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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walkern, Hertfordshire

Walkern 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
WARNER566.6116181.35
PEARMAN323.7780788.18
SAVAGE313.660095.27
CLEMENTS263.069792.53
COX263.069720.25
CARTER252.951617.58
MILES242.833548.02
GOODCHILD182.1251218.45
GRAY172.007114.06
PAGE172.007125.11
CAMP151.7710307.38
ESTWICK141.652920,000.00
GREEN141.65295.87
REED131.534821.03
COLLINS131.534810.70
WRIGHT121.41684.42
FISHER111.298711.10
HOLLAND101.180616.58
PORTER101.180615.74
BENNETT101.18067.18
SWAIN101.180661.27
WRAY91.062679.09
HART91.062612.46
ALDRIDGE91.062654.81
HOLES91.06261,956.52
TURNER91.06263.82
HAMMOND80.944516.59
CHALKLEY80.9445305.34
WALDOCK80.9445567.38
HAWKINS80.944513.05
CANNON80.944552.19
WOOLSTON80.9445547.95
WING80.9445150.09
SMITH80.94450.67
HILLS80.944534.16
DEARMAN80.9445640.00
POULTER80.9445126.98
HANCOCK80.944520.76
NEWBERRY70.8264201.73
GREY70.826438.13
ADAMS70.82645.61
ALLISON60.708424.93
BROWN60.70841.07
BRACEY60.7084269.06
FRANKLIN60.708421.33
COLLIN60.7084136.05
EDWARDS60.70842.54
WHEELER60.708411.73
CANNING60.708499.67
DICKINSON50.590313.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALDI0.8584730000.0000
ESTWICK0.8584720000.0000
SPRIGGINS0.858475714.2857
HOLES0.858471956.5217
PEARMAN0.85847788.1773
DEARMAN0.85847640.0000
WALDOCK0.85847567.3759
WOOLSTON0.85847547.9452
STORTON0.85847344.8276
MORN0.85847333.3333
CAMP0.85847307.3770
CHALKLEY0.85847305.3435
BRACEY0.85847269.0583
COGGIN0.85847259.7403
NORLEY0.85847250.0000
STOCKBRIDGE0.85847218.9781
GOODCHILD0.85847218.4466
ACRES0.85847215.0538
CULVER0.85847212.7660
NEWBERRY0.85847201.7291
WARNER0.85847181.3472
CLINTON0.85847153.8462
WING0.85847150.0938
BROCKLESBY0.85847147.0588
BEAUCHAMP0.85847138.8889
COLLIN0.85847136.0544
POULTER0.85847126.9841
GIDDENS0.85847123.4568
DILLEY0.85847111.9403
NOSWORTHY0.85847106.3830
CANNING0.8584799.6678
CATLIN0.8584799.0099
MUNT0.8584798.5222
SAVAGE0.8584795.2674
CLEMENTS0.8584792.5267
WINTERS0.8584783.5655
WRAY0.8584779.0861
BONFIELD0.8584764.1026
SWAIN0.8584761.2745
BECKWITH0.8584760.2410
PETTIT0.8584759.7015
ALDRIDGE0.8584754.8112
CANNON0.8584752.1853
ASKEY0.8584750.0000
MILES0.8584748.0192
RUST0.8584744.7427
KEELING0.8584740.5954
GREY0.8584738.1264
DEEKS0.8584736.9004
HILLS0.8584734.1588

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 847 people called BALDI in Walkern 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 30000.0000 in Walkern means that 30000.0000% of the people in Walkern on census day were called BALDI.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALDI 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 BALDI 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 BALDI 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 BALDI here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in Walkern means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALDI in Walkern than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Walkern in 1881

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

ACRES (2)  ADAMS (7)  ALDRIDGE (9)  ALLISON (6)  ANDERSON (5)  ANDREWS (4)  ANSELL (1)  ASKEY (1)  BALDI (3)  BARBER (1)  BARDOLPH (3)  BARKER (2)  BEAUCHAMP (4)  BECKWITH (3)  BENNETT (10)  BLAKE (1)  BONFIELD (1)  BRACEY (6)  BRACY OR BRACEY (6)  BRAY (3)  BROCKLESBY (2)  BROWN (6)  BROWNE (5)  BULLEN (2)  CAMP (15)  CANNON (8)  CANNING (6)  CARTER (25)  CATLIN (2)  CHALKLEY (8)  CLARK (2)  CLEMENTS (26)  CLINTON (5)  COGGIN (2)  CULVER (4)  COLLINS (13)  COLLIN (6)  O'CONNOR (1)  COX (26)  DAY (1)  DEACONS (1)  DEARMAN (8)  DEEKS (1)  DICKINSON (5)  DILLEY (3)  DODDS (1)  DOVAN (1)  DRAPER (4)  ESTWICK (14)  EDWARDS (6)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (1)  FISHER (11)  FRANCIS (1)  FRANKLIN (6)  GARDINER (1)  GAZELEY (7)  GIDDENS (1)  GODFREY (5)  GOODCHILD (18)  GRAY (17)  GREY (7)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (14)  HAMMOND (8)  HANCOCK (8)  HARRIS (1)  HART (9)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKINS (8)  HILL (3)  HILLS (8)  HOLES (9)  HOLLAND (10)  HUBBINS (1)  HUMMERSTONE (2)  HUTCHINS (2)  FITZJOHN (13)  JOHNSON (4)  KEELING (3)  KITCHENER (5)  KITE (1)  KNOTT (2)  LOUGHTON (2)  MARDELL (2)  MARDLING (1)  MERRITT (1)  MILES (24)  MORN (1)  MUNT (2)  NEWBERRY (7)  NORLEY (1)  NOSWORTHY (1)  OLIVER (5)  PAGE (17)  PARKER (1)  PATERNOSTER (1)  PEARMAN (32)  PETTIT (4)  POLLARD (1)  PORTER (10)  POSTANCE (1)  POULTER (8)  WRAY (9)  RAND (1)  REED (13)  ROWLATT (6)  RUST (2)  SANSANL OR SANSAUL (2)  SAPSED (1)  SAVAGE (31)  SHEPHERD (1)  SLOW (8)  SMITH (8)  SPENCER (2)  SPRGGINS (1)  SPRIGGINS (4)  SPRIGINS (7)  STOCKBRIDGE (3)  STORTON (1)  SWAIN (10)  THORPE (3)  TITMUSS (8)  TRIGO (1)  TRINLOCK (1)  TURNER (9)  WALDOCK (8)  WALLIS (5)  WARNER (56)  WARREN (1)  WATT (1)  WHEELER (6)  WHITAKER (1)  WILSON (1)  WING (8)  WINTERS (3)  WOLSTENHOLM (1)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLSTON (8)  WRIGHT (12)  YOUNG (1)