1881 census place

Broxbourne surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Broxbourne, 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

236 surnames are listed for Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, covering 1,312 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kirby, with 30 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Broxbourne

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	Kirby	30	0.750%	19.81x
2	Dymock	24	0.600%	447.76x
3	Rowley	24	0.600%	22.89x
4	Hampton	22	0.550%	34.92x
5	Aldridge	20	0.500%	25.84x
6	Saggers	20	0.500%	380.95x
7	Sewell	20	0.500%	23.71x
8	Crawley	19	0.480%	36.64x
9	Phipps	19	0.480%	32.18x
10	Whitley	19	0.480%	58.14x
11	Cornhill	18	0.450%	580.65x
12	Fitch	18	0.450%	57.66x
13	Prior	18	0.450%	19.48x
14	Ricketts	17	0.430%	43.92x
15	Faint	16	0.400%	463.77x
16	Ansell	15	0.380%	32.54x
17	Gouldsmith	15	0.380%	1428.57x
18	Nottage	15	0.380%	188.44x
19	Drain	14	0.350%	199.43x
20	Frogley	14	0.350%	421.69x
21	Plummer	14	0.350%	26.26x
22	Brewster	13	0.330%	33.64x
23	Cozens	13	0.330%	74.12x
24	Dorrington	13	0.330%	103.34x
25	Gillett	13	0.330%	30.85x
26	Pocock	13	0.330%	30.92x
27	Ashford	12	0.300%	30.40x
28	Brittian	12	0.300%	332.41x
29	Byott	12	0.300%	2264.15x
30	Cockman	12	0.300%	340.91x
31	Macer	12	0.300%	342.86x
32	Reeks	12	0.300%	195.76x
33	Teale	12	0.300%	81.47x
34	Catlin	11	0.280%	115.79x
35	Gathercole	11	0.280%	134.64x
36	Newbery	11	0.280%	95.74x
37	Peddar	11	0.280%	330.33x
38	Pulham	11	0.280%	165.41x
39	Sams	11	0.280%	126.58x
40	Faithfull	10	0.250%	185.19x
41	Fountain	10	0.250%	36.48x
42	Hitchins	10	0.250%	121.65x
43	Horley	10	0.250%	106.38x
44	Barlett	9	0.230%	514.29x
45	Fairchild	9	0.230%	99.89x
46	Giblin	9	0.230%	116.43x
47	Godfery	9	0.230%	891.09x
48	Kempton	9	0.230%	78.47x
49	Lovett	9	0.230%	24.68x
50	Rainbird	9	0.230%	135.95x
51	Sewel	9	0.230%	638.30x
52	Stracey	9	0.230%	298.01x
53	Twine	9	0.230%	177.87x
54	Winters	9	0.230%	53.22x
55	Aylott	8	0.200%	114.94x
56	Burroughs	8	0.200%	62.55x
57	Cass	8	0.200%	28.28x
58	Cordell	8	0.200%	92.17x
59	Jaggs	8	0.200%	298.51x
60	Linsell	8	0.200%	161.29x
61	Manly	8	0.200%	134.23x
62	Sparke	8	0.200%	119.05x
63	Tingay	8	0.200%	365.30x
64	Woolmer	8	0.200%	123.84x
65	Beeston	7	0.180%	41.69x
66	Bodimeade	7	0.180%	864.20x
67	Cakebread	7	0.180%	114.01x
68	Chittenden	7	0.180%	69.51x
69	Coomes	7	0.180%	372.34x
70	Gaisford	7	0.180%	175.88x
71	Laker	7	0.180%	41.20x
72	Malyon	7	0.180%	106.06x
73	Minns	7	0.180%	39.89x
74	Pegrum	7	0.180%	253.62x
75	Whitton	7	0.180%	28.59x
76	Youngman	7	0.180%	60.03x
77	Beak	6	0.150%	117.19x
78	Caldecott	6	0.150%	224.72x
79	Gayler	6	0.150%	102.74x
80	Giffin	6	0.150%	149.63x
81	Hackey	6	0.150%	750.00x
82	Halsey	6	0.150%	34.97x
83	Oakman	6	0.150%	212.01x
84	Parcell	6	0.150%	189.87x
85	Paye	6	0.150%	845.07x
86	Shuter	6	0.150%	118.81x
87	Skipp	6	0.150%	99.83x
88	Thorogood	6	0.150%	33.82x
89	Thurgood	6	0.150%	42.67x
90	Varney	6	0.150%	28.74x
91	Whitten	6	0.150%	104.17x
92	Bradfield	5	0.130%	39.49x
93	Cheek	5	0.130%	62.19x
94	Clear	5	0.130%	60.02x
95	Cockerton	5	0.130%	75.08x
96	Hack	5	0.130%	35.84x
97	Hailes	5	0.130%	89.93x
98	Idle	5	0.130%	79.62x
99	Kidley	5	0.130%	413.22x
100	Lansley	5	0.130%	93.81x