Top surnames from the 1881 census in Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire

Furneux Pelham 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
BURGESS274.728568.08
WARWICK254.3783316.46
BAILEY193.327522.09
JOHNSON193.32759.90
WHITE162.80218.72
NOTTAGE152.62701,315.79
NEWMAN152.627035.33
BRETT132.2767119.93
BRACE132.2767396.34
HARDY132.276738.01
HAGGAR111.92641,279.07
READ101.751327.17
BARKER101.751313.38
GODFREY101.751359.07
CLARK91.57625.24
JACKSON91.57625.64
PERRY81.401119.05
SAVILLE81.4011154.14
SUTTON81.401122.01
WOOLARD81.4011975.61
DRAGE81.4011361.99
WALLIS81.401141.37
WRIGHT71.22593.82
THURGOOD71.2259348.26
BRAY71.225936.46
WELCH71.225934.86
ROGERS71.22599.44
EDWARDS61.05083.77
BONFIELD61.0508571.43
LEECH50.875753.76
COWELL50.875761.12
LEE50.87575.36
BUSH50.875735.46
TOMS50.8757113.12
WOOTTEN40.7005296.30
SMITH40.70050.50
BRADFORD40.700535.94
WATTS40.70058.35
BURTON40.70058.22
PRIOR30.525422.69
GARDENER30.525429.27
RANDOLPH30.5254789.47
ACRES30.5254476.19
HUTCHIN30.5254454.55
LAWRENCE30.52548.09
GREENWOOD20.35034.51
BISHOP20.35035.01
HAMMERSTONE20.35032,857.14
KEY20.350325.38
BOWMAN20.350313.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COOLIDGE0.575715000.0000
CARTEN0.575713333.3333
HAMMERSTONE0.575712857.1429
NOTTAGE0.575711315.7895
HAGGAR0.575711279.0698
WOOLARD0.57571975.6098
RANDOLPH0.57571789.4737
BONFIELD0.57571571.4286
ACRES0.57571476.1905
HUTCHIN0.57571454.5455
BRACE0.57571396.3415
DRAGE0.57571361.9910
THURGOOD0.57571348.2587
WARWICK0.57571316.4557
WOOTTEN0.57571296.2963
SAVILLE0.57571154.1426
WALLEN0.57571149.2537
CHAPEL0.57571136.9863
BRETT0.57571119.9262
TOMS0.57571113.1222
BELSHAW0.5757191.7431
SAY0.5757171.9424
BURGESS0.5757168.0787
COWELL0.5757161.1247
GODFREY0.5757159.0667
RICKETT0.5757157.8035
LEECH0.5757153.7634
WRENCH0.5757152.3560
CRANSTON0.5757143.2900
WALLIS0.5757141.3650
WOOTTON0.5757138.6100
HARDY0.5757138.0117
BRAY0.5757136.4583
BRADFORD0.5757135.9389
BUSH0.5757135.4610
NEWMAN0.5757135.3274
WELCH0.5757134.8606
CHARD0.5757130.9598
FAIRBROTHER0.5757130.7692
GARDENER0.5757129.2683
READ0.5757127.1665
SPICER0.5757126.0417
KEY0.5757125.3807
PRIOR0.5757122.6929
BAILEY0.5757122.0905
SUTTON0.5757122.0083
PERRY0.5757119.0522
SOUTH0.5757118.5874
MUMFORD0.5757118.1488
CALVERT0.5757117.1821

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 571 people called COOLIDGE in Furneux Pelham 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 5000.0000 in Furneux Pelham means that 5000.0000% of the people in Furneux Pelham on census day were called COOLIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COOLIDGE 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 COOLIDGE 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 COOLIDGE 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 COOLIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Furneux Pelham means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COOLIDGE in Furneux Pelham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Furneux Pelham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ACRES (3)  ARNIE (1)  BAILEY (19)  BALLARD (1)  BELSHAW (1)  BARKER (10)  BATES (1)  BAYFORD (27)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (2)  BONFIELD (6)  BOWMAN (2)  BRACE (13)  BRADFORD (4)  BRAY (7)  BRETT (13)  BROOKS (1)  BURGESS (27)  BURTON (4)  BUSH (5)  BUTTON (1)  CAKEBREAD (3)  CALVERT (2)  CHALIS (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHAPEL (1)  CHARD (1)  CHEFFINS (6)  CHIPPERFIELD (8)  CHOPPING (2)  CLARK (9)  COOLIDGE (1)  COWELL (5)  COX (1)  COXALL (1)  CRABB (1)  CRANSTON (1)  DEADMAN (8)  DRAGE (8)  DUNGATE (2)  EDWARDS (6)  ELLIOT (1)  EVERETT (1)  FAIRBROTHER (1)  FOX (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FUNSTONE (13)  GARDENER (3)  GIBBS (1)  GODFREY (10)  GRAINGER (1)  GREENWOOD (2)  HAGGAR (11)  HARDY (13)  HARVEY (2)  HENEAGE (1)  HAMMERSTONE (2)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUTCHIN (3)  HYDE (1)  IVES (1)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSON (19)  JONES (1)  KENT (1)  KEY (2)  CARTEN (2)  LAWRENCE (3)  LEECH (5)  LEE (5)  LOCK (1)  MILLER (1)  MUMFORD (1)  NEWMAN (15)  NOTTAGE (15)  ONSLOW (1)  PERRY (8)  PHILIPS (1)  POTTRELL (4)  PRATT (1)  PRENTIE (1)  PRIOR (3)  RANDOLPH (3)  RAPEN (1)  RAYMENT (1)  READ (10)  RICKETT (1)  ROGERS (7)  SAVILL (26)  SAVILLE (8)  SAY (1)  SCRUBY (4)  SMITH (4)  SOUTH (1)  SPICER (2)  SUTTON (8)  TOMS (5)  THURGOOD (7)  TILBROOK (1)  UNCLE (5)  UNWIN (1)  VANNECK (1)  WABERTON (1)  WALLIS (8)  WARD (1)  WARWICK (25)  WATTS (4)  WELCH (7)  WALLEN (1)  WHITE (16)  WILSON (1)  WOOLARD (8)  WAYLETT (1)  WOOTTEN (4)  WOOTTON (2)  WRENCH (1)  WRIGHT (7) 

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