Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aspenden, Hertfordshire

Aspenden 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
PLUMB294.6549575.40
SMITH233.69182.61
TRUSSELL162.56822,711.86
EDWARDS152.40778.64
NICHOLLS152.407746.10
KIMPTON132.0867769.23
BLEW121.92624,800.00
OVERALL121.9262930.23
WALLIS111.765752.13
WATSON101.60516.92
RULE101.6051234.19
NORTH101.605148.43
WARD101.60517.35
MOLE101.6051207.04
MORRIS91.44466.49
GRIFFIN91.444630.71
WOODCOCK91.444650.62
WALLACE81.284118.75
NEALE81.284154.09
ROBINSON81.28414.03
CROUCH71.123683.83
BALLARD71.123674.87
FOX71.123612.10
ARCHER71.123627.16
HANCOCK71.123624.70
WESTWOOD71.123666.99
ANTHONY71.123696.69
ANDREWS60.963110.05
RAND60.9631246.91
OAKLEY60.963145.45
SKINNER60.963118.98
CARVER60.9631106.38
PAUL60.963138.49
BRADFORD60.963149.38
WILDS50.8026588.24
CHAPMAN50.80265.65
SARGENT50.802652.14
HINES50.802694.16
BARKER50.80266.13
BUTTLER50.8026265.96
SANDERSON50.802619.43
BERWICK50.8026199.20
PARKER50.80264.22
HAMMOND50.802614.10
POULTON50.8026100.00
ARNOLD40.642111.91
CAMP40.6421111.42
MOTTRAM40.6421118.69
MILES40.642110.88
BODDY40.6421115.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLEW0.626234800.0000
TRUSSELL0.626232711.8644
KIMSEY0.626232500.0000
HOGUE0.626232000.0000
OVERALL0.62623930.2326
KIMPTON0.62623769.2308
WILDS0.62623588.2353
PLUMB0.62623575.3968
HAYE0.62623555.5556
CROOKER0.62623555.5556
GUIN0.62623555.5556
BISCOE0.62623487.8049
SAMMONS0.62623312.5000
BUTTLER0.62623265.9574
PURDON0.62623260.8696
RAND0.62623246.9136
NOTTAGE0.62623241.9355
RULE0.62623234.1920
MOLE0.62623207.0393
BERWICK0.62623199.2032
CLEMENCE0.62623185.1852
BARDELL0.62623120.4819
MOTTRAM0.62623118.6944
BODDY0.62623115.9420
CAMP0.62623111.4206
DEARMAN0.62623108.6957
DELLOW0.62623108.6957
CARVER0.62623106.3830
POULTON0.62623100.0000
ANTHONY0.6262396.6851
HINES0.6262394.1620
BUNCE0.6262386.2069
CROUCH0.6262383.8323
BALLARD0.6262374.8663
WESTWOOD0.6262366.9856
BONNEY0.6262364.1026
PIGG0.6262354.3478
NEALE0.6262354.0906
SARGENT0.6262352.1376
WALLIS0.6262352.1327
WOODCOCK0.6262350.6187
BRADFORD0.6262349.3827
NORTH0.6262348.4262
COCKS0.6262348.3092
BODY0.6262346.9484
NICHOLLS0.6262346.0971
OAKLEY0.6262345.4545
SQUIRES0.6262345.3515
PAUL0.6262338.4862
BEALES0.6262337.7358

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 623 people called BLEW in Aspenden 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 4800.0000 in Aspenden means that 4800.0000% of the people in Aspenden on census day were called BLEW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLEW 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 BLEW 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 BLEW 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 BLEW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Aspenden means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLEW in Aspenden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aspenden in 1881

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

ANDREWS (6)  ANTHONY (7)  ARCHER (7)  ARNOLD (4)  AUSELL (1)  ASHBURY (1)  BACON (1)  BALLARD (7)  BARDELL (1)  BARHAM (1)  BARKER (5)  BERWICK (5)  BEALES (1)  BISCOE (2)  BLEW (12)  BODY (1)  BODDY (4)  BONE (1)  BOTTERIL (5)  BOWLS (1)  BRADFORD (6)  BROWN (2)  BUCK (1)  BUNCE (4)  BONNEY (1)  BURGESS (1)  BURT (1)  BUSH (1)  BUTTLER (5)  CAMP (4)  CARVER (6)  CATLEY (1)  CAVE (1)  CHAPMAN (5)  CLARK (2)  CLOUGHTON (1)  CLEMENCE (1)  COOK (3)  COSSINS (1)  COX (1)  COCKS (2)  COXEL (1)  COXALL (1)  CRISP (1)  CROUCH (7)  CROOKER (1)  DELLOW (1)  DEARMAN (1)  EDWARDS (15)  ELLINGFORD (12)  EMSON (1)  FEASAY (2)  FOX (7)  GAME (2)  GOODEY (9)  GREY (1)  GRIFFIN (9)  GUDGEON (1)  GUIN (1)  HAMMOND (5)  HANCOCK (7)  HARRADENCE (1)  HASBROHE (1)  HAYE (2)  HICKS (2)  HILLS (1)  HINES (5)  HODDELL (1)  HOGUE (1)  HUMERSTON (1)  EMPLETON (1)  JAMES (2)  FITZJOHN (3)  JONES (1)  JULIANS (1)  KIMPTON (13)  KIMSEY (2)  KNIGHTS (2)  LANGUISH (1)  LAYBORN (3)  LILLEY (1)  FLOYD (1)  LUSHINGTON (3)  MADDAMS (3)  MARIETTE (1)  MAGENNIS (2)  MILES (4)  MORRIS (9)  MOTTRAM (4)  MOLE (10)  NEALE (8)  NEWING (7)  NEWMAN (3)  NICHOLLS (15)  NORRIS (4)  NORTH (10)  NOTTAGE (3)  NURSE (1)  OAKLEY (6)  OVERALL (12)  PARKER (5)  PARKINSON (1)  PAUL (6)  PERRY (4)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHYKER (1)  PIGG (1)  PITMAN (1)  PLUMB (29)  PLUMRIDGE (1)  PORTER (1)  POULTER (1)  POULTON (5)  PURDON (3)  RAND (6)  ROBINSON (8)  ROBLET (2)  ROBLETT (6)  ROSE (1)  RULE (10)  SAMMONS (3)  SANDERSON (5)  SARGENT (5)  SAYERS (1)  SAGGERS (1)  SEAMORE (2)  SHAW (1)  SIMMANCE (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SKEGGS (1)  SKINNER (6)  SMITH (23)  SOUTH (1)  SQUIRES (4)  TOTTMAN (2)  TOUTEFAIT (1)  TRUSSELL (16)  TURNER (2)  UNCLE (3)  WALLIS (11)  WALLACE (8)  WALLHEAD (4)  WALTON (3)  WARD (10)  WATSON (10)  WESTWOOD (7)  WHITE (1)  WYBREW (9)  WILAS (1)  WILDS (5)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WILSON (3)  WOODCOCK (9)  WOODWARDS (2)  WYATT (1)