Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Amwell, Hertfordshire

Little Amwell 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
CHILDS567.9545433.10
PAVEY202.8409664.45
GEORGE202.840948.41
COX182.556816.87
DAWES152.1307156.58
PRATT131.846632.15
SMITH121.70451.21
GRAY121.704511.94
BRACE111.5625272.28
WEBB101.420510.48
CAMP101.4205246.91
HOWE101.420536.17
WAGSTAFF101.4205114.16
MEDCALF91.2784328.47
WILLIAMS91.27841.78
PARKER91.27846.72
HUDSON91.278415.61
PORTER81.136415.15
KIFFE81.136426,666.67
PARSONS81.136414.96
WOODCOCK81.136439.82
PRINCE70.994343.97
CROFT70.994342.09
AKERS60.8523175.44
HAYDEN60.8523109.29
TODD60.852316.75
COLES60.852324.46
RIST60.85231,224.49
FOSTER50.71025.31
HILL50.71022.79
BROOM50.710257.60
GODFREY50.710223.95
IVORY50.7102337.84
STARR50.7102144.09
HAMMOND40.56829.98
MARTIN40.56822.31
BROOKS40.56825.81
HUSON40.5682547.95
WILSON40.56821.24
SPENCER40.56826.22
GREEN40.56822.02
BROWN40.56820.86
NOAKES40.568277.67
MORRISON40.56827.23
JUDD40.568243.76
WYNN40.568265.57
FRENCH40.568211.64
READ40.56828.81
HULL40.568227.19
RAMSY40.56823,076.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KIFFE0.7070426666.6667
RAMSY0.707043076.9231
HEITZMAN0.707041538.4615
RIST0.707041224.4898
MELLS0.707041052.6316
PAVEY0.70704664.4518
BISCOE0.70704638.2979
HUSON0.70704547.9452
PARCELL0.70704535.7143
CHILDS0.70704433.1013
IVORY0.70704337.8378
MEDCALF0.70704328.4672
BRACE0.70704272.2772
MEEKS0.70704247.9339
CAMP0.70704246.9136
AKERS0.70704175.4386
SLIGHT0.70704165.7459
DAWES0.70704156.5762
STARR0.70704144.0922
PAMPLIN0.70704128.2051
SHAMBROOK0.70704120.4819
WAGSTAFF0.70704114.1553
GRAVER0.70704113.6364
HAYDEN0.70704109.2896
BLACKLEY0.70704104.7120
FALKNER0.7070483.3333
NOAKES0.7070477.6699
GEAR0.7070476.0456
WARR0.7070474.8130
OLD0.7070469.9301
WYNN0.7070465.5738
BROOM0.7070457.6037
PATMORE0.7070457.1429
NORFOLK0.7070451.5464
GEORGE0.7070448.4144
WALFORD0.7070446.2963
SHIPP0.7070445.4545
PRINCE0.7070443.9698
JUDD0.7070443.7637
CROFT0.7070442.0926
WOODCOCK0.7070439.8208
HEWETT0.7070436.6300
HOWE0.7070436.1664
BALLS0.7070433.2594
EDMUNDS0.7070432.6797
PRATT0.7070432.1464
CROUCH0.7070431.7797
SERGEANT0.7070429.8507
HULL0.7070427.1924
COLES0.7070424.4598

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 704 people called KIFFE in Little Amwell 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 26666.6667 in Little Amwell means that 26666.6667% of the people in Little Amwell on census day were called KIFFE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KIFFE 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 KIFFE 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 KIFFE 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 KIFFE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Little Amwell means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KIFFE in Little Amwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Amwell in 1881

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

AKERS (6)  AYLING (1)  ANSETT (1)  BALLS (3)  BAYWER (4)  BEADLE (1)  BENNETT (3)  BETTS (1)  BISCOE (3)  BLACKLEY (2)  BLAND (2)  BRACE (11)  BRADLEY (1)  BROOKS (4)  BROOM (5)  BROWN (4)  BULLEY (13)  BULLY (3)  BYOTT (3)  CAKEBREAD (3)  CAMP (10)  CHANDLER (3)  CHAPPLE (1)  CHILDS (56)  COLES (6)  COX (18)  CRANE (3)  CROFT (7)  CROUCH (3)  CURRY (2)  CUTMORE (8)  DOLLIMORE (5)  DAWES (15)  DEARDS (7)  EDMUNDS (3)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIS (3)  FALKNER (2)  FISHER (1)  FOSTER (5)  FRANCIS (3)  FRENCH (4)  FRESSEN (3)  GATHERCOLE (5)  GEAR (2)  GEORGE (20)  GIBBONS (1)  GODDARD (1)  GODFREY (5)  GRAHAME (5)  GRAVER (1)  GRAY (12)  GRAVES (1)  GREEN (4)  HAMMOND (4)  HARPER (1)  HARRINGTON (3)  HART (1)  HARVEY (1)  HAYDEN (6)  HAYNES (2)  HEATH (2)  HEITZMAN (2)  HEMMINGS (1)  HEWETT (3)  HUSON (4)  HICKS (3)  HILL (5)  HORNETT (6)  HOWE (10)  HUDSON (9)  HULL (4)  IVORY (5)  JUDD (4)  KIFF (3)  KIFFE (8)  LATTER (1)  LEWIS (2)  LITTLEFORD (4)  LLOYD (3)  LORD (1)  MANN (3)  MANSFIELD (2)  MARDELL (2)  MARTIN (4)  MASCAL (1)  MASTERS (1)  MALYAN (1)  MEEKS (3)  MELFIELD (2)  MELLS (2)  MERRY (1)  MEDCALF (9)  MORGAN (3)  MORRISON (4)  NELSON (2)  NEWMAN (2)  NOAKES (4)  NORFOLK (1)  NORRIS (1)  OLD (2)  OLDHAM (1)  PAMPHLIN (11)  PAMPLIN (1)  PARKER (9)  PARCELL (3)  PARSONS (8)  PATMORE (1)  PAVEY (20)  PINDER (1)  PORTER (8)  POTKINS (7)  PRATT (13)  PRINCE (7)  PRIOR (1)  RAMSY (4)  RANDALL (1)  RAYNER (2)  READ (4)  RHODES (1)  RITCHING (1)  RYDE (1)  RIST (6)  SALE (1)  SALMON (1)  SERGEANT (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVILE (2)  SEYMOUR (3)  SHAMBROOK (1)  SHIPP (1)  SLIGHT (3)  SMITH (12)  SPENCER (4)  SPRINGHAM (1)  STARR (5)  STUART (2)  STREADER (3)  TATTINGHAM (4)  THROGOOD (6)  TODD (6)  TOWNSHEND (4)  TOOKEY (10)  VIPERS (5)  VOHRENBACH (1)  WAGSTAFF (10)  WALTON (1)  WARD (4)  WARR (3)  WEBB (10)  WEST (1)  WESTON (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILSON (4)  WYNN (4)  WOODCOCK (8)  WALFORD (2)  WORBOY (7) 

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