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 Lawrence, with 722 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
101	Lawrence	722	0.130%	1.93x
102	Foster	717	0.120%	0.93x
103	Hill	712	0.120%	0.48x
104	Osborne	708	0.120%	2.57x
105	Hunt	707	0.120%	0.92x
106	Stock	703	0.120%	9.80x
107	West	695	0.120%	1.25x
108	Roberts	688	0.120%	0.32x
109	Thomas	688	0.120%	0.29x
110	Wade	686	0.120%	2.97x
111	Fuller	684	0.120%	2.93x
112	Payne	678	0.120%	1.31x
113	Salmon	673	0.120%	5.12x
114	May	667	0.120%	1.82x
115	Morris	661	0.110%	0.51x
116	Sharp	648	0.110%	1.35x
117	Reeve	647	0.110%	4.80x
118	Nunn	645	0.110%	6.39x
119	Savill	644	0.110%	23.57x
120	Halls	640	0.110%	14.03x
121	Archer	638	0.110%	2.67x
122	Simpson	629	0.110%	0.62x
123	Davey	628	0.110%	2.65x
124	Woods	621	0.110%	1.71x
125	Warner	619	0.110%	2.94x
126	Fitch	617	0.110%	13.68x
127	Stone	607	0.110%	1.46x
128	Thorogood	600	0.100%	23.41x
129	Sutton	595	0.100%	1.62x
130	Bell	585	0.100%	0.54x
131	Hawkins	584	0.100%	1.40x
132	Coe	583	0.100%	6.22x
133	Bright	581	0.100%	4.98x
134	Brand	577	0.100%	6.78x
135	Clayden	571	0.100%	31.48x
136	Mansfield	571	0.100%	5.28x
137	Holmes	567	0.100%	0.81x
138	Read	564	0.100%	1.52x
139	Hicks	554	0.100%	2.30x
140	Everitt	550	0.100%	11.37x
141	Byford	544	0.090%	20.88x
142	Dowsett	543	0.090%	20.61x
143	Cornell	541	0.090%	14.04x
144	Oliver	540	0.090%	1.31x
145	Wheeler	540	0.090%	1.55x
146	Jennings	539	0.090%	1.84x
147	Abbott	531	0.090%	2.09x
148	Goodwin	529	0.090%	1.74x
149	Harrison	527	0.090%	0.41x
150	Wells	527	0.090%	1.10x
151	Dawson	524	0.090%	0.82x
152	Curtis	522	0.090%	1.60x
153	Matthews	520	0.090%	1.03x
154	Nicholls	519	0.090%	1.72x
155	Clements	513	0.090%	2.68x
156	Staines	513	0.090%	16.11x
157	Raven	509	0.090%	10.51x
158	Marsh	502	0.090%	1.22x
159	Barton	501	0.090%	1.61x
160	Stokes	501	0.090%	2.06x
161	Bishop	499	0.090%	1.24x
162	Norman	498	0.090%	1.86x
163	Balls	495	0.090%	6.70x
164	Claydon	495	0.090%	13.61x
165	Parish	495	0.090%	5.56x
166	Dennis	494	0.090%	2.90x
167	Wallis	490	0.090%	2.51x
168	Anderson	489	0.080%	0.43x
169	Burgess	486	0.080%	1.21x
170	Pratt	486	0.080%	1.47x
171	Ford	485	0.080%	0.86x
172	Manning	483	0.080%	2.63x
173	Little	479	0.080%	1.76x
174	Butler	478	0.080%	0.85x
175	Hughes	477	0.080%	0.30x
176	Poole	472	0.080%	1.70x
177	Flack	461	0.080%	11.35x
178	Gentry	458	0.080%	24.57x
179	Rose	458	0.080%	1.07x
180	Bass	456	0.080%	6.99x
181	Godfrey	455	0.080%	2.66x
182	Howe	453	0.080%	2.00x
183	Barrett	450	0.080%	1.16x
184	Dyer	450	0.080%	2.01x
185	Price	447	0.080%	0.44x
186	Bloomfield	446	0.080%	6.09x
187	Brewer	444	0.080%	2.90x
188	Law	443	0.080%	1.70x
189	Lambert	442	0.080%	1.40x
190	Osborn	440	0.080%	3.67x
191	Russell	437	0.080%	0.62x
192	Sewell	437	0.080%	3.58x
193	Shepherd	436	0.080%	1.03x
194	Argent	434	0.080%	15.84x
195	Digby	432	0.070%	14.46x
196	Beard	431	0.070%	2.84x
197	Simmons	431	0.070%	1.83x
198	Banks	428	0.070%	1.45x
199	Gunn	427	0.070%	3.02x
200	Gibson	426	0.070%	0.61x