Top surnames from the 1881 census in Watton, Hertfordshire

Watton 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
DRAPER232.7981118.80
PARKER232.798114.71
BEADLE202.4331346.62
SMITH202.43311.72
MONK192.3114110.02
BERRY151.824823.00
HILL151.82487.16
HAMMOND131.581527.78
HALE131.581544.07
JENNINGS121.459928.80
COLLINS121.459910.17
WILLIS121.459927.45
PHILLIPS111.33827.48
CURRELL101.2165800.00
SPICER101.216590.42
COGGIN91.09491,200.00
HOLLINGSWORTH80.9732147.06
DEARMAN80.9732661.16
HODGES80.973233.18
HALL80.97323.31
BOLDING80.97321,428.57
POMFRET80.9732282.69
KENT80.973223.10
COOPER80.97324.00
FLETCHER70.85167.46
BROWNE70.851646.51
RANGER70.8516261.19
SHEPHERD70.851611.62
WRIGHT70.85162.65
STACEY70.851637.94
NASH70.851618.47
CHAPMAN60.72995.14
ALDRIDGE60.729937.64
MUNN60.7299101.35
AMBROSE60.729982.87
GUTTERIDGE60.7299143.54
PECK60.729943.20
CARTER60.72994.35
BUNYAN60.7299244.90
BONNETT60.7299288.46
LOVELL60.729934.88
BLACKMORE60.729950.68
BOLLARD50.6083515.46
HAGGAR50.6083403.23
BISHOP50.60838.70
FIELD50.608312.22
MILTON50.608344.13
GRIFFIN50.608312.93
FOSTER50.60834.55
DILLEY50.6083192.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOUCHET0.828225000.0000
LANKFORD0.828223000.0000
BENOIT0.828221428.5714
BOLDING0.828221428.5714
COGGIN0.828221200.0000
CURRELL0.82822800.0000
DEARMAN0.82822661.1570
PARCELL0.82822615.3846
BOLLARD0.82822515.4639
HAGGAR0.82822403.2258
GIDDENS0.82822379.7468
BEADLE0.82822346.6205
BONNETT0.82822288.4615
POMFRET0.82822282.6855
RANGER0.82822261.1940
BUNYAN0.82822244.8980
DARNELL0.82822212.7660
VACHER0.82822212.7660
HEADY0.82822208.3333
DILLEY0.82822192.3077
TIMS0.82822166.6667
CHALKLEY0.82822157.4803
FURGUSON0.82822153.8462
WISBEY0.82822152.6718
HOVELL0.82822151.5152
HOLLINGSWORTH0.82822147.0588
GUTTERIDGE0.82822143.5407
WETHERELL0.82822125.7862
DRAPER0.82822118.8017
MONK0.82822110.0174
MUNN0.82822101.3514
GLADWIN0.8282297.0874
PALLETT0.8282291.3242
SPICER0.8282290.4159
TIPLER0.8282285.4701
AMBROSE0.8282282.8729
HORWOOD0.8282276.9231
MELLER0.8282271.9424
MELLISH0.8282257.1429
KINGSBURY0.8282253.7634
BALDOCK0.8282252.1739
JARMAN0.8282251.0204
BLACKMORE0.8282250.6757
SEABROOK0.8282249.3827
HARMER0.8282249.0798
BROWNE0.8282246.5116
PICKETT0.8282245.3858
HEDGER0.8282244.8430
MILTON0.8282244.1306
HALE0.8282244.0678

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 822 people called TOUCHET in Watton 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 5000.0000 in Watton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Watton on census day were called TOUCHET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOUCHET 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 TOUCHET 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 TOUCHET 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 TOUCHET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Watton means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOUCHET in Watton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Watton in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (6)  ALLEN (4)  AYLOTT (41)  AMBROSE (6)  ANDREWS (1)  BAILEY (2)  BALDOCK (3)  BANKS (2)  BARRETT (2)  BARON (3)  BEADLE (20)  BAULK (9)  BENNETT (2)  BENOIT (1)  BERRY (15)  BETTS (3)  BEVAN (1)  BISHOP (5)  BLACKMORE (6)  BOLLARD (5)  BONNETT (6)  BOLDING (8)  BRINKLOW (4)  BROWNE (7)  BROWN (1)  BROWNSELL (1)  BUNYAN (6)  BURROWS (4)  CANNON (4)  CURR (1)  CURRELL (10)  CARTER (6)  CHALKLEY (4)  CHAPMAN (6)  COGGIN (9)  COLLINS (12)  COOPER (8)  CRANE (1)  CRIPWELLER (1)  CROP (1)  DARNELL (5)  DAVIE (3)  DEARMAN (8)  DILLEY (5)  DOWNS (1)  DRAGE (1)  DRAPER (23)  EMMINGS (4)  AYERS (1)  FURGUSON (1)  FIELD (5)  FLETCHER (7)  FOSTER (5)  FULLER (1)  GAME (19)  GAUSTRAN (1)  GIGNEY (1)  GIDDENS (3)  GLADWIN (3)  GODDARD (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (5)  GROVER (1)  GUTTERIDGE (6)  HAGGAR (5)  HALE (13)  HALFHIDE (2)  HALL (8)  HAMMOND (13)  HANCHANT (1)  HARDING (1)  HARE (2)  HARMER (4)  HARRISON (2)  HORWOOD (3)  HEADY (1)  HEDGER (1)  HILL (15)  HIPGRAVE (6)  HODGES (8)  HOLLINGSWORTH (8)  HOVELL (1)  HUMMERSTON (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  HUTCHESON (1)  JARMAN (4)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFREY (1)  JENNINGS (12)  KENT (8)  KING (1)  KINGSBURY (1)  LANKFORD (3)  LAWRENCE (1)  LOWAN (2)  LEGGETT (1)  LISLES (7)  TYLES OR LYLES (4)  LISLES OR TISLES (14)  LOMAS (1)  LONG (3)  LOVELL (6)  LUCK OR TUCK (4)  MALIN (1)  MARDELL (2)  MAYNARD (1)  MALING (4)  MELLER (1)  MERCER (2)  MILLER (1)  MELLISH (1)  MILTON (5)  MOGINIE (1)  MONK (19)  MUMFORD (1)  MUNN (6)  NASH (7)  NEWMAN (3)  NOBLE (4)  NORTH (1)  PALLETT (2)  PARKER (23)  PARNELL (2)  PARCELL (4)  PEACOCK (1)  PECK (6)  PHILLIPS (11)  PICKETT (3)  POMFRET (8)  POULTER (1)  PRATT (1)  RAY (5)  RANGER (7)  RAYMENT (2)  RICE (1)  RIDDALL OR REDDALL (2)  RIXON (1)  RAWLINGS (1)  SAPSED (9)  SEABROOK (2)  SEBLEY (6)  SEYMOUR (3)  SHARPE (1)  SHEFFIELD (1)  SHEPHERD (7)  SIENIONEIT (1)  SILCOCK (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SINGLETON (2)  SKEGGS (7)  SMITH (20)  SPICER (10)  STACEY (7)  STALLABRAN (6)  STAPLES (1)  STARKISS (2)  STOTEN (7)  STEBBING (1)  STYLES (1)  SUTTON (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TILLEY (1)  TIMS (3)  TIPLER (1)  TOUCHET (1)  TREGASKISS (5)  VACHER (1)  WALLS (2)  WATSON (1)  WESTWOOD (2)  WETHERELL (2)  WHEELER (4)  WHITE (2)  WILLIS (12)  WILMOT (2)  WISBEY (2)  WOOLLETT (2)  WARBY (1)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNG (4)