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 Harding, with 425 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
201	Harding	425	0.070%	1.02x
202	Bond	421	0.070%	1.38x
203	Arnold	420	0.070%	1.35x
204	Fox	419	0.070%	0.78x
205	Hayward	419	0.070%	1.70x
206	Challis	416	0.070%	11.40x
207	Farrow	416	0.070%	3.84x
208	Mitchell	415	0.070%	0.35x
209	Heard	412	0.070%	6.72x
210	Lodge	411	0.070%	3.92x
211	Franklin	409	0.070%	2.14x
212	Joslin	408	0.070%	18.38x
213	Wilkinson	406	0.070%	0.46x
214	Berry	405	0.070%	0.89x
215	Hawkes	404	0.070%	4.34x
216	Newton	404	0.070%	0.91x
217	Judd	402	0.070%	5.37x
218	Cowell	400	0.070%	4.84x
219	Kirby	399	0.070%	1.82x
220	Partridge	399	0.070%	2.65x
221	Pearce	399	0.070%	0.75x
222	Bridge	397	0.070%	3.40x
223	Barber	395	0.070%	1.14x
224	Church	395	0.070%	3.14x
225	Parsons	391	0.070%	0.89x
226	Austin	390	0.070%	1.38x
227	Elliott	389	0.070%	0.80x
228	Griggs	389	0.070%	8.66x
229	Drake	385	0.070%	2.29x
230	Gould	384	0.070%	1.84x
231	Hale	384	0.070%	1.86x
232	Sadler	384	0.070%	2.83x
233	Brett	381	0.070%	3.48x
234	Nichols	379	0.070%	2.02x
235	Coote	378	0.070%	13.30x
236	Crow	378	0.070%	4.34x
237	Groves	378	0.070%	2.33x
238	Childs	377	0.070%	3.56x
239	Perkins	376	0.070%	1.45x
240	Thurgood	376	0.070%	18.51x
241	Gosling	373	0.060%	4.13x
242	Keeble	373	0.060%	9.43x
243	Pearson	373	0.060%	0.56x
244	Spurgeon	370	0.060%	20.14x
245	Brewster	369	0.060%	6.61x
246	Hockley	367	0.060%	11.80x
247	Root	367	0.060%	19.51x
248	Spooner	367	0.060%	4.41x
249	Dixon	366	0.060%	0.58x
250	Lowe	366	0.060%	0.85x
251	Golding	364	0.060%	3.58x
252	Swan	364	0.060%	2.44x
253	Carr	363	0.060%	0.87x
254	Suckling	363	0.060%	21.47x
255	Dean	358	0.060%	0.89x
256	Eve	357	0.060%	16.39x
257	Long	357	0.060%	0.95x
258	Mott	357	0.060%	8.19x
259	Rowland	357	0.060%	2.18x
260	Underwood	357	0.060%	2.29x
261	Munson	354	0.060%	27.40x
262	Wiseman	353	0.060%	4.46x
263	Cracknell	352	0.060%	8.80x
264	Gardner	351	0.060%	0.90x
265	Davies	350	0.060%	0.12x
266	Powell	350	0.060%	0.49x
267	Doe	348	0.060%	12.61x
268	Mumford	348	0.060%	6.25x
269	Radley	348	0.060%	10.48x
270	Chambers	346	0.060%	1.06x
271	Crabb	345	0.060%	5.77x
272	Gilbert	343	0.060%	1.04x
273	Southgate	343	0.060%	7.59x
274	Rice	337	0.060%	1.88x
275	Jordan	336	0.060%	1.32x
276	Boreham	335	0.060%	14.63x
277	Field	335	0.060%	1.17x
278	Dale	334	0.060%	1.37x
279	Britton	330	0.060%	3.23x
280	Buck	329	0.060%	2.66x
281	Hubbard	328	0.060%	2.34x
282	Oakley	325	0.060%	2.66x
283	Gibbs	324	0.060%	1.14x
284	Joyce	324	0.060%	2.29x
285	Polley	322	0.060%	21.22x
286	Pavitt	321	0.060%	24.73x
287	Fletcher	320	0.060%	0.49x
288	Bryant	319	0.060%	1.29x
289	Shelley	318	0.060%	7.12x
290	Humphrey	316	0.050%	2.06x
291	Lloyd	316	0.050%	0.47x
292	Baxter	315	0.050%	0.92x
293	Waller	315	0.050%	2.17x
294	Wiffen	315	0.050%	25.97x
295	Lane	312	0.050%	0.79x
296	Snow	309	0.050%	3.96x
297	Cant	308	0.050%	8.61x
298	Livermore	308	0.050%	15.81x
299	Owers	308	0.050%	24.05x
300	Holland	306	0.050%	0.75x