1881 census place

Colchester St James surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Colchester St James, 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

144 surnames are listed for Colchester St James, Essex, covering 723 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Balls, with 27 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Colchester St James

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	Balls	27	1.16%	90.15x
2	Bedwell	23	0.980%	252.75x
3	Southgate	22	0.940%	120.15x
4	Bland	19	0.810%	39.21x
5	Rash	15	0.640%	1304.35x
6	Downes	14	0.600%	48.43x
7	Went	14	0.600%	302.38x
8	Bines	12	0.510%	740.74x
9	Clamp	12	0.510%	168.30x
10	Oxley	12	0.510%	36.66x
11	Rudkin	12	0.510%	130.15x
12	Sandle	12	0.510%	1445.78x
13	Vale	12	0.510%	71.90x
14	Cater	11	0.470%	98.13x
15	Clary	11	0.470%	433.07x
16	Drawbridge	11	0.470%	718.95x
17	Daniell	10	0.430%	153.85x
18	Stebbing	10	0.430%	200.80x
19	Binks	9	0.390%	65.26x
20	Halls	9	0.390%	48.68x
21	Hooker	9	0.390%	45.05x
22	Marriage	9	0.390%	376.57x
23	Ratley	9	0.390%	502.79x
24	Ridgley	9	0.390%	307.17x
25	Roofe	9	0.390%	909.09x
26	Woodham	9	0.390%	114.80x
27	Carlow	8	0.340%	366.97x
28	Cockrell	8	0.340%	329.22x
29	Daldry	8	0.340%	1333.33x
30	Duckett	8	0.340%	53.66x
31	Girling	8	0.340%	53.76x
32	Glasse	8	0.340%	930.23x
33	Partner	8	0.340%	444.44x
34	Yearsley	8	0.340%	169.13x
35	Cranfield	7	0.300%	122.16x
36	Creasey	7	0.300%	74.47x
37	Nevill	7	0.300%	82.06x
38	Sowman	7	0.300%	1147.54x
39	Tatum	7	0.300%	344.83x
40	Banyard	6	0.260%	112.57x
41	Bucke	6	0.260%	952.38x
42	Carlo	6	0.260%	1090.91x
43	Chilvers	6	0.260%	65.43x
44	Cottis	6	0.260%	304.57x
45	Daunt	6	0.260%	1176.47x
46	Dunningham	6	0.260%	571.43x
47	Humm	6	0.260%	198.02x
48	Jennins	6	0.260%	821.92x
49	Lennard	6	0.260%	113.85x
50	Pickess	6	0.260%	625.00x
51	Spurgeon	6	0.260%	80.65x
52	Bennell	5	0.210%	246.31x
53	Blowes	5	0.210%	393.70x
54	Cavill	5	0.210%	67.02x
55	Coveney	5	0.210%	136.24x
56	Gepp	5	0.210%	543.48x
57	Gowers	5	0.210%	78.49x
58	Monson	5	0.210%	427.35x
59	Stearman	5	0.210%	273.22x
60	Summerhayes	5	0.210%	314.47x
61	Thistle	5	0.210%	510.20x
62	Bantock	4	0.170%	338.98x
63	Boggis	4	0.170%	123.08x
64	Boutell	4	0.170%	347.83x
65	Brignell	4	0.170%	380.95x
66	Cannell	4	0.170%	39.56x
67	Cayford	4	0.170%	322.58x
68	Cornelious	4	0.170%	975.61x
69	Gasson	4	0.170%	69.32x
70	Gowing	4	0.170%	69.69x
71	Honeyball	4	0.170%	160.00x
72	Kerrison	4	0.170%	73.39x
73	Rapley	4	0.170%	55.02x
74	Rutterford	4	0.170%	216.22x
75	Seaborn	4	0.170%	178.57x
76	Squirrell	4	0.170%	135.14x
77	Bailie	3	0.130%	92.31x
78	Benns	3	0.130%	137.61x
79	Bransom	3	0.130%	370.37x
80	Diggens	3	0.130%	238.10x
81	Double	3	0.130%	65.08x
82	Eady	3	0.130%	56.50x
83	Hewes	3	0.130%	106.76x
84	Moles	3	0.130%	66.96x
85	Mosely	3	0.130%	77.52x
86	Olden	3	0.130%	160.43x
87	Purkiss	3	0.130%	54.05x
88	Angier	2	0.090%	208.33x
89	Bloice	2	0.090%	384.62x
90	Bree	2	0.090%	96.15x
91	Chisnall	2	0.090%	47.96x
92	Clarry	2	0.090%	175.44x
93	Emmens	2	0.090%	183.49x
94	Fieldgate	2	0.090%	476.19x
95	Garrad	2	0.090%	50.25x
96	Gossling	2	0.090%	266.67x
97	Harne	2	0.090%	476.19x
98	Isom	2	0.090%	188.68x
99	Keer	2	0.090%	125.00x
100	Layzell	2	0.090%	78.13x