1881 census place

Brightlingsea surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brightlingsea, 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

129 surnames are listed for Brightlingsea, Essex, covering 1,355 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Dunnings, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brightlingsea

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
101	Dunnings	2	0.060%	149.25x
102	Goreham	2	0.060%	130.72x
103	Heffer	2	0.060%	34.54x
104	Pattrick	2	0.060%	81.30x
105	Pells	2	0.060%	50.25x
106	Richarson	2	0.060%	168.07x
107	Scarlet	2	0.060%	116.96x
108	Scrutton	2	0.060%	58.31x
109	Skeats	2	0.060%	53.76x
110	Syrett	2	0.060%	48.78x
111	Wink	2	0.060%	72.99x
112	Coppins	1	0.030%	23.81x
113	Dunmow	1	0.030%	192.31x
114	Durrell	1	0.030%	39.22x
115	Fenning	1	0.030%	28.33x
116	Germany	1	0.030%	38.91x
117	Hacon	1	0.030%	60.24x
118	Haxell	1	0.030%	54.05x
119	Howling	1	0.030%	34.84x
120	Humm	1	0.030%	23.42x
121	Knowler	1	0.030%	32.57x
122	Nicolle	1	0.030%	18.12x
123	Paddington	1	0.030%	68.97x
124	Pickman	1	0.030%	71.94x
125	Ransley	1	0.030%	28.99x
126	Sallows	1	0.030%	40.98x
127	Summerson	1	0.030%	34.48x
128	Theobold	1	0.030%	48.31x
129	Winney	1	0.030%	37.31x