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 Lincoln, with 126 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
801	Lincoln	126	0.020%	2.90x
802	Newland	126	0.020%	3.65x
803	Shipton	126	0.020%	5.28x
804	Blowers	125	0.020%	8.52x
805	Cudmore	125	0.020%	15.38x
806	Fewell	125	0.020%	28.85x
807	Garrad	125	0.020%	12.73x
808	Meadows	125	0.020%	1.55x
809	Todd	125	0.020%	0.43x
810	Walsh	125	0.020%	0.41x
811	Brock	124	0.020%	1.85x
812	Buttle	124	0.020%	8.28x
813	Crouch	124	0.020%	1.60x
814	Head	124	0.020%	0.88x
815	Hodge	124	0.020%	0.85x
816	Neale	124	0.020%	0.91x
817	Pooley	124	0.020%	2.66x
818	Bibby	123	0.020%	1.98x
819	Cottee	123	0.020%	24.47x
820	Dixey	123	0.020%	12.26x
821	East	123	0.020%	1.37x
822	Gurton	123	0.020%	32.93x
823	Hollingsworth	123	0.020%	3.22x
824	Sampson	123	0.020%	1.25x
825	Binks	122	0.020%	3.59x
826	Cranmer	122	0.020%	12.30x
827	Hodges	122	0.020%	0.72x
828	Usher	122	0.020%	1.92x
829	Valentine	122	0.020%	1.65x
830	Basham	121	0.020%	8.48x
831	Higgins	121	0.020%	0.42x
832	Jolly	121	0.020%	1.48x
833	Rudkin	121	0.020%	5.32x
834	Sheldrick	121	0.020%	10.49x
835	Wass	121	0.020%	3.86x
836	Ardley	120	0.020%	19.12x
837	Coker	120	0.020%	4.42x
838	Devenish	120	0.020%	15.66x
839	Downham	120	0.020%	7.30x
840	Fairchild	120	0.020%	9.22x
841	Griffin	120	0.020%	0.44x
842	Grimwood	120	0.020%	5.05x
843	Hymas	120	0.020%	24.93x
844	Sims	120	0.020%	0.69x
845	Walden	120	0.020%	2.84x
846	Welsh	120	0.020%	0.53x
847	Eady	119	0.020%	9.07x
848	Leggett	119	0.020%	2.63x
849	Mortlock	119	0.020%	6.64x
850	Rickett	119	0.020%	6.83x
851	Stacey	119	0.020%	0.92x
852	Bassett	118	0.020%	1.31x
853	Copsey	118	0.020%	9.58x
854	Pearman	118	0.020%	4.27x
855	Petchey	118	0.020%	20.70x
856	Sheppard	118	0.020%	0.59x
857	Wilsher	118	0.020%	12.48x
858	Bryan	117	0.020%	0.82x
859	Fitzgerald	117	0.020%	1.16x
860	Harwood	117	0.020%	0.76x
861	Horne	117	0.020%	0.93x
862	Hutton	117	0.020%	0.68x
863	Livings	117	0.020%	22.26x
864	Pitts	117	0.020%	1.98x
865	Baynes	116	0.020%	5.10x
866	Cowlin	116	0.020%	21.91x
867	Goodchild	116	0.020%	2.07x
868	Moule	116	0.020%	5.81x
869	Pullen	116	0.020%	1.53x
870	Purkis	116	0.020%	7.51x
871	Ansell	115	0.020%	1.73x
872	Chatters	115	0.020%	31.11x
873	Choat	115	0.020%	19.02x
874	Crozier	115	0.020%	4.25x
875	Nottage	115	0.020%	10.00x
876	Piggott	115	0.020%	2.74x
877	Pritchard	115	0.020%	0.37x
878	Sawkins	115	0.020%	16.45x
879	Terry	115	0.020%	0.78x
880	Thurley	115	0.020%	13.82x
881	Ballard	114	0.020%	1.32x
882	Collard	114	0.020%	3.25x
883	Lines	114	0.020%	1.86x
884	Morley	114	0.020%	0.49x
885	Mulley	114	0.020%	9.50x
886	Pipe	114	0.020%	4.45x
887	Savage	114	0.020%	0.51x
888	Woollard	114	0.020%	5.62x
889	Ashton	113	0.020%	0.40x
890	Barry	113	0.020%	1.08x
891	Bowman	113	0.020%	0.75x
892	Boyton	113	0.020%	16.62x
893	Brady	113	0.020%	1.11x
894	Cann	113	0.020%	2.12x
895	Jarman	113	0.020%	2.05x
896	Pollard	113	0.020%	0.54x
897	Sparkes	113	0.020%	2.67x
898	Yeldham	113	0.020%	33.35x
899	Byatt	112	0.020%	7.80x
900	Coates	112	0.020%	0.52x