Top surnames from the 1881 census in Widford, Hertfordshire

Widford 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
FISH214.1016220.36
THAKE214.10163,000.00
WARREN183.515652.59
CAMP173.3203576.27
BURTON163.125036.68
HANKIN152.9297955.41
PRIOR152.9297126.58
LIVINGS132.53912,765.96
SHEPHERD122.343831.98
HART112.148425.19
PARKER101.953110.27
RANDLE101.9531233.10
ALLEN101.953110.34
BENNETT101.953111.88
JARMAN91.7578184.43
GREENAWAY71.3672218.07
SCHOOLING71.36722,000.00
WREN71.3672126.35
WILSON71.36722.98
KENSEY71.36724,117.65
WILLIAMS71.36721.90
KING61.17195.38
GROOM61.171983.57
WARRICK61.1719769.23
PEARCE61.171912.76
EDWARDS61.17194.20
VESEY50.97661,162.79
SKELTON50.976667.11
BLACKWELL50.976653.59
SAVILLE50.9766107.53
PEGRAM40.7813655.74
SAVEL40.781310,000.00
WRENN40.7813784.31
WHITING40.781340.57
AVIS40.7813162.60
GODFREY40.781326.35
SMITH30.58590.42
ACRES30.5859535.71
TRENCHARD30.5859545.45
DAY30.58596.22
CHAPMAN30.58594.13
THURGOOD30.5859166.67
DARBY30.585936.50
PHILPOT30.585987.21
YARROW30.5859300.00
CHURCH20.390617.91
JUDD20.390630.08
HEARD20.390636.76
BASS20.390634.54
MUMFORD20.390640.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAVEL0.5151210000.0000
KENSEY0.515124117.6471
THAKE0.515123000.0000
LIVINGS0.515122765.9574
SCHOOLING0.515122000.0000
VESEY0.515121162.7907
HANKIN0.51512955.4140
WRENN0.51512784.3137
SHIER0.51512769.2308
WARRICK0.51512769.2308
PEGRAM0.51512655.7377
CAMP0.51512576.2712
TRENCHARD0.51512545.4545
ACRES0.51512535.7143
WOOTEN0.51512384.6154
YARROW0.51512300.0000
RANDLE0.51512233.1002
FISH0.51512220.3568
GREENAWAY0.51512218.0685
JARMAN0.51512184.4262
THURGOOD0.51512166.6667
AVIS0.51512162.6016
PATMORE0.51512157.4803
PRIOR0.51512126.5823
WREN0.51512126.3538
SAVILLE0.51512107.5269
PHILPOT0.5151287.2093
FRESHWATER0.5151286.2069
GROOM0.5151283.5655
CATLIN0.5151281.9672
WOTTON0.5151268.4932
SKELTON0.5151267.1141
BLACKWELL0.5151253.5906
WARREN0.5151252.5855
WHITING0.5151240.5680
MUMFORD0.5151240.4858
HEARD0.5151236.7647
BURTON0.5151236.6804
DARBY0.5151236.4964
CLOWES0.5151235.0877
BASS0.5151234.5423
SHEPHERD0.5151231.9829
JUDD0.5151230.0752
RULE0.5151228.4900
BALDOCK0.5151227.9330
GODFREY0.5151226.3505
HART0.5151225.1889
MORRELL0.5151220.7900
STRANGE0.5151218.2149
CHURCH0.5151217.9051

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 512 people called SAVEL in Widford 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 10000.0000 in Widford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Widford on census day were called SAVEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAVEL 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 SAVEL 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 SAVEL 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 SAVEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Widford means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAVEL in Widford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Widford in 1881

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

ACRES (3)  ALLEN (10)  AYLOTT (1)  AVIS (4)  BALDOCK (1)  BARKER (2)  BASS (2)  BENNETT (10)  BLACKABEE (1)  BLACKWELL (5)  BRAY (1)  BURGESS (2)  BURTON (16)  CAMP (17)  CATLIN (1)  CATMORE (5)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHURCH (2)  CLOWES (1)  COOK (1)  COPTCOAT (2)  COPTCOATS (1)  DANIELS (2)  DARBY (3)  DEVOIL (26)  DAY (3)  EDWARDS (6)  FARROW (1)  FELSTEAD (24)  FISH (21)  FRESHWATER (1)  GAME (2)  GODFREY (4)  GOODE (1)  GORE (1)  GREENAWAY (7)  GROOM (6)  HAMPTON (1)  HANKIN (15)  HART (11)  HARVEY (1)  HEARD (2)  HEATH (1)  HILLS (1)  HOLMES (1)  HUMMERSTONE (1)  HUNT (1)  JARMAN (9)  JUDD (2)  KENT (1)  KING (6)  LAWRENCE (1)  LIVINGS (13)  LOCKWOOD (2)  MARTIN (2)  KENSEY (7)  MILLS (1)  MORRELL (1)  MUMFORD (2)  OLLETT (2)  PARKER (10)  PATMORE (2)  PEARCE (6)  PEGRAM (4)  PHILPOT (3)  PRIOR (15)  PROCTER (1)  RAINBIRD (5)  RANDLE (10)  ROGERS (1)  ROWLEY (2)  RULE (1)  SAVILLE (5)  SAVEL (4)  SAVILL (1)  SCHOOLING (7)  SHIER (2)  SHEPHERD (12)  SIPTHORP (2)  SKEGGS (11)  SKELTON (5)  SKIGGS (1)  SMITH (3)  STEELE (1)  STRANGE (1)  SUCKLING (2)  SUCHLING (5)  THAKE (21)  THARBY (4)  THOROGOOD (1)  THURGOOD (3)  TRENCHARD (3)  TURNER (2)  TWEEN (6)  TYSON (1)  UDGELL (1)  VESEY (5)  WALLS (1)  WARREN (18)  WARRICK (6)  WELLS (1)  WHITING (4)  WILLIAMS (7)  WILSON (7)  WOOTEN (1)  WOTTON (1)  WRENN (4)  WREN (7)  YARROW (3)