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 Grant, with 231 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
401	Grant	231	0.040%	0.40x
402	Howell	231	0.040%	0.95x
403	Poulter	231	0.040%	5.39x
404	Bearman	230	0.040%	20.18x
405	Murray	230	0.040%	0.32x
406	Purkiss	230	0.040%	16.80x
407	Ridgewell	230	0.040%	25.09x
408	Gibbons	229	0.040%	1.24x
409	Metson	229	0.040%	39.77x
410	Walford	229	0.040%	6.47x
411	Blyth	228	0.040%	2.51x
412	Gilbey	228	0.040%	16.49x
413	Perrin	228	0.040%	3.86x
414	Piper	228	0.040%	2.00x
415	Cousins	227	0.040%	2.19x
416	Wilkins	227	0.040%	0.89x
417	Whitbread	226	0.040%	9.81x
418	Hyde	225	0.040%	1.27x
419	Vale	224	0.040%	5.44x
420	Atkins	223	0.040%	1.03x
421	Overall	223	0.040%	18.62x
422	Shaw	223	0.040%	0.21x
423	Prentice	222	0.040%	3.27x
424	Deeks	221	0.040%	11.98x
425	Winter	220	0.040%	1.08x
426	Dodd	219	0.040%	0.93x
427	Maynard	219	0.040%	2.47x
428	Ridgwell	219	0.040%	28.72x
429	Rouse	219	0.040%	2.65x
430	Crane	218	0.040%	1.79x
431	Pepper	218	0.040%	2.69x
432	Saville	218	0.040%	4.16x
433	Shead	217	0.040%	20.83x
434	Wilks	217	0.040%	2.39x
435	Gardiner	212	0.040%	1.28x
436	Appleby	211	0.040%	2.24x
437	Ball	211	0.040%	0.44x
438	Downs	211	0.040%	2.06x
439	Hasler	211	0.040%	14.65x
440	Nevard	211	0.040%	30.87x
441	Carrington	210	0.040%	3.46x
442	Last	210	0.040%	4.57x
443	Robertson	210	0.040%	0.22x
444	Maskell	209	0.040%	5.15x
445	Woodley	209	0.040%	4.07x
446	Chamberlain	208	0.040%	1.33x
447	Griffiths	208	0.040%	0.22x
448	Leach	208	0.040%	0.87x
449	Downes	207	0.040%	2.90x
450	Bragg	205	0.040%	4.35x
451	Vincent	205	0.040%	1.14x
452	Aylett	204	0.040%	16.10x
453	Neville	204	0.040%	2.98x
454	Peters	204	0.040%	1.01x
455	Bannister	203	0.040%	2.04x
456	Bridges	203	0.040%	2.21x
457	Kettle	203	0.040%	4.02x
458	Alexander	202	0.040%	0.66x
459	Patten	202	0.040%	5.58x
460	Benson	201	0.030%	1.29x
461	Hutley	201	0.030%	24.68x
462	Benton	200	0.030%	3.35x
463	Harper	200	0.030%	0.54x
464	Ray	200	0.030%	1.75x
465	Stanley	200	0.030%	0.90x
466	Watkins	200	0.030%	0.57x
467	Ambrose	199	0.030%	3.92x
468	Nightingale	199	0.030%	2.05x
469	Rust	199	0.030%	6.54x
470	Crisp	198	0.030%	2.47x
471	Garwood	198	0.030%	7.02x
472	Rush	198	0.030%	3.20x
473	Ling	197	0.030%	3.62x
474	Baldwin	196	0.030%	0.80x
475	Goddard	196	0.030%	0.85x
476	Lindsell	196	0.030%	31.81x
477	Norfolk	196	0.030%	12.31x
478	Pitt	196	0.030%	1.59x
479	Bartlett	195	0.030%	0.77x
480	George	195	0.030%	0.58x
481	Sawyer	195	0.030%	1.83x
482	Thornton	195	0.030%	0.67x
483	Denny	194	0.030%	4.00x
484	Hazell	194	0.030%	4.33x
485	Jacobs	194	0.030%	1.40x
486	Pryor	194	0.030%	5.04x
487	Emberson	193	0.030%	23.98x
488	Kelly	193	0.030%	0.31x
489	Lord	193	0.030%	0.73x
490	Saward	193	0.030%	23.10x
491	Williamson	193	0.030%	0.37x
492	Layzell	192	0.030%	30.40x
493	Lazell	192	0.030%	33.69x
494	Attridge	191	0.030%	22.44x
495	Murrell	191	0.030%	4.65x
496	Rainbird	191	0.030%	19.96x
497	Simmonds	191	0.030%	1.24x
498	Surridge	191	0.030%	11.09x
499	Cheek	189	0.030%	16.28x
500	Juniper	189	0.030%	17.28x