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 Appleton, with 188 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
501	Appleton	188	0.030%	2.08x
502	Cutts	188	0.030%	4.15x
503	Eldred	188	0.030%	11.04x
504	Eley	188	0.030%	5.27x
505	Pond	188	0.030%	6.72x
506	Weavers	188	0.030%	16.52x
507	Hobbs	187	0.030%	0.89x
508	Humphries	187	0.030%	1.44x
509	Patient	187	0.030%	29.52x
510	Bartholomew	186	0.030%	3.98x
511	Cottis	186	0.030%	38.18x
512	Graves	186	0.030%	2.13x
513	Lamb	186	0.030%	0.61x
514	Mayhew	186	0.030%	3.91x
515	Offord	186	0.030%	10.23x
516	Ruffle	186	0.030%	20.60x
517	Seymour	186	0.030%	1.58x
518	Wisbey	186	0.030%	20.25x
519	Broyd	185	0.030%	42.14x
520	Norton	185	0.030%	0.96x
521	Grout	184	0.030%	12.36x
522	Keys	184	0.030%	6.41x
523	Cable	183	0.030%	6.32x
524	Greenwood	183	0.030%	0.41x
525	Low	183	0.030%	1.50x
526	Letch	182	0.030%	32.15x
527	Alston	181	0.030%	4.82x
528	Gower	181	0.030%	2.99x
529	Ramsey	181	0.030%	2.89x
530	Waterman	181	0.030%	4.04x
531	Fenner	180	0.030%	7.35x
532	Good	180	0.030%	2.51x
533	Humm	180	0.030%	24.09x
534	Lester	180	0.030%	1.98x
535	March	180	0.030%	2.90x
536	Jay	179	0.030%	3.55x
537	Beaumont	178	0.030%	1.04x
538	Houghton	178	0.030%	0.88x
539	Tyrrell	178	0.030%	4.20x
540	Lake	177	0.030%	1.38x
541	Weston	177	0.030%	0.75x
542	Crick	176	0.030%	5.10x
543	Collier	175	0.030%	0.91x
544	Easter	175	0.030%	7.52x
545	Goodman	175	0.030%	1.04x
546	Sage	175	0.030%	3.42x
547	Waters	175	0.030%	0.76x
548	Love	174	0.030%	1.27x
549	Sparks	174	0.030%	2.00x
550	Barrell	173	0.030%	7.91x
551	Chalk	173	0.030%	4.55x
552	Strutt	173	0.030%	9.64x
553	Sweeting	173	0.030%	7.49x
554	Bradford	172	0.030%	1.53x
555	Dobson	171	0.030%	0.67x
556	Dunn	171	0.030%	0.36x
557	Pettit	171	0.030%	3.75x
558	Wicks	171	0.030%	2.11x
559	Aldridge	170	0.030%	1.52x
560	Pettitt	170	0.030%	5.51x
561	Pledger	170	0.030%	11.98x
562	Hamilton	169	0.030%	0.39x
563	Amey	168	0.030%	10.42x
564	Birch	168	0.030%	0.71x
565	Handley	168	0.030%	1.73x
566	Carey	167	0.030%	1.54x
567	Collis	167	0.030%	2.80x
568	Ingram	167	0.030%	0.95x
569	Laurence	167	0.030%	2.04x
570	Mayes	167	0.030%	3.01x
571	Ross	167	0.030%	0.27x
572	Ruggles	167	0.030%	33.36x
573	Thorpe	167	0.030%	0.73x
574	Bareham	166	0.030%	20.87x
575	Chipperfield	166	0.030%	11.15x
576	Corder	166	0.030%	16.64x
577	Fincham	166	0.030%	10.29x
578	Pryke	166	0.030%	8.09x
579	Salter	166	0.030%	1.26x
580	Seaman	166	0.030%	3.71x
581	Smart	166	0.030%	0.63x
582	Wheal	166	0.030%	24.28x
583	Bolton	165	0.030%	0.66x
584	Cannon	165	0.030%	1.58x
585	Rider	165	0.030%	2.94x
586	Sayer	165	0.030%	2.18x
587	Summers	165	0.030%	1.02x
588	Auger	164	0.030%	15.71x
589	Coppin	164	0.030%	9.01x
590	Cordell	164	0.030%	13.08x
591	Garrett	164	0.030%	1.25x
592	Hitchcock	164	0.030%	2.47x
593	Holden	164	0.030%	0.52x
594	Milton	164	0.030%	2.06x
595	Tarling	164	0.030%	14.05x
596	Everard	163	0.030%	9.26x
597	Linsell	163	0.030%	22.76x
598	Plumb	163	0.030%	3.49x
599	Woodcock	163	0.030%	0.99x
600	Ashby	162	0.030%	1.67x