1881 census place

Chelmsford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chelmsford, 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

565 surnames are listed for Chelmsford, Essex, covering 4,197 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Day, with 63 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chelmsford

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	Day	63	0.640%	6.76x
2	Porter	56	0.570%	7.54x
3	Dowsett	54	0.550%	119.50x
4	Barnard	49	0.500%	19.95x
5	Beckett	47	0.480%	23.84x
6	Saltmarsh	45	0.450%	350.19x
7	Davey	41	0.410%	10.08x
8	Rolfe	37	0.370%	28.83x
9	Bond	36	0.360%	6.87x
10	Rayner	36	0.360%	14.59x
11	Bacon	33	0.330%	13.27x
12	Hymas	33	0.330%	399.52x
13	Hicks	32	0.320%	7.73x
14	Lodge	32	0.320%	17.79x
15	Eve	31	0.310%	82.98x
16	Hance	31	0.310%	250.20x
17	Mott	30	0.300%	40.13x
18	Warner	29	0.290%	8.04x
19	Wilsher	28	0.280%	172.63x
20	Gardiner	27	0.270%	9.50x
21	Gowers	27	0.270%	100.15x
22	Orrin	27	0.270%	492.70x
23	Smoothy	27	0.270%	383.52x
24	Golding	26	0.260%	14.91x
25	Halls	26	0.260%	33.22x
26	Bannister	25	0.250%	14.63x
27	Dennis	25	0.250%	8.54x
28	Heard	25	0.250%	23.77x
29	Mead	25	0.250%	10.84x
30	Suckling	25	0.250%	86.18x
31	Byford	24	0.240%	53.69x
32	Hawkes	24	0.240%	15.04x
33	Roper	23	0.230%	11.17x
34	Beach	22	0.220%	23.36x
35	Gosling	22	0.220%	14.20x
36	Lucking	22	0.220%	132.93x
37	Raven	22	0.220%	26.49x
38	Sayers	22	0.220%	20.12x
39	Willett	22	0.220%	28.23x
40	Bearman	21	0.210%	107.36x
41	Crabb	21	0.210%	20.46x
42	Everett	21	0.210%	11.82x
43	Owers	20	0.200%	91.03x
44	Sewell	20	0.200%	9.56x
45	Brazier	19	0.190%	20.49x
46	Digby	19	0.190%	37.06x
47	Eley	19	0.190%	31.05x
48	Freestone	19	0.190%	44.68x
49	Smee	19	0.190%	92.14x
50	Buck	18	0.180%	8.49x
51	Durrant	18	0.180%	11.62x
52	Fitch	18	0.180%	23.25x
53	Fulcher	18	0.180%	35.99x
54	Last	18	0.180%	22.85x
55	Ratcliff	18	0.180%	28.23x
56	Ridgewell	18	0.180%	114.43x
57	Winterflood	18	0.180%	301.00x
58	Ambrose	17	0.170%	19.51x
59	Burder	17	0.170%	289.12x
60	Copland	17	0.170%	30.69x
61	Cousins	17	0.170%	9.55x
62	Hockley	17	0.170%	31.86x
63	Malyon	17	0.170%	103.98x
64	Straight	17	0.170%	489.91x
65	Balls	16	0.160%	12.62x
66	Darby	16	0.160%	10.07x
67	Emberson	16	0.160%	115.86x
68	Hazell	16	0.160%	20.80x
69	Ruffell	16	0.160%	81.26x
70	Bentall	15	0.150%	171.43x
71	Byatt	15	0.150%	60.85x
72	Candler	15	0.150%	78.70x
73	Fincham	15	0.150%	54.17x
74	Gifford	15	0.150%	17.44x
75	Mitson	15	0.150%	204.64x
76	Shuttlewood	15	0.150%	198.41x
77	Stubbings	15	0.150%	43.78x
78	Willingham	15	0.150%	102.25x
79	Debnam	14	0.140%	185.92x
80	Polley	14	0.140%	53.78x
81	Sams	14	0.140%	65.00x
82	Sorrell	14	0.140%	47.46x
83	Blyth	13	0.130%	8.33x
84	Clift	13	0.130%	24.02x
85	Everard	13	0.130%	43.05x
86	Ginn	13	0.130%	47.53x
87	Gladwell	13	0.130%	47.86x
88	Ketley	13	0.130%	82.33x
89	Rolph	13	0.130%	35.68x
90	Sheldrake	13	0.130%	39.83x
91	Skingley	13	0.130%	296.13x
92	Whybrow	13	0.130%	67.50x
93	Battle	12	0.120%	39.56x
94	Beadle	12	0.120%	17.27x
95	Challis	12	0.120%	19.17x
96	Collis	12	0.120%	11.73x
97	Copsey	12	0.120%	56.76x
98	Crosier	12	0.120%	124.87x
99	Dyke	12	0.120%	12.22x
100	Earle	12	0.120%	19.53x