Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire

Little Hadham 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
GILLETT708.2063776.91
FOX526.096165.66
SMITH404.68933.32
HALE404.6893130.68
HARRIS354.103216.15
BRETT354.1032216.05
SWALLOW354.1032406.98
WHITE293.399810.58
MATTHEWS252.930833.60
TRIGG171.9930354.91
WILLIAMS161.87572.61
CANE161.8757275.39
MORRISON151.758522.37
WATTS151.758520.97
PERRY141.641322.32
PARKER141.64138.63
GOULD121.406838.94
SIMPSON111.28967.37
OSBORNE111.289627.02
CHAPMAN101.17238.25
BURY101.1723157.73
PRIOR101.172350.66
WOODHOUSE91.055144.53
PARK91.055134.04
THRIFT80.9379769.23
CARTER80.93795.59
MORRIS70.82063.69
GINN70.8206296.61
CHING70.8206507.25
FARNHAM60.7034348.84
HOLDER60.703452.31
BRICE60.703485.23
DRAYTON60.7034200.00
SEARLE50.586229.17
TURNER50.58622.11
MILLER50.58623.28
LIVINGS50.5862641.03
SHIP50.5862378.79
ANSELL50.586250.76
GILES50.586215.38
GOODSON40.468994.12
WARWICK40.468933.90
HARVEY40.46894.39
BOOTH40.46894.75
HOUGHTON30.351710.06
CAIN30.351716.94
GREIG30.351722.22
PARKS30.351733.78
HALL30.35171.20
VALE30.351749.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLETT0.85853776.9145
THRIFT0.85853769.2308
LIVINGS0.85853641.0256
CHING0.85853507.2464
SWALLOW0.85853406.9767
SHIP0.85853378.7879
TRIGG0.85853354.9061
FARNHAM0.85853348.8372
ELRIDGE0.85853344.8276
SCHOOLING0.85853338.9831
GINN0.85853296.6102
CANE0.85853275.3873
BRETT0.85853216.0494
DRAYTON0.85853200.0000
BURY0.85853157.7287
GAYLOR0.85853157.4803
HALE0.85853130.6762
GOODSON0.8585394.1176
BRICE0.8585385.2273
FOX0.8585365.6566
JOSLIN0.8585360.9756
NOTTAGE0.8585358.8235
HOLDER0.8585352.3104
ANSELL0.8585350.7614
PRIOR0.8585350.6586
VALE0.8585349.2611
WOODHOUSE0.8585344.5324
GOULD0.8585338.9358
HYATT0.8585335.7143
PARK0.8585334.0393
WARWICK0.8585333.8983
PARKS0.8585333.7838
MATTHEWS0.8585333.5976
SEARLE0.8585329.1715
PICKETT0.8585329.1545
BEECROFT0.8585327.8552
OSBORNE0.8585327.0204
LEVETT0.8585326.6667
MORRISON0.8585322.3714
PERRY0.8585322.3179
GREIG0.8585322.2222
TAYLER0.8585321.3220
WATTS0.8585320.9732
CAIN0.8585316.9396
HARRIS0.8585316.1454
GILES0.8585315.3799
WATERMAN0.8585315.0830
HOLGATE0.8585314.1243
WESTWOOD0.8585313.9762
TIMMS0.8585311.6144

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 853 people called GILLETT in Little Hadham 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 776.9145 in Little Hadham means that 776.9145% of the people in Little Hadham on census day were called GILLETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLETT 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 GILLETT 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 GILLETT 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 GILLETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Little Hadham means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLETT in Little Hadham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Hadham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  AYLOTT (4)  AYLETT (3)  ANSELL (5)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (2)  BAYFORD (9)  BEECROFT (1)  BURY (10)  BETTS (2)  BOOTH (4)  BRETT (35)  BREWER (2)  BRICE (6)  CANE (16)  CAIN (3)  CARTER (8)  CATCHER (1)  CHAPMAN (10)  CHARGE (12)  CHARGES (8)  CHING (7)  CHIPPERFIELD (6)  CUMP (2)  CUNDALL (1)  DARVILL (1)  DAY (1)  DRAYTON (6)  ELLCOCK (4)  ELRIDGE (1)  ETTRIDGE (1)  ETTRION (9)  FARNHAM (6)  FELSTEAD (1)  FOX (52)  FRANKLN (1)  GAYLOR (2)  GEORGE (2)  GILES (5)  GILLETT (70)  GINN (7)  GODDARD (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GOODSON (4)  GOULD (12)  GREIG (3)  HALE (40)  HALL (3)  HARDWELL (1)  HARRIS (35)  HARVEY (4)  HEDLEY (1)  HEDGES (1)  HOLDER (6)  HOLGATE (1)  HOUGHTON (3)  HUDSON (1)  HUMMERSTONE (8)  HUMMERTONE (2)  HYATT (1)  JOSLIN (2)  KENT (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LEVETT (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIVINGS (5)  MATTHEWS (25)  MEAD (2)  MILLER (5)  MITCHELL (1)  MONK (2)  MORRIS (7)  MORRISON (15)  NEALE (1)  NOTTAGE (1)  OSBORNE (11)  PARKS (3)  PARK (9)  PARKER (14)  PATEMAN (6)  PATERNOSTE (1)  PETCHEY (4)  PENSALL (3)  PIRY (1)  PARRY (1)  PERRY (14)  PICKETT (2)  PRICE (1)  PRIN (5)  PRIOR (10)  REEDE (2)  SCHOOLING (2)  SAGGARS (5)  SEARLE (5)  SHIP (5)  SIMPSON (11)  SMITH (40)  STEER (1)  STRACEY (3)  SUTTON (1)  SWALLN (2)  SWALLOW (35)  TAYLER (1)  THRIFT (8)  THOROGOOD (5)  TIMMS (1)  TRIGG (17)  TURNER (5)  VEALY (5)  VALE (3)  WALLIS (1)  WARREN (1)  WARWICK (4)  WATERMAN (1)  WATTS (15)  WESTWOOD (2)  WHITE (29)  WHITEAR (1)  WILKINSON (2)  WILLIAMS (16)  WOODHOUSE (9)  WRENSH (3)  WRIGHT (1)