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 Kay, with 35 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
2301	Kay	35	0.010%	0.12x
2302	Kitson	35	0.010%	0.76x
2303	Latchford	35	0.010%	3.91x
2304	Lees	35	0.010%	0.14x
2305	Liddle	35	0.010%	0.52x
2306	Littlewood	35	0.010%	0.47x
2307	Loker	35	0.010%	16.09x
2308	Montgomery	35	0.010%	0.38x
2309	New	35	0.010%	0.69x
2310	Nickols	35	0.010%	4.58x
2311	Orford	35	0.010%	2.44x
2312	Oxborrow	35	0.010%	6.59x
2313	Parkes	35	0.010%	0.30x
2314	Peartree	35	0.010%	14.90x
2315	Perkin	35	0.010%	1.13x
2316	Phillipson	35	0.010%	1.64x
2317	Praill	35	0.010%	23.31x
2318	Quick	35	0.010%	0.54x
2319	Rackham	35	0.010%	2.22x
2320	Ramsay	35	0.010%	0.24x
2321	Ratford	35	0.010%	11.22x
2322	Rollinson	35	0.010%	1.12x
2323	Round	35	0.010%	0.66x
2324	Simms	35	0.010%	0.53x
2325	Tompkins	35	0.010%	0.70x
2326	Tweed	35	0.010%	2.62x
2327	Wait	35	0.010%	1.20x
2328	Wheel	35	0.010%	13.37x
2329	Ablett	34	0.010%	2.80x
2330	Aldis	34	0.010%	3.15x
2331	Allee	34	0.010%	12.01x
2332	Baldock	34	0.010%	0.84x
2333	Banes	34	0.010%	5.77x
2334	Bayliss	34	0.010%	0.47x
2335	Benbow	34	0.010%	1.49x
2336	Birt	34	0.010%	1.39x
2337	Bonnington	34	0.010%	8.14x
2338	Catley	34	0.010%	2.75x
2339	Chisnell	34	0.010%	11.69x
2340	Collingwood	34	0.010%	1.07x
2341	Compton	34	0.010%	0.61x
2342	Copping	34	0.010%	1.48x
2343	Cumberland	34	0.010%	2.33x
2344	Dicks	34	0.010%	1.21x
2345	Dorling	34	0.010%	3.48x
2346	Doughty	34	0.010%	0.46x
2347	Edward	34	0.010%	0.64x
2348	Elsom	34	0.010%	3.57x
2349	Emmerson	34	0.010%	0.60x
2350	Firth	34	0.010%	0.18x
2351	Flude	34	0.010%	4.63x
2352	Fothergill	34	0.010%	1.03x
2353	Gilman	34	0.010%	1.97x
2354	Grace	34	0.010%	0.44x
2355	Hallett	34	0.010%	0.48x
2356	Hands	34	0.010%	0.59x
2357	Hedgecock	34	0.010%	4.21x
2358	Jolliffe	34	0.010%	1.31x
2359	Jupp	34	0.010%	1.06x
2360	Leeks	34	0.010%	4.46x
2361	Looker	34	0.010%	1.99x
2362	Lovegrove	34	0.010%	1.01x
2363	Minns	34	0.010%	1.34x
2364	Oldfield	34	0.010%	0.36x
2365	Ostler	34	0.010%	2.79x
2366	Peach	34	0.010%	0.55x
2367	Poynter	34	0.010%	2.74x
2368	Randell	34	0.010%	0.94x
2369	Risby	34	0.010%	8.25x
2370	Rushforth	34	0.010%	1.86x
2371	Sadd	34	0.010%	3.99x
2372	Saggs	34	0.010%	13.08x
2373	Seaton	34	0.010%	0.70x
2374	Sheffield	34	0.010%	1.12x
2375	Ship	34	0.010%	3.81x
2376	Sills	34	0.010%	1.88x
2377	Skiggs	34	0.010%	14.96x
2378	Springall	34	0.010%	3.20x
2379	Stratton	34	0.010%	0.68x
2380	Syrett	34	0.010%	4.73x
2381	Wackett	34	0.010%	5.79x
2382	Wagner	34	0.010%	2.89x
2383	Wilshire	34	0.010%	2.98x
2384	Windsor	34	0.010%	0.71x
2385	Woodman	34	0.010%	0.53x
2386	Woodrow	34	0.010%	0.95x
2387	Allington	33	0.010%	3.29x
2388	Barfield	33	0.010%	2.83x
2389	Bawtree	33	0.010%	12.99x
2390	Beal	33	0.010%	0.61x
2391	Boys	33	0.010%	1.46x
2392	Briant	33	0.010%	2.10x
2393	Brice	33	0.010%	0.69x
2394	Brignall	33	0.010%	9.07x
2395	Bury	33	0.010%	0.77x
2396	Chenery	33	0.010%	2.44x
2397	Clarkson	33	0.010%	0.22x
2398	Corley	33	0.010%	3.75x
2399	Coxall	33	0.010%	3.31x
2400	Currie	33	0.010%	0.20x