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 Way, with 81 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
1201	Way	81	0.010%	1.27x
1202	York	81	0.010%	1.06x
1203	Algar	80	0.010%	5.40x
1204	Beale	80	0.010%	1.09x
1205	Beales	80	0.010%	3.26x
1206	Coppen	80	0.010%	11.05x
1207	Hedges	80	0.010%	1.21x
1208	Josling	80	0.010%	13.53x
1209	Luck	80	0.010%	1.68x
1210	Morrison	80	0.010%	0.18x
1211	Ponder	80	0.010%	12.26x
1212	Self	80	0.010%	1.95x
1213	Siggers	80	0.010%	18.88x
1214	Tuck	80	0.010%	1.08x
1215	Whipps	80	0.010%	26.98x
1216	Worth	80	0.010%	1.54x
1217	Abrey	79	0.010%	14.45x
1218	Burls	79	0.010%	22.92x
1219	Diss	79	0.010%	17.38x
1220	Huxter	79	0.010%	26.99x
1221	Pattison	79	0.010%	0.86x
1222	Stanford	79	0.010%	1.65x
1223	Tinworth	79	0.010%	25.80x
1224	Wilton	79	0.010%	1.42x
1225	Yates	79	0.010%	0.20x
1226	Blackburn	78	0.010%	0.36x
1227	Driscoll	78	0.010%	1.22x
1228	Elliston	78	0.010%	7.00x
1229	England	78	0.010%	0.66x
1230	Gilders	78	0.010%	43.56x
1231	Horsley	78	0.010%	1.45x
1232	Leatherdale	78	0.010%	23.55x
1233	Munday	78	0.010%	1.16x
1234	Pegram	78	0.010%	11.35x
1235	Penn	78	0.010%	1.50x
1236	Plum	78	0.010%	8.40x
1237	Stuart	78	0.010%	0.57x
1238	Wheatley	78	0.010%	0.66x
1239	Willson	78	0.010%	1.21x
1240	Blomfield	77	0.010%	5.52x
1241	Boyce	77	0.010%	0.89x
1242	Burles	77	0.010%	21.27x
1243	Castle	77	0.010%	0.67x
1244	Gooding	77	0.010%	1.58x
1245	Guy	77	0.010%	0.61x
1246	Haywood	77	0.010%	0.64x
1247	Henderson	77	0.010%	0.12x
1248	Hitching	77	0.010%	12.61x
1249	Holloway	77	0.010%	0.44x
1250	Hutchins	77	0.010%	1.32x
1251	Rodgers	77	0.010%	0.49x
1252	Steele	77	0.010%	0.50x
1253	Tuffin	77	0.010%	7.93x
1254	Belsham	76	0.010%	9.09x
1255	Fell	76	0.010%	0.94x
1256	Hilton	76	0.010%	0.38x
1257	Hutchings	76	0.010%	0.70x
1258	Lapwood	76	0.010%	33.45x
1259	Lazzell	76	0.010%	34.93x
1260	Lilly	76	0.010%	2.17x
1261	Mahoney	76	0.010%	1.23x
1262	Medcalf	76	0.010%	3.38x
1263	Pierce	76	0.010%	0.90x
1264	Rochester	76	0.010%	5.03x
1265	Rudge	76	0.010%	1.68x
1266	Scillitoe	76	0.010%	40.28x
1267	Silvester	76	0.010%	1.70x
1268	Skingle	76	0.010%	29.24x
1269	Slade	76	0.010%	0.66x
1270	Thorp	76	0.010%	0.97x
1271	Tomlin	76	0.010%	1.47x
1272	Tyrell	76	0.010%	3.60x
1273	Weller	76	0.010%	0.92x
1274	Barham	75	0.010%	2.10x
1275	Binder	75	0.010%	10.94x
1276	Burling	75	0.010%	7.06x
1277	Carver	75	0.010%	1.44x
1278	Clough	75	0.010%	0.58x
1279	Ferguson	75	0.010%	0.18x
1280	Millbank	75	0.010%	17.47x
1281	Rooke	75	0.010%	1.76x
1282	Sains	75	0.010%	28.02x
1283	Steed	75	0.010%	2.70x
1284	Weal	75	0.010%	15.28x
1285	Wilcox	75	0.010%	0.69x
1286	Ainsworth	74	0.010%	0.65x
1287	Black	74	0.010%	0.20x
1288	Blows	74	0.010%	11.82x
1289	Burrells	74	0.010%	34.32x
1290	Cocks	74	0.010%	1.93x
1291	Croft	74	0.010%	0.54x
1292	Garland	74	0.010%	0.97x
1293	Haggar	74	0.010%	8.48x
1294	Hickman	74	0.010%	0.76x
1295	Hook	74	0.010%	0.87x
1296	Leader	74	0.010%	2.83x
1297	Morrell	74	0.010%	1.37x
1298	Pearl	74	0.010%	6.15x
1299	Ratcliffe	74	0.010%	0.46x
1300	Shearman	74	0.010%	3.13x