1881 census place

Hemel Hempstead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hemel Hempstead, 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

488 surnames are listed for Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, covering 4,193 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Crawley, with 62 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hemel Hempstead

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	Crawley	62	0.680%	52.60x
2	Sells	62	0.680%	401.29x
3	Freeman	57	0.630%	9.84x
4	Gurney	56	0.620%	59.28x
5	Picton	52	0.570%	168.45x
6	Sear	50	0.550%	147.23x
7	How	48	0.530%	81.04x
8	Hoar	47	0.520%	125.94x
9	Lane	47	0.520%	7.52x
10	Seabrook	46	0.510%	103.00x
11	Hobbs	45	0.500%	13.61x
12	Dell	44	0.490%	82.71x
13	Latchford	44	0.490%	312.28x
14	Durrant	43	0.470%	30.28x
15	Keen	43	0.470%	23.65x
16	Mead	42	0.460%	19.86x
17	Tomlin	42	0.460%	51.77x
18	Charge	41	0.450%	506.80x
19	Woods	40	0.440%	6.99x
20	Rolph	39	0.430%	116.70x
21	Bass	37	0.410%	36.06x
22	Parrott	37	0.410%	35.88x
23	Hemley	35	0.390%	1428.57x
24	Gravestock	34	0.370%	377.78x
25	Glenister	32	0.350%	207.12x
26	Baldwin	30	0.330%	7.75x
27	Hosier	30	0.330%	248.76x
28	Hollick	29	0.320%	162.28x
29	Beckley	28	0.310%	118.64x
30	Hooker	28	0.310%	36.10x
31	Osborn	28	0.310%	14.83x
32	Lovett	27	0.300%	32.56x
33	Orchard	27	0.300%	28.00x
34	Cripps	26	0.290%	29.47x
35	Franklin	25	0.280%	8.30x
36	Kitchener	25	0.280%	81.06x
37	Lovell	25	0.280%	13.17x
38	Floyd	24	0.260%	27.83x
39	Gates	24	0.260%	17.08x
40	Halsey	24	0.260%	61.51x
41	Spurr	24	0.260%	63.32x
42	Gower	23	0.250%	24.15x
43	Lea	23	0.250%	12.84x
44	Pipkin	23	0.250%	375.82x
45	Sexton	23	0.250%	29.42x
46	Thorn	23	0.250%	16.96x
47	Attwood	22	0.240%	24.48x
48	Simmonds	22	0.240%	9.08x
49	Foskett	21	0.230%	98.73x
50	Fountain	21	0.230%	33.70x
51	Kilby	21	0.230%	41.14x
52	Puddifoot	20	0.220%	515.46x
53	Bone	19	0.210%	11.30x
54	Monk	19	0.210%	9.97x
55	Batchelor	18	0.200%	11.70x
56	Eames	18	0.200%	28.90x
57	Mutton	18	0.200%	53.52x
58	Poulter	18	0.200%	26.68x
59	Allsop	17	0.190%	18.25x
60	Haydon	17	0.190%	29.91x
61	Janes	17	0.190%	29.16x
62	Rhoades	17	0.190%	115.96x
63	Ambrose	16	0.180%	20.02x
64	Burrage	16	0.180%	90.45x
65	Chennells	16	0.180%	366.97x
66	Hannell	16	0.180%	347.83x
67	Kingham	16	0.180%	48.59x
68	Margrave	16	0.180%	459.77x
69	Plummer	16	0.180%	13.20x
70	Sibley	16	0.180%	21.90x
71	Allum	15	0.170%	43.54x
72	Breed	15	0.170%	95.97x
73	Brinklow	15	0.170%	192.55x
74	Elkins	15	0.170%	42.51x
75	Harrowell	15	0.170%	311.20x
76	Pearman	15	0.170%	34.53x
77	Peek	15	0.170%	62.60x
78	Pitkin	15	0.170%	171.23x
79	Carrington	14	0.150%	14.65x
80	Cromack	14	0.150%	121.95x
81	East	14	0.150%	9.92x
82	Ginger	14	0.150%	84.03x
83	Greenhill	14	0.150%	35.71x
84	Groom	14	0.150%	11.01x
85	Hemmings	14	0.150%	18.13x
86	Jeffs	14	0.150%	19.71x
87	Parkins	14	0.150%	28.65x
88	Slatter	14	0.150%	38.80x
89	Slough	14	0.150%	159.27x
90	Tompkins	14	0.150%	17.88x
91	Biggerstaff	13	0.140%	194.32x
92	Curl	13	0.140%	73.74x
93	Cutler	13	0.140%	11.51x
94	Garment	13	0.140%	397.55x
95	Hearne	13	0.140%	42.82x
96	Raggett	13	0.140%	115.04x
97	Theed	13	0.140%	456.14x
98	Banfield	12	0.130%	28.93x
99	Giddings	12	0.130%	29.04x
100	Holliman	12	0.130%	271.49x