1881 census place

Braintree surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Braintree, Essex in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

275 surnames are listed for Braintree, Essex, covering 2,083 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Digby, with 67 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Braintree

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Digby	67	1.29%	249.72x
2	Lindsell	55	1.06%	994.58x
3	Butcher	40	0.770%	18.33x
4	Rankin	34	0.660%	44.20x
5	Spurgeon	34	0.660%	206.19x
6	Thorogood	34	0.660%	147.76x
7	Amos	30	0.580%	35.26x
8	Barnard	27	0.520%	21.01x
9	Hockley	26	0.500%	93.12x
10	Spearman	26	0.500%	317.07x
11	Cowell	25	0.480%	33.72x
12	Rudkin	25	0.480%	122.31x
13	Crozier	24	0.460%	98.72x
14	Duncombe	24	0.460%	184.62x
15	Owers	24	0.460%	208.70x
16	Bloomfield	23	0.440%	34.95x
17	Pluck	23	0.440%	348.48x
18	Tyler	23	0.440%	15.05x
19	Boyton	22	0.420%	360.66x
20	Brand	22	0.420%	28.78x
21	Cutts	22	0.420%	54.05x
22	Parmenter	21	0.410%	152.62x
23	Byford	20	0.390%	85.51x
24	Childs	20	0.390%	21.03x
25	Galley	19	0.370%	102.81x
26	Amey	18	0.350%	124.40x
27	Gentry	18	0.350%	107.53x
28	Quilter	18	0.350%	212.51x
29	Bloss	16	0.310%	461.10x
30	Cottis	16	0.310%	366.13x
31	Gosling	16	0.310%	19.74x
32	Hunnable	16	0.310%	2424.24x
33	Ketley	16	0.310%	193.70x
34	Livermore	16	0.310%	91.43x
35	Bowtell	15	0.290%	298.21x
36	Copsey	15	0.290%	135.50x
37	Hutley	15	0.290%	205.20x
38	Rust	15	0.290%	54.90x
39	Wendon	15	0.290%	482.32x
40	Dowsett	14	0.270%	59.20x
41	Key	14	0.270%	19.60x
42	Last	14	0.270%	33.96x
43	Suckling	14	0.270%	92.23x
44	Breed	13	0.250%	145.74x
45	Brunning	13	0.250%	124.05x
46	Gooday	13	0.250%	370.37x
47	Saward	13	0.250%	173.33x
48	Shead	13	0.250%	139.04x
49	Tunbridge	13	0.250%	152.22x
50	Challis	12	0.230%	36.63x
51	Fitch	12	0.230%	29.62x
52	Gage	12	0.230%	41.21x
53	Hurrell	12	0.230%	38.97x
54	Joscelyne	12	0.230%	693.64x
55	Joslin	12	0.230%	60.18x
56	Philpott	12	0.230%	30.23x
57	Skingle	12	0.230%	515.02x
58	Camp	11	0.210%	36.90x
59	Gilder	11	0.210%	81.06x
60	Hedges	11	0.210%	18.57x
61	Patmore	11	0.210%	85.60x
62	Attwood	10	0.190%	19.50x
63	Flude	10	0.190%	151.75x
64	Gilbey	10	0.190%	80.58x
65	Juniper	10	0.190%	101.83x
66	Makin	10	0.190%	22.49x
67	Mayhew	10	0.190%	23.41x
68	Snelling	10	0.190%	23.79x
69	Adkins	9	0.170%	26.69x
70	Bentall	9	0.170%	196.51x
71	Bowmer	9	0.170%	151.26x
72	Chinery	9	0.170%	83.57x
73	Harriss	9	0.170%	26.60x
74	Hurry	9	0.170%	83.03x
75	Row	9	0.170%	33.80x
76	Schooling	9	0.170%	251.40x
77	Smee	9	0.170%	83.41x
78	Stubbings	9	0.170%	50.20x
79	Tokeley	9	0.170%	857.14x
80	Tyrrell	9	0.170%	23.63x
81	Wakelin	9	0.170%	47.27x
82	Chopping	8	0.150%	143.37x
83	Devonport	8	0.150%	56.38x
84	Pilgrim	8	0.150%	27.44x
85	Strutt	8	0.150%	49.66x
86	Tilbrook	8	0.150%	120.85x
87	Weavers	8	0.150%	78.28x
88	Welstead	8	0.150%	195.12x
89	Wilder	8	0.150%	60.74x
90	Willison	8	0.150%	73.46x
91	Alden	7	0.140%	52.51x
92	Backler	7	0.140%	199.43x
93	Bartrum	7	0.140%	151.19x
94	Brignall	7	0.140%	214.07x
95	Bullard	7	0.140%	44.44x
96	Caton	7	0.140%	28.21x
97	Cornell	7	0.140%	20.23x
98	Eve	7	0.140%	35.81x
99	Foyster	7	0.140%	184.21x
100	Goodey	7	0.140%	57.61x