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 Gower, with 161 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
201	Gower	161	0.080%	7.62x
202	Kent	161	0.080%	1.90x
203	Newton	161	0.080%	1.04x
204	East	160	0.080%	5.11x
205	Sibley	160	0.080%	9.87x
206	Wallace	160	0.080%	1.16x
207	Kingham	159	0.080%	21.75x
208	Shadbolt	159	0.080%	46.19x
209	Skinner	159	0.080%	1.56x
210	Eames	158	0.080%	11.43x
211	Porter	158	0.080%	1.05x
212	Catlin	157	0.080%	32.75x
213	Berry	156	0.080%	0.98x
214	Chappell	156	0.080%	4.59x
215	Lawrance	156	0.080%	11.87x
216	Chamberlain	155	0.080%	2.83x
217	Osborne	155	0.080%	1.61x
218	Thurgood	155	0.080%	21.85x
219	Osborn	154	0.080%	3.68x
220	Wilkinson	154	0.080%	0.50x
221	Gibbs	153	0.080%	1.55x
222	Norman	153	0.080%	1.64x
223	Aylott	151	0.080%	43.02x
224	Seymour	151	0.080%	3.67x
225	Deamer	150	0.070%	71.74x
226	Norwood	150	0.070%	18.39x
227	Clements	149	0.070%	2.23x
228	Kiff	149	0.070%	70.80x
229	Skeggs	149	0.070%	51.66x
230	Bush	148	0.070%	2.98x
231	Simpson	147	0.070%	0.42x
232	Shaw	146	0.070%	0.39x
233	Rolph	145	0.070%	19.55x
234	Farr	144	0.070%	4.82x
235	Gentle	144	0.070%	21.72x
236	Peters	144	0.070%	2.04x
237	Waterton	144	0.070%	47.81x
238	Kitchener	143	0.070%	20.89x
239	Parkins	143	0.070%	13.19x
240	Patmore	143	0.070%	28.62x
241	Crouch	142	0.070%	5.26x
242	Durrant	142	0.070%	4.51x
243	Fuller	142	0.070%	1.74x
244	Game	141	0.070%	22.12x
245	Squires	141	0.070%	4.94x
246	Springham	140	0.070%	78.58x
247	Webster	140	0.070%	0.80x
248	Hedges	139	0.070%	6.03x
249	Potter	139	0.070%	1.06x
250	Savill	139	0.070%	14.57x
251	Drage	138	0.070%	17.74x
252	Gatward	138	0.070%	53.73x
253	Hare	138	0.070%	4.44x
254	Powell	138	0.070%	0.55x
255	Elliott	137	0.070%	0.80x
256	Goodman	137	0.070%	2.33x
257	Harwood	137	0.070%	2.54x
258	Biggs	136	0.070%	3.58x
259	Randall	136	0.070%	2.16x
260	Kimpton	135	0.070%	24.70x
261	Males	135	0.070%	54.86x
262	Swallow	135	0.070%	6.65x
263	Willis	135	0.070%	1.26x
264	Child	134	0.070%	3.91x
265	Scales	134	0.070%	11.24x
266	Cole	133	0.070%	0.73x
267	Gillett	133	0.070%	6.26x
268	Warwick	133	0.070%	4.78x
269	Cherry	132	0.070%	6.41x
270	Lambert	132	0.070%	1.20x
271	Stratton	132	0.070%	7.57x
272	Bonfield	131	0.070%	35.36x
273	Izzard	131	0.070%	21.74x
274	Piggott	131	0.070%	8.95x
275	Slough	131	0.070%	67.19x
276	Hull	130	0.060%	3.09x
277	Lovett	130	0.060%	7.06x
278	Manning	130	0.060%	2.03x
279	Brazier	129	0.060%	6.83x
280	Finch	129	0.060%	1.92x
281	Pateman	129	0.060%	16.98x
282	Phipps	129	0.060%	4.33x
283	Sell	129	0.060%	21.13x
284	Horn	128	0.060%	2.80x
285	Winters	128	0.060%	15.00x
286	Currell	127	0.060%	41.33x
287	Dawson	127	0.060%	0.57x
288	Fish	126	0.060%	3.36x
289	Ginn	126	0.060%	22.63x
290	Oliver	126	0.060%	0.88x
291	Fitzjohn	125	0.060%	39.47x
292	Gilbert	124	0.060%	1.08x
293	Rose	124	0.060%	0.83x
294	Smart	124	0.060%	1.35x
295	Abbott	123	0.060%	1.39x
296	Frost	123	0.060%	1.09x
297	Gates	123	0.060%	3.94x
298	Glenister	123	0.060%	35.87x
299	Hankin	123	0.060%	19.91x
300	Keen	123	0.060%	3.05x