Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kensworth, Hertfordshire

Kensworth 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
FOSSEY182.74811,636.36
EVANS172.59545.94
ANDREWS162.442725.49
WILLIS152.290143.07
DURRANT142.1374136.59
HALL142.13747.27
WOODHAM131.9847590.91
MORTON131.984737.13
TAYLOR131.98473.10
PERRY131.984726.99
HUGHES121.83216.54
KEMPSON111.6794769.23
SHARP111.679420.15
SKINNER101.526730.08
FROST101.526727.15
TOMLIN91.3740153.58
WINTERS91.3740323.74
BUTTERFIELD91.3740102.86
BAILES91.3740731.71
GARNER81.221438.65
WARD81.22145.59
MARTIN81.22144.96
JACKSON81.22144.37
COLLIER81.221436.55
AUSTIN71.068721.86
CAIN71.068751.47
MUNN71.0687148.31
KEYS71.0687214.72
FLETCHER60.91608.02
ELVIN60.9160259.74
PRATT60.916015.94
FISHER60.91607.83
GURNEY60.916087.98
LENO60.91606,666.67
CUTLER60.916073.62
GRIZZEL60.916020,000.00
WILLIAMS60.91601.28
HICKMAN50.763445.37
TOWNSEND50.763417.97
MAYS50.7634133.69
BOSTON50.7634166.67
GEORGE50.763413.01
HAWKINS50.763410.54
FREEMAN50.763411.95
HARLEY40.610747.39
MATTHEWS40.61077.00
GREEN40.61072.17
LOVE40.610725.76
DAWS40.6107119.40
HOLLAND40.61078.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GRIZZEL0.6665520000.0000
LENO0.666556666.6667
FOSSEY0.666551636.3636
WARLING0.666551111.1111
KEMPSON0.66655769.2308
BAILES0.66655731.7073
AUSTON0.66655606.0606
WOODHAM0.66655590.9091
WINNETT0.66655408.1633
FLITTON0.66655357.1429
PUNTER0.66655325.2033
WINTERS0.66655323.7410
ELVIN0.66655259.7403
KEYS0.66655214.7239
BOSTON0.66655166.6667
GINGER0.66655166.6667
HOLLEY0.66655165.9751
TOMLIN0.66655153.5836
MUNN0.66655148.3051
HALSEY0.66655141.8440
DURRANT0.66655136.5854
VASS0.66655135.1351
MAYS0.66655133.6898
NEAVE0.66655129.8701
DAWS0.66655119.4030
BUTTERFIELD0.66655102.8571
GURNEY0.6665587.9765
TOLL0.6665586.9565
TURNEY0.6665586.2069
CHESHIRE0.6665579.2079
CUTLER0.6665573.6196
OLNEY0.6665572.9927
CRANFIELD0.6665562.1118
CAIN0.6665551.4706
NICOLL0.6665550.4202
HARLEY0.6665547.3934
CRIPPS0.6665547.0958
HICKMAN0.6665545.3721
AYRES0.6665544.0044
WILLIS0.6665543.0663
WESLEY0.6665539.2157
JEFFS0.6665538.9864
GARNER0.6665538.6473
MORTON0.6665537.1322
COLLIER0.6665536.5464
CRAWLEY0.6665535.2526
KEY0.6665533.1858
SKINNER0.6665530.0752
GUTTERIDGE0.6665530.0300
OSBORN0.6665529.3470

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 655 people called GRIZZEL in Kensworth 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 20000.0000 in Kensworth means that 20000.0000% of the people in Kensworth on census day were called GRIZZEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GRIZZEL 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 GRIZZEL 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 GRIZZEL 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 GRIZZEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Kensworth means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GRIZZEL in Kensworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kensworth in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (16)  ANDREW (1)  AUSTON (2)  AUSTIN (7)  AVERY (2)  BAYFOOT (1)  BAILES (9)  BIRCH (1)  BIRCHMORE (8)  BURCHMORE (6)  BOSTON (5)  BRADWIN (8)  BRIGGINSHAW (8)  BUTTERFIELD (9)  CAIN (7)  CARTER (4)  CARTWRIGHT (3)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHESHIRE (4)  CLARK (1)  COLLIER (8)  COPCUTT (5)  CRANFIELD (1)  CRAWLEY (3)  CRIPPS (3)  CURRANT (5)  CUTLER (6)  DANNAS (1)  DAURSE (1)  DAWS (4)  DOWNS (1)  DUMPLETON (5)  DURRANT (14)  ELVIN (6)  ENDERSBY (1)  EVANS (17)  AYRES (4)  FISHER (6)  FLECKNEY (1)  FLETCHER (6)  FLITTON (2)  FOSSEY (18)  FREEMAN (5)  FROST (10)  GAEESIN (1)  GARNER (8)  GEORGE (5)  GINGER (2)  GREEN (4)  GRIZZEL (6)  GURNEY (6)  GURZEL (1)  GUTTERIDGE (1)  HALL (14)  HALSEY (4)  HARLEY (4)  HARES (5)  HARROWELL (4)  HARVEY (3)  HAWKES (1)  HAWKINS (5)  HICKMAN (5)  HOLLAND (4)  HOLLEY (4)  HOPKINS (2)  HORN (1)  HOWLETT (1)  HUGHES (12)  HULL (2)  IMPEY (7)  JACKSON (8)  JEFFS (2)  JONES (3)  KEMPSON (11)  KEY (3)  KEYS (7)  FEAVER (1)  LENO (6)  LOVE (4)  MANN (4)  MARTIN (8)  MATTHEWS (4)  MOLSTER (5)  MOULSTER (8)  MAYS (5)  MILLER (1)  MORTON (13)  MUNN (7)  NEAVE (4)  NICOLL (3)  NORTH (1)  OLNEY (1)  OSBORN (4)  PARTRIDGE (3)  PECK (2)  PERKINS (1)  PERRY (13)  PERREY (1)  PHILPOT (1)  PITTS (1)  PRATT (6)  PUNTER (4)  REEVES (4)  RENTELL (1)  ROGERS (3)  SHARP (11)  SIMMONDS (2)  SKINNER (10)  SMITH (2)  SPACEY (1)  STANBRIDGE (5)  STANNER (4)  STOKES (2)  TAYLOR (13)  TEMPLE (1)  TOLL (1)  TOMLIN (9)  TOWNSEND (5)  TURNEY (2)  VASS (3)  WALKER (3)  WARD (8)  WARLING (1)  WESLEY (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILLIS (15)  WILSON (3)  WHINNETT (9)  WINNETT (2)  WINTERS (9)  WOODCRAFT (8)  WOODHAM (13)  WRIGHT (3)