Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

Little Gaddesden 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
ROGERS184.825737.17
SIMMONDS174.5576170.68
ANDREWS143.753439.17
CLARKE112.949114.55
HAWKINS112.949140.74
GARRETT112.9491129.87
HARRIS102.681010.55
WRIGHT102.68108.36
FOUNTAIN92.4129351.56
CAINS92.41291,914.89
WHELAN92.4129355.73
GADBURY82.144811,428.57
WELLS82.144825.78
UNDERWOOD82.144879.44
ALLISON71.876766.04
SCRIVENER71.8767429.45
HALSEY71.8767437.50
BALLAM61.60861,621.62
DRAPER61.608668.26
GEORGE51.340522.84
PRATT51.340523.33
LANE51.340519.46
ELLIS51.34059.23
HOAR41.0724261.44
MOORE41.07245.36
MUNDEN41.0724634.92
FENN41.0724105.54
TOMLIN30.804389.82
PAXTON30.8043101.01
JONES30.80430.71
BROWNING30.804339.53
REEVE30.804334.40
WELLING30.8043566.04
NICHOLSON20.53627.55
EDWARDS20.53621.92
STAIRS20.53621,818.18
HOLLAND20.53627.53
WALKER20.53621.60
CUTLER20.536243.10
SPICER20.536239.84
LINGARD20.536284.39
COSTER20.5362181.82
PATTISON20.536233.67
GROOM20.536238.24
NOYES20.5362232.56
TOMPKINS20.536262.11
IVORY20.5362256.41
BROWN20.53620.81
BISHOP20.53627.67
BARRETT10.26813.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GADBURY0.3737311428.5714
CAINS0.373731914.8936
STAIRS0.373731818.1818
BALLAM0.373731621.6216
MUNDEN0.37373634.9206
WELLING0.37373566.0377
HALSEY0.37373437.5000
BRANDOM0.37373434.7826
SCRIVENER0.37373429.4479
WHELAN0.37373355.7312
FOUNTAIN0.37373351.5625
HOAR0.37373261.4379
IVORY0.37373256.4103
NOYES0.37373232.5581
ROOM0.37373200.0000
COSTER0.37373181.8182
SIMMONDS0.37373170.6827
GLENISTER0.37373156.2500
LAVIN0.37373151.5152
GASH0.37373129.8701
GARRETT0.37373129.8701
FENN0.37373105.5409
MALLARD0.37373103.0928
PAXTON0.37373101.0101
MEADE0.3737393.4579
TOMLIN0.3737389.8204
MARTEN0.3737388.4956
LINGARD0.3737384.3882
ELSE0.3737381.3008
UNDERWOOD0.3737379.4439
TURNEY0.3737375.7576
DRAPER0.3737368.2594
ALLISON0.3737366.0377
WINTERS0.3737363.2911
TOMPKINS0.3737362.1118
ELSTON0.3737355.2486
SEABROOK0.3737354.3478
TURPIN0.3737350.0000
BARTER0.3737348.7805
DELL0.3737345.6621
CUTLER0.3737343.1034
NYE0.3737342.9185
HAWKINS0.3737340.7407
SPICER0.3737339.8406
BROWNING0.3737339.5257
ANDREWS0.3737339.1718
GROOM0.3737338.2409
ROGERS0.3737337.1670
REEVE0.3737334.4037
PATTISON0.3737333.6700

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 373 people called GADBURY in Little Gaddesden 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 11428.5714 in Little Gaddesden means that 11428.5714% of the people in Little Gaddesden on census day were called GADBURY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GADBURY 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 GADBURY 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 GADBURY 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 GADBURY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Little Gaddesden means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GADBURY in Little Gaddesden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Gaddesden in 1881

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

ALLISON (7)  ANDREWS (14)  BEECHEY (2)  BALLAM (6)  BARRETT (1)  BARTER (1)  BATCHELAR (7)  BATCHELOR (1)  BISHOP (2)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRANDOM (1)  BROWN (2)  BROWNING (3)  BUSBY (1)  CAINS (9)  DU CANE (1)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (1)  CLIFDEN (1)  COSTER (2)  COX (1)  CROSS (1)  CUTLER (2)  DAVIES (1)  DELL (1)  DINGLEY (1)  DRAPER (6)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (5)  ELSE (1)  ELSTON (1)  FENN (4)  FIELD (1)  FOUNTAIN (9)  FREEMAN (1)  GADBURY (8)  GARRETT (11)  GASH (1)  GEORGE (5)  GHOST (1)  GLENISTER (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GROOM (2)  HALSEY (7)  HARRIS (10)  HAWKINS (11)  HILL (1)  HOAR (4)  HOBBS (1)  HOLBOROW (2)  HOLLAND (2)  HORN (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUCKLESBY (6)  HUNT (1)  IVORY (2)  JONES (3)  LANCASTER (1)  LANE (5)  LAVIN (1)  LEWIS (1)  LINGARD (2)  MALLARD (1)  MARTEN (1)  MC EUTCHEON (1)  MEADE (1)  MOORE (4)  MORTIMER (1)  MUCHADA (1)  MUNDEN (4)  NICHOLSON (2)  NORRICE (1)  NOYES (2)  NYE (1)  OAKINS (8)  PANGBOURNE (1)  PARSONS (1)  PATTISON (2)  PAXTON (3)  PAYNE (1)  PLUMMER (1)  POLLARD (1)  POOLE (1)  POTTEN (1)  PRATT (5)  PRICE (1)  PUDDEFOOT (4)  PURTON (3)  RAY (1)  REEVE (3)  ROGERS (18)  ROOM (1)  SCRIVENER (7)  SEABROOK (1)  SIMMONDS (17)  SMITH (1)  SPENCER (1)  SPICER (2)  STANNERS (3)  STAIRS (2)  STONE (1)  TEMPLE (1)  TEBBET (1)  TOMPKINS (2)  TOMLIN (3)  TURNEY (1)  TURPIN (1)  UNDERWOOD (8)  WALKER (2)  WARDLE (1)  WELLING (3)  WELLS (8)  WHELAN (9)  WHITE (1)  WIBDEN (1)  WINTER (1)  WINTERS (1)  WINWOOD (1)  WORALL (3)  WRIGHT (10)