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 Burren, with 6 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
7401	Burren	6	0.000%	4.33x
7402	Burtt	6	0.000%	1.29x
7403	Busley	6	0.000%	3.42x
7404	Cail	6	0.000%	3.54x
7405	Cains	6	0.000%	0.82x
7406	Callison	6	0.000%	4.65x
7407	Camm	6	0.000%	0.32x
7408	Cantor	6	0.000%	4.00x
7409	Cantwell	6	0.000%	0.90x
7410	Cape	6	0.000%	0.41x
7411	Capron	6	0.000%	2.29x
7412	Cardell	6	0.000%	1.95x
7413	Cardwell	6	0.000%	0.22x
7414	Carron	6	0.000%	1.96x
7415	Carvill	6	0.000%	2.29x
7416	Cashman	6	0.000%	1.15x
7417	Caslake	6	0.000%	6.49x
7418	Casserley	6	0.000%	4.05x
7419	Cassin	6	0.000%	2.81x
7420	Castleman	6	0.000%	1.15x
7421	Cavanagh	6	0.000%	0.14x
7422	Chatting	6	0.000%	8.66x
7423	Chicken	6	0.000%	0.74x
7424	Chorley	6	0.000%	0.31x
7425	Chudley	6	0.000%	0.90x
7426	Clackett	6	0.000%	2.51x
7427	Clancy	6	0.000%	0.36x
7428	Cleland	6	0.000%	0.39x
7429	Cleverley	6	0.000%	0.88x
7430	Clow	6	0.000%	0.34x
7431	Coak	6	0.000%	7.79x
7432	Coar	6	0.000%	3.90x
7433	Cochran	6	0.000%	0.27x
7434	Cockle	6	0.000%	0.65x
7435	Cockrill	6	0.000%	1.27x
7436	Cogger	6	0.000%	0.65x
7437	Coggon	6	0.000%	2.58x
7438	Colam	6	0.000%	4.16x
7439	Colegate	6	0.000%	1.07x
7440	Colgrove	6	0.000%	6.36x
7441	Colwell	6	0.000%	0.32x
7442	Connall	6	0.000%	3.67x
7443	Cooling	6	0.000%	0.31x
7444	Corkett	6	0.000%	2.12x
7445	Cornfield	6	0.000%	1.11x
7446	Corrie	6	0.000%	0.46x
7447	Corwell	6	0.000%	6.36x
7448	Cosgrove	6	0.000%	0.21x
7449	Coton	6	0.000%	1.14x
7450	Couchman	6	0.000%	0.32x
7451	Coules	6	0.000%	2.23x
7452	Coupland	6	0.000%	0.16x
7453	Couzins	6	0.000%	3.03x
7454	Coxell	6	0.000%	2.78x
7455	Coxford	6	0.000%	3.58x
7456	Cramer	6	0.000%	1.22x
7457	Cranston	6	0.000%	0.26x
7458	Cray	6	0.000%	0.54x
7459	Creaton	6	0.000%	3.42x
7460	Crispin	6	0.000%	0.48x
7461	Critchley	6	0.000%	0.12x
7462	Crossingham	6	0.000%	4.95x
7463	Crosthwaite	6	0.000%	0.64x
7464	Crudgington	6	0.000%	3.06x
7465	Cruickshank	6	0.000%	0.09x
7466	Cullan	6	0.000%	1.85x
7467	Curno	6	0.000%	5.37x
7468	Cuttle	6	0.000%	1.61x
7469	Dade	6	0.000%	0.73x
7470	Dagnall	6	0.000%	0.48x
7471	Dallimore	6	0.000%	0.67x
7472	Danaher	6	0.000%	6.63x
7473	Dawood	6	0.000%	26.01x
7474	Deason	6	0.000%	1.61x
7475	Deasy	6	0.000%	3.39x
7476	Deegan	6	0.000%	1.54x
7477	Defoe	6	0.000%	12.47x
7478	Derby	6	0.000%	0.56x
7479	Derrington	6	0.000%	2.09x
7480	Derwent	6	0.000%	2.16x
7481	Devenport	6	0.000%	0.56x
7482	Deville	6	0.000%	1.56x
7483	Dewberry	6	0.000%	1.83x
7484	Dewbury	6	0.000%	3.50x
7485	Dewe	6	0.000%	1.77x
7486	Dickason	6	0.000%	2.97x
7487	Dickey	6	0.000%	2.58x
7488	Dilworth	6	0.000%	0.36x
7489	Dingle	6	0.000%	0.24x
7490	Divall	6	0.000%	0.85x
7491	Docwra	6	0.000%	6.63x
7492	Doel	6	0.000%	0.55x
7493	Dorsey	6	0.000%	1.67x
7494	Dowd	6	0.000%	0.33x
7495	Dowse	6	0.000%	0.30x
7496	Dowson	6	0.000%	0.19x
7497	Dryburgh	6	0.000%	0.44x
7498	Duffey	6	0.000%	0.29x
7499	Duly	6	0.000%	1.21x
7500	Dumble	6	0.000%	1.44x