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 Wakeford, with 3 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
5301	Wakeford	3	0.000%	0.43x
5302	Wakem	3	0.000%	4.17x
5303	Wallers	3	0.000%	3.81x
5304	Walles	3	0.000%	4.80x
5305	Wallinger	3	0.000%	4.38x
5306	Wane	3	0.000%	1.50x
5307	Watkin	3	0.000%	0.17x
5308	Weatherall	3	0.000%	0.77x
5309	Wedd	3	0.000%	2.01x
5310	Weekley	3	0.000%	3.04x
5311	Weldon	3	0.000%	0.37x
5312	Wemyss	3	0.000%	1.08x
5313	Wert	3	0.000%	15.95x
5314	Western	3	0.000%	0.35x
5315	Whaler	3	0.000%	4.42x
5316	Whitebread	3	0.000%	2.09x
5317	Whiteman	3	0.000%	0.23x
5318	Whittemore	3	0.000%	3.54x
5319	Wigginton	3	0.000%	1.34x
5320	Wildon	3	0.000%	2.16x
5321	Willard	3	0.000%	0.57x
5322	Willers	3	0.000%	2.67x
5323	Winder	3	0.000%	0.23x
5324	Winton	3	0.000%	0.40x
5325	Witherington	3	0.000%	1.34x
5326	Wolton	3	0.000%	1.88x
5327	Woolcott	3	0.000%	1.08x
5328	Worall	3	0.000%	12.76x
5329	Write	3	0.000%	10.88x
5330	Wyles	3	0.000%	0.59x
5331	Yeates	3	0.000%	0.27x
5332	Yeats	3	0.000%	0.54x
5333	Ablett	2	0.000%	0.47x
5334	Acton	2	0.000%	0.17x
5335	Adam	2	0.000%	0.06x
5336	Agent	2	0.000%	2.83x
5337	Ainslie	2	0.000%	0.38x
5338	Air	2	0.000%	1.64x
5339	Airton	2	0.000%	1.98x
5340	Aitkenhead	2	0.000%	0.84x
5341	Alcock	2	0.000%	0.07x
5342	Alderman	2	0.000%	0.25x
5343	Aldred	2	0.000%	0.12x
5344	Ale	2	0.000%	37.17x
5345	Alford	2	0.000%	0.12x
5346	Allchin	2	0.000%	0.73x
5347	Alliston	2	0.000%	1.11x
5348	Allport	2	0.000%	0.41x
5349	Altham	2	0.000%	0.80x
5350	Amas	2	0.000%	10.26x
5351	Amory	2	0.000%	2.52x
5352	Annesley	2	0.000%	2.68x
5353	Ansty	2	0.000%	2.42x
5354	Applebee	2	0.000%	1.49x
5355	Argue	2	0.000%	21.28x
5356	Arkwright	2	0.000%	0.42x
5357	Artis	2	0.000%	1.30x
5358	Ashforth	2	0.000%	0.57x
5359	Ashington	2	0.000%	4.13x
5360	Askew	2	0.000%	0.09x
5361	Atherley	2	0.000%	1.42x
5362	Attfield	2	0.000%	0.65x
5363	Attkins	2	0.000%	2.46x
5364	Attwell	2	0.000%	0.45x
5365	Auty	2	0.000%	0.30x
5366	Avins	2	0.000%	4.02x
5367	Axford	2	0.000%	0.41x
5368	Bagworth	2	0.000%	3.34x
5369	Baird	2	0.000%	0.05x
5370	Baldy	2	0.000%	3.10x
5371	Baley	2	0.000%	1.07x
5372	Bamber	2	0.000%	0.13x
5373	Banbury	2	0.000%	0.42x
5374	Band	2	0.000%	0.44x
5375	Bang	2	0.000%	13.53x
5376	Banner	2	0.000%	0.18x
5377	Barder	2	0.000%	5.84x
5378	Barnfather	2	0.000%	0.68x
5379	Barnfield	2	0.000%	0.40x
5380	Barringer	2	0.000%	0.98x
5381	Barter	2	0.000%	0.18x
5382	Bastow	2	0.000%	0.30x
5383	Batchlor	2	0.000%	1.72x
5384	Batting	2	0.000%	1.96x
5385	Baugh	2	0.000%	0.28x
5386	Baxendale	2	0.000%	0.19x
5387	Bead	2	0.000%	3.77x
5388	Beall	2	0.000%	0.71x
5389	Beare	2	0.000%	0.54x
5390	Bears	2	0.000%	6.92x
5391	Beart	2	0.000%	2.29x
5392	Beechey	2	0.000%	0.77x
5393	Belling	2	0.000%	2.20x
5394	Benfield	2	0.000%	0.34x
5395	Benning	2	0.000%	0.75x
5396	Bernard	2	0.000%	0.24x
5397	Berner	2	0.000%	4.25x
5398	Betteridge	2	0.000%	0.22x
5399	Bettinson	2	0.000%	1.24x
5400	Beutley	2	0.000%	33.11x