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 Fulcher, with 142 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
701	Fulcher	142	0.020%	4.87x
702	Jeffrey	142	0.020%	1.33x
703	Parrish	142	0.020%	7.04x
704	Spicer	142	0.020%	1.83x
705	Fleming	141	0.020%	0.59x
706	Glover	141	0.020%	0.57x
707	Sams	141	0.020%	11.23x
708	Stannard	141	0.020%	3.50x
709	Bland	140	0.020%	1.17x
710	Carder	140	0.020%	13.72x
711	Cotgrove	140	0.020%	43.28x
712	Eade	140	0.020%	5.04x
713	Hagger	140	0.020%	8.22x
714	Lewsey	140	0.020%	26.53x
715	Neal	140	0.020%	0.82x
716	Owen	140	0.020%	0.20x
717	Percival	140	0.020%	1.55x
718	Bentall	139	0.020%	27.24x
719	Atkinson	138	0.020%	0.25x
720	Bedford	138	0.020%	1.01x
721	Braybrook	138	0.020%	12.42x
722	Dawkins	138	0.020%	3.30x
723	Drew	138	0.020%	0.91x
724	Sharpe	138	0.020%	0.81x
725	Walters	138	0.020%	0.50x
726	Crosby	137	0.020%	2.01x
727	Drain	137	0.020%	13.50x
728	Gardener	137	0.020%	1.32x
729	Sell	137	0.020%	7.84x
730	Dyson	136	0.020%	0.73x
731	Fenton	136	0.020%	1.18x
732	Fish	136	0.020%	1.27x
733	Mathews	136	0.020%	0.64x
734	Partner	136	0.020%	30.58x
735	Wilkin	136	0.020%	4.30x
736	Chinery	135	0.020%	11.25x
737	Clover	135	0.020%	8.19x
738	Giles	135	0.020%	0.61x
739	Malyon	135	0.020%	14.16x
740	Mears	135	0.020%	2.48x
741	Watkinson	135	0.020%	2.00x
742	Eagle	134	0.020%	4.19x
743	Gates	134	0.020%	1.50x
744	Horner	134	0.020%	1.22x
745	Lewin	134	0.020%	2.88x
746	Nevill	134	0.020%	6.37x
747	Pye	134	0.020%	1.55x
748	Ruffell	134	0.020%	11.68x
749	Talbot	134	0.020%	0.93x
750	Bonner	133	0.020%	2.63x
751	Campbell	133	0.020%	0.14x
752	Pease	133	0.020%	6.10x
753	Saltmarsh	133	0.020%	17.76x
754	Searles	133	0.020%	14.12x
755	Bone	132	0.020%	1.23x
756	Chopping	132	0.020%	21.22x
757	Hare	132	0.020%	1.48x
758	Housden	132	0.020%	10.29x
759	Merchant	132	0.020%	3.40x
760	Stringer	132	0.020%	1.15x
761	Blatch	131	0.020%	22.60x
762	Buckingham	131	0.020%	1.70x
763	Bunn	131	0.020%	2.33x
764	Cardy	131	0.020%	14.85x
765	Dennison	131	0.020%	2.94x
766	Gant	131	0.020%	6.32x
767	Harman	131	0.020%	1.52x
768	Holgate	131	0.020%	2.74x
769	Lancaster	131	0.020%	0.91x
770	Riches	131	0.020%	1.99x
771	Leech	130	0.020%	1.38x
772	Milbank	130	0.020%	22.73x
773	Minter	130	0.020%	6.22x
774	Cresswell	129	0.020%	2.12x
775	Daines	129	0.020%	9.45x
776	Pegrum	129	0.020%	32.36x
777	Whittaker	129	0.020%	0.47x
778	Blanks	128	0.020%	17.77x
779	Cock	128	0.020%	2.02x
780	Dove	128	0.020%	1.94x
781	Farmer	128	0.020%	0.71x
782	Gilby	128	0.020%	5.96x
783	Hewitt	128	0.020%	0.46x
784	Reid	128	0.020%	0.21x
785	Rule	128	0.020%	3.24x
786	Rumsey	128	0.020%	6.65x
787	Stow	128	0.020%	5.03x
788	Barlow	127	0.020%	0.41x
789	Barnett	127	0.020%	0.49x
790	Burr	127	0.020%	2.74x
791	Clayton	127	0.020%	0.41x
792	Hampton	127	0.020%	1.39x
793	Olley	127	0.020%	6.75x
794	Rankin	127	0.020%	1.48x
795	Tunbridge	127	0.020%	13.35x
796	Browne	126	0.020%	1.19x
797	Browning	126	0.020%	1.07x
798	Faulkner	126	0.020%	0.81x
799	Harrod	126	0.020%	6.51x
800	How	126	0.020%	3.35x