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 Wenham, with 18 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
1801	Wenham	18	0.010%	2.70x
1802	Whitney	18	0.010%	1.72x
1803	Wills	18	0.010%	0.30x
1804	Wimbush	18	0.010%	14.16x
1805	Winn	18	0.010%	0.92x
1806	Worley	18	0.010%	2.01x
1807	Youngman	18	0.010%	3.06x
1808	Albon	17	0.010%	6.48x
1809	Aldous	17	0.010%	2.09x
1810	Allsop	17	0.010%	0.82x
1811	Bannister	17	0.010%	0.49x
1812	Bliss	17	0.010%	1.38x
1813	Boarder	17	0.010%	20.56x
1814	Boardman	17	0.010%	0.53x
1815	Boxall	17	0.010%	1.07x
1816	Boyton	17	0.010%	7.16x
1817	Bruce	17	0.010%	0.18x
1818	Butt	17	0.010%	0.65x
1819	Button	17	0.010%	0.71x
1820	Capell	17	0.010%	5.63x
1821	Cashmore	17	0.010%	2.68x
1822	Catling	17	0.010%	3.55x
1823	Chew	17	0.010%	1.66x
1824	Clift	17	0.010%	1.54x
1825	Colyer	17	0.010%	3.25x
1826	Copley	17	0.010%	1.09x
1827	Cowing	17	0.010%	10.62x
1828	Cramphorn	17	0.010%	19.45x
1829	Creek	17	0.010%	4.58x
1830	Dagley	17	0.010%	9.58x
1831	Dickins	17	0.010%	2.30x
1832	Dumpleton	17	0.010%	35.12x
1833	Earl	17	0.010%	0.65x
1834	Edwin	17	0.010%	10.28x
1835	Elliot	17	0.010%	0.33x
1836	Enever	17	0.010%	10.71x
1837	Faircloth	17	0.010%	7.83x
1838	Falkner	17	0.010%	2.48x
1839	Foreman	17	0.010%	0.65x
1840	Gascoine	17	0.010%	10.54x
1841	Gordon	17	0.010%	0.13x
1842	Gowlett	17	0.010%	13.52x
1843	Grainger	17	0.010%	0.55x
1844	Griffith	17	0.010%	0.26x
1845	Gripper	17	0.010%	35.12x
1846	Gull	17	0.010%	8.00x
1847	Harriss	17	0.010%	1.29x
1848	Heading	17	0.010%	12.64x
1849	Heathcote	17	0.010%	1.05x
1850	Hutley	17	0.010%	5.98x
1851	Ince	17	0.010%	1.69x
1852	Innes	17	0.010%	0.55x
1853	Jaggs	17	0.010%	12.58x
1854	Jenner	17	0.010%	0.71x
1855	Latham	17	0.010%	0.41x
1856	Luff	17	0.010%	1.31x
1857	Lundy	17	0.010%	4.86x
1858	Milner	17	0.010%	0.37x
1859	Pate	17	0.010%	2.04x
1860	Peak	17	0.010%	2.02x
1861	Potten	17	0.010%	11.93x
1862	Pressley	17	0.010%	9.06x
1863	Rosson	17	0.010%	13.38x
1864	Rowbottam	17	0.010%	35.12x
1865	Simms	17	0.010%	0.74x
1866	Sparkes	17	0.010%	1.15x
1867	Spence	17	0.010%	0.26x
1868	Sturman	17	0.010%	3.80x
1869	Tibbs	17	0.010%	3.81x
1870	Tilcock	17	0.010%	34.18x
1871	Topp	17	0.010%	3.70x
1872	Twyman	17	0.010%	5.69x
1873	Upson	17	0.010%	3.94x
1874	Walklate	17	0.010%	11.09x
1875	Woodwards	17	0.010%	9.92x
1876	Wyatt	17	0.010%	0.29x
1877	Wynne	17	0.010%	0.88x
1878	Amey	16	0.010%	2.84x
1879	Bloomfield	16	0.010%	0.63x
1880	Body	16	0.010%	2.32x
1881	Boutell	16	0.010%	16.08x
1882	Bowen	16	0.010%	0.19x
1883	Caird	16	0.010%	3.91x
1884	Catchpole	16	0.010%	1.23x
1885	Chesham	16	0.010%	12.33x
1886	Claxton	16	0.010%	1.25x
1887	Climpson	16	0.010%	8.53x
1888	Craddock	16	0.010%	0.94x
1889	Cromack	16	0.010%	6.28x
1890	Cuthbert	16	0.010%	0.55x
1891	Dann	16	0.010%	1.26x
1892	Dewey	16	0.010%	1.88x
1893	Dilks	16	0.010%	5.24x
1894	Dumbleton	16	0.010%	4.10x
1895	Eley	16	0.010%	1.28x
1896	Ettridge	16	0.010%	16.53x
1897	Felmingham	16	0.010%	27.68x
1898	Galloway	16	0.010%	0.46x
1899	Gambier	16	0.010%	28.67x
1900	Gash	16	0.010%	3.86x