1881 census place

Writtle surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Writtle, 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

113 surnames are listed for Writtle, Essex, covering 914 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Poole, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Writtle

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	Poole	68	2.89%	59.88x
2	Skingley	38	1.61%	3619.05x
3	Garwood	36	1.53%	312.23x
4	Dines	26	1.10%	413.35x
5	Everard	25	1.06%	347.71x
6	Oddy	25	1.06%	172.53x
7	Crush	24	1.02%	1558.44x
8	Blanks	23	0.980%	782.31x
9	Horsnell	22	0.930%	909.09x
10	Roast	21	0.890%	1071.43x
11	Mays	18	0.760%	133.63x
12	Brazier	16	0.680%	72.43x
13	Hilliard	16	0.680%	251.18x
14	Lincoln	14	0.590%	78.83x
15	Marriage	14	0.590%	580.91x
16	Wilks	14	0.590%	37.77x
17	Crozier	13	0.550%	117.43x
18	Flack	13	0.550%	78.31x
19	Collis	12	0.510%	49.24x
20	Gayler	12	0.510%	347.83x
21	Gowers	12	0.510%	186.92x
22	Marden	12	0.510%	234.38x
23	Perrin	12	0.510%	49.75x
24	Shead	11	0.470%	258.22x
25	Skingsley	11	0.470%	1641.79x
26	Bonnington	10	0.420%	584.80x
27	Gower	10	0.420%	40.42x
28	Jopson	10	0.420%	375.94x
29	Parlett	10	0.420%	448.43x
30	Rolph	10	0.420%	115.21x
31	Fogg	9	0.380%	65.74x
32	Gladwin	9	0.380%	101.69x
33	Hillyard	9	0.380%	150.00x
34	Hitch	9	0.380%	144.00x
35	Pamplin	9	0.380%	344.83x
36	Usborne	9	0.380%	1764.71x
37	Batchford	8	0.340%	1311.48x
38	Inns	8	0.340%	183.07x
39	Nottage	8	0.340%	170.21x
40	Say	8	0.340%	139.86x
41	Sorrell	8	0.340%	113.80x
42	Wenden	8	0.340%	540.54x
43	Braid	7	0.300%	80.92x
44	Braizer	7	0.300%	769.23x
45	Byford	7	0.300%	65.73x
46	Lindsell	7	0.300%	277.78x
47	Malyon	7	0.300%	179.49x
48	Norrington	7	0.300%	269.23x
49	Prier	7	0.300%	972.22x
50	Rosling	7	0.300%	338.16x
51	Saltwell	7	0.300%	760.87x
52	Spearman	7	0.300%	187.67x
53	Stanes	7	0.300%	897.44x
54	Wheal	7	0.300%	250.90x
55	Christy	6	0.250%	120.72x
56	Humm	6	0.250%	196.72x
57	Kennell	6	0.250%	294.12x
58	Milbank	6	0.250%	256.41x
59	Rumsey	6	0.250%	76.24x
60	Thurgood	6	0.250%	72.29x
61	Tomson	6	0.250%	230.77x
62	Bargent	5	0.210%	510.20x
63	Blows	5	0.210%	195.31x
64	Castledine	5	0.210%	124.07x
65	Choat	5	0.210%	202.43x
66	Cottis	5	0.210%	251.26x
67	Howland	5	0.210%	62.11x
68	Rainbird	5	0.210%	127.88x
69	Boughtwood	4	0.170%	784.31x
70	Collicott	4	0.170%	408.16x
71	Hutley	4	0.170%	120.12x
72	Kersey	4	0.170%	88.89x
73	Lucking	4	0.170%	101.52x
74	Owers	4	0.170%	76.48x
75	Shedd	4	0.170%	952.38x
76	Burder	3	0.130%	214.29x
77	Housden	3	0.130%	57.25x
78	Josling	3	0.130%	123.97x
79	Livings	3	0.130%	139.53x
80	Manby	3	0.130%	117.19x
81	Metson	3	0.130%	127.66x
82	Searles	3	0.130%	77.92x
83	Windley	3	0.130%	136.99x
84	Yell	3	0.130%	333.33x
85	Bangs	2	0.080%	88.89x
86	Blakley	2	0.080%	106.38x
87	Drain	2	0.080%	48.19x
88	Goward	2	0.080%	97.09x
89	Ketley	2	0.080%	53.19x
90	Pasfield	2	0.080%	121.95x
91	Sheed	2	0.080%	243.90x
92	Skiggs	2	0.080%	215.05x
93	Winks	2	0.080%	90.09x
94	Abrey	1	0.040%	44.64x
95	Alderslade	1	0.040%	140.85x
96	Bellam	1	0.040%	126.58x
97	Burningham	1	0.040%	68.97x
98	Cramer	1	0.040%	49.75x
99	Furrell	1	0.040%	163.93x
100	Gisbey	1	0.040%	294.12x