Top surnames from the 1881 census in Radwell, Hertfordshire

Radwell 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
BISHOP76.930799.15
UNDERHILL65.9406845.07
FLITTON65.94066,666.67
HUBBARD65.9406243.90
NEWELL54.9505312.50
PARKER54.950526.03
ODELL54.9505675.68
CLARK43.960413.18
MALDEN43.96045,000.00
AUSTIN43.960480.97
FOOT43.9604400.00
PINNER32.97031,200.00
SHELDON32.9703194.81
DEAR32.9703400.00
BROWN21.98023.00
WILLIAMS10.99011.38
LILLEY10.990171.43
ASHLY10.99012,500.00
HAWKINS10.990113.68
SMITH10.99010.70
WALTON10.990114.06
LEE10.99016.06
THURLOW10.9901204.08
GRAVES10.990165.36
DENT10.990152.08
CANE10.9901144.93
WILSON10.99012.16
WAITE10.990147.62
STOCK10.990179.37
ROACH10.990167.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FLITTON0.101016666.6667
MALDEN0.101015000.0000
ASHLY0.101012500.0000
PINNER0.101011200.0000
UNDERHILL0.10101845.0704
ODELL0.10101675.6757
FOOT0.10101400.0000
DEAR0.10101400.0000
NEWELL0.10101312.5000
HUBBARD0.10101243.9024
THURLOW0.10101204.0816
SHELDON0.10101194.8052
CANE0.10101144.9275
BISHOP0.1010199.1501
AUSTIN0.1010180.9717
STOCK0.1010179.3651
LILLEY0.1010171.4286
ROACH0.1010167.1141
GRAVES0.1010165.3595
DENT0.1010152.0833
WAITE0.1010147.6190
PARKER0.1010126.0281
WALTON0.1010114.0647
HAWKINS0.1010113.6799
CLARK0.1010113.1752
LEE0.101016.0569
BROWN0.101013.0039
WILSON0.101012.1556
WILLIAMS0.101011.3784
SMITH0.101010.7012

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 101 people called FLITTON in Radwell 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 6666.6667 in Radwell means that 6666.6667% of the people in Radwell on census day were called FLITTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FLITTON 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 FLITTON 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 FLITTON 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 FLITTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Radwell means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FLITTON in Radwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Radwell in 1881

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

ASHLY (1)  AUSTIN (4)  BISHOP (7)  BROWN (2)  BYGRAVE (10)  CANE (1)  CLARK (4)  DENT (1)  DEAR (3)  FLITTON (6)  FOOT (4)  GRAVES (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HOWRIGAN (1)  HUBBARD (6)  HIDE (1)  INGREY (1)  LEE (1)  LILLEY (1)  MALDEN (4)  MALYAN (2)  NEWELL (5)  ODELL (5)  PARKER (5)  PINNER (3)  PYM (3)  ROACH (1)  SHELDON (3)  SMITH (1)  SOOTMAN? (1)  STOCK (1)  THURLOW (1)  UNDERHILL (6)  WALTON (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WAITE (1)