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 Near, with 19 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
3601	Near	19	0.000%	25.98x
3602	Newbold	19	0.000%	0.45x
3603	Nixon	19	0.000%	0.11x
3604	Noad	19	0.000%	2.28x
3605	Oliff	19	0.000%	10.84x
3606	Ottaway	19	0.000%	1.59x
3607	Parham	19	0.000%	2.18x
3608	Pattrick	19	0.000%	4.41x
3609	Pickard	19	0.000%	0.24x
3610	Pink	19	0.000%	0.50x
3611	Ponsford	19	0.000%	1.44x
3612	Pratten	19	0.000%	3.05x
3613	Pretty	19	0.000%	0.93x
3614	Pring	19	0.000%	0.72x
3615	Proom	19	0.000%	15.67x
3616	Purkins	19	0.000%	11.89x
3617	Putnam	19	0.000%	3.96x
3618	Redpath	19	0.000%	0.71x
3619	Richey	19	0.000%	8.09x
3620	Robey	19	0.000%	1.95x
3621	Roworth	19	0.000%	5.77x
3622	Royal	19	0.000%	1.16x
3623	Scurrell	19	0.000%	19.74x
3624	Shields	19	0.000%	0.21x
3625	Somerville	19	0.000%	0.40x
3626	Squier	19	0.000%	15.42x
3627	Stace	19	0.000%	1.62x
3628	Standley	19	0.000%	1.94x
3629	Teague	19	0.000%	0.58x
3630	Teal	19	0.000%	0.86x
3631	Tibble	19	0.000%	3.24x
3632	Tolson	19	0.000%	1.16x
3633	Tooley	19	0.000%	0.95x
3634	Triggs	19	0.000%	0.97x
3635	Upsher	19	0.000%	12.18x
3636	Verlander	19	0.000%	9.22x
3637	Victory	19	0.000%	7.42x
3638	Wale	19	0.000%	0.69x
3639	Wardley	19	0.000%	1.31x
3640	Waugh	19	0.000%	0.24x
3641	Weatherall	19	0.000%	1.70x
3642	Wentworth	19	0.000%	1.75x
3643	Whiter	19	0.000%	4.81x
3644	Whitmarsh	19	0.000%	1.56x
3645	Whiton	19	0.000%	25.31x
3646	Wight	19	0.000%	0.64x
3647	Wisken	19	0.000%	10.96x
3648	Woolcott	19	0.000%	2.38x
3649	Yolland	19	0.000%	12.34x
3650	Acker	18	0.000%	9.35x
3651	Aldham	18	0.000%	7.60x
3652	Angold	18	0.000%	10.62x
3653	Aplin	18	0.000%	1.13x
3654	Armitage	18	0.000%	0.12x
3655	Ashmole	18	0.000%	6.45x
3656	Atterbury	18	0.000%	2.99x
3657	Axell	18	0.000%	17.00x
3658	Backer	18	0.000%	5.50x
3659	Bagg	18	0.000%	1.79x
3660	Baggott	18	0.000%	1.07x
3661	Barnet	18	0.000%	0.65x
3662	Bather	18	0.000%	3.14x
3663	Beamish	18	0.000%	2.03x
3664	Benstead	18	0.000%	1.21x
3665	Biddell	18	0.000%	4.79x
3666	Boddy	18	0.000%	0.56x
3667	Borwick	18	0.000%	3.57x
3668	Bowerman	18	0.000%	1.06x
3669	Brackett	18	0.000%	8.58x
3670	Brayshaw	18	0.000%	0.86x
3671	Brine	18	0.000%	1.02x
3672	Brockhurst	18	0.000%	3.45x
3673	Bunker	18	0.000%	0.78x
3674	Butlin	18	0.000%	1.26x
3675	Butterworth	18	0.000%	0.09x
3676	Cadd	18	0.000%	2.98x
3677	Chaston	18	0.000%	2.63x
3678	Cheetham	18	0.000%	0.20x
3679	Chiverton	18	0.000%	1.69x
3680	Christian	18	0.000%	0.31x
3681	Chuck	18	0.000%	5.31x
3682	Clinch	18	0.000%	1.08x
3683	Copeland	18	0.000%	0.33x
3684	Cork	18	0.000%	0.42x
3685	Cotterill	18	0.000%	0.36x
3686	Cowles	18	0.000%	1.30x
3687	Crabtree	18	0.000%	0.16x
3688	Croker	18	0.000%	1.05x
3689	Crosbie	18	0.000%	0.61x
3690	Danby	18	0.000%	0.73x
3691	Davenport	18	0.000%	0.16x
3692	Diamond	18	0.000%	0.67x
3693	Dolphin	18	0.000%	0.84x
3694	Doye	18	0.000%	19.89x
3695	Drawbridge	18	0.000%	4.77x
3696	Duckett	18	0.000%	0.49x
3697	Eastman	18	0.000%	1.14x
3698	Ellerton	18	0.000%	1.73x
3699	Elson	18	0.000%	0.50x
3700	Essex	18	0.000%	0.98x