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 Hornby, with 19 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
1701	Hornby	19	0.010%	0.83x
1702	Horsey	19	0.010%	5.16x
1703	Humphry	19	0.010%	3.04x
1704	Ison	19	0.010%	3.22x
1705	Kennedy	19	0.010%	0.16x
1706	Langdale	19	0.010%	5.40x
1707	Lawton	19	0.010%	0.37x
1708	Liles	19	0.010%	10.50x
1709	Linger	19	0.010%	16.53x
1710	Littleford	19	0.010%	12.96x
1711	Low	19	0.010%	0.45x
1712	Mercer	19	0.010%	0.36x
1713	Morriss	19	0.010%	1.55x
1714	Mothersole	19	0.010%	8.75x
1715	Packer	19	0.010%	0.90x
1716	Parkinson	19	0.010%	0.20x
1717	Pettengell	19	0.010%	37.19x
1718	Pheasant	19	0.010%	8.86x
1719	Roper	19	0.010%	0.45x
1720	Sage	19	0.010%	1.06x
1721	Scarfe	19	0.010%	4.84x
1722	Sheaf	19	0.010%	18.23x
1723	Sherfield	19	0.010%	64.23x
1724	Spring	19	0.010%	1.94x
1725	Starling	19	0.010%	1.28x
1726	Stow	19	0.010%	2.14x
1727	Sturgeon	19	0.010%	2.34x
1728	Talbot	19	0.010%	0.38x
1729	Thurlow	19	0.010%	1.96x
1730	Tims	19	0.010%	4.30x
1731	Tutt	19	0.010%	3.28x
1732	Twitchell	19	0.010%	47.90x
1733	Vickers	19	0.010%	0.37x
1734	Vines	19	0.010%	2.83x
1735	Wakeman	19	0.010%	3.12x
1736	Weatherly	19	0.010%	7.54x
1737	Westerman	19	0.010%	2.88x
1738	Willoughby	19	0.010%	1.08x
1739	Abrams	18	0.010%	3.61x
1740	Adcock	18	0.010%	0.91x
1741	Barfoot	18	0.010%	2.89x
1742	Beckwith	18	0.010%	1.52x
1743	Bowden	18	0.010%	0.31x
1744	Buchanan	18	0.010%	0.35x
1745	Bucket	18	0.010%	30.43x
1746	Burchmore	18	0.010%	43.19x
1747	Bye	18	0.010%	1.78x
1748	Canham	18	0.010%	2.01x
1749	Casey	18	0.010%	0.61x
1750	Catterill	18	0.010%	116.43x
1751	Champness	18	0.010%	11.06x
1752	Channer	18	0.010%	18.85x
1753	Claydon	18	0.010%	1.42x
1754	Clemens	18	0.010%	4.42x
1755	Dalton	18	0.010%	0.39x
1756	Dancer	18	0.010%	4.16x
1757	Doughty	18	0.010%	0.70x
1758	Dowton	18	0.010%	22.89x
1759	Ebden	18	0.010%	21.25x
1760	Edmunds	18	0.010%	0.69x
1761	Fearn	18	0.010%	1.20x
1762	Firman	18	0.010%	3.51x
1763	Foulkes	18	0.010%	0.96x
1764	Frogley	18	0.010%	10.75x
1765	Gathercole	18	0.010%	4.37x
1766	Gilmore	18	0.010%	1.53x
1767	Goldhawk	18	0.010%	51.49x
1768	Gomme	18	0.010%	11.49x
1769	Gowler	18	0.010%	10.93x
1770	Greenwood	18	0.010%	0.12x
1771	Haddon	18	0.010%	1.34x
1772	Hester	18	0.010%	2.40x
1773	Hilsden	18	0.010%	19.54x
1774	House	18	0.010%	0.69x
1775	Kimsey	18	0.010%	68.65x
1776	Large	18	0.010%	0.87x
1777	Lyons	18	0.010%	0.40x
1778	Mears	18	0.010%	0.95x
1779	Moulding	18	0.010%	3.71x
1780	Nobbs	18	0.010%	2.16x
1781	Osman	18	0.010%	2.46x
1782	Parry	18	0.010%	0.12x
1783	Parsloe	18	0.010%	14.09x
1784	Peirce	18	0.010%	2.65x
1785	Pigram	18	0.010%	13.12x
1786	Puncher	18	0.010%	30.43x
1787	Redman	18	0.010%	0.68x
1788	Rochester	18	0.010%	3.41x
1789	Rowlatt	18	0.010%	9.60x
1790	Rumney	18	0.010%	5.71x
1791	Sammons	18	0.010%	5.82x
1792	Shelton	18	0.010%	0.76x
1793	Skerman	18	0.010%	72.38x
1794	Skidmore	18	0.010%	1.22x
1795	Story	18	0.010%	1.44x
1796	Sygrove	18	0.010%	102.97x
1797	Tennant	18	0.010%	0.84x
1798	Trapp	18	0.010%	7.99x
1799	Trundell	18	0.010%	48.69x
1800	Waby	18	0.010%	15.21x