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 Cope, with 67 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
1401	Cope	67	0.010%	0.51x
1402	Crampin	67	0.010%	38.66x
1403	Hellen	67	0.010%	15.53x
1404	Kingston	67	0.010%	1.24x
1405	Tate	67	0.010%	0.60x
1406	Tillett	67	0.010%	5.42x
1407	Tricker	67	0.010%	5.19x
1408	Bettis	66	0.010%	25.58x
1409	Butterfield	66	0.010%	0.86x
1410	Daley	66	0.010%	0.97x
1411	Havers	66	0.010%	11.54x
1412	Kettley	66	0.010%	19.15x
1413	Lofts	66	0.010%	5.04x
1414	Merritt	66	0.010%	1.63x
1415	Moles	66	0.010%	5.97x
1416	Shephard	66	0.010%	1.19x
1417	Wray	66	0.010%	0.85x
1418	Bigg	65	0.010%	3.58x
1419	Burt	65	0.010%	0.47x
1420	Canning	65	0.010%	1.59x
1421	Corby	65	0.010%	3.22x
1422	Enever	65	0.010%	14.30x
1423	Faint	65	0.010%	13.03x
1424	Foot	65	0.010%	1.14x
1425	Hardwick	65	0.010%	0.74x
1426	Hinton	65	0.010%	0.84x
1427	Hopper	65	0.010%	0.79x
1428	Keyes	65	0.010%	10.58x
1429	Marven	65	0.010%	33.76x
1430	Skilton	65	0.010%	4.25x
1431	Angier	64	0.010%	27.02x
1432	Bear	64	0.010%	4.19x
1433	Collar	64	0.010%	11.79x
1434	Dare	64	0.010%	2.57x
1435	Deacon	64	0.010%	0.65x
1436	Earl	64	0.010%	0.85x
1437	Goss	64	0.010%	1.27x
1438	Hurst	64	0.010%	0.31x
1439	Knopp	64	0.010%	25.97x
1440	Leary	64	0.010%	1.23x
1441	Matthams	64	0.010%	44.93x
1442	Mundy	64	0.010%	1.50x
1443	Ottley	64	0.010%	9.23x
1444	Pasterfield	64	0.010%	46.83x
1445	Perryman	64	0.010%	3.08x
1446	Saveall	64	0.010%	34.63x
1447	Stebbings	64	0.010%	4.15x
1448	Ayres	63	0.010%	0.79x
1449	Burder	63	0.010%	18.38x
1450	Chignell	63	0.010%	27.04x
1451	Dear	63	0.010%	1.48x
1452	Dix	63	0.010%	1.11x
1453	Ellingford	63	0.010%	27.27x
1454	Grimes	63	0.010%	0.95x
1455	Harriss	63	0.010%	1.67x
1456	Legg	63	0.010%	0.66x
1457	Pittock	63	0.010%	8.16x
1458	Rawlingson	63	0.010%	17.22x
1459	Trott	63	0.010%	1.66x
1460	Angel	62	0.010%	2.50x
1461	Attwood	62	0.010%	1.09x
1462	Bangs	62	0.010%	11.26x
1463	Boatman	62	0.010%	15.55x
1464	Budd	62	0.010%	0.85x
1465	Cobbold	62	0.010%	4.90x
1466	Creasey	62	0.010%	2.67x
1467	Crush	62	0.010%	16.43x
1468	Dawes	62	0.010%	0.79x
1469	Dodson	62	0.010%	1.39x
1470	Emson	62	0.010%	10.91x
1471	Jeffreys	62	0.010%	1.81x
1472	Kerr	62	0.010%	0.20x
1473	Main	62	0.010%	0.66x
1474	Metcalf	62	0.010%	0.53x
1475	Painter	62	0.010%	0.78x
1476	Parr	62	0.010%	0.43x
1477	Reason	62	0.010%	3.69x
1478	Redgewell	62	0.010%	39.76x
1479	Rodwell	62	0.010%	1.99x
1480	Scarborough	62	0.010%	3.81x
1481	Shave	62	0.010%	4.89x
1482	Skelton	62	0.010%	0.74x
1483	Stiff	62	0.010%	3.10x
1484	Threadgold	62	0.010%	6.34x
1485	Aylott	61	0.010%	6.07x
1486	Bean	61	0.010%	0.82x
1487	Brunning	61	0.010%	5.23x
1488	Card	61	0.010%	1.80x
1489	Chester	61	0.010%	0.86x
1490	Chilvers	61	0.010%	2.70x
1491	Cockerton	61	0.010%	6.34x
1492	Duce	61	0.010%	4.70x
1493	Fenning	61	0.010%	9.87x
1494	Grubb	61	0.010%	1.71x
1495	Houchin	61	0.010%	16.25x
1496	Patterson	61	0.010%	0.30x
1497	Ralph	61	0.010%	0.69x
1498	Ruse	61	0.010%	5.29x
1499	Saines	61	0.010%	32.67x
1500	Trew	61	0.010%	4.69x