Check out the updated version of British Surnames at our new website

Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barkway, Hertfordshire

Barkway 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
SCRIPPS374.671716,818.18
BAKER243.030313.83
WHYMAN222.77781,037.74
PARKER172.146511.29
SHARP162.020224.24
YOUNG141.76778.23
BROWN141.76772.68
PIGG131.6414555.56
EDWARDS131.64145.89
NOTTAGE121.5152759.49
WILSON121.51523.30
WEBB121.515211.18
HEAD111.388957.05
SILK111.3889282.05
PRATT111.388924.18
BURR111.3889172.68
WATSON101.26265.44
CHRISTMAS101.2626234.19
WHEELER101.262620.91
SWALLOW101.2626125.16
CROUCH101.262694.16
FREEMAN101.262619.77
CAMP101.2626219.30
HAGGER91.1364384.62
BRIGHT91.136456.21
OSBORNE91.136423.81
PORTER91.136415.14
KING91.13645.21
PEGRAM91.1364957.45
ALLAN81.010116.09
ANDERSON70.88384.47
SMITH70.88380.63
DRAGE70.8838228.76
MACHIN70.883888.27
DICKASON70.88382,500.00
CHAPMAN70.88386.22
DALE70.883820.92
HOY60.7576131.87
BARKER60.75765.79
CARTER60.75764.51
HUNT60.75765.70
JAMES60.75763.86
WALLACE50.63139.22
BEAL50.631367.20
JOINER50.6313177.94
CALLEY50.6313961.54
MARTIN50.63132.56
COLLINS50.63134.40
RAND50.6313161.81
LAWRENCE50.63139.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SCRIPPS0.7979216818.1818
DICKASON0.797922500.0000
WISLEY0.797922000.0000
HARBEN0.797921250.0000
WHYMAN0.797921037.7358
CALLEY0.79792961.5385
PEGRAM0.79792957.4468
NOTTAGE0.79792759.4937
GRAPES0.79792666.6667
PIGG0.79792555.5556
HAGGER0.79792384.6154
GLASSCOCK0.79792363.6364
DELLOW0.79792341.8803
BALDING0.79792340.1361
SILK0.79792282.0513
CHRISTMAS0.79792234.1920
DRAGE0.79792228.7582
CAMP0.79792219.2982
JOINER0.79792177.9359
BURR0.79792172.6845
RAND0.79792161.8123
HOY0.79792131.8681
MCGOWAN0.79792126.5823
SWALLOW0.79792125.1564
NAGLE0.79792105.2632
MACHON0.79792101.0101
CROUCH0.7979294.1620
MACHIN0.7979288.2724
SALWAY0.7979279.3651
WALDOCK0.7979275.7576
BEAL0.7979267.2043
CUTTS0.7979264.2055
HEAD0.7979257.0539
BRIGHT0.7979256.2149
AYRES0.7979245.4959
NEGUS0.7979244.2478
SCALES0.7979242.6439
BUNYAN0.7979242.3729
WOOTTON0.7979241.7246
SELL0.7979241.6667
COE0.7979238.8500
SHORE0.7979235.2113
PIGOTT0.7979232.8947
CLINTON0.7979232.8947
GARBETT0.7979232.3625
CHARLES0.7979230.5437
BEECROFT0.7979230.0300
NUNN0.7979228.8392
SPICER0.7979228.1690
COATS0.7979227.9330

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 792 people called SCRIPPS in Barkway 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 16818.1818 in Barkway means that 16818.1818% of the people in Barkway on census day were called SCRIPPS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SCRIPPS 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 SCRIPPS 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 SCRIPPS 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 SCRIPPS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Barkway means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SCRIPPS in Barkway than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Barkway in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLAN (8)  ALLEN (1)  ANDERSON (7)  BAKER (24)  BALDING (5)  BARKER (6)  BATTESCOMBE (1)  BEAL (5)  BEECROFT (1)  BENTLEY (4)  BLACKBURN (2)  BRAMIS (1)  BRIGHT (9)  BROWN (14)  BUNYAN (1)  BURR (11)  BYGRAVE (2)  BYSOUTH (11)  CALLEY (5)  CAMP (10)  CARTER (6)  CASTLE (2)  CHAPMAN (7)  CHARLES (5)  CHRISTMAS (10)  CHUCH (1)  CLARK (5)  CLIBBENS (2)  CLINTON (1)  COATS (1)  COE (5)  COLLARBONE (4)  COLLINS (5)  COUSINS (1)  CUTTS (4)  COXALL (6)  CROUCH (10)  DALE (7)  DELLOW (4)  DAVEY (2)  DENCHAR (4)  DISBREY (7)  DICKASON (7)  DIXON (2)  DOCKERELL (1)  DOCKRELL (4)  DRAGE (7)  EDWARDS (13)  AYRES (5)  FISHER (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FREEMAN (10)  GARBETT (1)  GLASSCOCK (4)  GODFREY (1)  GORDON (3)  MC GOWAN (2)  GRAPES (3)  GUILBY (4)  GUIVER (8)  HAGGER (9)  HALES (2)  HARBEN (4)  HARDINGHAM (1)  HART (1)  HEAD (11)  HODGE (1)  HOULDEN (5)  HOWARD (1)  HOY (6)  HUNT (6)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (6)  JOHNSON (2)  JOINER (5)  KING (9)  LAING OR SAING (2)  LAWRENCE (5)  LAYTON (1)  LEYCISTER (1)  LOATES (8)  LUNN (1)  MACHIN (7)  MACHON (1)  MARSH (1)  MARTIN (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  MCGOWAN (1)  MALYAN (3)  MILLARD (3)  MOTTERAM (1)  MOULE (5)  NAGLE (1)  NEGUS (1)  NEGUS OR NEGAS (2)  NICHOLLS (1)  NIXON (1)  NOTTAGE (12)  NUNN (4)  OSBORNE (9)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (17)  PARTRIDGE OR PUCKNIDGE (2)  PATRICK (2)  PEARCE (1)  PEGRAM (9)  PEPPER (1)  PITTY (3)  PHYPERS (7)  PIGG (13)  PIGOTT (1)  PITTS (1)  POPE (1)  PORTER (9)  PRATT (11)  PRIOR (1)  PUGH (1)  RAND (5)  ROBINSON (4)  ROGERS (5)  RUSTED (4)  SALMON (1)  SALWAY (1)  SAPSED (1)  SAVILL (2)  SCARF (1)  SCOTT (3)  SCRIPPS (37)  SELL (1)  SHARP (16)  SCALES (2)  SHORE (3)  SILK (11)  SIMMANCE (2)  SMITH (7)  SMITHY (3)  SPARKS (1)  SPENCER (1)  SPICER (3)  STOTEN (5)  STOTTEN (2)  SWALLOW (10)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOLFRE (1)  TOOK OR TORK (10)  TUMWORTH (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WAKE (1)  WALDOCK (1)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (5)  WARREN (1)  WATERS (1)  WATSON (10)  WEBB (12)  WHEELER (10)  WHYMAN (22)  WILSON (12)  WILSON ((WRIGHT)) (2)  WISLEY (2)  WOLFENDON (3)  WOOD (1)  WOODCOCK (5)  WOOTTON (3)  WREN (1)  WRIGHT (2)  YOUNG (14)