Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradfield, Essex

Bradfield is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Essex

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
GOULD354.2735118.24
KING344.151419.05
MASON283.418825.43
FOX212.564127.62
PRIOR202.4420105.49
POLLEY182.1978837.21
JOHNSON172.07576.18
ROBINSON161.95366.13
WRIGHT161.95366.09
SMITH151.83151.30
WINNEY141.70942,089.55
FINCH141.709451.36
HAMMOND131.587327.88
OFFORD121.4652465.12
SIMONS121.4652111.01
BIRD121.465219.18
BURGESS111.343119.34
CRICK101.2210204.08
BOND91.098920.76
RANSON91.0989222.22
OSGOOD91.0989865.38
DORMAN91.0989342.21
BYFORD80.9768216.22
NUNN80.976855.79
GOSS80.9768112.20
HAZEL70.8547267.18
HOWARD70.85478.71
SCOTT70.85473.38
JENNINGS70.854716.86
MILLER70.85474.78
GARNET70.8547813.95
SHEARMAN70.8547208.33
PAYNE60.73268.14
GILBERT60.732612.86
FARTHING50.6105115.74
CRACKNELL50.610588.03
GOSLING50.610539.00
FAIRBROTHER50.6105107.30
FROST50.610510.86
BLYTH50.610538.73
SPARROW50.610548.17
BALLS50.610547.62
SYRETT50.6105490.20
BOX50.610575.30
HILL50.61052.40
GREEN50.61052.17
SAWYER40.488426.49
OXBOROUGH40.4884701.75
HARRISON40.48842.20
WHITE40.48841.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINNEY0.828192089.5522
OSGOOD0.82819865.3846
POLLEY0.82819837.2093
GARNET0.82819813.9535
OXBOROUGH0.82819701.7544
SEABORN0.82819512.8205
SYRETT0.82819490.1961
OFFORD0.82819465.1163
DORMAN0.82819342.2053
HAZEL0.82819267.1756
RANSON0.82819222.2222
BYFORD0.82819216.2162
TWEED0.82819210.5263
SHEARMAN0.82819208.3333
CRICK0.82819204.0816
MARVIN0.82819196.0784
BINES0.82819175.4386
MOWER0.82819153.0612
HAYNE0.82819147.0588
GOULD0.82819118.2432
FARTHING0.82819115.7407
GOSS0.82819112.2020
SIMONS0.82819111.0083
FAIRBROTHER0.82819107.2961
PRIOR0.82819105.4852
LOTT0.8281994.9367
DICKERSON0.8281989.8204
CRACKNELL0.8281988.0282
BOX0.8281975.3012
MOSELY0.8281973.5294
CUTTING0.8281971.7703
AUSTEN0.8281963.4921
SARGEANT0.8281962.0155
FORDHAM0.8281960.6980
NUNN0.8281955.7880
PRYOR0.8281954.8446
FINCH0.8281951.3573
BURGES0.8281948.7805
SPARROW0.8281948.1696
BALLS0.8281947.6190
SOUTHGATE0.8281946.7290
REVELL0.8281942.1941
GOOCH0.8281941.7827
ELDRED0.8281941.3223
GOOD0.8281939.2542
GOSLING0.8281939.0016
BLYTH0.8281938.7297
STANNARD0.8281934.9650
SPINK0.8281930.2572
STOCK0.8281929.4406

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 819 people called WINNEY in Bradfield at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2089.5522 in Bradfield means that 2089.5522% of the people in Bradfield on census day were called WINNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINNEY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called WINNEY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called WINNEY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called WINNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Bradfield means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINNEY in Bradfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradfield in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABBOTT (2)  ADAMS (1)  ALEXANDER (1)  ALLSOP (1)  ARLIS (7)  AUSTEN (4)  BACON (2)  BAILEY (2)  BALLS (5)  BARKER (1)  BARTON (3)  BAWTREE (1)  BENNETT (2)  BINES (1)  BIRD (12)  BLYTH (5)  BOND (9)  BOX (5)  BRADBROOK (1)  BREWSTER (2)  BUDD (2)  BULL (1)  BULLIMER (3)  BURGESS (11)  BURGES (1)  BYFORD (8)  CATLIN (HARVEY) (8)  CHILDS (4)  CHIVERS (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLLINS (3)  CONSTABLE (2)  CRACKNELL (5)  CRICK (10)  CULF (1)  CULPECT (2)  CUTTING (3)  DALTON (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAYMAN (1)  DICKERSON (3)  DORMAN (9)  DURRANT (2)  EDWARDS (3)  ELDRED (1)  FAIRBROTHER (5)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FEARIS (4)  FARROW (1)  FARTHING (5)  FELGATE (5)  FINCH (14)  FORDHAM (4)  FOX (21)  FRANCIS (1)  FROST (5)  GAMMAR (6)  GARNET (7)  GAYMER (5)  GILDERS (4)  GIBLING (4)  GILBERT (6)  OFFORD (GILBERT) (2)  GODDARD (2)  GOOCH (3)  GOOD (4)  GOSLING (5)  GOSS (8)  GOULD (35)  KING (GOULD) (4)  GREEN (5)  GREENWOOD (4)  HAMMOND (13)  HARDY (3)  HARRIS (2)  HARRISON (4)  HARVEY (2)  HAZEL (7)  HAYNE (3)  HEMPSON (2)  HILL (5)  HOTSON (7)  HOWARD (7)  HOWLETT (1)  HUNEBELL (5)  ENGLISH (1)  JENNINGS (7)  JOHNSON (17)  KERRIDGE (9)  KING (34)  LADBROOK (2)  LUNGLEY (19)  LEES (1)  LONG (1)  LORD (1)  LOTT (3)  MANNING (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MARVIN (3)  MASON (28)  MILLER (7)  MOWER (3)  MORE (1)  MOSELY (1)  NEWMAN (2)  NORMAN (2)  NUNN (8)  OFFORD (12)  OSBORNE (2)  OSGOOD (9)  OXBOROUGH (4)  PAGE (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PAYNE (6)  PECK (1)  PURKIS (1)  PILLOCK (1)  POLLEY (18)  PORTER (1)  POTTER (1)  PRENTICE (2)  PRIOR (20)  PRYOR (3)  PUXLEY (4)  RAINBERT (6)  RANSON (9)  REVELL (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (16)  ROWLAND (2)  SALLOWS (5)  SARGEANT (4)  SAWYER (4)  SCOTT (7)  SCOWEN (4)  SEABORN (4)  SHEARMAN (7)  SIMONS (12)  SMITH (15)  SOUTHGATE (3)  SPARROW (5)  SPINK (2)  STANNARD (2)  STARLING (1)  STOCK (3)  SYRETT (5)  TOTHAM (7)  THOMPSON (1)  TOVELL (10)  TURNER (1)  TWEED (4)  WADE (1)  WATSHAM (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (1)  WELHAM (3)  WHITE (4)  WHITTLE (1)  WINNEY (14)  WRIGHT (16)  WRINCH (1)  WYATT (3)