Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bayford, Hertfordshire

Bayford 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
HARVEY165.818254.50
PRATT145.090988.61
HILL103.636414.28
DURGAN103.636416,666.67
REED93.272744.84
BAKER93.272714.94
CHILDS82.9091158.42
BRACE72.5455443.04
ROBERSON72.54551,666.67
CLARKE62.181810.77
THORN62.1818145.99
NORDEN62.18182,727.27
ALLEN51.81829.62
WATTS51.818221.68
FLETCHER51.818215.93
BROWN51.81822.76
SALE51.8182276.24
BROOKS51.818218.60
WELLS51.818221.85
HOWE41.454537.04
DUDLEY41.454596.85
PALLETT41.4545547.95
GIBBS41.454529.61
CASTLE41.454573.26
SMITH41.45451.03
MEECH41.4545701.75
CROCKER41.4545108.40
BIRD31.090914.28
CAMERON31.090914.04
BURLEY31.0909114.94
EDWARDS31.09093.91
BYNER31.09096,000.00
DAVY31.090988.50
RAMSEY20.727366.89
PEPPER20.727351.68
DEARMAN20.7273500.00
MARTIN20.72732.95
FARROW20.727338.76
POMFRET20.7273210.53
HINDES20.7273714.29
LEWIS10.36361.38
WAGSTAFF10.363629.24
GEORGE10.36366.20
CLARIDGE10.363662.50
TONG10.3636103.09
EVANS10.36360.83
STARLING10.363649.51
MOORE10.36361.82
WILTSHIRE10.363627.25
HEARN10.363627.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DURGAN0.2827516666.6667
BYNER0.282756000.0000
NORDEN0.282752727.2727
ROBERSON0.282751666.6667
HINDES0.28275714.2857
MEECH0.28275701.7544
PALLETT0.28275547.9452
DEARMAN0.28275500.0000
BRACE0.28275443.0380
WRENN0.28275357.1429
SALE0.28275276.2431
GROOME0.28275232.5581
POMFRET0.28275210.5263
CHILDS0.28275158.4158
THORN0.28275145.9854
ISON0.28275123.4568
BURLEY0.28275114.9425
CROCKER0.28275108.4011
TONG0.28275103.0928
DUDLEY0.2827596.8523
PRATT0.2827588.6076
DAVY0.2827588.4956
LOBB0.2827573.5294
CASTLE0.2827573.2601
RAMSEY0.2827566.8896
CLARIDGE0.2827562.5000
HARVEY0.2827554.4959
PEPPER0.2827551.6796
VICKERY0.2827550.0000
STARLING0.2827549.5050
HERD0.2827549.5050
SOUTHGATE0.2827546.5116
REED0.2827544.8430
JAY0.2827541.6667
FARROW0.2827538.7597
HOWE0.2827537.0370
HEWETT0.2827531.2500
GIBBS0.2827529.6077
WAGSTAFF0.2827529.2398
HEARN0.2827527.4725
WILTSHIRE0.2827527.2480
WILCOCK0.2827525.5754
BOWLES0.2827522.2222
WELLS0.2827521.8531
WATTS0.2827521.6826
BROOKS0.2827518.6012
SALMON0.2827515.9490
FLETCHER0.2827515.9286
SADLER0.2827515.4321
BAKER0.2827514.9353

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 275 people called DURGAN in Bayford 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 16666.6667 in Bayford means that 16666.6667% of the people in Bayford on census day were called DURGAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DURGAN 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 DURGAN 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 DURGAN 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 DURGAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Bayford means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DURGAN in Bayford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bayford in 1881

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

ALLEN (5)  BAKER (9)  BARNETT (1)  BYNER (3)  BIRD (3)  BONHOURE (1)  BOWLES (1)  BRACE (7)  BROADBRIDGE (1)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (5)  BURLEY (3)  BUTLER (1)  CAMERON (3)  CASTLE (4)  CATLING (3)  CHILDS (8)  CLARIDGE (1)  CLARKE (6)  COLLINS (1)  COOLEDGE (8)  COXALL (1)  CROCKER (4)  DAMMICA (1)  DAVY (3)  DEARMAN (2)  DREW (1)  DUCKLOW (1)  DUDLEY (4)  DURGAN (10)  EDWARDS (3)  EVANS (1)  FARROW (2)  FLETCHER (5)  JAY (1)  GEORGE (1)  GIBBS (4)  GROOME (1)  HANWICK (1)  HART (1)  HARVEY (16)  HERD (1)  HEARN (1)  HEWETT (1)  HILL (10)  HINDES (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HOWE (4)  ISON (1)  LEWIS (1)  LOBB (1)  LUBAU (1)  MARTIN (2)  MEECH (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (1)  NORDEN (6)  OLLEY (5)  PALLETT (4)  PEPPER (2)  POMFRET (2)  PRATT (14)  RAMSEY (2)  REED (9)  ROBERSON (7)  ROOT... (1)  RYLETT (2)  SADLER (1)  SALE (5)  SALMON (1)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHGATE (1)  STARLING (1)  THORN (6)  THORNTON (1)  TOKELOVE (1)  TONG (1)  TURNER (1)  VICKERY (1)  VYSE (8)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (5)  WELLS (5)  WILCOCK (1)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WRENN (1)