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 Frankham, with 18 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
3701	Frankham	18	0.000%	2.38x
3702	Gasson	18	0.000%	1.26x
3703	Gidney	18	0.000%	3.37x
3704	Gorman	18	0.000%	0.26x
3705	Gurling	18	0.000%	9.08x
3706	Guttridge	18	0.000%	1.59x
3707	Hambly	18	0.000%	0.96x
3708	Hammett	18	0.000%	0.94x
3709	Hankin	18	0.000%	1.02x
3710	Harbour	18	0.000%	1.21x
3711	Hasted	18	0.000%	5.99x
3712	Haward	18	0.000%	2.29x
3713	Henley	18	0.000%	0.41x
3714	Hobdell	18	0.000%	12.47x
3715	Hodgkinson	18	0.000%	0.18x
3716	Hosford	18	0.000%	11.26x
3717	Houlton	18	0.000%	1.46x
3718	Humpherys	18	0.000%	10.16x
3719	Hutchens	18	0.000%	3.04x
3720	Jacob	18	0.000%	0.40x
3721	Janson	18	0.000%	1.92x
3722	Jarrad	18	0.000%	10.27x
3723	Jex	18	0.000%	2.74x
3724	Jonas	18	0.000%	1.82x
3725	Joseph	18	0.000%	0.39x
3726	Keable	18	0.000%	2.39x
3727	Kearney	18	0.000%	0.67x
3728	Kiley	18	0.000%	8.82x
3729	Kilsby	18	0.000%	3.06x
3730	Laxton	18	0.000%	1.03x
3731	Lear	18	0.000%	0.53x
3732	Leftley	18	0.000%	7.14x
3733	Leggatt	18	0.000%	1.08x
3734	Levi	18	0.000%	1.33x
3735	Levine	18	0.000%	6.63x
3736	Longley	18	0.000%	0.46x
3737	Machin	18	0.000%	0.31x
3738	Maisey	18	0.000%	1.41x
3739	Mclellan	18	0.000%	6.54x
3740	Meyer	18	0.000%	0.96x
3741	Millett	18	0.000%	0.79x
3742	Minks	18	0.000%	9.54x
3743	Monson	18	0.000%	6.23x
3744	Motts	18	0.000%	7.54x
3745	Munns	18	0.000%	0.87x
3746	Munroe	18	0.000%	1.15x
3747	Nevell	18	0.000%	5.19x
3748	Oakes	18	0.000%	0.22x
3749	Okeefe	18	0.000%	3.14x
3750	Osman	18	0.000%	0.86x
3751	Paulin	18	0.000%	3.27x
3752	Pemberton	18	0.000%	0.25x
3753	Perren	18	0.000%	2.25x
3754	Phelps	18	0.000%	0.31x
3755	Philo	18	0.000%	7.36x
3756	Plampin	18	0.000%	19.08x
3757	Plater	18	0.000%	2.06x
3758	Pleasant	18	0.000%	7.14x
3759	Pountney	18	0.000%	1.61x
3760	Quince	18	0.000%	3.75x
3761	Radcliffe	18	0.000%	0.27x
3762	Rawkins	18	0.000%	7.25x
3763	Relf	18	0.000%	1.12x
3764	Rigby	18	0.000%	0.11x
3765	Roddam	18	0.000%	3.93x
3766	Roofe	18	0.000%	7.36x
3767	Roy	18	0.000%	0.34x
3768	Runacres	18	0.000%	6.19x
3769	Sandle	18	0.000%	8.74x
3770	Sandy	18	0.000%	0.90x
3771	Search	18	0.000%	5.74x
3772	Shelby	18	0.000%	11.54x
3773	Sherlock	18	0.000%	0.46x
3774	Singer	18	0.000%	0.78x
3775	Skeats	18	0.000%	2.77x
3776	Skipper	18	0.000%	0.83x
3777	Southcott	18	0.000%	1.81x
3778	Spragg	18	0.000%	1.10x
3779	Stallard	18	0.000%	0.71x
3780	Stent	18	0.000%	1.39x
3781	Stocker	18	0.000%	0.58x
3782	Stotter	18	0.000%	12.30x
3783	Townley	18	0.000%	0.50x
3784	Trollope	18	0.000%	1.48x
3785	Tuffen	18	0.000%	10.16x
3786	Twigg	18	0.000%	0.45x
3787	Varley	18	0.000%	0.23x
3788	Vernon	18	0.000%	0.19x
3789	Waddington	18	0.000%	0.19x
3790	Walpole	18	0.000%	0.79x
3791	Warrington	18	0.000%	0.38x
3792	Wellard	18	0.000%	1.56x
3793	Whyatt	18	0.000%	1.25x
3794	Willes	18	0.000%	2.63x
3795	Willingham	18	0.000%	2.11x
3796	Wilmott	18	0.000%	0.92x
3797	Winson	18	0.000%	1.56x
3798	Wix	18	0.000%	3.48x
3799	Woolfe	18	0.000%	4.05x
3800	Wragg	18	0.000%	0.34x