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 Wainwright, with 61 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
1501	Wainwright	61	0.010%	0.50x
1502	Ashley	60	0.010%	0.62x
1503	Baily	60	0.010%	1.64x
1504	Barratt	60	0.010%	0.51x
1505	Bretton	60	0.010%	15.90x
1506	Creek	60	0.010%	5.64x
1507	Double	60	0.010%	5.27x
1508	Edmonds	60	0.010%	0.54x
1509	Frostick	60	0.010%	15.28x
1510	Godwin	60	0.010%	0.80x
1511	Halliday	60	0.010%	0.50x
1512	Jenkinson	60	0.010%	0.59x
1513	Lappage	60	0.010%	17.41x
1514	Naylor	60	0.010%	0.28x
1515	Norrington	60	0.010%	9.44x
1516	Snelling	60	0.010%	1.28x
1517	Stowe	60	0.010%	3.54x
1518	Tiffin	60	0.010%	5.86x
1519	Wilder	60	0.010%	4.09x
1520	Andrew	59	0.010%	0.32x
1521	Barrack	59	0.010%	17.61x
1522	Bevan	59	0.010%	0.42x
1523	Bingham	59	0.010%	0.70x
1524	Catchpole	59	0.010%	1.59x
1525	Champion	59	0.010%	0.98x
1526	Cowland	59	0.010%	8.13x
1527	Goode	59	0.010%	0.79x
1528	Hitch	59	0.010%	3.86x
1529	Madle	59	0.010%	26.88x
1530	Shipp	59	0.010%	3.28x
1531	Tayler	59	0.010%	1.86x
1532	Whitmore	59	0.010%	1.17x
1533	Alger	58	0.010%	4.40x
1534	Banyard	58	0.010%	4.41x
1535	Brace	58	0.010%	1.75x
1536	Clary	58	0.010%	9.27x
1537	Davy	58	0.010%	0.82x
1538	Farley	58	0.010%	0.80x
1539	Friend	58	0.010%	0.89x
1540	Havis	58	0.010%	27.38x
1541	Higgs	58	0.010%	0.55x
1542	Hooker	58	0.010%	1.18x
1543	Lister	58	0.010%	0.35x
1544	Pavelin	58	0.010%	49.40x
1545	Proctor	58	0.010%	0.41x
1546	Rowley	58	0.010%	0.38x
1547	Shuttlewood	58	0.010%	13.15x
1548	Walter	58	0.010%	0.66x
1549	Whybrew	58	0.010%	29.83x
1550	Allsop	57	0.010%	0.96x
1551	Bailes	57	0.010%	5.25x
1552	Barbrook	57	0.010%	26.91x
1553	Best	57	0.010%	0.37x
1554	Boulton	57	0.010%	0.55x
1555	Chesham	57	0.010%	15.34x
1556	Chisnall	57	0.010%	5.54x
1557	Coulson	57	0.010%	0.55x
1558	Felgate	57	0.010%	6.56x
1559	Foakes	57	0.010%	15.58x
1560	Gepp	57	0.010%	25.09x
1561	Goodson	57	0.010%	1.99x
1562	Gridley	57	0.010%	6.18x
1563	Haydon	57	0.010%	1.58x
1564	Holder	57	0.010%	0.74x
1565	Johnstone	57	0.010%	0.22x
1566	Kempster	57	0.010%	2.82x
1567	Leighton	57	0.010%	0.92x
1568	Lynn	57	0.010%	1.13x
1569	Marten	57	0.010%	3.26x
1570	Merry	57	0.010%	1.32x
1571	Raison	57	0.010%	7.27x
1572	Randle	57	0.010%	1.18x
1573	Rawling	57	0.010%	2.71x
1574	Sizer	57	0.010%	5.66x
1575	Spurge	57	0.010%	23.31x
1576	Truss	57	0.010%	9.34x
1577	Witney	57	0.010%	5.59x
1578	Barclay	56	0.010%	0.47x
1579	Beardwell	56	0.010%	14.91x
1580	Beech	56	0.010%	0.66x
1581	Borham	56	0.010%	14.62x
1582	Boughtwood	56	0.010%	44.75x
1583	Bradbrook	56	0.010%	7.86x
1584	Cavill	56	0.010%	3.04x
1585	Chaney	56	0.010%	4.65x
1586	Duffield	56	0.010%	1.12x
1587	Fennell	56	0.010%	2.07x
1588	Fogg	56	0.010%	1.67x
1589	Gatward	56	0.010%	7.61x
1590	Hoare	56	0.010%	0.50x
1591	Lowen	56	0.010%	11.27x
1592	Mallett	56	0.010%	1.09x
1593	Marrable	56	0.010%	21.87x
1594	Morse	56	0.010%	1.06x
1595	Peggs	56	0.010%	9.26x
1596	Philpott	56	0.010%	1.27x
1597	Pinner	56	0.010%	3.91x
1598	Ranson	56	0.010%	1.96x
1599	Roots	56	0.010%	3.32x
1600	Rulton	56	0.010%	43.41x