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 Scrivener, with 65 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
601	Scrivener	65	0.030%	7.38x
602	Simons	65	0.030%	2.45x
603	Wade	65	0.030%	0.81x
604	Waters	65	0.030%	0.80x
605	Bean	64	0.030%	2.46x
606	Cheshire	64	0.030%	4.13x
607	Darvill	64	0.030%	17.31x
608	Dear	64	0.030%	4.30x
609	Flack	64	0.030%	4.51x
610	Haggar	64	0.030%	21.01x
611	Howes	64	0.030%	1.82x
612	Munday	64	0.030%	2.72x
613	Nichols	64	0.030%	0.98x
614	Nunn	64	0.030%	1.81x
615	Sexton	64	0.030%	3.69x
616	Welsh	64	0.030%	0.80x
617	Bradley	63	0.030%	0.39x
618	Cakebread	63	0.030%	20.33x
619	Covington	63	0.030%	24.40x
620	Gilby	63	0.030%	8.40x
621	Harper	63	0.030%	0.49x
622	Ilott	63	0.030%	34.32x
623	Langley	63	0.030%	1.43x
624	Littlechild	63	0.030%	22.85x
625	Whitehead	63	0.030%	0.46x
626	Williamson	63	0.030%	0.35x
627	Allum	62	0.030%	8.11x
628	Dickenson	62	0.030%	2.03x
629	Hosier	62	0.030%	23.17x
630	Mann	62	0.030%	0.58x
631	Sadler	62	0.030%	1.31x
632	Watkins	62	0.030%	0.51x
633	Ashwell	61	0.030%	8.72x
634	Beard	61	0.030%	1.15x
635	Breed	61	0.030%	17.58x
636	Clare	61	0.030%	2.09x
637	Cockman	61	0.030%	34.36x
638	Goodyear	61	0.030%	5.72x
639	Harrowell	61	0.030%	57.06x
640	Higgins	61	0.030%	0.60x
641	Humphreys	61	0.030%	0.86x
642	Newberry	61	0.030%	7.39x
643	Nightingale	61	0.030%	1.80x
644	Pinner	61	0.030%	12.21x
645	Poulter	61	0.030%	4.07x
646	Sawyer	61	0.030%	1.64x
647	Slow	61	0.030%	23.63x
648	Stracey	61	0.030%	39.97x
649	Want	61	0.030%	14.78x
650	Wilsher	61	0.030%	18.48x
651	Baines	60	0.030%	1.56x
652	Balls	60	0.030%	2.33x
653	Bartlett	60	0.030%	0.68x
654	Brownsell	60	0.030%	55.43x
655	Coster	60	0.030%	10.12x
656	Cowell	60	0.030%	2.08x
657	Dudley	60	0.030%	1.99x
658	Fensom	60	0.030%	19.74x
659	Gayler	60	0.030%	20.37x
660	Gill	60	0.030%	0.42x
661	Lunnon	60	0.030%	28.42x
662	Myers	60	0.030%	1.14x
663	Stewart	60	0.030%	0.19x
664	Wallington	60	0.030%	9.52x
665	Whyman	60	0.030%	11.15x
666	Claridge	59	0.030%	5.04x
667	Curl	59	0.030%	15.08x
668	Dodd	59	0.030%	0.72x
669	Hemmings	59	0.030%	3.44x
670	Hooker	59	0.030%	3.43x
671	Huckle	59	0.030%	9.24x
672	Mayo	59	0.030%	3.81x
673	Newland	59	0.030%	4.89x
674	Partridge	59	0.030%	1.12x
675	Puddifoot	59	0.030%	68.56x
676	Scripps	59	0.030%	107.02x
677	Simpkins	59	0.030%	6.49x
678	Todd	59	0.030%	0.58x
679	Vass	59	0.030%	8.64x
680	Bigg	58	0.030%	9.16x
681	Bland	58	0.030%	1.39x
682	Brandon	58	0.030%	5.67x
683	Cane	58	0.030%	4.23x
684	Collyer	58	0.030%	4.66x
685	Furr	58	0.030%	56.39x
686	Hilton	58	0.030%	0.84x
687	Judge	58	0.030%	2.66x
688	Martindale	58	0.030%	5.02x
689	Newbury	58	0.030%	4.73x
690	Pallett	58	0.030%	10.80x
691	Perrin	58	0.030%	2.81x
692	Proctor	58	0.030%	1.17x
693	Angel	57	0.030%	6.59x
694	Buck	57	0.030%	1.32x
695	Budd	57	0.030%	2.23x
696	Cato	57	0.030%	20.98x
697	Fenn	57	0.030%	2.79x
698	Gilbey	57	0.030%	11.81x
699	Goldsmith	57	0.030%	1.82x
700	Pegram	57	0.030%	23.75x