1881 census place

Burnham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Burnham, 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

117 surnames are listed for Burnham, Essex, covering 839 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Richmond, with 31 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Burnham

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	Richmond	31	1.46%	66.44x
2	Grimwade	27	1.27%	1267.61x
3	Flick	26	1.22%	2363.64x
4	Spooner	24	1.13%	78.10x
5	Hawkes	22	1.03%	64.05x
6	Cundy	21	0.990%	378.38x
7	Wiseman	21	0.990%	71.79x
8	Ambrose	19	0.890%	101.28x
9	Cranfield	19	0.890%	363.98x
10	Sweeting	18	0.850%	211.02x
11	Kingsbury	17	0.800%	352.70x
12	Tracey	17	0.800%	125.93x
13	Croxon	16	0.750%	935.67x
14	Deacon	16	0.750%	44.22x
15	Cottis	15	0.700%	833.33x
16	Blunden	14	0.660%	196.91x
17	Stebbings	12	0.560%	210.53x
18	Tunbridge	12	0.560%	341.88x
19	Hewes	11	0.520%	429.69x
20	Mott	11	0.520%	68.32x
21	Bigmore	10	0.470%	641.03x
22	Bowton	10	0.470%	2941.18x
23	Marten	10	0.470%	154.80x
24	Murrell	10	0.470%	65.88x
25	Pudney	10	0.470%	238.66x
26	Sains	10	0.470%	1010.10x
27	Thorogood	10	0.470%	105.60x
28	Willett	10	0.470%	59.59x
29	Aldis	9	0.420%	226.13x
30	Argent	9	0.420%	88.93x
31	Blowers	9	0.420%	166.05x
32	Courtman	9	0.420%	652.17x
33	Eggett	9	0.420%	566.04x
34	Millham	9	0.420%	1111.11x
35	Popplewell	9	0.420%	128.94x
36	Rayment	9	0.420%	95.04x
37	Spurgeon	9	0.420%	132.55x
38	Wife	9	0.420%	3913.04x
39	Woolf	9	0.420%	126.76x
40	Woollard	9	0.420%	120.16x
41	Mapes	8	0.380%	800.00x
42	Parchment	8	0.380%	2051.28x
43	Pulham	8	0.380%	225.35x
44	Yardley	8	0.380%	59.17x
45	Auger	7	0.330%	181.82x
46	Dorkins	7	0.330%	804.60x
47	Hurrell	7	0.330%	55.25x
48	Outen	7	0.330%	700.00x
49	Playle	7	0.330%	194.44x
50	Trussell	7	0.330%	344.83x
51	Whitting	7	0.330%	249.11x
52	Borne	6	0.280%	731.71x
53	Humpherys	6	0.280%	923.08x
54	Laver	6	0.280%	73.26x
55	Minett	6	0.280%	154.24x
56	Pamplin	6	0.280%	254.24x
57	Rippingale	6	0.280%	504.20x
58	Saddler	6	0.280%	93.90x
59	Stains	6	0.280%	387.10x
60	Stoneham	6	0.280%	122.45x
61	Sturt	6	0.280%	123.97x
62	Welding	6	0.280%	416.67x
63	Bennewith	5	0.230%	1515.15x
64	Cockley	5	0.230%	862.07x
65	Dilliway	5	0.230%	3571.43x
66	Gridley	5	0.230%	146.63x
67	Haws	5	0.230%	210.08x
68	Lewsley	5	0.230%	588.24x
69	Rosier	5	0.230%	123.15x
70	Stowers	5	0.230%	390.63x
71	Boltwood	4	0.190%	689.66x
72	Choat	4	0.190%	179.37x
73	Clover	4	0.190%	65.68x
74	Drain	4	0.190%	106.67x
75	Feast	4	0.190%	117.99x
76	Smelt	4	0.190%	204.08x
77	Bocking	3	0.140%	103.81x
78	Carder	3	0.140%	79.58x
79	Cobbold	3	0.140%	64.24x
80	Dunmore	3	0.140%	75.19x
81	Emson	3	0.140%	142.86x
82	Ewers	3	0.140%	128.76x
83	Gibbings	3	0.140%	101.01x
84	Haves	3	0.140%	789.47x
85	Sparke	3	0.140%	83.80x
86	Westhorp	3	0.140%	483.87x
87	Barbrook	2	0.090%	256.41x
88	Brinkley	2	0.090%	67.80x
89	Burrells	2	0.090%	250.00x
90	Govett	2	0.090%	156.25x
91	Man	2	0.090%	51.41x
92	Ritter	2	0.090%	200.00x
93	Shipper	2	0.090%	1052.63x
94	Vice	2	0.090%	190.48x
95	Witney	2	0.090%	53.05x
96	Wombwell	2	0.090%	151.52x
97	Alen	1	0.050%	147.06x
98	Boultwood	1	0.050%	81.97x
99	Bowtell	1	0.050%	48.31x
100	Boyfield	1	0.050%	181.82x