Top surnames from the 1881 census in Essendon, Hertfordshire

Essendon 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
PRESSLEY172.79152,982.46
RAND132.1346546.22
LAWMAN111.80621,833.33
REYNOLDS101.642018.96
FINDLAY101.642079.24
CLARK101.64205.46
HEARN91.4778111.66
BAMFORD91.477898.15
WALKER91.47784.41
FOWLER91.477825.88
GREEN81.31364.67
CORDWELL81.3136661.16
NEWTON81.313617.14
BURR71.1494143.15
CURRELL71.1494752.69
NORTON71.149434.57
SMITH71.14940.81
CRADDOCK71.1494136.72
KENNEY71.1494208.96
MOODY71.149444.03
WILLIAMS71.14941.60
COLEMAN71.149423.06
GAYLOR60.9852659.34
ROBINSON60.98523.09
POLLARD60.985227.01
DRAPER60.985241.84
CURTISS60.9852645.16
PLUMB60.9852121.70
BALL50.82109.94
ANDERSON50.82104.16
MILES50.821013.92
CRESSWELL50.821077.88
HALL50.82102.79
WEBB50.82106.06
GIDDENS50.8210862.07
SAWYER50.821044.52
TAYLOR50.82101.28
COLLINS50.82105.72
ROSE40.65688.86
FORDHAM40.656881.63
HUCKSTEP40.65681,052.63
BATEMAN40.656825.41
WALKLING40.6568816.33
MORGAN40.65683.30
FREEMAN40.656810.29
HOBBS40.656818.03
PHIPPS40.656844.40
STARR40.6568133.33
RANDS40.6568224.72
SLIGHT40.6568254.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HETLING0.6160920000.0000
DIMSDALE0.616093000.0000
PRESSLEY0.616092982.4561
VALENTIN0.616092500.0000
DELEY0.616092000.0000
LAWMAN0.616091833.3333
HUCKSTEP0.616091052.6316
GIDDENS0.61609862.0690
WALKLING0.61609816.3265
CURRELL0.61609752.6882
CORDWELL0.61609661.1570
GAYLOR0.61609659.3407
CURTISS0.61609645.1613
RAND0.61609546.2185
MAILES0.61609454.5455
BEACHER0.61609444.4444
PALLET0.61609416.6667
PEGRAM0.61609410.9589
SHAMBROOK0.61609277.7778
GLAZEBROOK0.61609275.2294
SLIGHT0.61609254.7771
PALLETT0.61609246.9136
RANDS0.61609224.7191
LEETE0.61609222.2222
NELMES0.61609220.5882
KENNEY0.61609208.9552
BURR0.61609143.1493
CRADDOCK0.61609136.7188
STARR0.61609133.3333
PLUMB0.61609121.7039
HEARN0.61609111.6625
BAMFORD0.6160998.1461
HANBURY0.6160992.5926
TAVERNER0.6160990.0901
FORDHAM0.6160981.6327
FINDLAY0.6160979.2393
CRESSWELL0.6160977.8816
PEARMAN0.6160968.4932
KEMPTON0.6160957.1429
RANSOME0.6160952.0833
BRISTOW0.6160948.5437
SAWYER0.6160944.5236
PHIPPS0.6160944.3951
GEAR0.6160944.0529
MOODY0.6160944.0252
HENLEY0.6160942.9185
DRAPER0.6160941.8410
SARGEANT0.6160941.6667
VALENTINE0.6160938.4123
HALSEY0.6160938.1679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 609 people called HETLING in Essendon 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 20000.0000 in Essendon means that 20000.0000% of the people in Essendon on census day were called HETLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HETLING 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 HETLING 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 HETLING 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 HETLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Essendon means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HETLING in Essendon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Essendon in 1881

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

ANDERSON (5)  ANGEL (1)  ARNOLD (1)  ATTY... (1)  BALL (5)  BAMFORD (9)  BATEMAN (4)  BEASLEY (2)  BEACHER (2)  BENNETT (2)  BITTERN (1)  BLAKE (1)  BOULTON (1)  BOULTER (1)  BRISTOW (4)  BROWN (1)  BURR (7)  BYNOTH (1)  CAMPKIN (3)  CORDWELL (8)  CURRELL (7)  CLARK (10)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (7)  COLLINS (5)  CAUSTON (9)  COX (1)  CRACKNEL (7)  CRADDOCK (7)  CRESSWELL (5)  CROCKER (1)  CROFT (1)  CURTISS (6)  DELEY (1)  DYBALL (4)  DIMSDALE (3)  DRAPER (6)  EAGLE (1)  EASSEN (1)  ELLIS (1)  ENEVER (4)  FINDLAY (10)  FORDHAM (4)  FOWLER (9)  FREEMAN (4)  GAYLOR (6)  GEAR (1)  GEORGII (2)  GIDDENS (5)  GLANFIELD (2)  GLAZEBROOK (3)  GOOCH (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GREY (1)  GREEN (8)  GREGORY (1)  GRIFFITHS (3)  GROOM (2)  GROVNOR (1)  HIGGERTY (1)  HALL (5)  HALSEY (1)  HANBURY (1)  HARDING (3)  HARKER (2)  HARWOOD (1)  HEARN (9)  HENLEY (2)  HETLING (2)  HILL (4)  HOBBS (4)  HUCKSTEP (4)  HULKS (7)  HUMBERSTONE (4)  HIDE (2)  JACOBS (1)  JAMES (2)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KENNEY (7)  KEYS (1)  KEMPTON (1)  KING (3)  KNIGHT (1)  LAWMAN (11)  LEWIS (1)  LEETE (1)  LITTLECHILD (7)  MAILES (1)  MAILS (MAILES) (10)  MARCH (1)  MARDLEY (3)  MARTIN (2)  MC KINLAY (3)  MILES (5)  MOODY (7)  MORGAN (4)  MORRIS (1)  MURFIT (1)  MURRAY (1)  MEERES (1)  NELMES (3)  NEWTON (8)  NICHOLLS (1)  NORTON (7)  OAKLEY (1)  OVERILLE (1)  PAGE (1)  PALES (3)  PALLETT (4)  PALLET (1)  PALLETT (PALLET) (16)  PARKER (1)  PAVIOT (1)  PAYNE (2)  PEARMAN (2)  PECK (1)  PEGRAM (3)  PHIPPS (4)  PILGRIM (1)  PLUMB (6)  POLLARD (6)  POWELL (3)  PRICE (3)  PRESSLEY (17)  PRITCHARD (1)  RAY (2)  RANCES (1)  RAND (13)  RANDALL (1)  RANSOME (1)  REED (1)  RANDS (4)  REYNOLDS (10)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBINSON (6)  ROSE (4)  RUMBALL (8)  SARGEANT (2)  SAWYER (5)  SHAMBROOK (2)  SLIGHT (4)  SMITH (7)  STANDEN (1)  STARKISS (3)  STARR (4)  STEWARD (2)  STOKES (3)  STYLES (1)  SWAIN (2)  TAVERNER (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TITMUSS (16)  TYLER (1)  VALENTINE (3)  VALENTIN (1)  VENABLES (7)  WADE (1)  WALBEY (9)  WALKER (9)  WALKLING (4)  WALTERS (1)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (5)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILSON (2)  WOODCOCK (3)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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