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 Amos, with 305 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
301	Amos	305	0.050%	3.22x
302	Bates	305	0.050%	0.83x
303	Bradley	305	0.050%	0.66x
304	Riley	304	0.050%	0.67x
305	Coleman	303	0.050%	1.05x
306	Gowers	303	0.050%	19.28x
307	Hayes	303	0.050%	0.85x
308	Spencer	302	0.050%	0.57x
309	Richards	301	0.050%	0.35x
310	Webster	300	0.050%	0.60x
311	Pudney	297	0.050%	26.19x
312	Button	296	0.050%	4.33x
313	Starling	296	0.050%	6.98x
314	Hudson	295	0.050%	0.62x
315	Parmenter	295	0.050%	19.25x
316	Whiting	295	0.050%	2.66x
317	Sargent	294	0.050%	3.31x
318	Speller	294	0.050%	18.44x
319	Herbert	292	0.050%	1.36x
320	Humphreys	292	0.050%	1.44x
321	Searle	292	0.050%	2.52x
322	Lucking	291	0.050%	30.16x
323	Playle	288	0.050%	29.56x
324	Dines	287	0.050%	18.65x
325	English	287	0.050%	2.65x
326	Durrant	286	0.050%	3.17x
327	Biggs	284	0.050%	2.61x
328	Brazier	284	0.050%	5.25x
329	Chandler	284	0.050%	1.53x
330	Kent	284	0.050%	1.17x
331	Mays	284	0.050%	8.61x
332	Sparrow	284	0.050%	3.89x
333	Reeves	283	0.050%	1.20x
334	Felton	282	0.050%	7.11x
335	Hoy	282	0.050%	8.50x
336	Norris	282	0.050%	1.14x
337	Rolfe	282	0.050%	3.77x
338	Pilgrim	281	0.050%	8.66x
339	Hull	280	0.050%	2.32x
340	Jenkins	279	0.050%	0.41x
341	Wakeling	277	0.050%	12.57x
342	Blackwell	276	0.050%	2.63x
343	Daniels	273	0.050%	1.51x
344	Theobald	272	0.050%	7.41x
345	Woodward	272	0.050%	0.96x
346	Webber	271	0.050%	1.54x
347	Fenn	270	0.050%	4.61x
348	Sach	267	0.050%	36.39x
349	Patmore	266	0.050%	18.59x
350	Randall	266	0.050%	1.47x
351	Miles	265	0.050%	0.78x
352	Burrell	264	0.050%	3.51x
353	Hales	264	0.050%	3.19x
354	Drury	263	0.050%	2.87x
355	Goody	263	0.050%	15.84x
356	Skinner	263	0.050%	0.90x
357	Smee	263	0.050%	21.89x
358	Tucker	261	0.050%	0.82x
359	South	260	0.050%	4.78x
360	Springett	259	0.040%	14.73x
361	Bruce	257	0.040%	0.95x
362	Hume	257	0.040%	3.14x
363	Nice	257	0.040%	18.90x
364	Hurrell	255	0.040%	7.44x
365	Ives	255	0.040%	3.77x
366	Rayment	255	0.040%	9.94x
367	Unwin	254	0.040%	4.43x
368	Emery	253	0.040%	2.01x
369	Bones	252	0.040%	14.89x
370	Burrows	252	0.040%	1.00x
371	Rolph	252	0.040%	11.86x
372	Wyatt	252	0.040%	1.49x
373	Ager	250	0.040%	11.09x
374	Beckwith	250	0.040%	7.37x
375	Hayden	249	0.040%	5.54x
376	Bateman	247	0.040%	1.66x
377	Deal	247	0.040%	17.38x
378	Fordham	247	0.040%	5.33x
379	Camp	244	0.040%	7.35x
380	Heath	244	0.040%	0.85x
381	Sapsford	244	0.040%	27.55x
382	Gooch	243	0.040%	4.81x
383	Lilley	243	0.040%	3.04x
384	Stewart	243	0.040%	0.27x
385	Beadle	241	0.040%	5.95x
386	Ketley	241	0.040%	26.18x
387	Rand	240	0.040%	10.65x
388	Simons	240	0.040%	3.15x
389	Goodey	239	0.040%	17.66x
390	Sorrell	239	0.040%	13.90x
391	Westwood	239	0.040%	2.47x
392	Peck	236	0.040%	2.42x
393	Sibley	236	0.040%	5.08x
394	Wallace	235	0.040%	0.60x
395	Gill	234	0.040%	0.57x
396	Bentley	233	0.040%	0.96x
397	Eaton	233	0.040%	1.44x
398	Murphy	233	0.040%	0.51x
399	Laver	232	0.040%	10.46x
400	Steward	232	0.040%	3.13x