Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sandon, Hertfordshire

Sandon 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
CLARK8911.664538.81
FISHER344.456138.07
MANNING334.3250136.03
BARNES233.014425.04
GOSS212.7523316.27
KENT212.752365.32
SOUTH202.6212278.16
WHITBY192.4902409.48
CROUCH192.4902185.73
HATCHETT172.22802,048.19
HILLS172.228080.57
MASON151.965914.62
KING141.83498.42
GRAVES141.8349121.00
WOOD131.70385.35
WILTSHIRE131.7038127.70
DOWLER131.7038928.57
SHEPHERD121.572721.46
BIGGS111.441776.50
MEAN111.44172,075.47
WILLIAMSON111.441716.08
CORNWELL101.3106227.27
FIELD101.310626.34
CANNON101.310672.41
KINGSLEY81.0485597.01
CAMP70.9174159.45
RAND70.9174234.90
WATSON70.91743.96
WARD70.91744.20
PEPPER70.917465.24
WILMOT60.7864117.88
ELWOOD60.7864422.54
DOGGETT60.7864304.57
MOLE60.7864101.35
WILLMOTT60.7864125.52
STRICKLAND60.786498.68
FORDHAM60.786497.88
WRIGHT50.65532.04
FEAST50.6553413.22
LEES50.655314.78
RUDD40.524233.25
TRIGG40.524293.24
FOSTER40.52423.92
POULTON40.524265.36
BONFIELD40.5242285.71
CHAPMAN30.39322.77
AMBROSE30.393244.64
HAGGER30.3932133.33
PHIPPS30.393226.57
CAMBRIDGE30.3932128.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEAN0.767632075.4717
HATCHETT0.767632048.1928
DOWLER0.76763928.5714
KINGSLEY0.76763597.0149
ELWOOD0.76763422.5352
FEAST0.76763413.2231
WHITBY0.76763409.4828
LAWMAN0.76763400.0000
GOSS0.76763316.2651
DOGGETT0.76763304.5685
BONFIELD0.76763285.7143
SOUTH0.76763278.1641
RAND0.76763234.8993
CORNWELL0.76763227.2727
CROUCH0.76763185.7283
CAMP0.76763159.4533
MANNING0.76763136.0264
HAGGER0.76763133.3333
CAMBRIDGE0.76763128.2051
WILTSHIRE0.76763127.7014
WILLMOTT0.76763125.5230
GRAVES0.76763121.0026
WILMOT0.76763117.8782
MOLE0.76763101.3514
STRICKLAND0.7676398.6842
FORDHAM0.7676397.8793
TRIGG0.7676393.2401
HILLS0.7676380.5687
BIGGS0.7676376.4951
CANNON0.7676372.4113
POULTON0.7676365.3595
KENT0.7676365.3188
PEPPER0.7676365.2377
AMBROSE0.7676344.6429
BULLARD0.7676343.1034
CLARK0.7676338.8087
BATT0.7676338.7597
FISHER0.7676338.0739
RUDD0.7676333.2502
BANISTER0.7676331.4465
PHIPPS0.7676326.5722
FIELD0.7676326.3435
GUTTERIDGE0.7676325.7732
BARNES0.7676325.0436
KIRKBY0.7676323.1481
SHEPHERD0.7676321.4631
HEARN0.7676319.8216
WILLIAMSON0.7676316.0819
ROUTLEDGE0.7676315.4083
LEES0.7676314.7798

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 763 people called MEAN in Sandon 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 2075.4717 in Sandon means that 2075.4717% of the people in Sandon on census day were called MEAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEAN 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 MEAN 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 MEAN 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 MEAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Sandon means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEAN in Sandon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sandon in 1881

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

AMBROSE (3)  ANDERSON (1)  BANISTER (1)  BARNES (23)  BATT (2)  BYATT (13)  BIGGS (11)  BONFIELD (4)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (1)  BULLARD (1)  CAMBRIDGE (3)  CAMP (7)  CANNON (10)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLARK (89)  CLOGGS (1)  CORNWELL (10)  COUSINS (1)  CROUCH (19)  DESBOROUGH (10)  DEVERILL (5)  DOGGETT (6)  DOWLER (13)  EDWARDS (2)  ELWOOD (6)  FEAST (5)  FIELD (10)  FISHER (34)  FOLBIGG (2)  FORDHAM (6)  FOSTER (4)  GOSS (21)  GRAY (1)  GRAVES (14)  GREEN (1)  GUTTERIDGE (1)  HAGGER (3)  HALE (3)  HATCHETT (17)  HEARN (2)  HILLS (17)  HOPKINS (1)  HYDE (2)  JACKSON (3)  KENT (21)  KING (14)  KINGSLEY (8)  KIRKBY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAWMAN (3)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEES (5)  MEAN (11)  MANNING (33)  MARDLE (4)  MASON (15)  MERRINGTON (4)  MOLE (6)  NEWMAN (2)  OAKLEY (2)  PEARCE (1)  PEPPER (7)  PETERS (1)  PHIPPS (3)  POULTON (4)  PRESTON (1)  RAND (7)  RAYMENT (5)  REED (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RUDD (4)  SAUNDERSON (5)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHEPHERD (12)  SKEGGS (10)  SKIPP (11)  SKEUSE (7)  SOAMES (5)  SOUTH (20)  STOTEN (33)  STOLEN (1)  STRICKLAND (6)  TRIGG (4)  WARD (7)  WATSON (7)  WHITBY (19)  WILLIAMSON (11)  WILMOT (6)  WILLMOTT (6)  WILTSHIRE (13)  WOOD (13)  WRIGHT (5)