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 Lawman, with 49 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
801	Lawman	49	0.020%	24.79x
802	Maskell	49	0.020%	3.46x
803	Munns	49	0.020%	6.82x
804	Gutteridge	48	0.020%	4.69x
805	Hedge	48	0.020%	9.82x
806	Horne	48	0.020%	1.10x
807	Kentish	48	0.020%	21.38x
808	Langham	48	0.020%	5.44x
809	Mathews	48	0.020%	0.65x
810	Rumble	48	0.020%	6.39x
811	Sapsed	48	0.020%	79.33x
812	Shrimpton	48	0.020%	5.56x
813	Sills	48	0.020%	7.59x
814	Thody	48	0.020%	50.28x
815	Barr	47	0.020%	0.97x
816	Bourne	47	0.020%	1.20x
817	Briars	47	0.020%	24.97x
818	Cooke	47	0.020%	0.42x
819	Darnell	47	0.020%	8.18x
820	Dickerson	47	0.020%	5.72x
821	Dorrington	47	0.020%	7.40x
822	Ellwood	47	0.020%	4.22x
823	Golding	47	0.020%	1.32x
824	Haines	47	0.020%	1.01x
825	Hawks	47	0.020%	8.93x
826	Herbert	47	0.020%	0.62x
827	Irons	47	0.020%	4.29x
828	Knowles	47	0.020%	0.44x
829	Leach	47	0.020%	0.57x
830	Macer	47	0.020%	26.58x
831	Rule	47	0.020%	3.40x
832	Treacher	47	0.020%	20.15x
833	Wiseman	47	0.020%	1.70x
834	Ballard	46	0.020%	1.52x
835	Bassil	46	0.020%	67.75x
836	Beckley	46	0.020%	8.78x
837	Clifton	46	0.020%	1.62x
838	Crockett	46	0.020%	4.85x
839	Davey	46	0.020%	0.56x
840	Dolling	46	0.020%	16.37x
841	Floyd	46	0.020%	2.40x
842	Housden	46	0.020%	10.27x
843	Morrell	46	0.020%	2.43x
844	Pearson	46	0.020%	0.20x
845	Pitkin	46	0.020%	23.67x
846	Prentice	46	0.020%	1.94x
847	Raggett	46	0.020%	18.34x
848	Tuffnell	46	0.020%	26.72x
849	Vincent	46	0.020%	0.73x
850	Walby	46	0.020%	25.15x
851	Willey	46	0.020%	2.54x
852	Wilshere	46	0.020%	31.97x
853	Darby	45	0.020%	1.39x
854	Element	45	0.020%	51.89x
855	Fitch	45	0.020%	2.86x
856	Grange	45	0.020%	3.89x
857	Larkin	45	0.020%	2.49x
858	Masters	45	0.020%	1.21x
859	Piper	45	0.020%	1.13x
860	Pomfret	45	0.020%	6.50x
861	Sapsford	45	0.020%	14.55x
862	Scoot	45	0.020%	54.41x
863	Staines	45	0.020%	4.05x
864	Starr	45	0.020%	4.54x
865	Stringer	45	0.020%	1.12x
866	Thorne	45	0.020%	1.06x
867	Boultwood	44	0.020%	38.27x
868	Driver	44	0.020%	1.18x
869	Eldridge	44	0.020%	2.00x
870	Healey	44	0.020%	1.34x
871	Hemley	44	0.020%	80.81x
872	Lea	44	0.020%	1.11x
873	Mascall	44	0.020%	18.54x
874	Pipkin	44	0.020%	32.40x
875	Temple	44	0.020%	1.66x
876	Terry	44	0.020%	0.85x
877	Tomkins	44	0.020%	2.11x
878	Alexander	43	0.020%	0.40x
879	Baxter	43	0.020%	0.36x
880	Christy	43	0.020%	10.12x
881	Cordell	43	0.020%	9.82x
882	Elsom	43	0.020%	12.92x
883	Goodship	43	0.020%	27.57x
884	Handley	43	0.020%	1.27x
885	Hannell	43	0.020%	42.08x
886	Hayward	43	0.020%	0.50x
887	Hudgell	43	0.020%	32.14x
888	Joyner	43	0.020%	9.26x
889	Moody	43	0.020%	0.82x
890	Murphy	43	0.020%	0.27x
891	Primett	43	0.020%	94.07x
892	Puddefoot	43	0.020%	46.34x
893	Puddephatt	43	0.020%	22.60x
894	Thear	43	0.020%	78.97x
895	Wackett	43	0.020%	20.97x
896	Wiggins	43	0.020%	1.98x
897	Wild	43	0.020%	0.52x
898	Blunt	42	0.020%	2.58x
899	Boulton	42	0.020%	1.16x
900	Bowman	42	0.020%	0.80x