Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ayott St Peter, Hertfordshire

Ayott St Peter 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
CLARKE135.936129.29
GAYLER115.02283,437.50
HILL94.109616.13
YOUNG94.109619.13
WELLS83.653043.91
SHEPHERD83.653049.84
SHARPE73.1963108.53
HALSEY62.7397638.30
KNOWLES62.739751.28
MUNDAY62.7397234.38
STAPLETON62.7397272.73
JEPHSON52.28312,777.78
DAY52.283124.25
BRACEY41.8265689.66
CORNELL41.8265273.97
WOOLFORD41.8265506.33
COOPER41.82657.51
CLARK31.36994.56
RUMSEY20.9132273.97
HINE20.9132115.61
WRIGHT20.91322.85
MILLER20.91325.10
GARRATT20.913290.09
WARD20.91324.18
SEAR20.9132243.90
REYNOLDS20.913210.54
BANKS20.913217.81
STEVENS20.91328.75
SOUTH20.913297.09
COLEMAN20.913218.33
MARTEN20.9132303.03
WALLER20.913236.23
TOOLEY20.9132263.16
CRANE20.913243.29
HARWOOD20.913234.13
WILLIAMSON20.913210.19
SMYTHE20.9132476.19
BARBER10.45667.59
THOMPSON10.45661.52
COX10.45663.01
PATES10.4566322.58
ADAMS10.45663.10
SPICER10.456633.90
COMPTON10.456647.39
SMITH10.45660.32
EVANS10.45661.04
TYLER10.456615.46
CUMMINS10.456653.48
GRIFFITHS10.45662.79
WATTS10.45665.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAYLER0.222193437.5000
JEPHSON0.222192777.7778
BRACEY0.22219689.6552
HALSEY0.22219638.2979
WOOLFORD0.22219506.3291
SMYTHE0.22219476.1905
PATES0.22219322.5806
MARTEN0.22219303.0303
RUMSEY0.22219273.9726
CORNELL0.22219273.9726
STAPLETON0.22219272.7273
TOOLEY0.22219263.1579
SEAR0.22219243.9024
MUNDAY0.22219234.3750
CATLIN0.22219192.3077
LINFORD0.22219172.4138
MORLAND0.22219163.9344
HINE0.22219115.6069
SHARPE0.22219108.5271
SOUTH0.2221997.0874
GARRATT0.2221990.0901
POULTER0.2221961.3497
FORDHAM0.2221956.8182
CUMMINS0.2221953.4759
KNOWLES0.2221951.2821
SHEPHERD0.2221949.8442
COMPTON0.2221947.3934
WELLS0.2221943.9078
CRANE0.2221943.2900
WALLER0.2221936.2319
BEALE0.2221935.9712
HARWOOD0.2221934.1297
SPICER0.2221933.8983
ANGUS0.2221931.9489
CLARKE0.2221929.2925
FARROW0.2221924.3309
DAY0.2221924.2483
KENDALL0.2221921.2314
YOUNG0.2221919.1286
COLEMAN0.2221918.3318
BANKS0.2221917.8094
UNDERWOOD0.2221916.9205
HILL0.2221916.1348
BURKE0.2221915.5280
TYLER0.2221915.4560
DANIELS0.2221914.5349
REYNOLDS0.2221910.5430
WILLIAMSON0.2221910.1885
STEVENS0.222198.7489
SCHOFIELD0.222198.4246

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 219 people called GAYLER in Ayott St Peter 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 3437.5000 in Ayott St Peter means that 3437.5000% of the people in Ayott St Peter on census day were called GAYLER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAYLER 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 GAYLER 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 GAYLER 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 GAYLER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Ayott St Peter means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAYLER in Ayott St Peter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ayott St Peter in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANGUS (1)  BANKS (2)  BARBER (1)  BEALE (1)  BURKE (1)  BRACEY (4)  CATLIN (1)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (13)  COLEMAN (2)  COMPTON (1)  COOPER (4)  CORNELL (4)  COZENS (4)  COX (1)  CRANE (2)  CUMMINS (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAY (5)  EVANS (1)  FARROW (1)  FORDHAM (1)  FOXLEE (11)  GARRATT (2)  GAYLER (11)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALSEY (6)  HARWOOD (2)  HILL (9)  HINE (2)  JEEVES (9)  JENKINS (1)  JEPHSON (5)  KENDALL (1)  KING (1)  KNOWLES (6)  LINFORD (1)  MARDELL (2)  MARTEN (2)  MEDCRAFT (1)  MILLER (2)  MORLAND (1)  MUNDAY (6)  PATES (1)  POULTER (1)  RUMSEY (2)  REYNOLDS (2)  SEAR (2)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SHARPE (7)  SHEPHERD (8)  SHRUBSOLE (1)  SMYTHE (2)  SMITH (1)  SOUTH (2)  SPICER (1)  STAPLETON (6)  STEVENS (2)  THOMPSON (1)  TOOLEY (2)  TYLER (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALLER (2)  WARD (2)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WELLS (8)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WOOLFORD (4)  WORBOYS (6)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (9) 

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