Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hexton, Hertfordshire

Hexton 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
OLIVER3718.5000259.29
COOPER189.000037.00
VASS168.00002,352.94
PRUDDEN147.000028,000.00
CLARK147.000023.29
SMITH136.50004.60
WEST84.000041.54
GODFREY84.0000134.91
SUTTON84.000062.84
CHAMBERLAIN73.5000128.68
WOODFIELD63.0000882.35
LAIRD63.0000266.67
ROBERTS52.50006.65
YOUNG31.50006.98
MILLAR31.500041.10
OLNEY31.5000714.29
BENTHALL31.500015,000.00
GOOCH21.0000114.29
DAVY21.000080.97
WHITTINGHAM21.0000133.33
BURR10.500062.11
SEYMOURE10.50005,000.00
KEELING10.500057.14
BARBER10.50008.31
RANCE10.5000133.33
PATES10.5000357.14
SPIERS10.500060.61
LEACH10.500012.12
BRASIER10.5000434.78
RODDA10.5000200.00
IRONS10.500091.74
MEREDITH10.500024.75
CARTER10.50002.98
GREGORY10.50007.13
PORTER10.50006.66
DICKSON10.500013.50
LOWES10.500086.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRUDDEN0.2020028000.0000
BENTHALL0.2020015000.0000
SEYMOURE0.202005000.0000
VASS0.202002352.9412
WOODFIELD0.20200882.3529
OLNEY0.20200714.2857
BRASIER0.20200434.7826
PATES0.20200357.1429
LAIRD0.20200266.6667
OLIVER0.20200259.2852
RODDA0.20200200.0000
GODFREY0.20200134.9073
RANCE0.20200133.3333
WHITTINGHAM0.20200133.3333
CHAMBERLAIN0.20200128.6765
GOOCH0.20200114.2857
IRONS0.2020091.7431
LOWES0.2020086.2069
DAVY0.2020080.9717
SUTTON0.2020062.8437
BURR0.2020062.1118
SPIERS0.2020060.6061
KEELING0.2020057.1429
WEST0.2020041.5369
MILLAR0.2020041.0959
COOPER0.2020036.9990
MEREDITH0.2020024.7525
CLARK0.2020023.2906
DICKSON0.2020013.4953
LEACH0.2020012.1212
BARBER0.202008.3056
GREGORY0.202007.1276
YOUNG0.202006.9816
PORTER0.202006.6622
ROBERTS0.202006.6454
SMITH0.202004.6036
CARTER0.202002.9789

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 200 people called PRUDDEN in Hexton 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 28000.0000 in Hexton means that 28000.0000% of the people in Hexton on census day were called PRUDDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRUDDEN 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 PRUDDEN 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 PRUDDEN 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 PRUDDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Hexton means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRUDDEN in Hexton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hexton in 1881

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

BARBER (1)  BENTHALL (3)  BRASIER (1)  BURR (1)  BOUTELL (2)  CARTER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CLARK (14)  COOPER (18)  DAVY (2)  DICKSON (1)  GODFREY (8)  GOOCH (2)  GREGORY (1)  IRONS (1)  KEELING (1)  LAIRD (6)  LEACH (1)  LOWES (1)  MEREDITH (1)  MILLAR (3)  OLIVER (37)  OLNEY (3)  PATES (1)  PORTER (1)  PRUDDEN (14)  RANCE (1)  ROBERTS (5)  RODDA (1)  SEYMOURE (1)  SLINGSBY (2)  SMITH (13)  SPIERS (1)  SUTTON (8)  TOWNSIN (1)  VASS (16)  WEST (8)  WHITTINGHAM (2)  WOODFIELD (6)  YOUNG (3) 

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