Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire

Brent Pelham 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
LAWRENCE2611.1111171.05
BRETT198.1197427.93
SELL198.11972,676.06
BRADFORD135.5556285.09
SKINNER125.1282101.01
FIELD114.700994.50
WRIGHT93.846211.99
WATSON72.991512.90
BURTON72.991535.12
READ72.991546.42
SPARKES62.5641350.88
LAW62.564156.66
TANT62.56414,000.00
TRIGG52.1368378.79
HENDRY52.1368134.77
LAY41.7094229.89
PALMER41.709414.50
FUNSTON41.709420,000.00
READE41.7094571.43
BAKER41.70947.80
KIMSEY31.282110,000.00
LINE31.2821270.27
GLASSCOCK31.2821909.09
BAILEY20.85475.67
SALTER20.854737.38
GALE10.427414.27
COLEMAN10.42748.58
WITHAM10.4274106.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FUNSTON0.2323420000.0000
KIMSEY0.2323410000.0000
TANT0.232344000.0000
SELL0.232342676.0563
GLASSCOCK0.23234909.0909
READE0.23234571.4286
BRETT0.23234427.9279
TRIGG0.23234378.7879
SPARKES0.23234350.8772
BRADFORD0.23234285.0877
LINE0.23234270.2703
LAY0.23234229.8851
LAWRENCE0.23234171.0526
HENDRY0.23234134.7709
WITHAM0.23234106.3830
SKINNER0.23234101.0101
FIELD0.2323494.5017
LAW0.2323456.6572
READ0.2323446.4191
SALTER0.2323437.3832
BURTON0.2323435.1229
PALMER0.2323414.5033
GALE0.2323414.2653
WATSON0.2323412.8961
WRIGHT0.2323411.9888
COLEMAN0.232348.5763
BAKER0.232347.8018
BAILEY0.232345.6738

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called FUNSTON in Brent Pelham 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 20000.0000 in Brent Pelham means that 20000.0000% of the people in Brent Pelham on census day were called FUNSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FUNSTON 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 FUNSTON 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 FUNSTON 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 FUNSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Brent Pelham means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FUNSTON in Brent Pelham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brent Pelham in 1881

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

BAILEY (2)  BAKER (4)  BARLTROP (4)  BAYFORD (4)  BRADFORD (13)  BRETT (19)  BURTON (7)  CHIFFINS (3)  COLEMAN (1)  DESTELL (1)  ELSOM (12)  FIELD (11)  FUNSTON (4)  GALE (1)  GLASSCOCK (3)  GUIVER (2)  HALDEN (1)  HENDRY (5)  KIMSEY (3)  LAW (6)  LAWRENCE (26)  LAY (4)  LINE (3)  MYNOLT (9)  PALMER (4)  READE (4)  READ (7)  SALTER (2)  SELL (19)  SKINNER (12)  SPARKES (6)  TANT (6)  TINWORTH (3)  TRIGG (5)  WATSON (7)  WITHAM (1)  WITBEY (1)  WRIGHT (9)