1881 census place

Great Bentley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Great Bentley, 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

46 surnames are listed for Great Bentley, Essex, covering 273 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Watcham, with 21 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Great Bentley

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	Watcham	21	2.30%	5121.95x
2	Chaplin	17	1.86%	129.47x
3	Dines	17	1.86%	696.72x
4	Nunn	15	1.64%	93.57x
5	Dowman	13	1.42%	1214.95x
6	Sizer	13	1.42%	812.50x
7	Plummer	12	1.31%	98.20x
8	Almond	11	1.20%	97.00x
9	Pryke	10	1.09%	307.69x
10	Goby	9	0.980%	2727.27x
11	Cason	8	0.870%	776.70x
12	Cudmore	8	0.870%	620.16x
13	Scotney	8	0.870%	509.55x
14	Ainger	7	0.770%	666.67x
15	Cobbold	7	0.770%	348.26x
16	Collin	7	0.770%	146.75x
17	Delf	7	0.770%	1489.36x
18	Sheldrake	7	0.770%	231.79x
19	Auston	6	0.660%	1304.35x
20	Norfolk	6	0.660%	237.15x
21	Wringe	6	0.660%	6000.00x
22	Ager	5	0.550%	139.66x
23	Bines	5	0.550%	781.25x
24	Gentry	5	0.550%	168.92x
25	Haggar	5	0.550%	362.32x
26	Nevard	4	0.440%	370.37x
27	Boyden	3	0.330%	172.41x
28	Humm	3	0.330%	252.10x
29	Scarff	3	0.330%	272.73x
30	Bromly	2	0.220%	465.12x
31	Hayhoe	2	0.220%	212.77x
32	Lazell	2	0.220%	222.22x
33	Studd	2	0.220%	127.39x
34	Sugar	2	0.220%	714.29x
35	Wilden	2	0.220%	163.93x
36	Woodly	2	0.220%	869.57x
37	Wring	2	0.220%	769.23x
38	Brundell	1	0.110%	172.41x
39	Caster	1	0.110%	144.93x
40	Glanfield	1	0.110%	89.29x
41	Grimsey	1	0.110%	97.09x
42	Hewman	1	0.110%	2500.00x
43	Kidby	1	0.110%	175.44x
44	Peggs	1	0.110%	104.17x
45	Polly	1	0.110%	147.06x
46	Pulfer	1	0.110%	256.41x