Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aston, Hertfordshire

Aston 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
SMITH305.25393.72
PARKER203.502618.42
CHALKLEY183.15241,016.95
MILTON183.1524228.72
CARTER183.152418.78
DRAPER152.6270111.52
MAYNARD152.6270171.04
MOSS152.627042.63
NASH132.276749.37
ANSELL122.1016181.82
WINTERS111.9264454.55
COLLINS101.751312.21
PALLETT101.7513657.89
CANFIELD91.57621,363.64
FLETCHER91.576213.81
FOSTER81.401110.48
PENN81.4011155.04
BENNETT71.22597.46
WRIGHT71.22593.82
WARREN71.225918.33
BARRELL71.2259322.58
ALDRIDGE71.225963.23
BUNYAN71.2259411.76
METCALFE71.225953.68
HARRISON61.05084.73
ELLIS61.05087.24
WHITE61.05083.27
TYLER61.050835.59
MERCIER50.87573,125.00
ALMOND50.875770.62
BRAY50.875726.04
HARVEY50.87578.20
FARR50.875758.96
GOODSON50.8757176.06
ADAMS40.70054.75
HATTON40.700535.68
WELLAND40.7005579.71
SWAIN40.700536.33
COPE40.700530.98
HAWKINS40.70059.68
PEARMAN40.7005146.52
HAINES30.525422.69
WADDINGTON30.525432.36
SPENCER30.52545.75
MUNT30.5254218.98
GATES30.525433.94
WALLIS30.525415.51
HARE30.525434.05
WALBY30.5254576.92
TAYLOR30.52540.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MERCIER0.575713125.0000
CANFIELD0.575711363.6364
CHALKLEY0.575711016.9492
DOUGHTON0.57571666.6667
PALLETT0.57571657.8947
WELLAND0.57571579.7101
WALBY0.57571576.9231
COVEL0.57571526.3158
WINTERS0.57571454.5455
BUNYAN0.57571411.7647
BARRELL0.57571322.5806
MILTON0.57571228.7166
MUNT0.57571218.9781
ANSELL0.57571181.8182
GOODSON0.57571176.0563
MAYNARD0.57571171.0376
PENN0.57571155.0388
PEARMAN0.57571146.5201
ASHWOOD0.57571138.8889
KIMPTON0.57571129.0323
DRAPER0.57571111.5242
ORMOND0.5757182.6446
HOULTON0.5757181.9672
ALMOND0.5757170.6215
PETTS0.5757168.4932
ALDRIDGE0.5757163.2340
FARR0.5757158.9623
METCALFE0.5757153.6810
BROOMFIELD0.5757152.0833
NASH0.5757149.3733
SYMES0.5757147.5059
NEWBERRY0.5757142.7350
MOSS0.5757142.6257
SWAIN0.5757136.3306
HATTON0.5757135.6824
TYLER0.5757135.5872
HARE0.5757134.0522
GATES0.5757133.9367
SHEFFIELD0.5757133.3333
WREN0.5757132.3625
WADDINGTON0.5757132.3625
COPE0.5757130.9837
KITE0.5757130.7692
HURLEY0.5757130.0300
NEWLAND0.5757129.2398
BRAY0.5757126.0417
POULTER0.5757123.5294
HAINES0.5757122.6929
GRIGGS0.5757122.4719
HEATHCOTE0.5757121.6920

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 571 people called MERCIER in Aston 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 3125.0000 in Aston means that 3125.0000% of the people in Aston on census day were called MERCIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MERCIER 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 MERCIER 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 MERCIER 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 MERCIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Aston means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MERCIER in Aston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aston in 1881

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

ADAMS (4)  ALDRIDGE (7)  AYLOTT (2)  ALMOND (5)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSELL (12)  ASHWOOD (1)  BAILEY (1)  BENNETT (7)  BRAY (5)  BROOMFIELD (2)  BUNYAN (7)  BOURNE (1)  BARRELL (7)  CANFIELD (9)  CANNON (1)  CARPENDALE (1)  CARTER (18)  CHALKLEY (18)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (2)  COLLINS (10)  COPE (4)  COVEL (1)  COXALL (1)  CRANE (1)  DAY (1)  DEARDS (16)  DERVILLE (3)  DOUGHTON (2)  DRAPER (15)  DYER (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (6)  FARR (5)  FENWICK (1)  FIELD (1)  FLETCHER (9)  FOSTER (8)  GAME (1)  GARNETT (1)  GATES (3)  GILBERT (1)  GOODSON (5)  JORDAN (1)  GRIGGS (1)  HARE (3)  HURLEY (2)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (6)  HARVEY (5)  HATTON (4)  HAWKINS (4)  HAINES (3)  HEATHCOTE (1)  HIPGRAVE (16)  HOULTON (1)  HORNETT (21)  ILOTT (2)  JEWELL (1)  JONES (2)  KIMPTON (2)  KING (1)  KITE (1)  LINFIELD (1)  LEE (1)  LOW (2)  LYDDON (1)  MARDELL (1)  MAYNARD (15)  MERCIER (5)  METCALFE (7)  MILTON (18)  MOSS (15)  MOSES (1)  MUNT (3)  NASH (13)  NEWBERRY (1)  NEWLAND (1)  ODDIE (5)  ORMOND (1)  OVERILL (2)  PADDLE (1)  PALLETT (10)  PARKER (20)  PEARMAN (4)  PENN (8)  PETTS (1)  PIGGOT (1)  POULTER (1)  RIDDLE (1)  SANDOVER (1)  SHAMBROKE (7)  SHEFFIELD (1)  SHELFORD (1)  SYMES (2)  SKEGGS (1)  SMITH (30)  SPENCER (3)  SPICER (1)  SPRIGINS (17)  SWAIN (4)  TAYLOR (3)  TYLER (6)  VENABLES (2)  WADDINGTON (3)  WALBY (3)  WALLIS (3)  WARING (1)  WARNER (1)  WARREN (7)  WATSON (1)  WELLAND (4)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITE (6)  WILSON (1)  WINTERS (11)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLLATT (9)  WORBEY (2)  WREN (2)  WRIGHT (7)