1881 census place

Canewdon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Canewdon, 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

44 surnames are listed for Canewdon, Essex, covering 257 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Whitwell, with 40 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Canewdon

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	Whitwell	40	5.56%	1877.93x
2	Bines	17	2.36%	3400.00x
3	Walden	14	1.95%	265.65x
4	Killworth	11	1.53%	13750.00x
5	Hymas	9	1.25%	1500.00x
6	Sorrell	9	1.25%	420.56x
7	Cottee	8	1.11%	1269.84x
8	Outen	8	1.11%	2352.94x
9	Thorogood	8	1.11%	250.00x
10	Hardingham	7	0.970%	666.67x
11	Potton	7	0.970%	786.52x
12	Auger	6	0.830%	461.54x
13	Creasey	6	0.830%	207.61x
14	Dowsett	6	0.830%	182.93x
15	Guiver	6	0.830%	857.14x
16	Hellen	6	0.830%	1111.11x
17	Lowen	6	0.830%	967.74x
18	Woolf	6	0.830%	250.00x
19	Codlin	5	0.700%	2631.58x
20	Grenham	5	0.700%	5000.00x
21	Higby	5	0.700%	2380.95x
22	Punt	5	0.700%	675.68x
23	Ruse	5	0.700%	347.22x
24	Blowers	4	0.560%	218.58x
25	Hamond	4	0.560%	701.75x
26	Jopson	4	0.560%	493.83x
27	Lanham	4	0.560%	219.78x
28	Purkis	4	0.560%	207.25x
29	Rollingson	4	0.560%	2352.94x
30	Sams	4	0.560%	254.78x
31	Whybrow	4	0.560%	285.71x
32	Cranfield	3	0.420%	170.45x
33	Glasscock	3	0.420%	300.00x
34	Fewell	2	0.280%	370.37x
35	Maning	2	0.280%	588.24x
36	Steavens	2	0.280%	1052.63x
37	Clanfield	1	0.140%	384.62x
38	Cottis	1	0.140%	163.93x
39	Fance	1	0.140%	909.09x
40	Lason	1	0.140%	1666.67x
41	Polly	1	0.140%	185.19x
42	Savell	1	0.140%	238.10x
43	Willingale	1	0.140%	303.03x
44	Wittle	1	0.140%	294.12x