1881 census place

Bishop Stortford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

357 surnames are listed for Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, covering 2,935 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Carter, with 100 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bishop Stortford

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Carter	100	1.49%	8.86x
2	Prior	80	1.19%	51.38x
3	Reed	78	1.16%	15.89x
4	Curtis	67	1.00%	17.55x
5	Fuller	67	1.00%	24.63x
6	Thurgood	59	0.880%	249.05x
7	Glasscock	51	0.760%	546.04x
8	Newman	48	0.710%	9.60x
9	Bush	47	0.700%	28.30x
10	Sapsford	40	0.590%	387.22x
11	Nicholls	36	0.540%	10.25x
12	Phipp	36	0.540%	693.64x
13	Cowell	32	0.480%	33.23x
14	Patmore	30	0.450%	179.75x
15	Clayden	29	0.430%	137.05x
16	Markwell	29	0.430%	234.82x
17	Archer	28	0.420%	10.06x
18	Gilbey	27	0.400%	167.39x
19	Bradford	26	0.390%	19.83x
20	Searle	26	0.390%	19.23x
21	Brazier	24	0.360%	38.07x
22	Crabb	24	0.360%	34.39x
23	Handscombe	24	0.360%	764.33x
24	Hutchin	24	0.360%	306.91x
25	Waterman	24	0.360%	45.94x
26	Sampford	23	0.340%	891.47x
27	Stock	23	0.340%	27.49x
28	Kitchener	22	0.330%	96.24x
29	Saggs	22	0.330%	726.07x
30	Thurley	22	0.330%	226.80x
31	Griggs	21	0.310%	40.08x
32	Hayden	21	0.310%	40.03x
33	Cass	20	0.300%	41.95x
34	Mumford	20	0.300%	30.79x
35	Snow	20	0.300%	21.98x
36	Roast	19	0.280%	339.89x
37	Warwick	19	0.280%	20.42x
38	Champness	18	0.270%	331.49x
39	Firman	18	0.270%	105.20x
40	Handscomb	18	0.270%	494.51x
41	Judd	18	0.270%	20.60x
42	Savill	18	0.270%	56.48x
43	Westwood	18	0.270%	15.96x
44	Dellow	17	0.250%	171.72x
45	Lilley	17	0.250%	18.25x
46	Milton	17	0.250%	18.34x
47	Rumble	17	0.250%	67.76x
48	Swallow	17	0.250%	25.06x
49	Coote	16	0.240%	48.27x
50	Sheldrake	16	0.240%	72.10x
51	Cornwell	15	0.220%	38.70x
52	Dorrington	15	0.220%	70.75x
53	Loveday	15	0.220%	36.51x
54	Searles	15	0.220%	136.61x
55	Willey	15	0.220%	24.76x
56	Ballard	14	0.210%	13.87x
57	Pateman	14	0.210%	55.16x
58	Say	14	0.210%	85.73x
59	Skipp	14	0.210%	138.20x
60	Bayford	13	0.190%	151.87x
61	Bonney	13	0.190%	77.06x
62	Chopping	13	0.190%	179.31x
63	Livermore	13	0.190%	57.19x
64	Salmons	13	0.190%	138.45x
65	Saltmarsh	13	0.190%	148.74x
66	Gull	12	0.180%	169.01x
67	Threadgold	12	0.180%	105.17x
68	Tipler	12	0.180%	124.87x
69	Willcocks	12	0.180%	43.17x
70	Boutell	11	0.160%	331.33x
71	Brace	11	0.160%	28.48x
72	Rider	11	0.160%	16.79x
73	Sell	11	0.160%	53.95x
74	Shead	11	0.160%	90.54x
75	Amey	10	0.150%	53.19x
76	Billings	10	0.150%	30.79x
77	Blunt	10	0.150%	18.41x
78	Boyton	10	0.150%	126.10x
79	Breed	10	0.150%	86.28x
80	Chilvers	10	0.150%	37.89x
81	Faircloth	10	0.150%	137.93x
82	Gabb	10	0.150%	80.52x
83	Orsman	10	0.150%	854.70x
84	Waylett	10	0.150%	311.53x
85	Burroughs	9	0.130%	41.74x
86	Careless	9	0.130%	53.44x
87	Cater	9	0.130%	27.89x
88	Copley	9	0.130%	17.28x
89	Hockley	9	0.130%	24.81x
90	Hutching	9	0.130%	231.96x
91	Hutley	9	0.130%	94.74x
92	Josling	9	0.130%	130.62x
93	Pigram	9	0.130%	196.51x
94	Prime	9	0.130%	34.10x
95	Puncher	9	0.130%	454.55x
96	Rush	9	0.130%	12.47x
97	Sandford	9	0.130%	18.80x
98	Turtle	9	0.130%	68.75x
99	Yardley	9	0.130%	21.08x
100	Akers	8	0.120%	24.48x