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 Bates, with 300 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
101	Bates	300	0.150%	2.34x
102	Harvey	299	0.150%	1.39x
103	Oakley	299	0.150%	7.01x
104	Burton	298	0.150%	1.74x
105	Batchelor	296	0.150%	8.67x
106	Miles	295	0.150%	2.48x
107	Wren	292	0.150%	13.39x
108	Norris	284	0.140%	3.28x
109	Hills	277	0.140%	4.97x
110	Bailey	276	0.140%	0.91x
111	Brace	268	0.130%	23.17x
112	Marshall	265	0.130%	0.78x
113	Dell	262	0.130%	22.19x
114	Tyler	261	0.130%	4.39x
115	Wheeler	260	0.130%	2.14x
116	George	254	0.130%	2.15x
117	Austin	251	0.120%	2.55x
118	Franklin	251	0.120%	3.75x
119	Camp	250	0.120%	21.57x
120	Spicer	250	0.120%	9.23x
121	Groom	247	0.120%	8.75x
122	Swain	243	0.120%	6.26x
123	Rance	242	0.120%	32.25x
124	Godfrey	241	0.120%	4.04x
125	Dean	237	0.120%	1.70x
126	Waldock	236	0.120%	70.20x
127	Ford	235	0.120%	1.20x
128	Fox	235	0.120%	1.26x
129	Parsons	234	0.120%	1.53x
130	Matthews	232	0.120%	1.32x
131	Stone	232	0.120%	1.59x
132	Jennings	231	0.110%	2.26x
133	Lewis	230	0.110%	0.43x
134	Kirby	227	0.110%	2.97x
135	Lane	226	0.110%	1.63x
136	Newman	224	0.110%	1.50x
137	Munt	222	0.110%	46.05x
138	Castle	221	0.110%	5.52x
139	Nicholls	218	0.110%	2.07x
140	Hughes	216	0.110%	0.38x
141	Lines	215	0.110%	10.06x
142	Hammond	210	0.100%	1.83x
143	Monk	208	0.100%	4.92x
144	Harrison	207	0.100%	0.46x
145	Watts	207	0.100%	1.23x
146	Bentley	206	0.100%	2.42x
147	Croft	205	0.100%	4.31x
148	Harding	205	0.100%	1.41x
149	Cain	204	0.100%	4.88x
150	Brooks	201	0.100%	1.02x
151	Mason	200	0.100%	0.74x
152	Moore	199	0.100%	0.49x
153	Simmonds	199	0.100%	3.70x
154	Coleman	198	0.100%	1.97x
155	Long	198	0.100%	1.52x
156	Read	197	0.100%	1.52x
157	Carpenter	196	0.100%	2.84x
158	Curtis	196	0.100%	1.72x
159	North	196	0.100%	2.94x
160	Crane	193	0.100%	4.54x
161	Simmons	191	0.090%	2.32x
162	Thomas	191	0.090%	0.23x
163	Ansell	190	0.090%	8.17x
164	Ashby	188	0.090%	5.57x
165	Butler	187	0.090%	0.95x
166	Mardell	186	0.090%	58.61x
167	Bray	184	0.090%	2.72x
168	Brett	184	0.090%	4.81x
169	Tomlin	184	0.090%	10.22x
170	West	184	0.090%	0.95x
171	Richardson	182	0.090%	0.53x
172	Spencer	182	0.090%	0.99x
173	Wilkins	181	0.090%	2.03x
174	Pearman	180	0.090%	18.67x
175	Birch	178	0.090%	2.16x
176	Bryant	178	0.090%	2.07x
177	Fletcher	178	0.090%	0.77x
178	Barber	177	0.090%	1.46x
179	Sear	176	0.090%	23.35x
180	Butterfield	175	0.090%	6.50x
181	Hayes	175	0.090%	1.40x
182	Mills	175	0.090%	0.67x
183	Mitchell	175	0.090%	0.43x
184	Wallis	175	0.090%	2.57x
185	Woods	175	0.090%	1.38x
186	How	173	0.090%	13.16x
187	Bell	172	0.090%	0.45x
188	Bishop	171	0.080%	1.22x
189	Hobbs	171	0.080%	2.33x
190	Humphrey	171	0.080%	3.19x
191	Griffin	168	0.080%	1.77x
192	Rayment	168	0.080%	18.76x
193	Dixon	167	0.080%	0.76x
194	Savage	167	0.080%	2.16x
195	Howe	166	0.080%	2.10x
196	Weston	166	0.080%	2.02x
197	Woodward	163	0.080%	1.64x
198	Bedford	162	0.080%	3.39x
199	Sears	162	0.080%	12.80x
200	Chambers	161	0.080%	1.41x