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 Wootton, with 38 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
2201	Wootton	38	0.010%	0.73x
2202	Wrenn	38	0.010%	6.56x
2203	Youngman	38	0.010%	2.26x
2204	Allard	37	0.010%	1.82x
2205	Barron	37	0.010%	0.41x
2206	Biddle	37	0.010%	0.89x
2207	Bloice	37	0.010%	28.68x
2208	Blunt	37	0.010%	0.79x
2209	Burley	37	0.010%	0.68x
2210	Clench	37	0.010%	6.96x
2211	Cronin	37	0.010%	1.78x
2212	Harley	37	0.010%	0.50x
2213	Hatfield	37	0.010%	0.90x
2214	Hatt	37	0.010%	2.99x
2215	Hodder	37	0.010%	1.31x
2216	House	37	0.010%	0.49x
2217	Isom	37	0.010%	14.13x
2218	Kelsey	37	0.010%	0.87x
2219	Kempton	37	0.010%	2.23x
2220	Mace	37	0.010%	0.73x
2221	Moules	37	0.010%	7.17x
2222	Orbell	37	0.010%	6.41x
2223	Parkinson	37	0.010%	0.13x
2224	Puxley	37	0.010%	13.07x
2225	Samuels	37	0.010%	1.52x
2226	Sarling	37	0.010%	44.71x
2227	Savell	37	0.010%	10.98x
2228	Shea	37	0.010%	0.96x
2229	Sherwood	37	0.010%	0.50x
2230	Sykes	37	0.010%	0.13x
2231	Temple	37	0.010%	0.49x
2232	Toms	37	0.010%	0.83x
2233	Wilkerson	37	0.010%	6.30x
2234	Windley	37	0.010%	6.91x
2235	Wink	37	0.010%	7.72x
2236	Wise	37	0.010%	0.31x
2237	Arber	36	0.010%	7.11x
2238	Bellinger	36	0.010%	4.14x
2239	Bouttell	36	0.010%	21.01x
2240	Bunyan	36	0.010%	2.09x
2241	Clarry	36	0.010%	12.81x
2242	Colley	36	0.010%	0.49x
2243	Colyer	36	0.010%	2.40x
2244	Coombe	36	0.010%	1.15x
2245	Cottrell	36	0.010%	0.70x
2246	Courtney	36	0.010%	0.87x
2247	Cowle	36	0.010%	5.37x
2248	Danes	36	0.010%	4.06x
2249	Dickerson	36	0.010%	1.53x
2250	Fairclough	36	0.010%	0.60x
2251	Hanks	36	0.010%	1.28x
2252	Hardcastle	36	0.010%	0.71x
2253	Hastings	36	0.010%	0.49x
2254	Hatley	36	0.010%	4.61x
2255	Hodgson	36	0.010%	0.09x
2256	Hollington	36	0.010%	5.21x
2257	Lea	36	0.010%	0.32x
2258	Lowing	36	0.010%	18.15x
2259	Meade	36	0.010%	2.18x
2260	Mingay	36	0.010%	4.69x
2261	Nayler	36	0.010%	7.42x
2262	Nicholl	36	0.010%	1.19x
2263	Paskell	36	0.010%	14.96x
2264	Podd	36	0.010%	8.62x
2265	Redman	36	0.010%	0.47x
2266	Seeley	36	0.010%	2.03x
2267	Stack	36	0.010%	3.04x
2268	Starkey	36	0.010%	0.63x
2269	Sutherland	36	0.010%	0.12x
2270	Sweeney	36	0.010%	0.47x
2271	Tuff	36	0.010%	5.05x
2272	Washington	36	0.010%	1.24x
2273	Wayland	36	0.010%	7.45x
2274	Wesley	36	0.010%	1.60x
2275	Whalley	36	0.010%	0.40x
2276	Withams	36	0.010%	44.53x
2277	Wooding	36	0.010%	1.43x
2278	Woodland	36	0.010%	1.23x
2279	Wyncoll	36	0.010%	31.69x
2280	Booty	35	0.010%	3.75x
2281	Bosworth	35	0.010%	1.03x
2282	Brooke	35	0.010%	0.41x
2283	Cain	35	0.010%	0.29x
2284	Carroll	35	0.010%	0.30x
2285	Cause	35	0.010%	25.25x
2286	Charlton	35	0.010%	0.21x
2287	Chilton	35	0.010%	0.76x
2288	Christopher	35	0.010%	1.03x
2289	Daw	35	0.010%	0.88x
2290	Diggins	35	0.010%	3.74x
2291	Dolby	35	0.010%	1.63x
2292	Dunningham	35	0.010%	13.57x
2293	Gibbard	35	0.010%	2.52x
2294	Grainger	35	0.010%	0.39x
2295	Grayling	35	0.010%	10.10x
2296	Gurnett	35	0.010%	12.20x
2297	Heffer	35	0.010%	3.46x
2298	Hibbard	35	0.010%	2.08x
2299	Hinson	35	0.010%	2.51x
2300	Irons	35	0.010%	1.11x