Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bygrave, Hertfordshire

Bygrave is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Hertfordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SCALES3112.97072,198.58
ANDERSON135.439327.54
MOODY114.6025176.28
CASTLE104.1841210.53
FIELD93.765775.69
CLARE83.3473231.21
EDWARDS83.347312.01
DELLEN72.928970,000.00
TINGEY72.92891,944.44
THURLOW72.9289608.70
ROBERTS62.51056.67
PEEL62.5105139.86
THEOBALD62.5105394.74
ELLIS62.510517.29
CURRELL62.51051,666.67
CUNNINGTON62.5105612.24
CLARK62.51058.35
BARNES52.092117.38
JACKSON52.09217.49
SAUNDERS52.092122.81
VIRGIN41.67361,739.13
CLEMENTS41.673650.44
SMYTH41.6736179.37
BIDWELL41.6736677.97
WEBSTER41.673619.24
HAWKINS41.673623.12
SMITH41.67361.19
GURNEY31.2552120.48
HOUGHTON31.255235.93
CARNEGIE31.2552384.62
CROUCH20.836862.50
ANDREW20.836826.42
ALDRIDGE10.418421.60
BRIAN10.418489.29
RACE10.418476.92
NEAL10.418414.14
FLINT10.418423.31
PICKETT10.418452.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DELLEN0.2423970000.0000
SCALES0.242392198.5816
TINGEY0.242391944.4444
VIRGIN0.242391739.1304
CURRELL0.242391666.6667
BIDWELL0.24239677.9661
CUNNINGTON0.24239612.2449
THURLOW0.24239608.6957
THEOBALD0.24239394.7368
CARNEGIE0.24239384.6154
CLARE0.24239231.2139
CASTLE0.24239210.5263
SMYTH0.24239179.3722
MOODY0.24239176.2821
PEEL0.24239139.8601
GURNEY0.24239120.4819
BRIAN0.2423989.2857
RACE0.2423976.9231
FIELD0.2423975.6939
CROUCH0.2423962.5000
PICKETT0.2423952.0833
CLEMENTS0.2423950.4414
HOUGHTON0.2423935.9281
ANDERSON0.2423927.5365
ANDREW0.2423926.4201
FLINT0.2423923.3100
HAWKINS0.2423923.1214
SAUNDERS0.2423922.8102
ALDRIDGE0.2423921.5983
WEBSTER0.2423919.2400
BARNES0.2423917.3792
ELLIS0.2423917.2861
NEAL0.2423914.1443
EDWARDS0.2423912.0102
CLARK0.242398.3519
JACKSON0.242397.4862
ROBERTS0.242396.6733
SMITH0.242391.1853

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 239 people called DELLEN in Bygrave at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 70000.0000 in Bygrave means that 70000.0000% of the people in Bygrave on census day were called DELLEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DELLEN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called DELLEN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called DELLEN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called DELLEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Bygrave means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DELLEN in Bygrave than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bygrave in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALDRIDGE (1)  ANDERSON (13)  ANDREW (2)  BARNES (5)  BEEBY (1)  BIDWELL (4)  BRIARS (2)  BRIAN (1)  CARNEGIE (3)  CURRELL (6)  CASTLE (10)  CHRITMAS (1)  CLARE (8)  CLARK (6)  CLEMENTS (4)  CROUCH (2)  CUNNINGTON (6)  DELLEN (7)  EASTEN (2)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIS (6)  FIELD (9)  FLINT (1)  GOULT (1)  GURNEY (3)  HAWKINS (4)  HOUGHTON (3)  HIDE (11)  INGREY (1)  JACKSON (5)  LATCHFORD (4)  MOODY (11)  MOULES (1)  NEAL (1)  PEEL (6)  PICKETT (1)  RACE (1)  ROBERTS (6)  SAUNDERS (5)  SCALES (31)  SMYTH (4)  SMITH (4)  THEOBALD (6)  THURLOW (7)  TINGEY (7)  VIRGIN (4)  WEBSTER (4)