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 Forge, with 24 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
3001	Forge	24	0.000%	4.65x
3002	Gaylor	24	0.000%	2.79x
3003	Grange	24	0.000%	0.72x
3004	Greenslade	24	0.000%	0.71x
3005	Grice	24	0.000%	0.40x
3006	Gymer	24	0.000%	10.47x
3007	Halsey	24	0.000%	0.97x
3008	Hamshere	24	0.000%	29.68x
3009	Hanley	24	0.000%	0.51x
3010	Harries	24	0.000%	0.22x
3011	Hoffman	24	0.000%	1.95x
3012	Hopson	24	0.000%	1.58x
3013	Hornett	24	0.000%	4.76x
3014	Inglis	24	0.000%	0.25x
3015	Innes	24	0.000%	0.27x
3016	Inns	24	0.000%	2.25x
3017	Isaac	24	0.000%	0.33x
3018	Jealous	24	0.000%	10.93x
3019	Knightbridge	24	0.000%	25.44x
3020	Lait	24	0.000%	3.67x
3021	Lightfoot	24	0.000%	0.30x
3022	Littlejohn	24	0.000%	0.86x
3023	Luke	24	0.000%	0.43x
3024	Lyes	24	0.000%	6.33x
3025	Malcolm	24	0.000%	0.32x
3026	Mallion	24	0.000%	6.49x
3027	Moffatt	24	0.000%	0.65x
3028	Morten	24	0.000%	2.73x
3029	Newbury	24	0.000%	0.68x
3030	Nobbs	24	0.000%	1.00x
3031	Offin	24	0.000%	17.08x
3032	Ogden	24	0.000%	0.15x
3033	Otway	24	0.000%	4.37x
3034	Ovenden	24	0.000%	1.48x
3035	Pearmain	24	0.000%	7.94x
3036	Perks	24	0.000%	0.40x
3037	Perring	24	0.000%	2.02x
3038	Pickering	24	0.000%	0.12x
3039	Pomfret	24	0.000%	1.21x
3040	Pugh	24	0.000%	0.11x
3041	Purnell	24	0.000%	0.79x
3042	Puzey	24	0.000%	5.94x
3043	Ramsden	24	0.000%	0.23x
3044	Richard	24	0.000%	0.48x
3045	Robert	24	0.000%	0.85x
3046	Seager	24	0.000%	0.75x
3047	Seward	24	0.000%	0.76x
3048	Shelford	24	0.000%	4.67x
3049	Shirley	24	0.000%	0.51x
3050	Shrimpton	24	0.000%	0.97x
3051	Siggs	24	0.000%	7.89x
3052	Soar	24	0.000%	1.77x
3053	Somers	24	0.000%	1.23x
3054	Sones	24	0.000%	6.59x
3055	Sowman	24	0.000%	15.98x
3056	Spiller	24	0.000%	0.73x
3057	Spurgin	24	0.000%	8.97x
3058	Summerfield	24	0.000%	0.64x
3059	Tatum	24	0.000%	4.79x
3060	Theobold	24	0.000%	6.63x
3061	Thrower	24	0.000%	1.31x
3062	Towns	24	0.000%	1.30x
3063	Vail	24	0.000%	3.75x
3064	Waites	24	0.000%	1.66x
3065	Willing	24	0.000%	3.30x
3066	Wringe	24	0.000%	37.80x
3067	Yallop	24	0.000%	2.56x
3068	Alden	23	0.000%	1.55x
3069	Alderman	23	0.000%	1.01x
3070	Alderson	23	0.000%	0.29x
3071	Attenborough	23	0.000%	1.93x
3072	Batterham	23	0.000%	5.22x
3073	Battson	23	0.000%	14.39x
3074	Benns	23	0.000%	4.28x
3075	Berryman	23	0.000%	0.72x
3076	Blackmore	23	0.000%	0.28x
3077	Bligh	23	0.000%	2.36x
3078	Brockwell	23	0.000%	2.08x
3079	Bromly	23	0.000%	8.47x
3080	Calvert	23	0.000%	0.20x
3081	Champ	23	0.000%	1.91x
3082	Condon	23	0.000%	1.44x
3083	Connolly	23	0.000%	0.34x
3084	Cressy	23	0.000%	5.29x
3085	Crofts	23	0.000%	0.49x
3086	Crosier	23	0.000%	4.10x
3087	Cummins	23	0.000%	0.47x
3088	Curling	23	0.000%	2.55x
3089	Dickins	23	0.000%	1.08x
3090	Durham	23	0.000%	0.46x
3091	Ellingham	23	0.000%	2.47x
3092	Elmes	23	0.000%	1.74x
3093	Enfield	23	0.000%	6.53x
3094	Fellingham	23	0.000%	5.02x
3095	Fellows	23	0.000%	0.29x
3096	Forrester	23	0.000%	0.30x
3097	Furnell	23	0.000%	2.34x
3098	Gadd	23	0.000%	0.60x
3099	Garling	23	0.000%	12.19x
3100	Gladstone	23	0.000%	1.48x