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 Outen, with 52 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
1701	Outen	52	0.010%	19.29x
1702	Park	52	0.010%	0.29x
1703	Platt	52	0.010%	0.34x
1704	Roe	52	0.010%	0.46x
1705	Spackman	52	0.010%	3.08x
1706	Stones	52	0.010%	0.76x
1707	Stowers	52	0.010%	15.00x
1708	Sturgeon	52	0.010%	2.23x
1709	Sumner	52	0.010%	0.56x
1710	Vickers	52	0.010%	0.35x
1711	Batt	51	0.010%	1.31x
1712	Bewers	51	0.010%	38.38x
1713	Buckle	51	0.010%	0.81x
1714	Cawston	51	0.010%	11.82x
1715	Coller	51	0.010%	9.29x
1716	Dedman	51	0.010%	4.66x
1717	Eaves	51	0.010%	1.62x
1718	Finn	51	0.010%	0.97x
1719	Harknett	51	0.010%	19.91x
1720	Large	51	0.010%	0.86x
1721	Longhurst	51	0.010%	1.35x
1722	Mackenzie	51	0.010%	0.32x
1723	Macklin	51	0.010%	3.15x
1724	Parkins	51	0.010%	1.64x
1725	Parsley	51	0.010%	6.69x
1726	Petty	51	0.010%	0.89x
1727	Philips	51	0.010%	0.48x
1728	Robbins	51	0.010%	0.57x
1729	Silcock	51	0.010%	2.11x
1730	Skeet	51	0.010%	4.66x
1731	Skingsley	51	0.010%	31.16x
1732	Whitman	51	0.010%	4.38x
1733	Austen	50	0.010%	1.13x
1734	Batchelor	50	0.010%	0.51x
1735	Blackman	50	0.010%	0.71x
1736	Box	50	0.010%	1.07x
1737	Bristow	50	0.010%	0.64x
1738	Cast	50	0.010%	16.65x
1739	Cutler	50	0.010%	0.70x
1740	Dansey	50	0.010%	22.78x
1741	Easton	50	0.010%	0.57x
1742	Farren	50	0.010%	4.27x
1743	Featherstone	50	0.010%	0.96x
1744	Flower	50	0.010%	0.89x
1745	Floyd	50	0.010%	0.91x
1746	Gotobed	50	0.010%	7.55x
1747	Hemmings	50	0.010%	1.02x
1748	Hillier	50	0.010%	0.64x
1749	Hutson	50	0.010%	2.21x
1750	Jolley	50	0.010%	1.65x
1751	Lark	50	0.010%	3.97x
1752	Layer	50	0.010%	24.50x
1753	Linn	50	0.010%	3.80x
1754	Maxwell	50	0.010%	0.36x
1755	Mayne	50	0.010%	1.47x
1756	Millington	50	0.010%	0.57x
1757	Mison	50	0.010%	14.92x
1758	Pawsey	50	0.010%	4.97x
1759	Plaistow	50	0.010%	25.46x
1760	Plume	50	0.010%	8.24x
1761	Spring	50	0.010%	1.79x
1762	Tye	50	0.010%	1.51x
1763	Venables	50	0.010%	1.23x
1764	Willet	50	0.010%	9.65x
1765	Belton	49	0.010%	1.58x
1766	Cordery	49	0.010%	3.54x
1767	Cummings	49	0.010%	0.55x
1768	Derbyshire	49	0.010%	0.82x
1769	Drummond	49	0.010%	0.43x
1770	Elliot	49	0.010%	0.33x
1771	Elliss	49	0.010%	2.60x
1772	Hope	49	0.010%	0.25x
1773	Jameson	49	0.010%	0.77x
1774	Jeggo	49	0.010%	39.16x
1775	Kilburn	49	0.010%	1.65x
1776	Linsdell	49	0.010%	10.52x
1777	Moulton	49	0.010%	1.71x
1778	Newcombe	49	0.010%	1.21x
1779	Notley	49	0.010%	4.56x
1780	Nye	49	0.010%	1.36x
1781	Oram	49	0.010%	1.09x
1782	Osbourn	49	0.010%	5.36x
1783	Pateman	49	0.010%	2.25x
1784	Peagram	49	0.010%	29.59x
1785	Peake	49	0.010%	0.88x
1786	Rivett	49	0.010%	2.29x
1787	Ryder	49	0.010%	0.49x
1788	Shipman	49	0.010%	2.29x
1789	Sparling	49	0.010%	6.54x
1790	Staff	49	0.010%	3.34x
1791	Stark	49	0.010%	0.62x
1792	Turrell	49	0.010%	2.81x
1793	Wellington	49	0.010%	1.80x
1794	Whitfield	49	0.010%	0.43x
1795	Wolfe	49	0.010%	1.63x
1796	Woolnough	49	0.010%	2.73x
1797	Bard	48	0.010%	10.09x
1798	Bohannon	48	0.010%	49.87x
1799	Boon	48	0.010%	0.89x
1800	Bullard	48	0.010%	2.74x