Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire

Great Hormead 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
WICK336.35843,666.67
DRIVER305.7803311.85
BRETT203.8536203.05
SPICER203.8536286.53
BAKER193.660916.71
BARDWELL163.08292,909.09
BULL142.697563.81
SCRIPPS132.50489,285.71
DEW122.3121397.35
ROBINSON122.31217.25
LAWRANCE122.3121353.98
GINN122.3121839.16
KING91.73417.96
GRAINGER91.7341112.78
ALLEN91.73419.18
DENT81.541480.89
KIRBY71.348735.55
STEWART71.34878.62
JOSLYN71.34873,500.00
ALDRIDGE71.348769.58
COUSINS71.348774.95
WYMAN71.3487625.00
CAIN71.348764.94
WATSON71.34875.81
HATCHETT71.34871,250.00
PATTEN50.9634153.37
HOWLETT50.963471.84
WARREN50.963414.41
LAWRENCE50.963414.84
CHAPMAN50.96346.78
MOLE50.9634124.07
CHAMBERLAIN50.963435.41
WRIGHT50.96343.00
DELLOW50.9634657.89
CANE40.7707112.99
SMART40.770716.93
PIPER40.770738.99
BRACE40.7707134.23
TOTT40.77072,105.26
YEOMANS40.770793.46
WITHAM30.5780144.23
NOTTAGE30.5780291.26
ELLIOT30.578022.66
REDSHAW20.3854129.87
MUDIE20.3854169.49
BUNYAN20.3854129.03
WHEELER20.38546.38
BARRON20.385424.88
SMITH20.38540.27
BURR20.385447.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCRIPPS0.525199285.7143
SHER0.525195000.0000
BIRDWELL0.525195000.0000
WICK0.525193666.6667
JOSLYN0.525193500.0000
BARDWELL0.525192909.0909
TOTT0.525192105.2632
HATCHETT0.525191250.0000
GINN0.52519839.1608
DELLOW0.52519657.8947
WYMAN0.52519625.0000
DUVALL0.52519476.1905
WALBY0.52519425.5319
DEW0.52519397.3510
LAWRANCE0.52519353.9823
DRIVER0.52519311.8503
NOTTAGE0.52519291.2621
SPICER0.52519286.5330
BRETT0.52519203.0457
MUDIE0.52519169.4915
PATTEN0.52519153.3742
WITHAM0.52519144.2308
BRACE0.52519134.2282
REDSHAW0.52519129.8701
BUNYAN0.52519129.0323
MOLE0.52519124.0695
WISBEY0.52519120.4819
CANE0.52519112.9944
GRAINGER0.52519112.7820
MOULDER0.52519107.5269
DRAGE0.5251999.5025
YEOMANS0.5251993.4579
DENT0.5251980.8898
COUSINS0.5251974.9465
HOWLETT0.5251971.8391
ALDRIDGE0.5251969.5825
CAIN0.5251964.9351
BULL0.5251963.8104
MERCHANT0.5251957.3066
BURR0.5251947.9616
PICKEN0.5251946.0829
BOSWELL0.5251941.0678
PIPER0.5251938.9864
KILLICK0.5251937.7358
KIRBY0.5251935.5510
CHAMBERLAIN0.5251935.4108
SEAL0.5251926.7380
BARRON0.5251924.8756
PLUMB0.5251923.8095
ELLIOT0.5251922.6586

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 519 people called SCRIPPS in Great Hormead 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 9285.7143 in Great Hormead means that 9285.7143% of the people in Great Hormead on census day were called SCRIPPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCRIPPS 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 SCRIPPS 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 SCRIPPS 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 SCRIPPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Great Hormead means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCRIPPS in Great Hormead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Hormead in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (7)  ALLEN (9)  BAKER (19)  BARDWELL (16)  BARRON (2)  BIRDWELL (1)  BOSWELL (2)  BRACE (4)  BRETT (20)  BULL (14)  BUNYAN (2)  BURGESS (1)  BURR (2)  CANE (4)  CAIN (7)  CHALDCROFT (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (5)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARK (1)  COLLINS (1)  COUSINS (7)  CRANVILL (11)  CRANVILLE (6)  DELLOW (5)  DUVALL (1)  DELLISTONE (1)  DENT (8)  DEW (12)  DRAGE (2)  DRIVER (30)  ELLIOT (3)  EMERY (1)  FRANKS (1)  GINN (12)  GODFREY (1)  GOULD (1)  GRAINGER (9)  HARVEY (1)  HATCHETT (7)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOWLETT (5)  HUDSON (1)  HUMMERSTON (1)  HUMERSTONE (9)  HIDE (2)  JACKSON (1)  JOSLYN (7)  KILLICK (1)  KING (9)  KIRBY (7)  LAWRENCE (5)  LAWRANCE (12)  LIVENS (1)  MERCHANT (2)  MONK (1)  MUDIE (2)  MOLE (5)  MOULE (5)  MOULDER (1)  NEWELL (1)  NORRIS (1)  NOTTAGE (3)  PATTEN (5)  PEGGRAM (9)  PICKEN (1)  PIPER (4)  PLUMB (1)  PULLEN (1)  REDSHAW (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDDALL (5)  ROBINSON (12)  SEAL (1)  SAVILL (1)  SCRIPPS (13)  SCRIPS (10)  SHER (1)  SKIPP (1)  SMART (4)  SMITH (2)  SPICER (20)  STEWART (7)  TOLFTS (5)  TOTT (4)  WADE (1)  WALBY (2)  WALLIS (1)  WARREN (5)  WATSON (7)  WYMAN (7)  WHEELER (2)  WITHAM (3)  WICK (33)  WILCOX (1)  WISBEY (1)  WISBY (9)  WRIGHT (5)  YEOMANS (4)