Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Wymondley, Hertfordshire

Great Wymondley 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
WALDOCK3512.96307,777.78
BRAZIER3111.48151,225.30
WATSON145.185222.35
LAKE103.7037167.22
HORTON93.333389.82
TURNER93.333311.97
CROFT82.9630125.39
SMITH82.96302.10
WALKER72.59267.74
SEYMOUR72.5926126.81
PRATT72.592645.13
BALLS72.5926202.31
MARSH72.592636.34
WARD62.222210.17
HARE62.2222143.88
BATES51.851929.10
ARMSTRONG51.851924.22
MARCHANT51.8519119.33
HAILEY51.85191,136.36
SUTTON51.851929.09
SMYTH51.8519198.41
SPICER41.4815110.19
FISHER41.481512.66
ARNOLD41.481527.49
DOBBS31.1111164.84
SPRIGGS31.1111223.88
HULL31.111153.19
WOLF31.1111576.92
BROWN20.74071.12
HARVEY20.74076.94
PAYNE20.74078.23
GRAY20.74075.19
KNIGHT20.74076.01
PARROTT10.370432.57
FOSTER10.37042.77
TOLL10.3704208.33
KIDDLE10.3704172.41
CHAPMAN10.37042.61
PALLETT10.3704138.89
HUNT10.37042.79
SELL10.3704121.95
BEDFORD10.370415.60
DWANE10.3704
CHARLES10.370417.92
BREED10.3704212.77
RALPHS10.3704140.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALDOCK0.272707777.7778
BRAZIER0.272701225.2964
HAILEY0.272701136.3636
WOLF0.27270576.9231
SPRIGGS0.27270223.8806
BREED0.27270212.7660
TOLL0.27270208.3333
BALLS0.27270202.3121
SMYTH0.27270198.4127
KIDDLE0.27270172.4138
LAKE0.27270167.2241
DOBBS0.27270164.8352
HARE0.27270143.8849
RALPHS0.27270140.8451
PALLETT0.27270138.8889
SEYMOUR0.27270126.8116
CROFT0.27270125.3918
SELL0.27270121.9512
MARCHANT0.27270119.3317
SPICER0.27270110.1928
HORTON0.2727089.8204
HULL0.2727053.1915
PRATT0.2727045.1322
MARSH0.2727036.3448
PARROTT0.2727032.5733
BATES0.2727029.1036
SUTTON0.2727029.0867
ARNOLD0.2727027.4914
ARMSTRONG0.2727024.2248
WATSON0.2727022.3535
CHARLES0.2727017.9211
BEDFORD0.2727015.6006
FISHER0.2727012.6582
TURNER0.2727011.9745
WARD0.2727010.1729
PAYNE0.272708.2305
WALKER0.272707.7442
HARVEY0.272706.9372
KNIGHT0.272706.0096
GRAY0.272705.1881
HUNT0.272702.7886
FOSTER0.272702.7701
CHAPMAN0.272702.6076
SMITH0.272702.0985
BROWN0.272701.1237
DWANE0.27270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 270 people called WALDOCK in Great Wymondley 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 7777.7778 in Great Wymondley means that 7777.7778% of the people in Great Wymondley on census day were called WALDOCK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALDOCK 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 WALDOCK 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 WALDOCK 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 WALDOCK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Great Wymondley means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALDOCK in Great Wymondley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Wymondley in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (5)  ARNOLD (4)  BALLS (7)  BATES (5)  BEDFORD (1)  BREED (1)  BRAZIER (31)  BROWN (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHARLES (1)  CROFT (8)  DOBBS (3)  DWANE (1)  FISHER (4)  FOSTER (1)  GRAY (2)  GREENHALF (2)  HARE (6)  HARVEY (2)  HAILEY (5)  HORTON (9)  HULL (3)  HUMMERSTON (2)  HUNT (1)  KIDDLE (1)  KITCHINER (7)  KNIGHT (2)  LAKE (10)  MARCHANT (5)  MARSH (7)  PALLETT (1)  PARROTT (1)  PAYNE (2)  PRATT (7)  RALPHS (1)  SELL (1)  SEYMOUR (7)  SMITH (8)  SMYTH (5)  SPICER (4)  SPRIGGS (3)  SUTTON (5)  TITMUSS (8)  TOLL (1)  TURNER (9)  WABY (2)  WALDOCK (35)  WALKER (7)  WARD (6)  WATSON (14)  WOLF (3)  WORBOYS (1) 

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