1881 census place

Halstead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Halstead, 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

307 surnames are listed for Halstead, Essex, covering 3,949 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Rayner, with 218 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Halstead

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	Rayner	218	3.24%	129.92x
2	Spurgeon	121	1.80%	564.63x
3	Cook	118	1.75%	8.83x
4	Root	98	1.46%	446.47x
5	Harrington	94	1.40%	73.62x
6	Wicker	88	1.31%	1061.52x
7	Chaplin	83	1.23%	86.01x
8	Kibble	72	1.07%	355.73x
9	Goodey	69	1.03%	436.99x
10	Coe	68	1.01%	62.23x
11	Newton	66	0.980%	12.80x
12	Porter	64	0.950%	12.68x
13	Bragg	62	0.920%	112.67x
14	Norman	60	0.890%	19.25x
15	Arnold	58	0.860%	15.99x
16	Drury	58	0.860%	54.28x
17	Beckwith	55	0.820%	139.03x
18	Sudbury	51	0.760%	580.87x
19	Kemp	50	0.740%	13.40x
20	French	47	0.700%	14.31x
21	Pudney	42	0.620%	317.46x
22	Potter	41	0.610%	9.40x
23	Alston	39	0.580%	89.00x
24	Constable	39	0.580%	52.41x
25	Tyler	36	0.540%	18.13x
26	Byford	35	0.520%	115.17x
27	Clements	35	0.520%	15.68x
28	Amey	34	0.510%	180.85x
29	Parmenter	33	0.490%	184.56x
30	Argent	32	0.480%	100.13x
31	Butcher	31	0.460%	10.94x
32	Diss	31	0.460%	584.91x
33	Wiffen	31	0.460%	219.08x
34	Beadle	30	0.450%	63.51x
35	Sargent	29	0.430%	27.99x
36	Last	27	0.400%	50.42x
37	Finch	25	0.370%	11.16x
38	Prior	25	0.370%	16.06x
39	Barnard	24	0.360%	14.37x
40	Coppin	24	0.360%	113.05x
41	Gladwell	24	0.360%	130.01x
42	Blackwell	23	0.340%	18.76x
43	Draper	23	0.340%	14.52x
44	Layzell	23	0.340%	312.08x
45	Shelley	23	0.340%	44.15x
46	Goody	22	0.330%	113.64x
47	Steed	22	0.330%	67.96x
48	Broyd	21	0.310%	410.16x
49	Bowyer	20	0.300%	27.27x
50	Suckling	20	0.300%	101.42x
51	Nunn	19	0.280%	16.13x
52	Slaughter	19	0.280%	57.23x
53	Everitt	18	0.270%	31.91x
54	Hawks	18	0.270%	102.33x
55	Monk	18	0.270%	12.74x
56	Owers	18	0.270%	120.48x
57	Hume	17	0.250%	17.82x
58	Wiseman	17	0.250%	18.40x
59	Newby	16	0.240%	23.78x
60	Nokes	16	0.240%	106.81x
61	Tibble	16	0.240%	233.58x
62	Binks	15	0.220%	37.79x
63	Dring	15	0.220%	50.07x
64	Jeggo	15	0.220%	1027.40x
65	Parish	15	0.220%	14.45x
66	Sayward	15	0.220%	1415.09x
67	Bearman	14	0.210%	105.26x
68	Blomfield	14	0.210%	86.00x
69	Emberson	14	0.210%	149.09x
70	Ripper	14	0.210%	319.63x
71	Staines	14	0.210%	37.69x
72	Clift	13	0.190%	35.34x
73	Dunt	13	0.190%	305.88x
74	Firmin	13	0.190%	146.56x
75	Norfolk	13	0.190%	69.97x
76	Ostler	13	0.190%	91.29x
77	Plaistow	13	0.190%	567.69x
78	Springate	13	0.190%	153.48x
79	Burst	12	0.180%	1714.29x
80	Deeks	12	0.180%	55.76x
81	Hales	12	0.180%	12.43x
82	Keys	12	0.180%	35.85x
83	Laver	12	0.180%	46.37x
84	Mayes	12	0.180%	18.51x
85	Rippingale	12	0.180%	318.30x
86	Sycamore	12	0.180%	270.88x
87	Willing	12	0.180%	141.34x
88	Woolard	12	0.180%	124.22x
89	Bartholomew	11	0.160%	20.20x
90	Cranfield	11	0.160%	66.71x
91	Hostler	11	0.160%	248.31x
92	Joslin	11	0.160%	42.47x
93	Saward	11	0.160%	112.82x
94	Tiffin	11	0.160%	92.05x
95	Wooding	11	0.160%	37.53x
96	Benning	10	0.150%	111.61x
97	Birkin	10	0.150%	75.70x
98	Catley	10	0.150%	69.25x
99	Corder	10	0.150%	85.91x
100	Fairbank	10	0.150%	66.36x