Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clothall, Hertfordshire

Clothall 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
SMITH194.53463.21
KNIGHT174.057332.91
HOLLINGSWORTH133.1026469.31
HARWOOD133.1026115.86
SHERWOOD112.6253205.99
HILLS112.625394.91
SMYTH112.6253281.33
SHEPHERD92.148029.32
DRAPER92.148091.19
WINTERS81.9093449.44
BARNES81.909315.86
CLARKE81.90939.42
MANNING81.909360.06
ANDREWS81.909319.93
LACY81.9093293.04
SWAIN71.670686.63
CASTLE71.670684.13
BISHOP71.670623.91
ASHFORD61.4320144.93
PETERS61.432040.84
WOODS61.432022.71
ATKINS61.432038.19
PLUMMER61.4320107.14
CHAPMAN61.432010.08
PEARMAN61.4320298.51
PAGE51.193314.93
KENT51.193328.33
LONG51.193318.40
ANDERSON51.19336.04
BEALE51.193393.99
SHAW51.19336.50
GRAY40.95476.69
HEMMINGS40.9547112.04
SALE40.9547144.93
BROWN40.95471.45
PARKER40.95475.02
CRAFT40.9547434.78
THURGOOD30.7160202.70
SCALES30.7160120.97
GRANT30.71607.22
CURTIS30.716012.62
MORRIS30.71603.22
THODY30.71601,500.00
SHUTE30.7160178.57
MILES20.47738.09
CHURCH20.477321.88
PEACOCK20.477313.39
BRAY20.477314.19
STOUGHTON20.47732,222.22
QUIVER20.477310,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
QUIVER0.4241910000.0000
SPRIGGINS0.424192500.0000
STOUGHTON0.424192222.2222
THODY0.424191500.0000
HOLLINGSWORTH0.42419469.3141
WINTERS0.42419449.4382
CRAFT0.42419434.7826
PEARMAN0.42419298.5075
LACY0.42419293.0403
SMYTH0.42419281.3299
SLATTERY0.42419277.7778
WITHERINGTON0.42419212.7660
SHERWOOD0.42419205.9925
THURGOOD0.42419202.7027
SHUTE0.42419178.5714
ASHFORD0.42419144.9275
SALE0.42419144.9275
SCALES0.42419120.9677
HARWOOD0.42419115.8645
HEMMINGS0.42419112.0448
PLUMMER0.42419107.1429
HILLS0.4241994.9094
BEALE0.4241993.9850
DRAPER0.4241991.1854
SWAIN0.4241986.6337
CASTLE0.4241984.1346
PAY0.4241971.9424
MANNING0.4241960.0601
LONDON0.4241947.8469
CAMP0.4241941.4938
PETERS0.4241940.8441
ATKINS0.4241938.1922
KNIGHT0.4241932.9138
SHEPHERD0.4241929.3160
KENT0.4241928.3286
AMBROSE0.4241927.1003
GOODCHILD0.4241924.5700
BISHOP0.4241923.9071
WOODS0.4241922.7101
CHURCH0.4241921.8818
EMERY0.4241921.8579
RAWLINSON0.4241920.0000
ANDREWS0.4241919.9253
LONG0.4241918.3959
HADFIELD0.4241917.1527
BARNES0.4241915.8604
PAGE0.4241914.9254
BRAY0.4241914.1945
PEACOCK0.4241913.3869
CURTIS0.4241912.6156

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 419 people called QUIVER in Clothall 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 10000.0000 in Clothall means that 10000.0000% of the people in Clothall on census day were called QUIVER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called QUIVER 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 QUIVER 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 QUIVER 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 QUIVER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Clothall means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of QUIVER in Clothall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clothall in 1881

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

AMBROSE (1)  ANDERSON (5)  ANDREWS (8)  ASHFORD (6)  ATKINS (6)  BARELEGGS (5)  BARNES (8)  BEALE (5)  BIDNELL (8)  BISHOP (7)  BLAXILL (14)  BOWSKILL (4)  BREACHER (5)  BRAY (2)  BRETTER (3)  BROWN (4)  CAMP (1)  CASTLE (7)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHRISTIE (1)  CHURCH (2)  CLARKE (8)  CLARK (1)  CRAFT (4)  CURTIS (3)  DANIELS (1)  DOUTON (3)  DRAPER (9)  ELRIDGE OR ELVIDGE (4)  EMERY (2)  FIELD (1)  GAME (3)  GOODCHILD (1)  GRANT (3)  GRAY (4)  GREEN (1)  HADFIELD (1)  HALL (1)  HARWOOD (13)  HEMMINGS (4)  HILL (1)  HILLS (11)  HOLLINGSWORTH (13)  HUMBERSTON (1)  IMPEY (1)  JAMES (2)  KENT (5)  KNIGHT (17)  LACY (8)  LAMBERT (2)  LAROWSON (1)  LONDON (1)  LONG (5)  MANNING (8)  MILES (2)  MORRIS (3)  MOULES (2)  PAGE (5)  PARKER (4)  PAY (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PEARMAN (6)  PERRY (1)  PETERS (6)  PLUMMER (6)  PRESLAND (11)  QUIVER (2)  RAWLINSON (1)  SALE (4)  SCOOT (10)  SHAW (5)  SHEPHERD (9)  SHERWOOD (11)  SCALES (3)  SHUTE (3)  SLATTERY (2)  SMITH (19)  SMYTH (11)  SPRIGGINS (1)  STANTON (1)  STOKES (1)  STOUGHTON (2)  SWAIN (7)  THODY (3)  THURGOOD (3)  TURNER (1)  WALLACE (2)  WINTERS (8)  WITHERINGTON (1)  WOODS (6)  WORBOYS (3)