Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newnham, Hertfordshire

Newnham 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
LUCAS1412.3894268.20
WARBOYS1311.504416,250.00
PINNER1311.50444,642.86
CLARK108.849629.45
PRATT108.8496154.08
BROWN97.964612.08
HEAD54.4248181.82
HINE43.5398449.44
YOUNGS43.5398930.23
WALDOCK43.53982,105.26
DOGGETT43.53981,379.31
BISHOP21.769925.32
CHILDS21.769996.15
LANE21.769925.67
ROGERS21.769913.63
MATTHEWS10.885010.14
HOLMES10.88507.27
GRIGGS10.8850113.64
COOPER10.88503.64
ELLIS10.88506.09
CLEMENTS10.885026.67
WATTS10.885010.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARBOYS0.1111316250.0000
PINNER0.111134642.8571
WALDOCK0.111132105.2632
DOGGETT0.111131379.3103
YOUNGS0.11113930.2326
HINE0.11113449.4382
LUCAS0.11113268.1992
HEAD0.11113181.8182
PRATT0.11113154.0832
GRIGGS0.11113113.6364
CHILDS0.1111396.1538
CLARK0.1111329.4464
CLEMENTS0.1111326.6667
LANE0.1111325.6739
BISHOP0.1111325.3165
ROGERS0.1111313.6333
BROWN0.1111312.0822
WATTS0.1111310.5485
MATTHEWS0.1111310.1420
HOLMES0.111137.2674
ELLIS0.111136.0938
COOPER0.111133.6377

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 113 people called WARBOYS in Newnham 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 16250.0000 in Newnham means that 16250.0000% of the people in Newnham on census day were called WARBOYS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WARBOYS 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 WARBOYS 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 WARBOYS 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 WARBOYS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Newnham means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WARBOYS in Newnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newnham in 1881

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

BARRANCE (2)  BISHOP (2)  BROWN (9)  BYGRAVE (1)  CHILDS (2)  CLARK (10)  CLEMENTS (1)  COOPER (1)  DOGGETT (4)  ELLIS (1)  GRIGGS (1)  HEAD (5)  HINE (4)  HOLMES (1)  LANE (2)  LUCAS (14)  MATTHEWS (1)  PINNER (13)  POOLTON (1)  PRATT (10)  ROGERS (2)  TRIPLOW (4)  WALDOCK (4)  WATTS (1)  WARBOYS (13)  YOUNGS (4)