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 Dumont, 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
7501	Dumont	6	0.000%	4.05x
7502	Durling	6	0.000%	0.96x
7503	Durman	6	0.000%	1.15x
7504	Edgell	6	0.000%	0.67x
7505	Elden	6	0.000%	2.23x
7506	Eliot	6	0.000%	1.88x
7507	Ellsmore	6	0.000%	2.33x
7508	Endall	6	0.000%	3.03x
7509	Euston	6	0.000%	2.55x
7510	Evanson	6	0.000%	0.91x
7511	Everton	6	0.000%	0.55x
7512	Every	6	0.000%	0.70x
7513	Eveson	6	0.000%	1.23x
7514	Ewards	6	0.000%	8.91x
7515	Ewington	6	0.000%	1.96x
7516	Eyles	6	0.000%	0.23x
7517	Fairwether	6	0.000%	5.88x
7518	Faith	6	0.000%	1.13x
7519	Falshaw	6	0.000%	1.69x
7520	Farish	6	0.000%	0.86x
7521	Farndon	6	0.000%	1.14x
7522	Farquhar	6	0.000%	0.13x
7523	Fehrenbach	6	0.000%	4.27x
7524	Fells	6	0.000%	1.01x
7525	Fenny	6	0.000%	1.34x
7526	Ferman	6	0.000%	8.66x
7527	Ferrar	6	0.000%	2.78x
7528	Fidler	6	0.000%	0.16x
7529	Figgins	6	0.000%	1.15x
7530	Finnegan	6	0.000%	1.51x
7531	Finney	6	0.000%	0.12x
7532	Fitzmaurice	6	0.000%	1.12x
7533	Flesher	6	0.000%	2.19x
7534	Flett	6	0.000%	0.24x
7535	Folks	6	0.000%	2.69x
7536	Fookes	6	0.000%	1.48x
7537	Forest	6	0.000%	0.36x
7538	Formby	6	0.000%	0.91x
7539	Forshaw	6	0.000%	0.15x
7540	Forsyth	6	0.000%	0.05x
7541	Forsythe	6	0.000%	1.07x
7542	Foxwell	6	0.000%	0.59x
7543	Freeland	6	0.000%	0.39x
7544	Freston	6	0.000%	3.42x
7545	Fritz	6	0.000%	2.83x
7546	Frosh	6	0.000%	15.60x
7547	Fulton	6	0.000%	0.08x
7548	Futter	6	0.000%	0.69x
7549	Gammer	6	0.000%	12.99x
7550	Gapp	6	0.000%	1.52x
7551	Garbett	6	0.000%	0.27x
7552	Gard	6	0.000%	0.41x
7553	Gatherer	6	0.000%	3.25x
7554	Gauntlett	6	0.000%	0.56x
7555	Gaye	6	0.000%	2.31x
7556	Gayton	6	0.000%	0.61x
7557	Gazeley	6	0.000%	1.60x
7558	Geere	6	0.000%	1.69x
7559	Gees	6	0.000%	11.99x
7560	Gellatly	6	0.000%	0.76x
7561	Gerard	6	0.000%	0.61x
7562	Germon	6	0.000%	3.67x
7563	Gibberd	6	0.000%	4.00x
7564	Giddings	6	0.000%	0.23x
7565	Gilliland	6	0.000%	1.25x
7566	Gillispie	6	0.000%	2.00x
7567	Ginger	6	0.000%	0.57x
7568	Given	6	0.000%	1.26x
7569	Goodsell	6	0.000%	0.65x
7570	Goold	6	0.000%	0.60x
7571	Govey	6	0.000%	2.19x
7572	Gowan	6	0.000%	0.68x
7573	Granshaw	6	0.000%	4.72x
7574	Grapes	6	0.000%	1.82x
7575	Gravestock	6	0.000%	1.05x
7576	Grayson	6	0.000%	0.14x
7577	Greenhow	6	0.000%	0.53x
7578	Greenshields	6	0.000%	0.58x
7579	Gresham	6	0.000%	0.94x
7580	Gudgeon	6	0.000%	0.43x
7581	Gullen	6	0.000%	2.86x
7582	Gummer	6	0.000%	0.87x
7583	Gurr	6	0.000%	0.30x
7584	Guyton	6	0.000%	2.12x
7585	Gwillim	6	0.000%	1.02x
7586	Gwinnell	6	0.000%	2.26x
7587	Haddow	6	0.000%	0.34x
7588	Haggart	6	0.000%	0.43x
7589	Haggett	6	0.000%	0.70x
7590	Halton	6	0.000%	0.27x
7591	Hamblett	6	0.000%	0.67x
7592	Hambridge	6	0.000%	0.96x
7593	Hammerton	6	0.000%	0.40x
7594	Hamon	6	0.000%	0.53x
7595	Hamson	6	0.000%	0.67x
7596	Hankey	6	0.000%	0.44x
7597	Hansen	6	0.000%	0.57x
7598	Hanslow	6	0.000%	4.33x
7599	Hardley	6	0.000%	2.81x
7600	Hargreave	6	0.000%	0.82x