Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elmstead, Essex

Elmstead 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
TAYLOR303.23285.06
SMITH262.80171.98
MASON181.939714.43
JOHNSON161.72415.13
HOWARD161.724117.57
WATSON161.72417.43
SCHOFIELD141.508627.83
WARD131.40096.41
BUTCHER131.400933.24
POWELL121.293110.37
DAY121.293113.74
CROSBY121.2931109.29
CARTER111.18537.06
BELL111.18536.31
COLE101.077611.83
EVERITT101.0776128.53
HUMPHREY101.077640.45
SPRINGATE101.0776854.70
CORNER101.0776148.15
MILLS101.07768.31
PORTER90.969812.93
WALBY90.96981,071.43
EAGLE90.9698175.10
BIRD80.862111.28
NORFOLK80.8621312.50
HAM80.8621114.78
SADLER80.862136.58
JENNINGS80.862117.00
BYFORD80.8621190.93
HARVEY80.86218.07
SOUTH80.862191.43
FAIRES70.75432,258.06
MATTOCK70.7543290.46
BLOOMFIELD70.754359.37
BUNTING70.754367.57
HAMMOND70.754313.25
HULBERT70.7543137.52
BAKER70.75433.44
GIRLING70.7543118.44
BONES70.7543257.35
KING70.75433.46
CULLUM60.6466164.84
SPARROW60.646651.02
BARR60.646626.74
MARSHALL60.64663.85
HAWKINS60.64668.93
WARNER60.646617.73
POLLEY60.6466245.90
HARRY50.538874.40
LILLEY50.538838.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COCKREL0.9392810000.0000
SIMERS0.9392810000.0000
SMEAD0.939283333.3333
FATE0.939282857.1429
FAIRES0.939282258.0645
TRAYLER0.939282083.3333
BREADY0.939281388.8889
WALBY0.939281071.4286
SPRINGATE0.93928854.7009
CASTER0.93928714.2857
WHITEN0.93928625.0000
HUSH0.93928563.3803
ORVIS0.93928526.3158
BLIZARD0.93928490.1961
NORFOLK0.93928312.5000
MATT0.93928312.5000
KITTLE0.93928297.0297
MATTOCK0.93928290.4564
BONES0.93928257.3529
KNOPP0.93928250.0000
POLLEY0.93928245.9016
GORDEN0.93928245.3988
LILLIE0.93928220.2643
RUFFELL0.93928216.2162
ALDRICH0.93928200.0000
BYFORD0.93928190.9308
EAGLE0.93928175.0973
CULLUM0.93928164.8352
PATTON0.93928151.5152
RICHER0.93928149.2537
CORNER0.93928148.1481
HULBERT0.93928137.5246
GASS0.93928135.1351
EASTER0.93928133.6898
EVERITT0.93928128.5347
TUFFIN0.93928128.2051
ACKERMAN0.93928126.5823
TURNEY0.93928121.9512
GIRLING0.93928118.4433
HAM0.93928114.7776
CROSBY0.93928109.2896
DOWSETT0.9392894.3396
WOOLLARD0.9392892.0245
COKER0.9392891.5332
SOUTH0.9392891.4286
HARRY0.9392874.4048
BUNTING0.9392867.5676
VINES0.9392864.7249
BLOOMFIELD0.9392859.3723
PENNEY0.9392858.4795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 928 people called COCKREL in Elmstead 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 10000.0000 in Elmstead means that 10000.0000% of the people in Elmstead on census day were called COCKREL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COCKREL 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 COCKREL 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 COCKREL 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 COCKREL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.93 in Elmstead means that you are 0.93 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COCKREL in Elmstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elmstead in 1881

