1881 census place

Saffron Walden surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Saffron Walden, 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

286 surnames are listed for Saffron Walden, Essex, covering 2,738 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Barker, with 155 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Saffron Walden

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	Barker	155	2.54%	19.44x
2	Cornell	83	1.36%	203.88x
3	Downham	75	1.23%	431.78x
4	Housden	73	1.20%	538.75x
5	Chapman	72	1.18%	8.32x
6	Freeman	71	1.17%	18.25x
7	Bacon	61	1.00%	39.84x
8	Clayden	57	0.940%	297.49x
9	Auger	55	0.900%	498.64x
10	Jeffrey	51	0.840%	45.27x
11	Savill	51	0.840%	176.65x
12	Start	43	0.710%	304.53x
13	Moule	41	0.670%	194.50x
14	Goodwin	37	0.610%	11.52x
15	Coe	35	0.570%	35.36x
16	Cowell	33	0.540%	37.83x
17	Dix	31	0.510%	51.53x
18	Archer	30	0.490%	11.90x
19	Sell	29	0.480%	157.01x
20	Wren	29	0.480%	43.95x
21	Parish	28	0.460%	29.79x
22	Rushforth	27	0.440%	139.53x
23	Erswell	26	0.430%	1969.70x
24	Swan	24	0.390%	15.21x
25	Thurgood	24	0.390%	111.84x
26	Tinworth	23	0.380%	712.07x
27	Woodley	23	0.380%	42.36x
28	Lagden	22	0.360%	625.00x
29	Mallion	22	0.360%	562.66x
30	Rust	22	0.360%	68.43x
31	Bunting	21	0.340%	30.89x
32	Gilby	21	0.340%	92.47x
33	Lofts	21	0.340%	151.84x
34	Penning	21	0.340%	840.00x
35	Prior	21	0.340%	14.89x
36	Walls	21	0.340%	28.66x
37	Halls	20	0.330%	41.49x
38	Bradford	19	0.310%	15.99x
39	Freestone	18	0.300%	68.75x
40	Kitteridge	18	0.300%	825.69x
41	Surrey	18	0.300%	320.28x
42	Byatt	17	0.280%	111.99x
43	Mansfield	17	0.280%	14.87x
44	Spicer	17	0.280%	20.74x
45	Bassett	16	0.260%	16.83x
46	Tyrrell	16	0.260%	35.70x
47	Brand	15	0.250%	16.68x
48	List	15	0.250%	146.06x
49	Pledger	15	0.250%	100.07x
50	Wisken	15	0.250%	819.67x
51	Baynes	14	0.230%	58.21x
52	Bowtle	14	0.230%	838.32x
53	Fitch	14	0.230%	29.37x
54	Rand	14	0.230%	58.82x
55	Gowlett	13	0.210%	342.11x
56	Levi	13	0.210%	91.16x
57	Lumley	13	0.210%	35.01x
58	Pettitt	13	0.210%	39.89x
59	Starling	13	0.210%	29.03x
60	Buttle	12	0.200%	75.81x
61	Duberry	12	0.200%	845.07x
62	Eldred	12	0.200%	66.70x
63	Evenett	12	0.200%	1445.78x
64	Flack	12	0.200%	27.97x
65	Willett	12	0.200%	25.01x
66	Bunten	11	0.180%	244.44x
67	Gilbey	11	0.180%	75.29x
68	Pamphilon	11	0.180%	440.00x
69	Pettit	11	0.180%	22.83x
70	Starr	11	0.180%	36.65x
71	Jepps	10	0.160%	238.66x
72	Nockolds	10	0.160%	558.66x
73	Pamenter	10	0.160%	892.86x
74	Rider	10	0.160%	16.85x
75	Speed	10	0.160%	20.43x
76	Stubbings	10	0.160%	47.39x
77	Wedd	10	0.160%	221.24x
78	Wheal	10	0.160%	138.50x
79	Badman	9	0.150%	104.05x
80	Braybrooke	9	0.150%	405.41x
81	Canning	9	0.150%	20.79x
82	Cattell	9	0.150%	53.10x
83	Free	9	0.150%	60.52x
84	Hagger	9	0.150%	49.97x
85	Hayden	9	0.150%	18.94x
86	Jillings	9	0.150%	240.64x
87	Parsley	9	0.150%	111.66x
88	Ridgewell	9	0.150%	92.98x
89	Staines	9	0.150%	26.75x
90	Whiffin	9	0.150%	103.81x
91	Bosworth	8	0.130%	22.29x
92	Debnam	8	0.130%	172.41x
93	Haylock	8	0.130%	48.13x
94	Ketteridge	8	0.130%	325.20x
95	Newson	8	0.130%	20.80x
96	Nott	8	0.130%	18.61x
97	Porteous	8	0.130%	19.69x
98	Seaman	8	0.130%	16.93x
99	Tween	8	0.130%	200.50x
100	Champ	7	0.110%	55.03x