Top surnames from the 1881 census in Puttenham, Hertfordshire

Puttenham 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
SAUNDERS2117.3554189.19
PROCTER1613.22311,019.11
CHAPMAN1613.223193.13
JEFFS75.7851736.84
CHANDLER54.1322128.53
OAKLEY43.3058156.25
KING43.305815.17
GREEN43.305811.74
BARRON32.4793160.43
NEWENS32.479310,000.00
STEVENS32.479323.75
ROBERTS32.47936.59
EVANS32.47935.67
CLOSE21.6529188.68
GREGORY21.652923.56
COLLINS21.652911.52
PAYNE21.652918.37
NASH21.652935.84
HILL21.65296.49
ROLFE10.826463.69
COLLIER10.826424.75
REEVES10.826420.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEWENS0.1212110000.0000
PROCTER0.121211019.1083
JEFFS0.12121736.8421
SAUNDERS0.12121189.1892
CLOSE0.12121188.6792
BARRON0.12121160.4278
OAKLEY0.12121156.2500
CHANDLER0.12121128.5347
CHAPMAN0.1212193.1315
ROLFE0.1212163.6943
NASH0.1212135.8423
COLLIER0.1212124.7525
STEVENS0.1212123.7530
GREGORY0.1212123.5571
REEVES0.1212120.1613
PAYNE0.1212118.3655
KING0.1212115.1688
GREEN0.1212111.7405
COLLINS0.1212111.5207
ROBERTS0.121216.5905
HILL0.121216.4893
EVANS0.121215.6743

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 121 people called NEWENS in Puttenham 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 10000.0000 in Puttenham means that 10000.0000% of the people in Puttenham on census day were called NEWENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEWENS 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 NEWENS 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 NEWENS 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 NEWENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Puttenham means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEWENS in Puttenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Puttenham in 1881

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

BARRON (3)  BOARDER (4)  CHANDLER (5)  CHAPMAN (16)  CHAPPIN (2)  CLOSE (2)  COLLIER (1)  COLLINS (2)  EVANS (3)  GREEN (4)  GREGORY (2)  HILL (2)  JEFFS (7)  KING (4)  LOTHWELL (5)  MAPLEY (3)  NASH (2)  NEWENS (3)  OAKLEY (4)  PAYNE (2)  PROCTER (16)  REEVES (1)  ROBERTS (3)  ROLFE (1)  SAUNDERS (21)  STEVENS (3)