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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 Brewitt, with 1 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
601Brewitt18.16x
602Britnell17.21x
603Brophy14.77x
604Brownbill15.85x
605Brownsell111.92x
606Bruin113.14x
607Bryer15.31x
608Buckey125.25x
609Budgen13.07x
610Budworth17.89x
611Bully115.85x
612Bundock16.59x
613Burgan112.71x
614Bustin17.05x
615Byng16.17x
616Cairncross18.38x
617Callahan18.03x
618Callon17.05x
619Caney17.11x
620Cantor124.57x
621Caw18.61x
622Cay111.22x
623Chaffe18.80x
624Cheale113.05x
625Clancey16.64x
626Clase158.14x
627Clempson117.61x
628Cocke136.90x
629Cockrane15.85x
630Codlin124.57x
631Cogdell138.31x
632Colborne15.48x
633Colegate16.57x
634Coll18.53x
635Colls15.59x
636Corderoy18.45x
637Cordwell13.21x
638Corfe18.76x
639Couldrey111.56x
640Crake16.59x
641Cran14.51x
642Crickmore15.76x
643Cromack15.06x
644Crosier16.59x
645Croton114.99x
646Crutch110.83x
647Cruttenden14.30x
648Cunnew1106.38x
649Curle15.54x
650Curtain111.48x
651Dacey15.23x
652Dadd15.54x
653Daggett111.09x
654Dankley1277.78x
655Darton16.76x
656Darwell112.06x
657Deare116.26x
658Deering15.92x
659Delderfield111.92x
660Denbigh110.54x
661Denley15.98x
662Devenish14.82x
663Dewe110.91x
664Diggles19.31x
665Dilling115.11x
666Dimes114.01x
667Dole113.91x
668Donegan16.41x
669Dowdeswell15.09x
670Druett127.40x
671Dubery116.00x
672Dubois111.85x
673Ducat117.12x
674Duckering112.22x
675Dunkly142.74x
676Duplock113.14x
677Dyers129.50x
678Earles19.78x
679Egleton18.13x
680Eldershaw114.01x
681Eles151.81x
682Elisha122.03x
683Ellicott15.62x
684Elstub122.57x
685Emerton14.97x
686Ephgrave114.88x
687Erratt139.22x
688Evitt114.64x
689Ewington112.06x
690Fairbrass16.44x
691Faulkener15.39x
692Fazakerley17.21x
693Fitzroy116.13x
694Fitzwater114.53x
695Fletton130.96x
696Footer114.88x
697Fores123.98x
698Forey121.55x
699Foulser123.42x
700Fruin16.76x