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 Moyse, with 13 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
4701	Moyse	13	0.000%	0.95x
4702	Mulliner	13	0.000%	1.59x
4703	Mutton	13	0.000%	0.61x
4704	Nairn	13	0.000%	0.46x
4705	Nisbet	13	0.000%	0.21x
4706	Nowell	13	0.000%	0.48x
4707	Obrian	13	0.000%	0.69x
4708	Otten	13	0.000%	9.13x
4709	Ovens	13	0.000%	0.88x
4710	Pape	13	0.000%	0.75x
4711	Parrett	13	0.000%	1.11x
4712	Parson	13	0.000%	0.50x
4713	Passingham	13	0.000%	2.14x
4714	Pater	13	0.000%	5.27x
4715	Pedley	13	0.000%	0.45x
4716	Pelling	13	0.000%	0.86x
4717	Penrose	13	0.000%	0.59x
4718	Pether	13	0.000%	2.94x
4719	Pierson	13	0.000%	1.06x
4720	Pirie	13	0.000%	0.32x
4721	Pitches	13	0.000%	7.85x
4722	Plaster	13	0.000%	3.41x
4723	Post	13	0.000%	1.99x
4724	Powel	13	0.000%	0.88x
4725	Powling	13	0.000%	5.77x
4726	Prowse	13	0.000%	0.49x
4727	Pulham	13	0.000%	1.35x
4728	Quennell	13	0.000%	9.00x
4729	Raper	13	0.000%	0.54x
4730	Rawle	13	0.000%	1.14x
4731	Redfern	13	0.000%	0.16x
4732	Reeds	13	0.000%	4.59x
4733	Renshaw	13	0.000%	0.24x
4734	Ridout	13	0.000%	0.63x
4735	Rison	13	0.000%	12.06x
4736	Rowell	13	0.000%	0.26x
4737	Rowlinson	13	0.000%	0.72x
4738	Saitch	13	0.000%	29.35x
4739	Scopes	13	0.000%	3.36x
4740	Secrett	13	0.000%	15.35x
4741	Shackell	13	0.000%	3.03x
4742	Shade	13	0.000%	2.54x
4743	Shanks	13	0.000%	0.30x
4744	Sheerman	13	0.000%	5.36x
4745	Shilling	13	0.000%	0.93x
4746	Silverstone	13	0.000%	6.37x
4747	Skipp	13	0.000%	1.50x
4748	Smallwood	13	0.000%	0.24x
4749	Snook	13	0.000%	0.32x
4750	Spashett	13	0.000%	12.99x
4751	Spiers	13	0.000%	0.27x
4752	Standish	13	0.000%	1.16x
4753	Starnes	13	0.000%	7.03x
4754	Strachan	13	0.000%	0.13x
4755	Stripling	13	0.000%	11.44x
4756	Sweeny	13	0.000%	0.97x
4757	Tickle	13	0.000%	0.50x
4758	Tilly	13	0.000%	0.74x
4759	Trudgett	13	0.000%	3.04x
4760	Trumble	13	0.000%	4.86x
4761	Tubb	13	0.000%	0.54x
4762	Turnham	13	0.000%	2.81x
4763	Vanner	13	0.000%	2.62x
4764	Vasey	13	0.000%	0.63x
4765	Vial	13	0.000%	3.84x
4766	Warton	13	0.000%	1.30x
4767	Weekes	13	0.000%	0.89x
4768	Welby	13	0.000%	2.27x
4769	Wellham	13	0.000%	9.25x
4770	Wellings	13	0.000%	0.65x
4771	Westrip	13	0.000%	10.39x
4772	Whitting	13	0.000%	1.71x
4773	Whitworth	13	0.000%	0.13x
4774	Wickins	13	0.000%	2.34x
4775	Wilkenson	13	0.000%	4.14x
4776	Wilmer	13	0.000%	2.31x
4777	Winder	13	0.000%	0.34x
4778	Winters	13	0.000%	0.53x
4779	Wollard	13	0.000%	4.56x
4780	Wolsey	13	0.000%	3.34x
4781	Wolton	13	0.000%	2.85x
4782	Woollett	13	0.000%	1.31x
4783	Worboys	13	0.000%	1.32x
4784	Wynne	13	0.000%	0.23x
4785	Abery	12	0.000%	2.95x
4786	Ablewhite	12	0.000%	6.17x
4787	Agnew	12	0.000%	0.37x
4788	Aldrich	12	0.000%	1.29x
4789	Allday	12	0.000%	1.58x
4790	Aslett	12	0.000%	1.40x
4791	Asten	12	0.000%	4.55x
4792	Audley	12	0.000%	2.19x
4793	Avory	12	0.000%	4.69x
4794	Balkwill	12	0.000%	2.38x
4795	Ballantine	12	0.000%	0.68x
4796	Baron	12	0.000%	0.20x
4797	Barran	12	0.000%	3.32x
4798	Barth	12	0.000%	4.52x
4799	Barwick	12	0.000%	0.49x
4800	Basset	12	0.000%	2.27x