Top surnames from the 1881 census in Letchworth, Hertfordshire

Letchworth 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
KING1312.037055.23
ELLIS1211.111176.53
MARKHAM109.2593775.19
ALLWOOD87.40741,818.18
WHITE87.407423.04
BOLTER65.55564,615.38
WEBSTER32.777831.95
WRIGHT32.77788.66
WILMOTT32.7778810.81
DEAN21.851926.67
DAVIDSON21.851922.03
NOTTAGE21.8519909.09
SAUNDERS21.851920.18
WHETSTONE10.9259833.33
SAMS10.9259416.67
FOWLER10.925916.21
WILLMOTT10.9259147.06
LARKINS10.9259312.50
MILNE10.925920.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOLTER0.111084615.3846
ALLWOOD0.111081818.1818
NOTTAGE0.11108909.0909
WHETSTONE0.11108833.3333
WILMOTT0.11108810.8108
MARKHAM0.11108775.1938
SAMS0.11108416.6667
LARKINS0.11108312.5000
WILLMOTT0.11108147.0588
ELLIS0.1110876.5306
KING0.1110855.2251
WEBSTER0.1110831.9489
DEAN0.1110826.6667
WHITE0.1110823.0415
DAVIDSON0.1110822.0264
MILNE0.1110820.8333
SAUNDERS0.1110820.1816
FOWLER0.1110816.2075
WRIGHT0.111088.6580

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 108 people called BOLTER in Letchworth 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 4615.3846 in Letchworth means that 4615.3846% of the people in Letchworth on census day were called BOLTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOLTER 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 BOLTER 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 BOLTER 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 BOLTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Letchworth means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOLTER in Letchworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Letchworth in 1881

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

ALINGTON (1)  ALLWOOD (8)  BOLTER (6)  DAVIDSON (2)  DEAN (2)  ELLIS (12)  FOWLER (1)  KING (13)  LARKINS (1)  MARKHAM (10)  MILNE (1)  NOTTAGE (2)  SAMS (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SKIPP (6)  TUFFNELL (12)  WEBSTER (3)  WHETSTONE (1)  WHITE (8)  WILLMOTT (1)  WILMOTT (3)  WORBOYS (9)  WRIGHT (3)