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 Redgwell, with 162 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
601	Redgwell	162	0.030%	47.27x
602	Bowles	161	0.030%	1.71x
603	Cooke	161	0.030%	0.51x
604	Lock	161	0.030%	0.98x
605	Witham	161	0.030%	6.97x
606	Booth	160	0.030%	0.28x
607	Cranfield	160	0.030%	11.32x
608	Key	160	0.030%	2.01x
609	Marriage	160	0.030%	27.16x
610	Willett	160	0.030%	3.52x
611	Willsher	160	0.030%	14.73x
612	Bunting	159	0.030%	2.47x
613	Howlett	159	0.030%	2.06x
614	Pannell	159	0.030%	9.23x
615	Rawlings	159	0.030%	1.89x
616	Stammers	159	0.030%	10.24x
617	Bullock	158	0.030%	0.84x
618	Fry	158	0.030%	0.86x
619	Gilder	158	0.030%	10.45x
620	Roper	158	0.030%	1.32x
621	Sayers	158	0.030%	2.48x
622	Gage	157	0.030%	4.84x
623	Gladwell	157	0.030%	9.92x
624	Jeffery	157	0.030%	1.25x
625	Bowers	156	0.030%	1.48x
626	Horsnell	156	0.030%	26.30x
627	North	156	0.030%	0.82x
628	Wren	156	0.030%	2.50x
629	Hearn	155	0.030%	2.03x
630	Lay	155	0.030%	3.61x
631	Morton	155	0.030%	0.50x
632	Went	155	0.030%	13.57x
633	Constable	154	0.030%	2.41x
634	Noakes	154	0.030%	3.65x
635	Oddy	154	0.030%	4.34x
636	Seabrook	154	0.030%	5.43x
637	Street	154	0.030%	1.14x
638	Whitehead	154	0.030%	0.40x
639	Dorrington	153	0.030%	8.42x
640	Vince	153	0.030%	4.38x
641	Wager	153	0.030%	9.88x
642	Warwick	153	0.030%	1.92x
643	Carpenter	152	0.030%	0.77x
644	Nicholson	152	0.030%	0.37x
645	Squires	152	0.030%	1.86x
646	Thorn	152	0.030%	1.76x
647	Baines	151	0.030%	1.37x
648	Bugg	151	0.030%	5.80x
649	Farthing	151	0.030%	4.97x
650	Hawes	151	0.030%	2.12x
651	Stubbings	151	0.030%	7.56x
652	Styles	151	0.030%	2.48x
653	Swallow	151	0.030%	2.60x
654	Wall	151	0.030%	0.75x
655	Gordon	150	0.030%	0.41x
656	Hornsby	150	0.030%	4.00x
657	Newell	150	0.030%	1.65x
658	Poulton	150	0.030%	3.24x
659	Quilter	150	0.030%	15.90x
660	Reader	150	0.030%	3.01x
661	Snell	150	0.030%	1.37x
662	Cornish	149	0.030%	1.79x
663	Firmin	149	0.030%	19.59x
664	Welham	149	0.030%	6.69x
665	Winch	149	0.030%	5.73x
666	Cass	148	0.030%	3.62x
667	Galley	148	0.030%	7.19x
668	Hooper	148	0.030%	0.61x
669	Hunter	148	0.030%	0.25x
670	Negus	148	0.030%	9.00x
671	Wagstaff	148	0.030%	2.06x
672	Wash	148	0.030%	24.71x
673	Bray	147	0.030%	0.76x
674	Caton	147	0.030%	5.32x
675	Drane	147	0.030%	12.43x
676	Kendall	147	0.030%	1.18x
677	Thake	147	0.030%	18.66x
678	Briggs	146	0.030%	0.47x
679	Nelson	146	0.030%	0.52x
680	Preston	146	0.030%	0.51x
681	Turpin	146	0.030%	4.72x
682	Upson	146	0.030%	11.81x
683	Welch	146	0.030%	0.72x
684	Betts	145	0.030%	1.18x
685	Bowtell	145	0.030%	25.88x
686	Crawley	145	0.030%	1.94x
687	Gale	145	0.030%	0.84x
688	Noble	145	0.030%	0.61x
689	Stephens	145	0.030%	0.45x
690	Tanner	145	0.030%	1.12x
691	Whybrow	145	0.030%	12.92x
692	Gladwin	144	0.030%	6.65x
693	Hopkins	144	0.030%	0.41x
694	Keeling	144	0.030%	2.86x
695	Richmond	144	0.030%	1.14x
696	Wakefield	144	0.030%	1.39x
697	Youngs	144	0.030%	6.55x
698	Bowyer	143	0.020%	2.27x
699	Graham	143	0.020%	0.22x
700	Holt	143	0.020%	0.37x