Top surnames from the 1881 census in Graveley, Hertfordshire

Graveley 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
ALDRIDGE4511.8421610.58
BRACEY225.78952,200.00
SMITH215.52633.91
HOUGH143.6842214.07
ELLIS123.157921.75
GRAY112.894720.28
HAGGAR112.89471,929.82
CHALKLEY92.3684769.23
REDD82.10538,888.89
GRIGG82.1053321.29
STRATTON82.1053243.16
WRIGHT71.84215.74
FORDHAM71.8421228.76
TURNER71.84216.62
JACKMAN61.5789169.97
FURR61.57893,157.89
ASHWOOD61.57891,250.00
WILKINSON61.578910.35
TANSLEY61.5789425.53
IREDALE51.3158403.23
EMERY51.315860.24
CLARK51.31584.38
AUSTIN41.052621.54
FRANCIS41.052617.67
WILSON41.05262.29
THOMPSON41.05263.51
SNOOK30.7895111.94
MINNIS30.78951,304.35
BRAZIER30.789584.27
WEBSTER30.78959.08
BALLS30.789561.60
ANDREWS30.78958.24
PRATT30.789513.74
GILES30.789520.72
FRANKLIN20.526315.85
CARTER20.52633.14
BROWN20.52630.80
PAGE20.52636.58
BONFIELD20.5263285.71
CRAFT20.5263238.10
HALL20.52631.79
BLEE20.5263952.38
FOSTER20.52633.94
CROFT20.526322.27
HANKIN10.263285.47
WICKS10.263218.69
DRAPER10.263211.17
BARNES10.26322.19
CHAPMAN10.26321.85
BUSH10.263210.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REDD0.383808888.8889
FURR0.383803157.8947
BRACEY0.383802200.0000
HAGGAR0.383801929.8246
MINNIS0.383801304.3478
ASHWOOD0.383801250.0000
MUNS0.383801000.0000
BLEE0.38380952.3810
CHALKLEY0.38380769.2308
ALDRIDGE0.38380610.5834
TANSLEY0.38380425.5319
IREDALE0.38380403.2258
GRIGG0.38380321.2851
BONFIELD0.38380285.7143
STRATTON0.38380243.1611
CRAFT0.38380238.0952
FORDHAM0.38380228.7582
HOUGH0.38380214.0673
MACDOUGALL0.38380172.4138
JACKMAN0.38380169.9717
SNOOK0.38380111.9403
HANKIN0.3838085.4701
BRAZIER0.3838084.2697
BIGG0.3838083.3333
BALLS0.3838061.6016
EMERY0.3838060.2410
SOUTH0.3838027.9330
QUIN0.3838024.5700
CROFT0.3838022.2717
ELLIS0.3838021.7470
AUSTIN0.3838021.5401
GILES0.3838020.7182
DOUGHTY0.3838020.7039
GRAY0.3838020.2765
WICKS0.3838018.6916
FRANCIS0.3838017.6678
FRANKLIN0.3838015.8479
PRATT0.3838013.7426
DRAPER0.3838011.1732
BUSH0.3838010.6610
WILKINSON0.3838010.3466
WEBSTER0.383809.0772
INGRAM0.383808.6207
ANDREWS0.383808.2395
TURNER0.383806.6175
PAGE0.383806.5833
WRIGHT0.383805.7419
NASH0.383805.7078
FRENCH0.383805.3908
BUCKLEY0.383804.8333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 380 people called REDD in Graveley 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 8888.8889 in Graveley means that 8888.8889% of the people in Graveley on census day were called REDD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REDD 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 REDD 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 REDD 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 REDD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Graveley means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REDD in Graveley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Graveley in 1881

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

ALDUS (1)  ALDRIDGE (45)  AMERTAGE (1)  ANDREWS (3)  ASHWOOD (6)  AUSTIN (4)  BALLS (3)  BORHAM (2)  BARLEGGS (1)  BARNES (1)  BEDFIELD (1)  BIGG (1)  BLAXILE (2)  BLEE (2)  BONFIELD (2)  BRACEY (22)  BRAZIER (3)  BROWN (2)  BUCKLEY (1)  BUSH (1)  CARTER (2)  CHALKLEY (9)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHESHAM (3)  CLARK (5)  COOPER (1)  COPS (4)  CRAFT (2)  CROFT (2)  DOUGHTY (1)  DRAPER (1)  ELLIS (12)  EMERY (5)  FAISEY (8)  FORDHAM (7)  FOSTER (2)  FOUN (1)  FRANCIS (4)  FRANKLIN (2)  FRENCH (1)  FURR (6)  GATWARD (1)  GILES (3)  GRAY (11)  GRIGG (8)  GUNDRELL (1)  GUNDRILL (1)  HAGGAR (11)  HALL (2)  HANKIN (1)  HART (1)  HILL (1)  HIPGRAVE (7)  HOUGH (14)  IMPEY (3)  INGRAM (1)  IREDALE (5)  JACKMAN (6)  LUMBERS (5)  MINNIS (3)  MACDOUGALL (1)  MOULES (6)  MUNS (1)  NASH (1)  OUTRIDGE (1)  PAGE (2)  PRATT (3)  PUMFREY (2)  QUIN (1)  REDD (8)  SAPSED (7)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (21)  SNOOK (3)  SOUTH (1)  STRATTON (8)  TANSLEY (6)  THOMPSON (4)  TOOKEY (1)  TURNER (7)  WALKER (1)  WEBSTER (3)  WICKS (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (4)  WADHAM (4)  WRIGHT (7)  YOUNG (1)