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 Brindle, with 21 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
3301	Brindle	21	0.000%	0.51x
3302	Bygrave	21	0.000%	1.89x
3303	Cadman	21	0.000%	0.45x
3304	Callow	21	0.000%	0.59x
3305	Cawley	21	0.000%	0.69x
3306	Cheffins	21	0.000%	8.66x
3307	Churchyard	21	0.000%	2.56x
3308	Clerk	21	0.000%	1.41x
3309	Cockerell	21	0.000%	2.95x
3310	Cowler	21	0.000%	8.80x
3311	Crowley	21	0.000%	0.56x
3312	Cumming	21	0.000%	0.19x
3313	Dakin	21	0.000%	0.51x
3314	Daniells	21	0.000%	2.72x
3315	Dipple	21	0.000%	2.71x
3316	Dockerill	21	0.000%	4.76x
3317	Douglass	21	0.000%	0.57x
3318	Dunlop	21	0.000%	0.23x
3319	Evers	21	0.000%	2.28x
3320	Flory	21	0.000%	4.21x
3321	Forbes	21	0.000%	0.11x
3322	Forrest	21	0.000%	0.14x
3323	Fowles	21	0.000%	0.74x
3324	Freeborn	21	0.000%	4.07x
3325	Frye	21	0.000%	9.17x
3326	Gaskin	21	0.000%	0.97x
3327	Gearing	21	0.000%	1.43x
3328	Geaves	21	0.000%	12.68x
3329	Gorton	21	0.000%	0.59x
3330	Hails	21	0.000%	2.95x
3331	Hartwell	21	0.000%	0.89x
3332	Hassell	21	0.000%	1.15x
3333	Hermon	21	0.000%	4.08x
3334	Higham	21	0.000%	0.36x
3335	Huxtable	21	0.000%	0.84x
3336	Ide	21	0.000%	2.86x
3337	Inward	21	0.000%	8.33x
3338	Izard	21	0.000%	4.21x
3339	Jude	21	0.000%	1.97x
3340	Kennett	21	0.000%	0.65x
3341	Kiddy	21	0.000%	4.26x
3342	Kimmings	21	0.000%	14.74x
3343	Ledger	21	0.000%	0.53x
3344	Lever	21	0.000%	0.40x
3345	Ley	21	0.000%	0.83x
3346	Loveridge	21	0.000%	1.01x
3347	Marjoram	21	0.000%	2.49x
3348	Marlow	21	0.000%	0.31x
3349	Mather	21	0.000%	0.15x
3350	Maw	21	0.000%	1.00x
3351	Mcmahon	21	0.000%	2.23x
3352	Milligan	21	0.000%	0.31x
3353	Mizon	21	0.000%	7.37x
3354	Mothersole	21	0.000%	3.38x
3355	Neat	21	0.000%	3.18x
3356	Needham	21	0.000%	0.17x
3357	Nolan	21	0.000%	0.27x
3358	Oneil	21	0.000%	0.36x
3359	Parchment	21	0.000%	19.83x
3360	Patch	21	0.000%	1.92x
3361	Patton	21	0.000%	1.02x
3362	Peasey	21	0.000%	13.47x
3363	Penning	21	0.000%	8.87x
3364	Pilley	21	0.000%	2.81x
3365	Pizzey	21	0.000%	3.11x
3366	Poston	21	0.000%	5.17x
3367	Pulford	21	0.000%	1.41x
3368	Pyner	21	0.000%	14.74x
3369	Rae	21	0.000%	0.16x
3370	Rawson	21	0.000%	0.33x
3371	Revett	21	0.000%	7.27x
3372	Rolf	21	0.000%	2.08x
3373	Rollason	21	0.000%	1.13x
3374	Rounce	21	0.000%	6.65x
3375	Rowlingson	21	0.000%	8.73x
3376	Scarlett	21	0.000%	1.07x
3377	Seer	21	0.000%	10.39x
3378	Shearing	21	0.000%	1.50x
3379	Shonk	21	0.000%	19.48x
3380	Simonds	21	0.000%	1.41x
3381	Soames	21	0.000%	2.80x
3382	Sulivan	21	0.000%	1.99x
3383	Thatcher	21	0.000%	0.40x
3384	Thornhill	21	0.000%	0.58x
3385	Tidmarsh	21	0.000%	1.83x
3386	Tiller	21	0.000%	1.37x
3387	Tookey	21	0.000%	2.80x
3388	Tovey	21	0.000%	0.62x
3389	Trimmer	21	0.000%	1.85x
3390	Tull	21	0.000%	1.51x
3391	Walliker	21	0.000%	10.01x
3392	Wenlock	21	0.000%	3.70x
3393	Willshire	21	0.000%	2.55x
3394	Winn	21	0.000%	0.37x
3395	Woodroffe	21	0.000%	1.81x
3396	Woolgar	21	0.000%	1.02x
3397	Worman	21	0.000%	3.56x
3398	Worts	21	0.000%	5.27x
3399	Yardley	21	0.000%	0.57x
3400	Adam	20	0.000%	0.20x