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 Scase, with 12 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
5001	Scase	12	0.000%	4.55x
5002	Schneider	12	0.000%	1.89x
5003	Scotting	12	0.000%	8.54x
5004	Scruton	12	0.000%	1.18x
5005	Sedgewick	12	0.000%	1.56x
5006	Shean	12	0.000%	1.55x
5007	Sherry	12	0.000%	0.59x
5008	Shippey	12	0.000%	4.18x
5009	Shute	12	0.000%	0.52x
5010	Sigston	12	0.000%	8.20x
5011	Silcocks	12	0.000%	4.95x
5012	Silverlock	12	0.000%	3.73x
5013	Slattery	12	0.000%	1.21x
5014	Souter	12	0.000%	0.38x
5015	Southall	12	0.000%	0.27x
5016	Southern	12	0.000%	0.23x
5017	Sproul	12	0.000%	1.65x
5018	Spurrier	12	0.000%	2.05x
5019	Stamp	12	0.000%	0.28x
5020	Stapler	12	0.000%	15.20x
5021	Stears	12	0.000%	3.33x
5022	Stenning	12	0.000%	0.74x
5023	Stockbridge	12	0.000%	1.29x
5024	Stoner	12	0.000%	0.60x
5025	Straker	12	0.000%	1.15x
5026	Strutton	12	0.000%	4.48x
5027	Symmons	12	0.000%	2.06x
5028	Terrell	12	0.000%	1.24x
5029	Tickner	12	0.000%	0.48x
5030	Tidswell	12	0.000%	0.87x
5031	Tilston	12	0.000%	1.64x
5032	Tindale	12	0.000%	0.72x
5033	Tipper	12	0.000%	0.49x
5034	Tonkins	12	0.000%	4.07x
5035	Towl	12	0.000%	3.90x
5036	Towler	12	0.000%	0.47x
5037	Travers	12	0.000%	0.41x
5038	Trotter	12	0.000%	0.20x
5039	Trowbridge	12	0.000%	0.78x
5040	Truscott	12	0.000%	0.38x
5041	Tunnicliffe	12	0.000%	0.63x
5042	Turk	12	0.000%	0.83x
5043	Veasey	12	0.000%	1.11x
5044	Venner	12	0.000%	1.06x
5045	Waight	12	0.000%	1.33x
5046	Wake	12	0.000%	0.26x
5047	Walby	12	0.000%	2.29x
5048	Wallage	12	0.000%	5.99x
5049	Wallen	12	0.000%	1.77x
5050	Wallman	12	0.000%	4.95x
5051	Walmsley	12	0.000%	0.10x
5052	Waspe	12	0.000%	4.87x
5053	Watters	12	0.000%	0.65x
5054	Wenham	12	0.000%	0.63x
5055	Westfield	12	0.000%	3.78x
5056	Whiffen	12	0.000%	1.71x
5057	Wildish	12	0.000%	2.27x
5058	Winger	12	0.000%	15.20x
5059	Winwright	12	0.000%	14.17x
5060	Wiskin	12	0.000%	7.51x
5061	Woolford	12	0.000%	0.58x
5062	Yorston	12	0.000%	2.26x
5063	Zuber	12	0.000%	52.02x
5064	Adderson	11	0.000%	4.26x
5065	Allsup	11	0.000%	7.83x
5066	Allum	11	0.000%	0.50x
5067	Allwright	11	0.000%	1.59x
5068	Ashwood	11	0.000%	1.50x
5069	Aster	11	0.000%	7.93x
5070	Ault	11	0.000%	0.83x
5071	Ayley	11	0.000%	7.62x
5072	Bagshaw	11	0.000%	0.24x
5073	Balding	11	0.000%	1.03x
5074	Banwell	11	0.000%	1.29x
5075	Bare	11	0.000%	4.20x
5076	Barnaby	11	0.000%	0.96x
5077	Barnetson	11	0.000%	4.43x
5078	Base	11	0.000%	2.71x
5079	Bassom	11	0.000%	13.61x
5080	Beadell	11	0.000%	4.08x
5081	Beaton	11	0.000%	0.17x
5082	Beecroft	11	0.000%	0.45x
5083	Bench	11	0.000%	1.35x
5084	Betteridge	11	0.000%	0.42x
5085	Billing	11	0.000%	0.34x
5086	Bilson	11	0.000%	1.61x
5087	Bock	11	0.000%	5.89x
5088	Bose	11	0.000%	5.44x
5089	Boyes	11	0.000%	0.18x
5090	Bracey	11	0.000%	0.72x
5091	Bread	11	0.000%	9.22x
5092	Brewis	11	0.000%	0.66x
5093	Brickley	11	0.000%	2.33x
5094	Brotherstone	11	0.000%	7.83x
5095	Buchanan	11	0.000%	0.07x
5096	Budge	11	0.000%	0.37x
5097	Bumstead	11	0.000%	1.47x
5098	Bushnell	11	0.000%	0.79x
5099	Bux	11	0.000%	27.21x
5100	Calder	11	0.000%	0.14x