1881 census place

Hitchin surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Hitchin, 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

409 surnames are listed for Hitchin, Hertfordshire, covering 3,986 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Day, with 107 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Hitchin

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	Day	107	1.18%	12.51x
2	Cannon	90	0.990%	54.69x
3	Sharp	84	0.920%	11.09x
4	Crawley	77	0.850%	65.20x
5	Gray	74	0.810%	5.70x
6	Upchurch	67	0.740%	673.37x
7	Cousins	65	0.720%	39.75x
8	Hailey	64	0.700%	429.53x
9	French	61	0.670%	13.75x
10	Saunders	59	0.650%	7.08x
11	Jeeves	54	0.590%	318.40x
12	Chalkley	51	0.560%	181.49x
13	Warren	51	0.560%	8.39x
14	Cherry	44	0.480%	47.30x
15	Butterfield	41	0.450%	33.76x
16	Arnold	40	0.440%	8.16x
17	Pierson	39	0.430%	202.07x
18	Peters	38	0.420%	11.92x
19	Spicer	38	0.420%	31.08x
20	Abbiss	37	0.410%	516.76x
21	Simmons	36	0.400%	9.70x
22	Ansell	35	0.390%	33.34x
23	Hare	33	0.360%	23.52x
24	Burrows	32	0.350%	8.04x
25	Tomlin	31	0.340%	38.14x
26	Westwood	30	0.330%	19.68x
27	Silsby	29	0.320%	641.59x
28	Stapleton	29	0.320%	31.78x
29	Izzard	27	0.300%	99.30x
30	Cotton	26	0.290%	11.98x
31	Males	26	0.290%	234.02x
32	Pateman	26	0.290%	75.82x
33	Thorogood	26	0.290%	64.36x
34	Currell	25	0.280%	180.25x
35	Dear	25	0.280%	37.19x
36	Gatward	25	0.280%	215.70x
37	Trussell	25	0.280%	289.02x
38	Waller	25	0.280%	10.92x
39	Welch	25	0.280%	7.82x
40	Fells	24	0.260%	255.05x
41	Monk	24	0.260%	12.57x
42	Bullard	23	0.250%	83.18x
43	Lewin	23	0.250%	31.38x
44	Minnis	23	0.250%	423.57x
45	Seymour	23	0.250%	12.38x
46	Wilshere	23	0.250%	354.39x
47	Worsley	23	0.250%	28.96x
48	Maylin	22	0.240%	652.82x
49	Street	22	0.240%	10.36x
50	Wingrave	22	0.240%	311.17x
51	Kitchener	21	0.230%	67.96x
52	Mansell	21	0.230%	19.78x
53	Tansley	21	0.230%	62.39x
54	Warman	21	0.230%	49.28x
55	Buckingham	20	0.220%	16.51x
56	Hide	20	0.220%	57.11x
57	Salt	20	0.220%	14.81x
58	Valentine	20	0.220%	17.16x
59	Deamer	19	0.210%	201.27x
60	Newberry	19	0.210%	50.98x
61	Ebden	18	0.200%	471.20x
62	Froy	18	0.200%	989.01x
63	Halsey	18	0.200%	46.05x
64	Pestell	18	0.200%	146.10x
65	Wiggins	18	0.200%	18.36x
66	Barham	17	0.190%	30.24x
67	Fairey	17	0.190%	129.97x
68	Shambrook	17	0.190%	158.29x
69	Worboys	17	0.190%	109.61x
70	Worbey	16	0.180%	924.86x
71	Furr	15	0.170%	323.28x
72	Winters	15	0.170%	38.95x
73	Aylott	14	0.150%	88.38x
74	Bonfield	14	0.150%	83.73x
75	Flint	14	0.150%	8.59x
76	Garratt	14	0.150%	15.18x
77	Huckle	14	0.150%	48.56x
78	Ludford	14	0.150%	134.10x
79	Moules	14	0.150%	172.20x
80	Beach	13	0.140%	15.02x
81	Bottoms	13	0.140%	81.30x
82	Brice	13	0.140%	17.34x
83	Caines	13	0.140%	71.15x
84	Gates	13	0.140%	9.24x
85	Moulden	13	0.140%	115.15x
86	Olney	13	0.140%	68.31x
87	Payn	13	0.140%	76.47x
88	Ransom	13	0.140%	26.42x
89	Squires	13	0.140%	10.10x
90	Wilmot	13	0.140%	21.43x
91	Corkett	12	0.130%	269.06x
92	Dilley	12	0.130%	41.75x
93	Elson	12	0.130%	21.07x
94	Grimes	12	0.130%	11.43x
95	Hammett	12	0.130%	39.66x
96	Mayo	12	0.130%	17.18x
97	Orsman	12	0.130%	759.49x
98	Shillitoe	12	0.130%	197.69x
99	Stratton	12	0.130%	15.24x
100	Bunnage	11	0.120%	281.33x