1881 census county

Essex surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Essex in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

14,736 surnames are listed for Essex, covering 515,370 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Cuthbert, with 112 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Essex

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
901	Cuthbert	112	0.020%	1.35x
902	Donovan	112	0.020%	1.22x
903	Dudley	112	0.020%	1.29x
904	Ely	112	0.020%	3.69x
905	Pain	112	0.020%	2.16x
906	Stevenson	112	0.020%	0.28x
907	Tween	112	0.020%	29.68x
908	Ware	112	0.020%	1.18x
909	Brittain	111	0.020%	2.49x
910	Cater	111	0.020%	4.01x
911	Grey	111	0.020%	0.89x
912	Guiver	111	0.020%	19.88x
913	Jiggins	111	0.020%	24.74x
914	Kerridge	111	0.020%	5.25x
915	Robson	111	0.020%	0.29x
916	Spearman	111	0.020%	12.16x
917	Cripps	110	0.020%	1.96x
918	Douglas	110	0.020%	0.39x
919	Keen	110	0.020%	0.95x
920	Rivers	110	0.020%	3.08x
921	Symonds	110	0.020%	1.58x
922	Thorne	110	0.020%	0.90x
923	Allison	109	0.020%	0.67x
924	Gayler	109	0.020%	12.92x
925	Ham	109	0.020%	2.52x
926	Horn	109	0.020%	0.83x
927	Knowles	109	0.020%	0.35x
928	Pool	109	0.020%	1.63x
929	Stebbing	109	0.020%	8.87x
930	Thomson	109	0.020%	0.14x
931	Banham	108	0.020%	3.68x
932	Bourne	108	0.020%	0.97x
933	Darby	108	0.020%	1.17x
934	Free	108	0.020%	7.67x
935	Pamplin	108	0.020%	16.89x
936	Parry	108	0.020%	0.25x
937	Peachey	108	0.020%	4.67x
938	Sexton	108	0.020%	2.17x
939	Trundle	108	0.020%	19.61x
940	Wilding	108	0.020%	1.59x
941	Broad	107	0.020%	1.46x
942	Cornwell	107	0.020%	3.22x
943	Cotton	107	0.020%	0.78x
944	Fairhead	107	0.020%	9.82x
945	Jeffries	107	0.020%	1.48x
946	Knott	107	0.020%	0.94x
947	Thurston	107	0.020%	2.63x
948	Walls	107	0.020%	1.54x
949	Woodhouse	107	0.020%	0.78x
950	Aldous	106	0.020%	4.54x
951	Beckett	106	0.020%	0.92x
952	Cakebread	106	0.020%	11.94x
953	Calver	106	0.020%	4.12x
954	Garrard	106	0.020%	4.40x
955	Gilson	106	0.020%	5.93x
956	Langley	106	0.020%	0.84x
957	Pike	106	0.020%	0.63x
958	Barr	105	0.020%	0.75x
959	Branch	105	0.020%	3.56x
960	Burns	105	0.020%	0.27x
961	Downing	105	0.020%	1.05x
962	Howes	105	0.020%	1.04x
963	Mole	105	0.020%	2.35x
964	Quy	105	0.020%	35.41x
965	Short	105	0.020%	0.47x
966	Twitchett	105	0.020%	19.98x
967	Wicker	105	0.020%	14.78x
968	Aley	104	0.020%	32.53x
969	Bines	104	0.020%	25.97x
970	Fraser	104	0.020%	0.20x
971	Furlong	104	0.020%	5.17x
972	Player	104	0.020%	4.69x
973	Rawlinson	104	0.020%	1.51x
974	Roast	104	0.020%	21.69x
975	Strange	104	0.020%	1.68x
976	Bolden	103	0.020%	21.40x
977	Bowen	103	0.020%	0.43x
978	Freshwater	103	0.020%	7.91x
979	Hutchinson	103	0.020%	0.31x
980	Lungley	103	0.020%	35.90x
981	Saich	103	0.020%	21.31x
982	Sargeant	103	0.020%	2.27x
983	Walton	103	0.020%	0.25x
984	Abraham	102	0.020%	1.79x
985	Forster	102	0.020%	0.54x
986	Grover	102	0.020%	2.84x
987	Marchant	102	0.020%	1.14x
988	Orrin	102	0.020%	31.91x
989	Saggers	102	0.020%	13.44x
990	Wenden	102	0.020%	28.18x
991	Clay	101	0.020%	0.85x
992	Eves	101	0.020%	4.19x
993	Groom	101	0.020%	1.25x
994	Johns	101	0.020%	0.68x
995	Oxley	101	0.020%	1.25x
996	Patrick	101	0.020%	0.88x
997	Philpot	101	0.020%	2.61x
998	Potts	101	0.020%	0.52x
999	Prince	101	0.020%	0.77x
1000	Richer	101	0.020%	12.14x