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 Yull, 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
3801	Yull	18	0.000%	6.58x
3802	Absolom	17	0.000%	3.73x
3803	Anger	17	0.000%	6.26x
3804	Bains	17	0.000%	1.19x
3805	Baldrey	17	0.000%	5.45x
3806	Barkham	17	0.000%	4.41x
3807	Barkway	17	0.000%	4.85x
3808	Birdseye	17	0.000%	7.36x
3809	Birkett	17	0.000%	0.31x
3810	Bish	17	0.000%	2.29x
3811	Blain	17	0.000%	0.85x
3812	Boyles	17	0.000%	1.52x
3813	Bracher	17	0.000%	2.05x
3814	Bramley	17	0.000%	0.32x
3815	Brighton	17	0.000%	0.83x
3816	Brinkley	17	0.000%	2.13x
3817	Briton	17	0.000%	2.91x
3818	Bulling	17	0.000%	6.54x
3819	Butters	17	0.000%	0.60x
3820	Carmichael	17	0.000%	0.21x
3821	Cleare	17	0.000%	6.79x
3822	Colbourn	17	0.000%	2.71x
3823	Comer	17	0.000%	1.14x
3824	Coombes	17	0.000%	0.28x
3825	Covell	17	0.000%	1.84x
3826	Cull	17	0.000%	0.59x
3827	Cullington	17	0.000%	5.35x
3828	Cushing	17	0.000%	1.65x
3829	Cushway	17	0.000%	6.64x
3830	Darley	17	0.000%	0.69x
3831	Dartnell	17	0.000%	3.34x
3832	David	17	0.000%	0.28x
3833	Dodge	17	0.000%	0.75x
3834	Dodman	17	0.000%	1.90x
3835	Doggett	17	0.000%	1.14x
3836	Doherty	17	0.000%	0.36x
3837	Elsworth	17	0.000%	0.80x
3838	Emms	17	0.000%	0.78x
3839	Flemming	17	0.000%	0.73x
3840	Flexman	17	0.000%	14.24x
3841	Frankland	17	0.000%	0.40x
3842	Garred	17	0.000%	8.18x
3843	Gibbings	17	0.000%	2.12x
3844	Gleeson	17	0.000%	0.96x
3845	Goat	17	0.000%	8.03x
3846	Goble	17	0.000%	1.02x
3847	Gold	17	0.000%	0.52x
3848	Gowler	17	0.000%	3.60x
3849	Greengrass	17	0.000%	2.19x
3850	Groome	17	0.000%	1.87x
3851	Hack	17	0.000%	0.84x
3852	Halfpenny	17	0.000%	1.32x
3853	Hardingham	17	0.000%	2.02x
3854	Haris	17	0.000%	5.48x
3855	Harry	17	0.000%	0.41x
3856	Hayman	17	0.000%	0.39x
3857	Heckford	17	0.000%	5.59x
3858	Howlet	17	0.000%	3.18x
3859	Hulm	17	0.000%	6.59x
3860	Humphery	17	0.000%	3.05x
3861	Jackman	17	0.000%	0.32x
3862	Jarmin	17	0.000%	5.35x
3863	Kemsley	17	0.000%	2.00x
3864	Kingley	17	0.000%	12.99x
3865	Larrett	17	0.000%	12.10x
3866	Lennon	17	0.000%	0.84x
3867	Lighton	17	0.000%	3.60x
3868	Linge	17	0.000%	7.61x
3869	Littlebury	17	0.000%	12.61x
3870	Lovelock	17	0.000%	0.68x
3871	Lowther	17	0.000%	0.48x
3872	Ludlow	17	0.000%	0.56x
3873	Luker	17	0.000%	1.15x
3874	Lupton	17	0.000%	0.41x
3875	Macintosh	17	0.000%	0.68x
3876	Maher	17	0.000%	0.80x
3877	Maylin	17	0.000%	7.95x
3878	Meek	17	0.000%	0.25x
3879	Merrington	17	0.000%	3.74x
3880	Milner	17	0.000%	0.13x
3881	Moull	17	0.000%	19.63x
3882	Mullings	17	0.000%	3.15x
3883	Munnings	17	0.000%	2.89x
3884	Murton	17	0.000%	0.87x
3885	Mustoe	17	0.000%	2.07x
3886	Mynett	17	0.000%	6.09x
3887	Neaves	17	0.000%	1.95x
3888	Nugent	17	0.000%	0.56x
3889	Olney	17	0.000%	1.41x
3890	Oswald	17	0.000%	0.64x
3891	Packard	17	0.000%	2.89x
3892	Passmore	17	0.000%	0.50x
3893	Pavely	17	0.000%	7.81x
3894	Pead	17	0.000%	3.46x
3895	Pepperell	17	0.000%	1.73x
3896	Philcox	17	0.000%	3.31x
3897	Phillpott	17	0.000%	3.19x
3898	Plant	17	0.000%	0.13x
3899	Plastow	17	0.000%	4.70x
3900	Press	17	0.000%	1.02x