	22.00x
1552	Cottam	21	0.010%	1.71x
1553	Cracknell	21	0.010%	1.50x
1554	Crook	21	0.010%	0.36x
1555	Deadman	21	0.010%	2.67x
1556	Debenham	21	0.010%	5.63x
1557	Dover	21	0.010%	2.32x
1558	Downing	21	0.010%	0.60x
1559	Eason	21	0.010%	2.43x
1560	Elbourne	21	0.010%	30.32x
1561	Elkins	21	0.010%	2.68x
1562	Faulkner	21	0.010%	0.38x
1563	Froy	21	0.010%	52.07x
1564	Gale	21	0.010%	0.35x
1565	Gayton	21	0.010%	6.15x
1566	Hansell	21	0.010%	5.19x
1567	Harman	21	0.010%	0.70x
1568	Hillyard	21	0.010%	4.09x
1569	Hobday	21	0.010%	2.58x
1570	Hummerston	21	0.010%	28.92x
1571	Jarrett	21	0.010%	1.14x
1572	Johnstone	21	0.010%	0.23x
1573	Josling	21	0.010%	10.17x
1574	Kempson	21	0.010%	4.78x
1575	Key	21	0.010%	0.76x
1576	Leggett	21	0.010%	1.33x
1577	Lightfoot	21	0.010%	0.75x
1578	Lilly	21	0.010%	1.71x
1579	Lonnon	21	0.010%	31.23x
1580	Major	21	0.010%	0.77x
1581	Messer	21	0.010%	3.56x
1582	Nicholas	21	0.010%	0.53x
1583	Park	21	0.010%	0.34x
1584	Parsell	21	0.010%	25.81x
1585	Plastow	21	0.010%	16.61x
1586	Plested	21	0.010%	11.32x
1587	Pruden	21	0.010%	13.70x
1588	Putnam	21	0.010%	12.54x
1589	Race	21	0.010%	1.91x
1590	Raw	21	0.010%	2.89x
1591	Ridgeway	21	0.010%	3.58x
1592	Robarts	21	0.010%	10.55x
1593	Roome	21	0.010%	5.41x
1594	Salter	21	0.010%	0.46x
1595	Saunderson	21	0.010%	4.49x
1596	Shelley	21	0.010%	1.35x
1597	Spiers	21	0.010%	1.27x
1598	Staples	21	0.010%	1.09x
1599	Tarling	21	0.010%	5.15x
1600	Toll	21	0.010%	5.93x