1881 census place

Ware surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ware, 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

306 surnames are listed for Ware, Hertfordshire, covering 2,632 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Adams, with 93 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ware

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	Adams	93	1.61%	10.93x
2	Page	83	1.44%	17.99x
3	Waller	68	1.18%	46.76x
4	Burgess	62	1.07%	15.47x
5	Lawrence	50	0.870%	13.34x
6	Wren	47	0.810%	75.20x
7	Want	45	0.780%	380.39x
8	Game	36	0.620%	197.04x
9	Hills	36	0.620%	22.55x
10	Lambert	36	0.620%	11.43x
11	Castle	35	0.610%	30.53x
12	Akers	34	0.590%	121.26x
13	Chalkley	33	0.570%	184.87x
14	Godfrey	33	0.570%	19.28x
15	Cockman	32	0.550%	628.68x
16	Riddle	32	0.550%	66.82x
17	Suckling	32	0.550%	189.13x
18	Chappell	28	0.490%	28.76x
19	Cutmore	27	0.470%	280.67x
20	Rayment	27	0.470%	105.18x
21	Clibbon	26	0.450%	2452.83x
22	Hankin	26	0.450%	146.81x
23	Prior	26	0.450%	19.46x
24	Bardell	24	0.420%	311.28x
25	Bateman	24	0.420%	16.09x
26	Cadmore	24	0.420%	1188.12x
27	Campkin	24	0.420%	454.55x
28	Camp	23	0.400%	69.21x
29	Cordwell	23	0.400%	199.83x
30	Crane	23	0.400%	18.89x
31	Dewbury	23	0.400%	1345.03x
32	Garrett	23	0.400%	17.55x
33	Halfhide	23	0.400%	2090.91x
34	Malin	23	0.400%	120.04x
35	Blakes	22	0.380%	1410.26x
36	Stamp	22	0.380%	51.84x
37	Ginn	21	0.360%	131.58x
38	Heard	21	0.360%	34.22x
39	Patmore	21	0.360%	146.65x
40	Morrell	19	0.330%	35.02x
41	Munt	17	0.290%	123.01x
42	Swann	17	0.290%	26.99x
43	Goodey	16	0.280%	118.08x
44	Sweeney	16	0.280%	20.70x
45	Medcalf	15	0.260%	66.70x
46	Baldock	14	0.240%	34.67x
47	Clare	14	0.240%	16.76x
48	Dye	14	0.240%	36.55x
49	Goldstone	14	0.240%	144.93x
50	Patey	14	0.240%	108.28x
51	Shambrook	14	0.240%	205.28x
52	Vigus	14	0.240%	725.39x
53	Willmott	14	0.240%	38.70x
54	Brace	13	0.230%	39.22x
55	Brand	13	0.230%	15.26x
56	Crawley	13	0.230%	17.34x
57	Hitch	13	0.230%	84.97x
58	Muncer	13	0.230%	1529.41x
59	Pickett	13	0.230%	28.02x
60	Reason	13	0.230%	77.24x
61	Sampford	13	0.230%	585.59x
62	Story	13	0.230%	36.32x
63	Brazier	12	0.210%	22.18x
64	Goodfellow	12	0.210%	23.52x
65	Housden	12	0.210%	93.46x
66	Pavey	12	0.210%	48.60x
67	Rist	12	0.210%	300.75x
68	Stockwell	12	0.210%	35.14x
69	Thake	12	0.210%	152.28x
70	Cakebread	11	0.190%	123.87x
71	Chuck	11	0.190%	324.48x
72	Copsey	11	0.190%	89.21x
73	Dickerson	11	0.190%	46.71x
74	Greenhill	11	0.190%	44.11x
75	Parnell	11	0.190%	19.72x
76	Saville	11	0.190%	20.98x
77	Tillcock	11	0.190%	1325.30x
78	Aylott	10	0.170%	99.40x
79	Crafer	10	0.170%	429.18x
80	Devonshire	10	0.170%	97.37x
81	Irons	10	0.170%	31.82x
82	Parsley	10	0.170%	131.06x
83	Scales	10	0.170%	29.27x
84	Braund	9	0.160%	74.38x
85	Ephgrave	9	0.160%	361.45x
86	Gilby	9	0.160%	41.84x
87	Goodrich	9	0.160%	75.31x
88	Goody	9	0.160%	54.18x
89	Griggs	9	0.160%	20.01x
90	Jaggs	9	0.160%	232.56x
91	Luff	9	0.160%	24.21x
92	Pipkin	9	0.160%	231.36x
93	Pritlove	9	0.160%	676.69x
94	Randle	9	0.160%	18.61x
95	Sell	9	0.160%	51.43x
96	Sibthorpe	9	0.160%	351.56x
97	Clear	8	0.140%	66.39x
98	Coulter	8	0.140%	27.60x
99	Goose	8	0.140%	64.67x
100	Hockley	8	0.140%	25.70x