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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Weston, Hertfordshire

Weston 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
SMITH757.73205.48
TURNER606.185622.22
MUNT323.29901,379.31
SWAIN262.6804139.04
SWAINE252.5773586.85
CHALKLEY202.0619666.67
OAKLEY202.061997.37
WALDOCK191.95881,172.84
WATSON191.95888.44
BENNETT191.958811.92
ELLIS171.752612.07
WALLIS161.649548.69
BONFIELD151.5464842.70
EDWARDS141.44335.18
BROWN131.34022.03
FIELD131.340226.94
CLARK121.23714.12
FARR121.237183.33
CHRISTY111.1340536.59
BIGG101.0309327.87
HARMER101.0309104.06
LANGHAM101.0309235.29
JAMES101.03095.25
CLEMENS101.0309510.20
AMBROSE101.0309117.10
STANLEY90.927824.14
THOMPSON90.92783.10
BELL90.92784.94
BUCK80.824738.48
PEIRCE80.8247244.65
CADWELL80.8247824.74
LAWMAN80.8247842.11
STARR80.8247167.36
COX70.72164.76
COPPS70.72163,333.33
NICHOLLS70.721613.82
DOUTY70.72164,375.00
HARRIS70.72162.84
JOHNSON60.61861.84
BRAY60.618618.40
HOLLINGSWORTH60.618693.46
WOODS60.61869.81
PARKER60.61863.25
BURROWS60.618614.13
DUNN60.61867.44
KIMPTON60.6186228.14
CHAPMAN60.61864.36
COLLINS60.61864.31
STONE50.51557.13
DEARMAN50.5155349.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PARKERS0.979706250.0000
WOOWARD0.979705000.0000
DOUTY0.979704375.0000
COPPS0.979703333.3333
RASHER0.979701666.6667
MUNT0.979701379.3103
WALDOCK0.979701172.8395
BONFIELD0.97970842.6966
LAWMAN0.97970842.1053
CADWELL0.97970824.7423
CHALKLEY0.97970666.6667
SWAINE0.97970586.8545
CHRISTY0.97970536.5854
CLEMENS0.97970510.2041
SCORE0.97970416.6667
DEARMAN0.97970349.6503
LILES0.97970344.8276
BIGG0.97970327.8689
TITMAN0.97970317.4603
PIGRAM0.97970303.0303
HAGGAR0.97970272.1088
MALES0.97970252.1008
PEIRCE0.97970244.6483
LANGHAM0.97970235.2941
KIMPTON0.97970228.1369
ANGER0.97970217.3913
MOLES0.97970215.0538
STARR0.97970167.3640
VILES0.97970149.2537
SWAIN0.97970139.0374
AMBROSE0.97970117.0960
GINN0.97970111.9403
HARMER0.97970104.0583
OAKLEY0.9797097.3710
TABOR0.9797093.8967
HOLLINGSWORTH0.9797093.4579
MOULDING0.9797085.4701
FARR0.9797083.3333
MERRITT0.9797073.4214
PACK0.9797065.9341
ODELL0.9797056.4175
WALLIS0.9797048.6914
NEARY0.9797047.3934
STOW0.9797046.7290
AKERS0.9797042.4628
COLLIS0.9797039.8804
BUCK0.9797038.4800
GOSS0.9797035.5030
BULLARD0.9797033.8983
BUTT0.9797031.9744

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 970 people called PARKERS in Weston 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 6250.0000 in Weston means that 6250.0000% of the people in Weston on census day were called PARKERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PARKERS 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 PARKERS 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 PARKERS 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 PARKERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Weston means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PARKERS in Weston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Weston in 1881

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

AKERS (2)  AYLOTT (8)  AMBROSE (10)  ANDERSON (2)  ANGER (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BEELY (5)  BARKER (3)  BARNS (1)  BELL (9)  BELTON (1)  BENNETT (19)  BENTLEY (1)  BIGG (10)  BIRD (3)  BLAXILL (11)  BONFIELD (15)  BRAY (6)  BROWN (13)  BUCK (8)  BULLARD (1)  BURNETT (1)  BURROWS (6)  BUTT (4)  BYGRAVE (2)  CADWELL (8)  CANE (1)  CAMPKINS (5)  CARPENTER (2)  CARTER (1)  CHALKLEY (20)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHRISTY (11)  CLERE (1)  CLARK (12)  CLARKHALL (4)  CLEMENS (10)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLLINS (6)  COLLIS (4)  COOK (4)  COOPER (2)  COPPS (7)  COX (7)  CURTIS (1)  DAY (4)  DEARMAN (5)  DELLAR (1)  DOUTY (7)  DUNN (6)  EASTWAY (1)  EDWARDS (14)  ELLIS (17)  FARR (12)  FIELD (13)  FREEMAN (3)  FRENCH (1)  GAME (7)  GARDNER (1)  GEORGE (1)  GILLIES (1)  GINN (3)  GOSS (3)  GREY (5)  GRAY (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENSHIELDS (8)  GUIVER (1)  GUNDRILL (12)  HAGGAR (4)  HALL (1)  HARMER (10)  HARRIS (7)  HARWOOD (4)  HAWKINS (2)  HAYES (2)  HEYDON (1)  HOBBS (3)  HOLLINGSWORTH (6)  HUDSON (1)  HIDE (4)  JAMES (10)  JOHNSON (6)  KIMPTON (6)  LANGHAM (10)  LAWMAN (8)  LAWRENCE (5)  LAURENCE (1)  LILES (3)  LONG (1)  MALES (3)  MERRITT (5)  MOORLEY (5)  MOLES (4)  MOULDING (2)  MUNT (32)  NASH (1)  NEARY (1)  NICHOLLS (7)  OAKLEY (20)  ODELL (4)  PACK (3)  PARKER (6)  PARKERS (5)  PAYNE (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARCE (3)  PEIRCE (8)  PIGRAM (2)  PLET (1)  POWELL (2)  PRATT (1)  PRIEST (1)  PRIMETT (1)  PRYOR (1)  RASHER (1)  ROLPH (1)  SCRAGGS (1)  SHADBOLD (2)  SHADBOLT (14)  SHAW (1)  CHUTER (1)  SCORE (2)  SMITH (75)  SPENCER (1)  STANLEY (9)  STARR (8)  STOKES (2)  STONE (5)  STOW (2)  STUDMAN (1)  SWAIN (26)  SWAINE (25)  SWANNELL (1)  TABOR (2)  TOTTMAN (8)  THOMPSON (9)  THOMSON? (1)  THURAGOOD (4)  THURSTON (1)  TITMAN (2)  TURNER (60)  VILES (1)  WABY (1)  WADSWORTH (2)  WALDOCK (19)  WALLIS (16)  WALLACE (4)  WARREN (3)  WATSON (19)  WELLS (1)  WENHAM (4)  WHITE (1)  WICKS (1)  WILLIEY (2)  WILSHER (9)  WOODS (6)  WADHAM (1)  WOOWARD (1)  WORBYS (6)  WORBY (4)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (3)