Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Hormead, Hertfordshire

Little Hormead 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
BULL118.6614204.84
WYMAN107.87403,703.70
ALDRIDGE86.2992325.20
BARKER86.299248.13
WEBB75.511840.67
WHEELER75.511891.26
DELLOW64.72443,157.89
HICKS53.937093.99
HILLS53.9370142.45
OAKLEY43.1496148.70
GINN43.14961,142.86
CANE43.1496459.77
TOTT32.36226,000.00
PEACH32.3622218.98
BOARDS21.574820,000.00
DEW21.5748270.27
WATSON21.57486.79
BROWN21.57482.39
DIXON21.574814.38
ELLIOTT10.78749.28
STRANGE10.787473.53
PATTEN10.7874125.00
MUNT10.7874333.33
BENTLY10.7874303.03
WHITE10.78742.45
GODFREY10.787426.53
DRIVER10.787442.55
PHILLIPS10.78744.40
NORTH10.787423.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOARDS0.1312720000.0000
TOTT0.131276000.0000
WYMAN0.131273703.7037
DELLOW0.131273157.8947
GINN0.131271142.8571
CANE0.13127459.7701
MUNT0.13127333.3333
ALDRIDGE0.13127325.2033
BENTLY0.13127303.0303
DEW0.13127270.2703
PEACH0.13127218.9781
BULL0.13127204.8417
OAKLEY0.13127148.6989
HILLS0.13127142.4501
PATTEN0.13127125.0000
HICKS0.1312793.9850
WHEELER0.1312791.2647
STRANGE0.1312773.5294
BARKER0.1312748.1348
DRIVER0.1312742.5532
WEBB0.1312740.6740
GODFREY0.1312726.5252
NORTH0.1312723.7530
DIXON0.1312714.3781
ELLIOTT0.131279.2764
WATSON0.131276.7889
PHILLIPS0.131274.4014
WHITE0.131272.4498
BROWN0.131272.3889

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 127 people called BOARDS in Little Hormead 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 Little Hormead means that 20000.0000% of the people in Little Hormead on census day were called BOARDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOARDS 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 BOARDS 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 BOARDS 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 BOARDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Little Hormead means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOARDS in Little Hormead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Hormead in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (8)  BARKER (8)  BENTLY (1)  BOARDS (2)  BROWN (2)  BULL (11)  CANE (4)  CRANVILL (7)  CRANVIL (1)  DELLOW (6)  DEW (2)  DIXON (2)  DRIVER (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  GILBY (1)  GINN (4)  GODFREY (1)  HICKS (5)  HILLS (5)  MUNT (1)  NORTH (1)  OAKLEY (4)  PATTEN (1)  PEACH (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  SCRIPS (7)  STRANGE (1)  THOROGOOD (4)  TOLFTS (2)  TOTT (3)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (7)  WYMAN (10)  WHEELER (7)  WHITE (1)