Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kelshall, Hertfordshire

Kelshall 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
SOLE3714.85946,379.31
BARNES249.638680.08
ANDERSON166.425732.53
JONES166.42575.67
WILMOTT145.62251,666.67
MOLE114.4177569.95
KINGSLEY114.41772,500.00
CHAPMAN114.417731.11
STAINES104.0161724.64
BRYNER83.212940,000.00
PERCY83.2129344.83
ATKINS72.811274.95
KEEP72.8112769.23
ANDREWS62.409625.15
EDWARDS62.40968.65
RULE62.4096350.88
JUDGE41.6064148.70
SMITH31.20480.85
MATTHEWS31.204813.81
BOWMAN31.204846.15
CLARK20.80322.67
HALE20.803222.40
LEETE20.80321,111.11
HAGGER20.8032270.27
HARPER20.803212.55
BALLARD10.401626.74
GROOM10.401628.65
MALLING10.40161,666.67
STARLING10.401654.64
BOLD10.4016144.93
GRANT10.40164.05
WILLS10.401613.44
BRETT10.401621.14
SALE10.401660.98
HEATH10.40168.09
PATRICK10.401620.16
MANNING10.401612.63
WALKER10.40161.20
LEES10.40169.06
CAMPS10.4016370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRYNER0.2524940000.0000
SOLE0.252496379.3103
KINGSLEY0.252492500.0000
MALLING0.252491666.6667
WILMOTT0.252491666.6667
LEETE0.252491111.1111
KEEP0.25249769.2308
STAINES0.25249724.6377
MOLE0.25249569.9482
CAMPS0.25249370.3704
RULE0.25249350.8772
PERCY0.25249344.8276
HAGGER0.25249270.2703
JUDGE0.25249148.6989
BOLD0.25249144.9275
BARNES0.2524980.0801
ATKINS0.2524974.9465
SALE0.2524960.9756
STARLING0.2524954.6448
BOWMAN0.2524946.1538
ANDERSON0.2524932.5336
CHAPMAN0.2524931.1086
GROOM0.2524928.6533
BALLARD0.2524926.7380
ANDREWS0.2524925.1467
HALE0.2524922.3964
BRETT0.2524921.1416
PATRICK0.2524920.1613
MATTHEWS0.2524913.8122
WILLS0.2524913.4409
MANNING0.2524912.6263
HARPER0.2524912.5471
LEES0.252499.0580
EDWARDS0.252498.6455
HEATH0.252498.0906
JONES0.252495.6738
GRANT0.252494.0469
CLARK0.252492.6724
WALKER0.252491.1996
SMITH0.252490.8533

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 249 people called BRYNER in Kelshall 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 40000.0000 in Kelshall means that 40000.0000% of the people in Kelshall on census day were called BRYNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRYNER 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 BRYNER 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 BRYNER 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 BRYNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Kelshall means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRYNER in Kelshall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kelshall in 1881

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

ANDERSON (16)  ANDREWS (6)  ATKINS (7)  BALLARD (1)  BARNES (24)  BOLD (1)  BOWMAN (3)  BRETT (1)  BRYNER (8)  CAMPS (1)  CHAPMAN (11)  CLARK (2)  COULTON (2)  DOWDON (5)  DRUDSDAY (2)  EDWARDS (6)  GRANT (1)  GROOM (1)  HAGGER (2)  HALE (2)  HARPER (2)  HEATH (1)  JONES (16)  JUDGE (4)  KEEP (7)  KINGSLEY (11)  LEES (1)  LEETE (2)  MANNING (1)  MATTHEWS (3)  MALLING (1)  MOLE (11)  MOULE (1)  PATEMAN (1)  PATRICK (1)  PERCY (8)  RULE (6)  SALE (1)  SMITH (3)  SOLE (37)  STAINES (10)  STANDON (1)  STARLING (1)  STOTEN (1)  WALKER (1)  WILLS (1)  WILMOTT (14)