Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckland, Hertfordshire

Buckland 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
AMBROSE215.8333662.46
WHITBY133.6111593.61
JACKSON113.055610.93
HURRY102.77781,333.33
CROUCH102.7778207.04
BARNABY92.50001,250.00
BENTLEY92.500059.09
HEAD82.222291.32
BEADLE82.2222316.21
ANDERSON82.222211.25
LYLES82.22224,444.44
HAYES71.944431.26
CUTTS71.9444247.35
SPENCER61.666718.25
BONFIELD61.6667909.09
SOUTH61.6667176.99
FRENCH61.666734.13
MORIS51.38892,272.73
CLAYTON51.388925.55
HARRISON51.38896.26
WOOD51.38894.36
HAGGER51.3889471.70
BARNETT41.111124.63
GALE41.111137.07
BEALE41.111187.53
COLE41.111112.20
MOLE41.1111143.37
HENRY41.111143.96
CLARK30.83332.77
PORTER30.833311.11
FORSTER30.833325.42
PINNER30.8333337.08
HOWARD20.55565.66
WARREN20.55568.31
STOKES20.555613.16
WILSON20.55561.21
BUTTON20.555646.84
GODFREY20.555618.73
THURGOOD10.277878.74
MASON10.27782.07
BURGESS10.27784.00
LEYTON10.27781,111.11
PRYOR10.277841.67
EVERETT10.277815.48
PHILLIPS10.27781.55
MARTIN10.27781.13
BRIGHT10.277813.74
LAWRANCE10.277842.55
BILLING10.277849.75
IVES10.277823.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LYLES0.363604444.4444
MORIS0.363602272.7273
HURRY0.363601333.3333
BARNABY0.363601250.0000
LEYTON0.363601111.1111
BONFIELD0.36360909.0909
AMBROSE0.36360662.4606
WHITBY0.36360593.6073
HAGGER0.36360471.6981
MEAN0.36360400.0000
PINNER0.36360337.0787
BEADLE0.36360316.2055
CUTTS0.36360247.3498
CROUCH0.36360207.0393
SOUTH0.36360176.9912
MOLE0.36360143.3692
HEAD0.3636091.3242
BEALE0.3636087.5274
THURGOOD0.3636078.7402
BENTLEY0.3636059.0939
BILLING0.3636049.7512
BUTTON0.3636046.8384
HENRY0.3636043.9560
LAWRANCE0.3636042.5532
PRYOR0.3636041.6667
GALE0.3636037.0714
FRENCH0.3636034.1297
HAYES0.3636031.2640
CLAYTON0.3636025.5493
FORSTER0.3636025.4237
BARNETT0.3636024.6305
IVES0.3636023.6967
COBB0.3636019.5313
GODFREY0.3636018.7266
SPENCER0.3636018.2537
EVERETT0.3636015.4799
BRIGHT0.3636013.7363
STOKES0.3636013.1579
COLE0.3636012.1988
ANDERSON0.3636011.2502
PORTER0.3636011.1070
JACKSON0.3636010.9333
WARREN0.363608.3091
BOWEN0.363606.7159
HARRISON0.363606.2570
HOWARD0.363605.6609
WOOD0.363604.3588
BURGESS0.363604.0000
OLIVER0.363603.8941
CLARK0.363602.7726

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 360 people called LYLES in Buckland 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 4444.4444 in Buckland means that 4444.4444% of the people in Buckland on census day were called LYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LYLES 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 LYLES 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 LYLES 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 LYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Buckland means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LYLES in Buckland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckland in 1881

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

AMBROSE (21)  ANDERSON (8)  BARMETT (1)  BARNABY (9)  BARNETT (4)  BEADLE (8)  BEALE (4)  BENTLEY (9)  BILLING (1)  BONFIELD (6)  BOWEN (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BUHEGH OR BULREGH (2)  BURGESS (1)  BUTTON (2)  CLARK (3)  CLAYTON (5)  COBB (1)  COLE (4)  CUTTS (7)  CROUCH (10)  EVERETT (1)  FORSTER (3)  FRENCH (6)  GALE (4)  GILBY (13)  GODFREY (2)  GUTERIDGE (6)  HAGGER (5)  HARRISON (5)  HARVEY (1)  HARVY (12)  HARVY? (3)  HAYES (7)  HEAD (8)  HENRY (4)  HOWARD (2)  IMPLETON (10)  IVES (1)  JACKSON (11)  GEAVES (21)  KING (1)  LAWRANCE (1)  LEDGLEY (1)  LEYTON (1)  LYLES (8)  MEAN (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (1)  MAYLON (10)  MALYON ((MAYLON)) (2)  MORIS (5)  MOLE (4)  OLIVER (1)  PATEMAN (1)  PEGGRAM (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIMER (3)  PINNER (3)  PORTER (3)  PRYOR (1)  ROGERS (1)  SCOFFIELD (1)  SHADBOLT (1)  SKIPP (21)  SOUTH (6)  SPENCER (6)  STEWART (1)  STOKES (2)  THURGOOD (1)  HURRY (10)  VIGG (2)  WALKER (1)  WARREN (2)  WHITBY (13)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (5)