Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chapel, Essex

Chapel 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
EVERETT4312.0112668.74
CARTER267.262643.27
PERCIVAL205.5866356.51
POOLE102.793357.97
GODFREY102.793394.16
BEARD92.514095.54
PETTITT82.2346416.67
HERMAN82.23461,230.77
BATEMAN82.234686.49
EVANS82.23465.11
BONES82.2346761.90
DAW82.2346322.58
PATTEN71.9553311.11
WHITMAN71.9553972.22
BRITTON61.676094.64
GROVES61.676059.58
SAUNDERS61.676018.28
BROOME61.6760337.08
POTTER51.396621.53
RAVEN51.3966166.11
WALFORD41.1173181.82
NEWMAN41.117315.03
BARTHOLOMEW41.1173137.93
BOND41.117321.11
FARROW30.838044.64
LEWIS30.83803.19
SMITH30.83800.59
HALLS30.8380106.01
MOSS20.55879.06
PYE20.558737.38
BULL20.558713.21
MATHEWS20.558715.13
COOK20.55872.81
BURNELL20.558793.02
PURKISS20.5587235.29
BRYANT20.558713.07
BELL20.55872.97
QUINNEY20.5587400.00
MEARS20.558759.35
EVES20.5587133.33
PRIOR20.558724.13
POLLEY20.5587212.77
CURTIS20.55879.84
GURNEY10.279326.81
SARGEANT10.279335.46
BARKER10.27932.13
JARMAN10.279329.33
DURAND10.2793714.29
BENNETT10.27931.70
SAWYER10.279315.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERMAN0.363581230.7692
WHITMAN0.36358972.2222
BONES0.36358761.9048
DURAND0.36358714.2857
EVERETT0.36358668.7403
PETTITT0.36358416.6667
QUINNEY0.36358400.0000
PERCIVAL0.36358356.5062
BROOME0.36358337.0787
DAW0.36358322.5806
KIDDY0.36358322.5806
PATTEN0.36358311.1111
HESSEY0.36358285.7143
PURKISS0.36358235.2941
POLLEY0.36358212.7660
WALFORD0.36358181.8182
RAVEN0.36358166.1130
WARMINGTON0.36358151.5152
BARTHOLOMEW0.36358137.9310
EVES0.36358133.3333
HOPGOOD0.36358106.3830
HALLS0.36358106.0071
BEARD0.3635895.5414
BRITTON0.3635894.6372
GODFREY0.3635894.1620
BURNELL0.3635893.0233
BATEMAN0.3635886.4865
GROVES0.3635859.5829
MEARS0.3635859.3472
POOLE0.3635857.9710
FARROW0.3635844.6429
CARTER0.3635843.2684
PYE0.3635837.3832
FAIRWEATHER0.3635836.1011
SARGEANT0.3635835.4610
JARMAN0.3635829.3255
GURNEY0.3635826.8097
BUNTING0.3635825.0000
PRIOR0.3635824.1255
POTTER0.3635821.5332
BOND0.3635821.1082
SHARMAN0.3635820.2840
SAUNDERS0.3635818.2760
SAWYER0.3635815.1515
MATHEWS0.3635815.1286
NEWMAN0.3635815.0263
BULL0.3635813.2100
BRYANT0.3635813.0719
CURTIS0.363589.8425
MOSS0.363589.0621

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 358 people called HERMAN in Chapel 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 1230.7692 in Chapel means that 1230.7692% of the people in Chapel on census day were called HERMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HERMAN 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 HERMAN 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 HERMAN 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 HERMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Chapel means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HERMAN in Chapel than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chapel in 1881

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

HONEYBALL (3)  BARKER (1)  BARTHOLOMEW (4)  BATEMAN (8)  BEARD (9)  BEARDWELL (1)  BELL (2)  BENNETT (1)  BOND (4)  BONES (8)  BRITTON (6)  BROOME (6)  BRYANT (2)  BULL (2)  BULLOCKE (1)  BUNTING (1)  BURNBY (2)  BURNELL (2)  CARTER (26)  CLARKE (1)  CLAYDON (15)  COOK (2)  CURTIS (2)  DAW (8)  DOWCETT (1)  DURAND (1)  DYER (1)  EVES (2)  EVANS (8)  EVERETT (43)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FARROW (3)  GODFREY (10)  GOODEY (15)  GRIMWADE (5)  GROVES (6)  GURNEY (1)  HALLS (3)  HERMAN (8)  HESSEY (1)  HIGGLETON (8)  HOPGOOD (1)  JARMAN (1)  KIDDY (1)  LEATHERDALE (2)  LEWIS (3)  MATHEWS (2)  MILLS (1)  MOSS (2)  MEARS (2)  NEWMAN (4)  OSBORNE (1)  PATTEN (7)  PAWSEY (6)  PERCIVAL (20)  PURKISS (2)  PETTITT (8)  POLLEY (2)  POOLE (10)  POTTER (5)  PRAIL (1)  PRIOR (2)  PYE (2)  QUINNEY (2)  RAVEN (5)  SARGEANT (1)  SAUNDERS (6)  SAWYER (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SMITH (3)  WARMINGTON (1)  WHITMAN (7)  WILLSHER (8)  WALFORD (4)