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 Swann, with 74 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
1301	Swann	74	0.010%	1.18x
1302	Wadley	74	0.010%	6.63x
1303	Whittingham	74	0.010%	1.71x
1304	Chapple	73	0.010%	1.87x
1305	Claxton	73	0.010%	2.00x
1306	Davison	73	0.010%	0.35x
1307	Deadman	73	0.010%	3.24x
1308	Folkard	73	0.010%	8.05x
1309	Foreman	73	0.010%	0.97x
1310	Goff	73	0.010%	1.96x
1311	Holbrook	73	0.010%	1.76x
1312	Lawrance	73	0.010%	1.94x
1313	Owens	73	0.010%	0.25x
1314	Rees	73	0.010%	0.15x
1315	Rhodes	73	0.010%	0.27x
1316	Schooling	73	0.010%	18.31x
1317	Sycamore	73	0.010%	19.24x
1318	Wendon	73	0.010%	21.06x
1319	Whitaker	73	0.010%	0.45x
1320	Almond	72	0.010%	1.01x
1321	Deane	72	0.010%	1.50x
1322	Grimsey	72	0.010%	11.06x
1323	Hawks	72	0.010%	4.78x
1324	Ireland	72	0.010%	0.54x
1325	Lynch	72	0.010%	0.47x
1326	Markham	72	0.010%	1.05x
1327	Maryon	72	0.010%	22.13x
1328	Rix	72	0.010%	2.27x
1329	Seaborn	72	0.010%	13.03x
1330	Thorington	72	0.010%	33.69x
1331	Wilby	72	0.010%	2.13x
1332	Abrams	71	0.010%	4.98x
1333	Adcock	71	0.010%	1.25x
1334	Beach	71	0.010%	1.29x
1335	Denney	71	0.010%	5.10x
1336	Faircloth	71	0.010%	11.42x
1337	Farrant	71	0.010%	2.08x
1338	Freestone	71	0.010%	2.86x
1339	Gough	71	0.010%	0.42x
1340	Levey	71	0.010%	9.63x
1341	Mansell	71	0.010%	1.05x
1342	Mitson	71	0.010%	16.61x
1343	Mortimer	71	0.010%	0.59x
1344	Sallows	71	0.010%	16.61x
1345	Sanderson	71	0.010%	0.30x
1346	Stanton	71	0.010%	0.62x
1347	Tant	71	0.010%	19.72x
1348	Crooks	70	0.010%	1.57x
1349	Fisk	70	0.010%	2.30x
1350	Masters	70	0.010%	0.66x
1351	Mynott	70	0.010%	10.10x
1352	Newson	70	0.010%	1.92x
1353	Pamment	70	0.010%	11.22x
1354	Shelly	70	0.010%	5.21x
1355	Sherman	70	0.010%	2.15x
1356	Turnbull	70	0.010%	0.29x
1357	Whitwell	70	0.010%	4.10x
1358	Willmott	70	0.010%	1.94x
1359	Woodham	70	0.010%	3.62x
1360	Ames	69	0.010%	1.74x
1361	Barltrop	69	0.010%	31.71x
1362	Bloyce	69	0.010%	38.95x
1363	Bruty	69	0.010%	25.97x
1364	Buckley	69	0.010%	0.22x
1365	Christmas	69	0.010%	2.22x
1366	Dutton	69	0.010%	0.53x
1367	Laws	69	0.010%	1.08x
1368	Punt	69	0.010%	11.56x
1369	Sitch	69	0.010%	21.33x
1370	Slaughter	69	0.010%	2.42x
1371	Surrey	69	0.010%	12.98x
1372	Trigg	69	0.010%	2.13x
1373	Whitby	69	0.010%	1.97x
1374	Woolmore	69	0.010%	27.78x
1375	Wordley	69	0.010%	10.21x
1376	Baldry	68	0.010%	2.51x
1377	Bradshaw	68	0.010%	0.29x
1378	Christy	68	0.010%	5.59x
1379	Coombs	68	0.010%	0.70x
1380	Ewers	68	0.010%	10.77x
1381	Farr	68	0.010%	0.79x
1382	Filby	68	0.010%	5.42x
1383	Henry	68	0.010%	0.47x
1384	Massey	68	0.010%	0.46x
1385	Parkin	68	0.010%	0.44x
1386	Quinn	68	0.010%	0.62x
1387	Ransom	68	0.010%	2.18x
1388	Salmons	68	0.010%	8.45x
1389	Say	68	0.010%	4.86x
1390	Schofield	68	0.010%	0.22x
1391	Start	68	0.010%	5.09x
1392	Tabor	68	0.010%	5.37x
1393	Waite	68	0.010%	0.57x
1394	Ashwell	67	0.010%	3.35x
1395	Barritt	67	0.010%	4.44x
1396	Beer	67	0.010%	0.73x
1397	Belcher	67	0.010%	0.96x
1398	Bloom	67	0.010%	3.44x
1399	Buxton	67	0.010%	0.77x
1400	Cameron	67	0.010%	0.15x