Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire

Hunsdon 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
SMITH183.41562.42
PRIOR173.2258139.34
GRIFFIN132.466852.42
REDINGTON112.08732,894.74
DEACON112.0873122.91
CANNON101.8975104.82
PHILPOT101.8975282.49
ACRES91.70781,551.72
WHITING91.707888.67
DOBBS91.7078252.81
GODFREY91.707857.58
GRAVES91.7078112.64
BURNHAM81.5180246.91
BURGESS81.518021.86
WOOD81.51804.76
REID81.518014.45
HUTCHINGS71.328370.64
WILLIAMS71.32831.85
BIRD71.328317.38
MATTHEWS71.328315.23
RANDLE71.3283158.37
MASKELL71.3283188.68
DICKINSON71.328331.10
CAMP71.3283231.02
FRENCH61.138523.32
MARKWELL61.1385618.56
MACER61.13851,304.35
LILLY61.1385186.92
ALDOUS61.1385281.69
CRABB61.1385109.69
HALE61.138531.73
WARREN61.138517.03
LAWRENCE61.138517.53
HANKIN61.1385370.37
PEARCE61.138512.39
HAGGAR61.1385750.00
NORTH61.138534.34
KNIGHT61.13859.24
GARRATT50.948893.46
OSBORN50.948845.62
WALLEN50.9488806.45
BUXTON50.948863.13
BRACE50.9488165.02
GRAY50.94886.65
FINCH40.759022.81
CLARKE40.75903.75
FORDHAM40.759094.34
NEGUS40.7590266.67
WARD40.75903.47
ALLUM30.5693150.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MACALL0.5352710000.0000
REDINGTON0.535272894.7368
ACRES0.535271551.7241
MACER0.535271304.3478
CRESS0.53527833.3333
WALLEN0.53527806.4516
HAGGAR0.53527750.0000
MARKWELL0.53527618.5567
BISCOE0.53527571.4286
MORRILL0.53527526.3158
DUMMETT0.53527454.5455
HANKIN0.53527370.3704
EARY0.53527357.1429
PHILPOT0.53527282.4859
ALDOUS0.53527281.6901
NEGUS0.53527266.6667
DOBBS0.53527252.8090
BURNHAM0.53527246.9136
CAMP0.53527231.0231
KIMPTON0.53527209.7902
MASKELL0.53527188.6792
LILLY0.53527186.9159
WALDON0.53527175.4386
BRACE0.53527165.0165
RANDLE0.53527158.3710
ALLUM0.53527150.0000
PRIOR0.53527139.3443
DEACON0.53527122.9050
GRAVES0.53527112.6408
CRABB0.53527109.6892
CANNON0.53527104.8218
FORDHAM0.5352794.3396
GARRATT0.5352793.4579
WHITING0.5352788.6700
ROBY0.5352778.1250
HARBOUR0.5352773.5294
HUTCHINGS0.5352770.6357
BUXTON0.5352763.1313
MAYES0.5352759.0551
GODFREY0.5352757.5816
GRIFFIN0.5352752.4194
CHITTY0.5352749.7512
OSBORN0.5352745.6204
SAVILLE0.5352741.7537
CROWE0.5352738.0228
NORTH0.5352734.3446
HALE0.5352731.7292
DICKINSON0.5352731.0973
LOVEDAY0.5352731.0559
WYLLIE0.5352727.1003

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 527 people called MACALL in Hunsdon 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 Hunsdon means that 10000.0000% of the people in Hunsdon on census day were called MACALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MACALL 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 MACALL 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 MACALL 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 MACALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.53 in Hunsdon means that you are 0.53 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MACALL in Hunsdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hunsdon in 1881

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

ACRES (9)  ADAMS (1)  EARY (1)  ALDOUS (6)  ALLUM (3)  ASKBY (1)  BARTON (1)  BEARD (1)  BEDFORD (2)  BENNETT (1)  BIRD (7)  BISCOE (2)  BOULTWOOD (8)  BRACE (5)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (3)  BURGESS (8)  BURNHAM (8)  BURTON (1)  BUXTON (5)  CAMP (7)  CANNON (10)  CASTLE (2)  CHITTY (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLARK (1)  CLAYDON (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  CONYARD (11)  COWDALL (2)  CRABB (6)  CRESS (1)  CROSSLEY (1)  CROWE (2)  DANIEL (1)  DEACON (11)  DEAN (1)  DICKINSON (7)  DOBBS (9)  DUMMETT (1)  DUNCAN (1)  ELSOM (5)  FELSTEAD (1)  FINCH (4)  FORD (1)  FORDHAM (4)  FRENCH (6)  FROST (2)  GARDNER (2)  GARRATT (5)  FITZGEORGE (5)  GODFREY (9)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GRAY (5)  GRAVES (9)  GRIFFIN (13)  HAGGAR (6)  HALE (6)  HALESTRAP (3)  HALL (2)  HANKIN (6)  HASTLER (1)  HARBOUR (1)  HUDGEL (6)  HUTCHINGS (7)  INGOL (1)  JOHNSON (2)  KIMPTON (3)  KNIGHT (6)  LAWRENCE (6)  LEGERTON (4)  LADLEY (7)  LILLY (6)  LYNDSELL (3)  LITTLEFORD (3)  LOVEDAY (1)  MARKHOUSE (1)  MARKS (1)  MARKWELL (6)  MASKELL (7)  MATTHEWS (7)  MAYES (3)  MACALL (1)  MACKIE (1)  MENHINICK (2)  MACER (6)  MILLER (2)  MOILING (1)  MORRILL (3)  MUNDAY (1)  NEGUS (4)  NEWMAN (1)  NORTH (6)  OAKLEY (3)  OSBORN (5)  PEARCE (6)  PERRY (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHELIPS (2)  PHILPOT (10)  POWELL (2)  PRIOR (17)  RAINBIRD (1)  RANDLE (7)  REDINGTON (11)  REEVE (2)  REID (8)  ROBY (1)  SAVILLE (2)  SAVILL (2)  SHERRITT (1)  SKIGGS (3)  SMITH (18)  STOCK (1)  STRETTON (3)  TAPRELL (1)  THACKER (1)  THORNEL (1)  TOPLEY (1)  TUCKER (1)  WALDON (1)  WHEAL (2)  WALLACE (1)  WARD (4)  WARREN (6)  WHARFE (1)  WAY (1)  WEBB (1)  WILBURNE (1)  WALLEN (5)  WHITING (9)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILSON (3)  WUM OR WINN (2)  WOOD (8)  WREN (1)  WYLLIE (1)