1881 census place

Watford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Watford, 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

995 surnames are listed for Watford, Hertfordshire, covering 5,307 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is King, with 101 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Watford

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	King	101	0.650%	2.97x
2	Allen	100	0.640%	3.39x
3	Baldwin	78	0.500%	11.72x
4	Saunders	76	0.490%	5.31x
5	Payne	56	0.360%	3.99x
6	Ford	55	0.350%	3.62x
7	Atkins	48	0.310%	8.20x
8	Winfield	45	0.290%	34.70x
9	Stone	44	0.280%	3.90x
10	Field	43	0.280%	5.54x
11	Birch	42	0.270%	6.57x
12	Carpenter	40	0.260%	7.47x
13	George	39	0.250%	4.26x
14	Ashby	38	0.240%	14.51x
15	Darvill	38	0.240%	132.54x
16	Miles	38	0.240%	4.13x
17	Gurney	36	0.230%	22.15x
18	Norris	34	0.220%	5.07x
19	Wise	34	0.220%	10.45x
20	Grover	33	0.210%	33.96x
21	Judge	33	0.210%	19.54x
22	Rivett	32	0.210%	55.15x
23	Halsey	31	0.200%	46.17x
24	Picton	31	0.200%	58.36x
25	Tibbles	31	0.200%	117.51x
26	Waller	31	0.200%	7.88x
27	Kiff	30	0.190%	183.82x
28	Batchelor	29	0.190%	10.95x
29	Doggett	29	0.190%	71.96x
30	Sear	29	0.190%	49.62x
31	Burrell	28	0.180%	13.77x
32	Pope	26	0.170%	4.83x
33	Neale	25	0.160%	6.75x
34	Bunker	24	0.150%	38.17x
35	Colley	24	0.150%	12.13x
36	Cripps	24	0.150%	15.81x
37	Horwood	24	0.150%	32.42x
38	Sargent	24	0.150%	9.98x
39	Joiner	23	0.150%	41.46x
40	Martindale	23	0.150%	25.67x
41	Seabrook	23	0.150%	29.93x
42	Willson	23	0.150%	13.13x
43	Aldridge	22	0.140%	7.27x
44	Busby	22	0.140%	13.38x
45	Crawley	22	0.140%	10.85x
46	Waterman	22	0.140%	18.14x
47	Culverhouse	21	0.130%	96.37x
48	Godman	21	0.130%	122.45x
49	Kempster	21	0.130%	38.41x
50	Roffe	21	0.130%	114.75x
51	Simmonds	21	0.130%	5.04x
52	Treacher	21	0.130%	116.09x
53	Bean	20	0.130%	9.90x
54	Biggs	20	0.130%	6.80x
55	Edmonds	20	0.130%	6.70x
56	Jeffs	20	0.130%	16.36x
57	Mullett	20	0.130%	40.94x
58	Ryder	20	0.130%	7.40x
59	Seymour	20	0.130%	6.27x
60	Chance	19	0.120%	26.30x
61	Gardener	19	0.120%	6.78x
62	Ginger	19	0.120%	66.27x
63	Chalk	18	0.120%	17.48x
64	Hedges	18	0.120%	10.08x
65	Higgs	18	0.120%	6.33x
66	Hutchins	18	0.120%	11.42x
67	Rodwell	18	0.120%	21.35x
68	Squire	18	0.120%	9.72x
69	Swain	18	0.120%	5.98x
70	Tutt	18	0.120%	40.11x
71	Cordery	17	0.110%	45.42x
72	East	17	0.110%	7.00x
73	Glenister	17	0.110%	63.93x
74	Groom	17	0.110%	7.77x
75	Putman	17	0.110%	61.64x
76	Element	16	0.100%	238.10x
77	Forsdick	16	0.100%	198.02x
78	Kimpton	16	0.100%	37.75x
79	Sears	16	0.100%	16.30x
80	Dell	15	0.100%	16.39x
81	Downer	15	0.100%	25.02x
82	Durrant	15	0.100%	6.14x
83	Gambier	15	0.100%	346.42x
84	Sibley	15	0.100%	11.93x
85	Warrell	15	0.100%	87.21x
86	Wiggs	15	0.100%	141.11x
87	Beeson	14	0.090%	22.42x
88	Compton	14	0.090%	9.32x
89	Kingham	14	0.090%	24.70x
90	Marler	14	0.090%	76.97x
91	Norwood	14	0.090%	22.14x
92	Reading	14	0.090%	11.60x
93	Scaplehorn	14	0.090%	549.02x
94	Tyers	14	0.090%	27.98x
95	Buckenham	13	0.080%	64.77x
96	Buckingham	13	0.080%	6.25x
97	Capell	13	0.080%	55.53x
98	Chatterton	13	0.080%	14.67x
99	Graves	13	0.080%	5.49x
100	Gravestock	13	0.080%	83.98x