Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bramfield, Hertfordshire

Bramfield 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
WEBB145.533640.83
FLETCHER114.347838.09
HILLS93.5573128.57
CLARK93.557311.84
SMITH93.55732.52
GROOM93.5573253.52
PERRY83.162142.99
STOKES83.162174.91
BREWER83.1621119.23
LONG83.162148.75
CRANE72.7668131.09
GRIFFIN62.371550.42
BARKER62.371518.12
DANN62.3715377.36
MILLER62.371513.25
PALMER51.976316.77
LAMBERT41.581028.96
NICHOLLS41.581030.28
PEACOCK41.581044.35
HAINES41.581068.26
PRIDE41.5810645.16
LAWRENCE41.581024.35
CATTON41.5810487.80
SAMS31.1858545.45
FARNHAM31.1858588.24
KIMPTON31.1858434.78
BONFIELD31.1858638.30
KILBY31.1858211.27
MANNING20.790524.88
HAWLEY20.790580.97
THOMAS20.79051.92
BLACKWELL10.395321.69
MAJOR10.395329.33
GENNINGS10.39531,250.00
ADAMS10.39532.68
WORMAN10.3953384.62
OWEN10.39533.33
JEANS10.3953117.65
HALL10.39531.34
MARTIN10.39531.60
ROPER10.395318.98
GARDNER10.39535.82
WOODFORD10.395357.14
ORAM10.395350.76
TUCK10.395330.77
NEWPORT10.395377.52
GREAVES10.395313.48
ALLEN10.39532.09
WILSON10.39530.86
CROFTON10.3953344.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GENNINGS0.252531250.0000
PRIDE0.25253645.1613
BONFIELD0.25253638.2979
FARNHAM0.25253588.2353
SAMS0.25253545.4545
CATTON0.25253487.8049
KIMPTON0.25253434.7826
WORMAN0.25253384.6154
DANN0.25253377.3585
CROFTON0.25253344.8276
GROOM0.25253253.5211
KILBY0.25253211.2676
NOTTINGHAM0.25253147.0588
CRANE0.25253131.0861
HILLS0.25253128.5714
BREWER0.25253119.2250
JEANS0.25253117.6471
HAWLEY0.2525380.9717
NEWPORT0.2525377.5194
STOKES0.2525374.9064
HAINES0.2525368.2594
WOODFORD0.2525357.1429
ORAM0.2525350.7614
GRIFFIN0.2525350.4202
LONG0.2525348.7508
PEACOCK0.2525344.3459
PERRY0.2525342.9876
WEBB0.2525340.8282
FLETCHER0.2525338.0886
TUCK0.2525330.7692
NICHOLLS0.2525330.2801
MAJOR0.2525329.3255
LAMBERT0.2525328.9645
MANNING0.2525324.8756
LAWRENCE0.2525324.3457
BLACKWELL0.2525321.6920
ROPER0.2525318.9753
BARKER0.2525318.1214
PALMER0.2525316.7673
GREAVES0.2525313.4771
MILLER0.2525313.2538
CLARK0.2525311.8359
GARDNER0.252535.8241
OWEN0.252533.3300
ADAMS0.252532.6824
SMITH0.252532.5195
ALLEN0.252532.0925
THOMAS0.252531.9157
MARTIN0.252531.6046
HALL0.252531.3435

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 253 people called GENNINGS in Bramfield 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 1250.0000 in Bramfield means that 1250.0000% of the people in Bramfield on census day were called GENNINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GENNINGS 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 GENNINGS 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 GENNINGS 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 GENNINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Bramfield means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GENNINGS in Bramfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bramfield in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (1)  BARKER (6)  BLACKWELL (1)  BLINKO (1)  BONFIELD (3)  BOULTARD (6)  BREWER (8)  BYGRAVE (3)  CATTON (4)  CHAKLEY (5)  CLARK (9)  CRANE (7)  CROFTON (1)  DEEDES (5)  DANN (6)  FARNHAM (3)  FERNSIDE (6)  FLETCHER (11)  GARDNER (1)  GREAVES (1)  GRIFFIN (6)  GROOM (9)  HALL (1)  HARNET (1)  HAWLEY (2)  HAINES (4)  HILLS (9)  JEANS (1)  JEANES (JEANS) (8)  GENNINGS (1)  KILBY (3)  KIMPTON (3)  LAMBERT (4)  LAWRENCE (4)  LONG (8)  MAJOR (1)  MANNING (2)  MUNCER (9)  MARTIN (1)  MILLER (6)  NEWPORT (1)  NICHOLLS (4)  NOTTINGHAM (1)  ORAM (1)  OWEN (1)  PALMER (5)  PEACOCK (4)  PERRY (8)  PRIDE (4)  ROPER (1)  SAMS (3)  SAWKINS (1)  SCHIERLOK (1)  SKEGGS (2)  SMITH (9)  STOKES (8)  THOMAS (2)  TOWNSHEND (1)  TUCK (1)  WORMAN (1)  WEBB (14)  WHITTAMORE (4)  WIGRAM (2)  WILSON (1)  WOODFORD (1)