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

AGER (2)  ACKERMAN (2)  ALDRICH (3)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ARGENT (2)  ARTHY (6)  AUSTEN (1)  BACON (2)  BAKER (7)  BAREHAM (4)  BARKER (2)  BARR (6)  BARTLETT (5)  BARTON (2)  BATES (2)  BELHEM ? (1)  BELL (11)  BELE (1)  BELMEM ? (1)  BENSON (4)  BIRD (8)  BLEADY (3)  BLIZARD (5)  BLOOMFIELD (7)  BONES (7)  BOX (1)  BREADY (5)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BUNTING (7)  BURROWS (2)  BUTCHER (13)  BYFORD (8)  CANDLER (1)  CARTER (11)  CASTER (5)  CASTLE (4)  CHILD (1)  CHISNELL (3)  CLAMPTON (3)  CLARK (2)  CLAYDON (1)  COKER (4)  COCKREL (2)  COLE (10)  COLEMAN (3)  COOK (5)  COOPER (4)  CORNER (10)  CRACKLING (5)  CROSBY (12)  DAVEY (2)  DAY (12)  DEATH (1)  DOUBLE (1)  DOWSETT (4)  DUNNETT (2)  DURRANT (4)  DYER (1)  EAGLE (9)  EASTER (5)  EMENEY (4)  EVERETT (1)  EVERITT (10)  FAIRES (7)  FATE (2)  FISHER (5)  FOOKES (1)  FRANCIS (2)  FROST (1)  GARRIED (3)  GASS (2)  GIBLING (1)  GILDONS (5)  GIRLING (7)  GOLDACRE (11)  GOODING (2)  GORDEN (4)  GRIMES (1)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HAM (8)  HAMMOND (7)  HANNARD (1)  HARRINGTON (2)  HARRY (5)  HARVEY (8)  HAYSTEAD (1)  HAWKINS (6)  HEAD (2)  HEARD (1)  HIGHAM (2)  HINES ? (1)  HOOD (1)  HOWARD (16)  HUDSON (2)  HULBERT (7)  HUMPHREY (10)  HUSH (4)  JAMES (3)  JENNINGS (8)  JOHNSON (16)  JOYCE (4)  KEEBLE (1)  KERRIDGE (1)  KING (7)  KITTLE (3)  LAMBERT (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEATHERDALE (8)  LEE (3)  LEGGETT (3)  LEWIS (1)  LILLIE (5)  LILLEY (5)  LOCK (2)  LUMMAS (5)  LOTT (1)  MALT (6)  MANN (2)  MERCHANT (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MASON (18)  MATT (1)  MATTOCK (7)  MAY (1)  CULLUM (6)  MEAD (2)  MILLS (10)  NEVILLE (3)  KNOPP (1)  NORFOLK (8)  ORVIS (1)  OSBORNE (1)  OXLEY (1)  PARKER (4)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PATTON (5)  PEAKE (2)  PENNEY (3)  PENTNEY (7)  PETHYBRIDGE (1)  POLLEY (6)  PORTER (9)  POWELL (12)  PRYKE (10)  PUGLEY (2)  PITTUCK (4)  RAND (2)  RICE (4)  RICHER (2)  RUDLIN (3)  RUFFELL (4)  SADLER (8)  SCHOFIELD (14)  SCRAGGINS (3)  SCRUTTON (1)  SHARP (3)  SHELLOOK (3)  SHORT (3)  SMITH (26)  SMEAD (4)  SOUTH (8)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SPARROW (6)  SPRINGATE (10)  STUDD (17)  SIMERS (1)  TABOR (1)  TAYLOR (30)  THOMAS (1)  TODD (1)  TRAYLER (5)  TUFFIN (2)  TURNEY (4)  UVANS (2)  VESSE (19)  VINES (2)  WALBY (9)  WARD (13)  WARNER (6)  WARREN (2)  WATSHAM (24)  WATSON (16)  WEAVERS (1)  WELHAM (3)  WHENT (17)  WHITEN (3)  WILLIS (3)  WISBY (1)  WALFORD (1)  WOODLEY (2)  WOOLLARD (3)  WRIGHT (1)  YOWND (1)