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 Goodson, with 76 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
501	Goodson	76	0.040%	7.58x
502	Joiner	76	0.040%	10.62x
503	Neale	76	0.040%	1.59x
504	Toms	76	0.040%	4.88x
505	Armstrong	75	0.040%	0.49x
506	Fountain	75	0.040%	5.42x
507	Gould	75	0.040%	1.03x
508	Lloyd	75	0.040%	0.32x
509	Paul	75	0.040%	1.49x
510	Valentine	75	0.040%	2.90x
511	Wise	75	0.040%	1.79x
512	Bunce	74	0.040%	4.93x
513	Carr	74	0.040%	0.51x
514	Darton	74	0.040%	38.75x
515	Hawkes	74	0.040%	2.28x
516	Little	74	0.040%	0.78x
517	Peddar	74	0.040%	44.03x
518	Pickett	74	0.040%	4.57x
519	Almond	73	0.040%	2.92x
520	Deards	73	0.040%	55.11x
521	Dollimore	73	0.040%	67.44x
522	Emery	73	0.040%	1.66x
523	Hearn	73	0.040%	2.74x
524	Hudson	73	0.040%	0.44x
525	Pritchard	73	0.040%	0.67x
526	Riley	73	0.040%	0.46x
527	Slaughter	73	0.040%	7.35x
528	Stratford	73	0.040%	5.28x
529	Bignell	72	0.040%	8.89x
530	Grant	72	0.040%	0.36x
531	Grimes	72	0.040%	3.10x
532	Law	72	0.040%	0.79x
533	Poulton	72	0.040%	4.45x
534	Rand	72	0.040%	9.15x
535	Richards	72	0.040%	0.24x
536	Row	72	0.040%	6.95x
537	Sewell	72	0.040%	1.69x
538	Sole	72	0.040%	15.45x
539	Waterman	72	0.040%	4.60x
540	Willmott	72	0.040%	5.70x
541	Willson	72	0.040%	3.19x
542	Abbiss	71	0.040%	44.74x
543	Doggett	71	0.040%	13.66x
544	Hewitt	71	0.040%	0.72x
545	Hornett	71	0.040%	40.30x
546	Plummer	71	0.040%	2.64x
547	Ryder	71	0.040%	2.04x
548	Thornton	71	0.040%	0.70x
549	Coe	70	0.030%	2.14x
550	Pedder	70	0.030%	9.90x
551	Saggers	70	0.030%	26.42x
552	Bass	69	0.030%	3.03x
553	Beadle	69	0.030%	4.88x
554	Brackley	69	0.030%	19.89x
555	Cobb	69	0.030%	2.41x
556	Gaylor	69	0.030%	23.01x
557	Heath	69	0.030%	0.69x
558	Hulks	69	0.030%	58.98x
559	Potton	69	0.030%	27.59x
560	Slade	69	0.030%	1.72x
561	Stanley	69	0.030%	0.89x
562	Turney	69	0.030%	9.68x
563	Campbell	68	0.030%	0.20x
564	Dunn	68	0.030%	0.41x
565	England	68	0.030%	1.64x
566	Owen	68	0.030%	0.28x
567	Petts	68	0.030%	13.24x
568	Rickett	68	0.030%	11.17x
569	Stoten	68	0.030%	99.17x
570	Thake	68	0.030%	24.73x
571	Woodhouse	68	0.030%	1.43x
572	Blackaby	67	0.030%	76.67x
573	Bradbury	67	0.030%	1.15x
574	Chuck	67	0.030%	56.63x
575	Everett	67	0.030%	1.85x
576	Goss	67	0.030%	3.82x
577	Rudd	67	0.030%	2.11x
578	Anthony	66	0.030%	2.82x
579	Bright	66	0.030%	1.62x
580	Dilley	66	0.030%	10.37x
581	Garrett	66	0.030%	1.44x
582	Geary	66	0.030%	4.19x
583	Gristwood	66	0.030%	46.97x
584	Hales	66	0.030%	2.28x
585	Hipgrave	66	0.030%	98.16x
586	Holt	66	0.030%	0.49x
587	Jarman	66	0.030%	3.44x
588	Philpot	66	0.030%	4.88x
589	Robins	66	0.030%	1.55x
590	Sams	66	0.030%	15.05x
591	Warby	66	0.030%	29.84x
592	Andrew	65	0.030%	1.02x
593	Clayton	65	0.030%	0.59x
594	Cripps	65	0.030%	3.32x
595	Cutts	65	0.030%	4.11x
596	Farrow	65	0.030%	1.72x
597	Hollingsworth	65	0.030%	4.88x
598	Holton	65	0.030%	6.24x
599	Hussey	65	0.030%	3.20x
600	Plumb	65	0.030%	3.99x