Top surnames from the 1881 census in Norton, Hertfordshire

Norton 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
SHERWOOD278.1325638.30
SMITH175.12053.63
IZZARD175.12051,717.17
ANDERSON123.614518.30
JAMES113.313316.87
CHRISTIAN103.0120303.95
CHAMBERLAIN103.0120110.74
HEYWARD72.10841,794.87
WEBB72.108415.56
EMERY72.108496.55
CLEMENTS72.108463.58
BUCK72.108498.31
CUTTS72.1084268.20
GENTLE61.8072550.46
SMYTH61.8072193.55
WHITMORE61.8072206.19
CHARTER61.8072937.50
ELLIS61.807212.45
RIDLEY61.807293.46
TYLOR61.80721,818.18
CURRELL51.5060980.39
HAWTHORN51.5060260.42
COVINGTON51.50601,162.79
OAKLEY51.506071.12
PRATT41.204820.98
HAGGAR41.2048800.00
BARKER41.20489.21
CASTLE41.204860.61
CROUCH41.204889.89
OYSTON41.20481,481.48
WEBSTER41.204813.86
BLAKEWAY30.9036714.29
CRAFT30.9036410.96
OSBORNE30.903618.93
WALKER30.90362.70
GARDNER30.903613.31
HILLS30.903632.68
CHAPMAN30.90366.36
SHEPHERD20.60248.22
BROWN20.60240.91
HUBBARD20.602424.78
PIERSON20.6024281.69
GREY20.602427.78
LUFF20.602493.46
HARWOOD20.602422.50
GIDDINGS20.6024132.45
KEMP20.602410.86
WILSHIRE10.3012151.52
ADDINGTON10.3012333.33
MAWSON10.301237.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TYLOR0.333321818.1818
HEYWARD0.333321794.8718
IZZARD0.333321717.1717
OYSTON0.333321481.4815
COVINGTON0.333321162.7907
CURRELL0.33332980.3922
CHARTER0.33332937.5000
HAGGAR0.33332800.0000
BLAKEWAY0.33332714.2857
SHERWOOD0.33332638.2979
GENTLE0.33332550.4587
CRAFT0.33332410.9589
ADDINGTON0.33332333.3333
CHRISTIAN0.33332303.9514
PIERSON0.33332281.6901
CUTTS0.33332268.1992
HAWTHORN0.33332260.4167
WHITMORE0.33332206.1856
SMYTH0.33332193.5484
WILSHIRE0.33332151.5152
GIDDINGS0.33332132.4503
BONNETT0.33332119.0476
CHAMBERLAIN0.33332110.7420
BUCK0.3333298.3146
EMERY0.3333296.5517
LUFF0.3333293.4579
RIDLEY0.3333293.4579
CROUCH0.3333289.8876
JOINER0.3333284.7458
OAKLEY0.3333271.1238
CLEMENTS0.3333263.5786
CASTLE0.3333260.6061
NEWLAND0.3333250.2513
MAWSON0.3333237.3134
HILLS0.3333232.6797
GREY0.3333227.7778
HUBBARD0.3333224.7831
HARWOOD0.3333222.4972
PRATT0.3333220.9754
OSBORNE0.3333218.9274
ANDERSON0.3333218.3011
JAMES0.3333216.8686
WEBB0.3333215.5556
WEBSTER0.3333213.8552
GARDNER0.3333213.3097
ELLIS0.3333212.4456
KEMP0.3333210.8637
BARKER0.333329.2081
SHEPHERD0.333328.2203
CHAPMAN0.333326.3627

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 332 people called TYLOR in Norton 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 1818.1818 in Norton means that 1818.1818% of the people in Norton on census day were called TYLOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TYLOR 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 TYLOR 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 TYLOR 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 TYLOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Norton means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TYLOR in Norton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Norton in 1881

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

ADDINGTON (1)  ANDERSON (12)  BARKER (4)  BLAKEWAY (3)  BONNETT (1)  BRIARS (1)  BROWN (2)  BUCK (7)  CURRALL (1)  CURRELL (5)  CHARTER (6)  CASTLE (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (10)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHRISTIAN (10)  CLEMENTS (7)  CUTTS (7)  COVINGTON (5)  CRAFT (3)  CROUCH (4)  ELLIS (6)  EMERY (7)  FIELD (1)  FINERAL (3)  GARDNER (3)  GENTLE (6)  GIDDINGS (2)  GREY (2)  GRUMMITT (9)  HAGGAR (4)  HARWOOD (2)  HAWTHORN (5)  HEYWARD (7)  HEATHFIELD (3)  HILLS (3)  HUBBARD (2)  HIDE (6)  IZZARD (17)  JAMES (11)  JEALLOUS (3)  JOINER (1)  KEFFORD (7)  KEMP (2)  KITCHENER (8)  LUFF (2)  MAWSON (1)  MAYLIN (1)  NEWLAND (1)  OAKLEY (5)  OSBORNE (3)  OYSTON (4)  PIERSON (2)  PRATT (4)  RIDLEY (6)  ROAST (6)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHERWOOD (27)  SMITH (17)  SMYTH (6)  TYLOR (6)  TYOR (TYLOR) (2)  WALKER (3)  WEBB (7)  WEBSTER (4)  WHITMORE (6)  WILSHIRE (1)