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 Starr, with 56 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
1601	Starr	56	0.010%	1.97x
1602	Warder	56	0.010%	6.55x
1603	Agar	55	0.010%	2.48x
1604	Byles	55	0.010%	5.49x
1605	Crawford	55	0.010%	0.19x
1606	Creswell	55	0.010%	2.99x
1607	Crook	55	0.010%	0.33x
1608	Crouchman	55	0.010%	29.15x
1609	Dann	55	0.010%	1.51x
1610	Davidson	55	0.010%	0.11x
1611	Deller	55	0.010%	4.87x
1612	Duke	55	0.010%	0.82x
1613	Dykes	55	0.010%	1.39x
1614	Granger	55	0.010%	0.93x
1615	Hempstead	55	0.010%	15.27x
1616	Hilliard	55	0.010%	3.53x
1617	Jobson	55	0.010%	1.62x
1618	Kingsbury	55	0.010%	4.22x
1619	List	55	0.010%	5.66x
1620	Lyons	55	0.010%	0.43x
1621	Maxim	55	0.010%	13.35x
1622	Pallett	55	0.010%	3.57x
1623	Stratford	55	0.010%	1.39x
1624	Tilley	55	0.010%	0.73x
1625	Upton	55	0.010%	0.50x
1626	Waylett	55	0.010%	19.98x
1627	Whitham	55	0.010%	1.64x
1628	Arthy	54	0.010%	25.97x
1629	Cherry	54	0.010%	0.91x
1630	Clapham	54	0.010%	1.09x
1631	Clare	54	0.010%	0.65x
1632	Cockrell	54	0.010%	8.99x
1633	Cowling	54	0.010%	1.06x
1634	Crump	54	0.010%	0.87x
1635	Fielder	54	0.010%	1.52x
1636	Goby	54	0.010%	25.73x
1637	Greenleaf	54	0.010%	17.10x
1638	Hazelton	54	0.010%	9.08x
1639	Howland	54	0.010%	2.74x
1640	Knapp	54	0.010%	1.37x
1641	More	54	0.010%	1.20x
1642	Newby	54	0.010%	0.94x
1643	Parnell	54	0.010%	0.97x
1644	Sansom	54	0.010%	1.39x
1645	Scrutton	54	0.010%	8.99x
1646	Sheldon	54	0.010%	0.62x
1647	Southernwood	54	0.010%	29.22x
1648	Stains	54	0.010%	12.86x
1649	Staples	54	0.010%	0.98x
1650	Such	54	0.010%	4.32x
1651	Sudbury	54	0.010%	7.17x
1652	Surry	54	0.010%	20.03x
1653	Wire	54	0.010%	15.84x
1654	Bagley	53	0.010%	1.24x
1655	Belcham	53	0.010%	12.13x
1656	Blewitt	53	0.010%	4.10x
1657	Bocking	53	0.010%	6.76x
1658	Chase	53	0.010%	1.65x
1659	Copland	53	0.010%	1.64x
1660	Coveney	53	0.010%	5.86x
1661	Everson	53	0.010%	2.83x
1662	Fryer	53	0.010%	0.50x
1663	Gay	53	0.010%	0.69x
1664	Harden	53	0.010%	2.34x
1665	Herring	53	0.010%	0.90x
1666	Honeyball	53	0.010%	8.60x
1667	Mynard	53	0.010%	17.76x
1668	Saltwell	53	0.010%	23.53x
1669	Scales	53	0.010%	1.55x
1670	Small	53	0.010%	0.36x
1671	Smyth	53	0.010%	0.98x
1672	Springate	53	0.010%	7.30x
1673	Straight	53	0.010%	26.21x
1674	Timms	53	0.010%	0.91x
1675	Tomlinson	53	0.010%	0.20x
1676	Vinton	53	0.010%	11.56x
1677	Wakelin	53	0.010%	2.50x
1678	Winterflood	53	0.010%	15.21x
1679	Wisby	53	0.010%	10.88x
1680	Wybrow	53	0.010%	9.08x
1681	Abrahams	52	0.010%	1.19x
1682	Adkins	52	0.010%	1.38x
1683	Akers	52	0.010%	1.86x
1684	Bales	52	0.010%	2.42x
1685	Boggis	52	0.010%	6.49x
1686	Bromley	52	0.010%	0.59x
1687	Charles	52	0.010%	0.44x
1688	Connor	52	0.010%	0.31x
1689	Debnam	52	0.010%	11.84x
1690	Denham	52	0.010%	1.02x
1691	Flowers	52	0.010%	1.11x
1692	Godward	52	0.010%	14.92x
1693	Hatcher	52	0.010%	1.54x
1694	Hopwood	52	0.010%	0.79x
1695	Jewell	52	0.010%	0.86x
1696	Kirkham	52	0.010%	0.65x
1697	Lindsay	52	0.010%	0.28x
1698	Marks	52	0.010%	0.44x
1699	Montague	52	0.010%	1.79x
1700	Mussett	52	0.010%	11.25x