Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wigginton, Hertfordshire

Wigginton 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
BAKER598.309937.93
DELL507.04231,201.92
BATCHELOR415.7746340.53
GURNEY344.7887460.08
BURCH334.6479615.67
BUSBY283.9437374.33
HOWES212.9577169.22
EUSTACE182.5352904.52
EGGLETON182.5352642.86
MEAD172.3944102.72
REYNOLDS162.253526.02
NORWOOD152.1127520.83
TURNEY152.1127597.61
ROW152.1127410.96
LAKE121.690176.24
COKER121.6901358.21
SMITH121.69011.20
GOWER101.4085134.23
HART101.408516.51
COLLIER101.408542.14
DWIGHT101.40851,470.59
MAPLE81.1268727.27
MEW81.1268529.80
HOAR81.1268273.97
CRAWLEY81.126886.77
HAWKINS81.126815.56
BALDWIN70.985923.13
WOOD70.98593.09
HALE70.985927.47
SAUNDERS60.84519.21
STRATFORD50.7042102.67
ABRAHAM50.704271.43
HORWOOD50.7042148.37
GILBERT50.704212.36
SHARP50.70428.45
JOHNSON50.70422.10
GRANGE50.7042122.55
ATKINS50.704218.78
PARSLEY50.7042531.91
WALKER50.70422.10
KEEN40.563428.11
BRIDGES40.563435.43
BUTCHER40.563413.37
ROWE40.56349.92
HUNT40.56344.24
HORN40.563424.80
FULKS40.56345,714.29
KINGHAM40.5634155.04
OSBORN40.563427.08
EAST30.422527.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FULKS0.717105714.2857
DWIGHT0.717101470.5882
NICHELSON0.717101428.5714
DELL0.717101201.9231
EUSTACE0.71710904.5226
MAPLE0.71710727.2727
EGGLETON0.71710642.8571
BURCH0.71710615.6716
TURNEY0.71710597.6096
PARSLEY0.71710531.9149
MEW0.71710529.8013
NORWOOD0.71710520.8333
HIGBY0.71710476.1905
GURNEY0.71710460.0812
ROW0.71710410.9589
BUSBY0.71710374.3316
COKER0.71710358.2090
BATCHELOR0.71710340.5316
JELLIS0.71710312.5000
HOAR0.71710273.9726
DUNTON0.71710183.4862
HONOUR0.71710176.9912
HOWES0.71710169.2184
KINGHAM0.71710155.0388
HORWOOD0.71710148.3680
GOWER0.71710134.2282
GRANGE0.71710122.5490
MEAD0.71710102.7190
STRATFORD0.71710102.6694
WEEDON0.7171090.9091
CRAWLEY0.7171086.7679
SEABROOK0.7171085.9599
SWABY0.7171076.9231
LAKE0.7171076.2389
ABRAHAM0.7171071.4286
BUNCE0.7171056.7108
COLLIER0.7171042.1408
BAKER0.7171037.9250
BRIDGES0.7171035.4296
REDDING0.7171033.4448
KEEN0.7171028.1096
HALE0.7171027.4725
EAST0.7171027.1739
OSBORN0.7171027.0819
REYNOLDS0.7171026.0163
HORN0.7171024.7985
HYSLOP0.7171024.5098
BALDWIN0.7171023.1252
THORN0.7171018.8501
ATKINS0.7171018.7758

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 710 people called FULKS in Wigginton 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 5714.2857 in Wigginton means that 5714.2857% of the people in Wigginton on census day were called FULKS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FULKS 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 FULKS 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 FULKS 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 FULKS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Wigginton means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FULKS in Wigginton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wigginton in 1881

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

ABRAHAM (5)  ATKINS (5)  BAKER (59)  BALDWIN (7)  BATCHELOR (41)  BEVAN (1)  BIGNOLD (6)  BURCH (33)  BIRD (1)  BLAKE (1)  BRIDGES (4)  BROOKS (2)  BUNCE (3)  BUNNEY (4)  BUSBY (28)  BUTCHER (4)  BUTTERWORTH (2)  COKER (12)  COLLIER (10)  COLLINS (1)  CRAWLEY (8)  DELDFIELD (4)  DELL (50)  DUNTON (2)  DWIGHT (10)  EAST (3)  EGGLETON (18)  EUSTACE (18)  EVINCE (4)  EVANS (1)  EVILTHRIFT (1)  FULKES (2)  FULKS (4)  GARMENT (4)  GILBERT (5)  JELLIS (2)  GOWER (10)  GRANGE (5)  GURNEY (34)  HALE (7)  HARDING (1)  HARROWWELL (1)  HART (10)  HORWOOD (5)  HAWKINS (8)  HYSLOP (1)  HIGBY (1)  HILLS (1)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HOAR (8)  HONOUR (2)  HORN (4)  HOWES (21)  HUNT (4)  JOHNSON (5)  KEEN (4)  KINGHAM (4)  LAKE (12)  LINTOTT (1)  MAPLE (8)  MEAD (17)  MEDHURST (3)  MEW (8)  MORRIS (1)  NEALE (1)  NEWELL (2)  NEWMAN (1)  NICHELSON (1)  NORWOOD (15)  OSBORN (4)  OSBORNE (2)  PANGBOURN (1)  PARKER (2)  PARSLEY (5)  PEARSON (1)  PICKTHORN (3)  POWELL (1)  RANDALL (1)  REDDING (1)  REYNOLDS (16)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (3)  ROW (15)  ROWE (4)  SAUNDERS (6)  SEABROOK (3)  SHARP (5)  SMART (2)  SMITH (12)  STEVENS (1)  STRATFORD (5)  SWABY (1)  TERRY (1)  THOMSON (3)  THORN (2)  TURNEY (15)  WALKER (5)  WARD (2)  WEEDON (3)  WHITE (1)  WHITING (2)  WILKINS (1)  WOOD (7) 

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