Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fyfield, Essex

Fyfield 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
WHITBREAD204.27351,069.52
BRANCH194.0598794.98
WHITE153.20519.97
NORMAN142.991564.55
FOGG122.5641441.18
WITHAM112.3504588.24
SCOTT102.13688.45
MEAD102.136891.66
SPELLER102.1368775.19
CLARKE91.92319.49
BENTLEY81.709440.40
WOOD81.70945.36
REYNOLDS81.709419.73
PATMORE71.4957603.45
FULLER71.495736.98
BARKER71.495711.43
HUNT61.28219.65
ROLFE61.282198.85
ELLIOTT61.282115.11
BUCK61.282159.82
SAUNDERS61.282113.98
ELLIS61.28218.83
HARTLEY51.068417.05
JUDD51.068482.24
WILKINSON51.06847.00
MUMFORD51.0684110.62
PEACOCK51.068429.98
KING51.06844.90
PAGE51.068413.37
TODD40.854716.80
HOLSEY40.85473,333.33
SMITH40.85470.61
HANKS40.8547175.44
SWEETING40.8547212.77
SHIPTON40.8547206.19
HORRELL40.8547547.95
BAKER30.64102.93
TARLING30.6410315.79
ORAM30.641082.19
PERRY30.64108.72
HARRINGTON30.641033.78
WILLMOTT30.6410102.39
HOWE30.641016.32
MONK20.427420.35
BIRD20.42745.59
WRIGHT20.42741.33
BRIGHT20.427421.14
WHEELER20.42747.08
HOUCHIN20.4274666.67
HOLMES20.42743.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLSEY0.474683333.3333
WHITBREAD0.474681069.5187
BRANCH0.47468794.9791
SPELLER0.47468775.1938
HOUCHIN0.47468666.6667
PATMORE0.47468603.4483
WITHAM0.47468588.2353
HORRELL0.47468547.9452
KRAMER0.47468500.0000
FOGG0.47468441.1765
TARLING0.47468315.7895
SWEETING0.47468212.7660
SHIPTON0.47468206.1856
LUNNON0.47468204.0816
WILLY0.47468192.3077
BOYTON0.47468181.8182
LOVELACE0.47468175.4386
HANKS0.47468175.4386
TIPLER0.47468149.2537
MUMFORD0.47468110.6195
WILLMOTT0.47468102.3891
ROLFE0.4746898.8468
MEAD0.4746891.6590
JUDD0.4746882.2368
ORAM0.4746882.1918
PARMENTER0.4746880.6452
ROOTS0.4746872.9927
NORMAN0.4746864.5459
BUCK0.4746859.8205
BRITTAIN0.4746855.2486
RAND0.4746854.6448
DOWSETT0.4746846.7290
BENTLEY0.4746840.4040
FULLER0.4746836.9783
HARRINGTON0.4746833.7838
PEACOCK0.4746829.9760
NOAKES0.4746829.2398
BREWSTER0.4746822.0751
BRIGHT0.4746821.1416
MONK0.4746820.3459
REYNOLDS0.4746819.7336
HARTLEY0.4746817.0474
TODD0.4746816.7997
HOWE0.4746816.3221
ELLIOTT0.4746815.1095
JOLLY0.4746815.0830
SAUNDERS0.4746813.9795
PAGE0.4746813.3654
BARKER0.4746811.4304
SEWELL0.4746810.1112

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 468 people called HOLSEY in Fyfield 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 3333.3333 in Fyfield means that 3333.3333% of the people in Fyfield on census day were called HOLSEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLSEY 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 HOLSEY 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 HOLSEY 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 HOLSEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Fyfield means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLSEY in Fyfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fyfield in 1881

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

ARGENT (1)  AWORTH (6)  BAKER (3)  BARKER (7)  BENTLEY (8)  BIRD (2)  BLATCH (9)  BLOWES (29)  BOYTON (1)  BRANCH (19)  BREWER (1)  BREWITT (1)  BREWSTER (1)  BRIGHT (2)  BRETTON (14)  BRITTAIN (2)  BUCK (6)  CHIPPERFIELD (8)  CLARKE (9)  CLAYDON (3)  COOK (1)  CRANNIDGE (3)  KRAMER (1)  DAVIS (2)  DAY (1)  DOWSETT (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  ELLIS (6)  FOGG (12)  FULLER (7)  GARDINER (1)  GIBSON (2)  GOODAY (6)  HANKS (4)  HARRINGTON (3)  HARRIS (1)  HARTLEY (5)  HODGES (1)  HOLMES (2)  HOLSEY (4)  HORRELL (4)  HOWE (3)  HOUCHIN (2)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (6)  JARVIS (2)  JOLLY (1)  JUDD (5)  KING (5)  LOVELACE (1)  LUNNUN (4)  LUNNON (1)  MADLE (11)  MARYON (1)  MEAD (10)  MAYLEN (1)  MONK (2)  MOORE (1)  MUMFORD (5)  MUXFORD (1)  NOAKES (1)  NORMAN (14)  ORAM (3)  PAGE (5)  PARMENTER (1)  PATMORE (7)  PAVELING (1)  PAVITT (1)  PEACOCK (5)  PERRY (3)  RAND (1)  READDINGTON (1)  REYNOLDS (8)  ROLFE (6)  ROOTS (1)  SALTWELL (11)  SAUNDERS (6)  SCOTT (10)  SEWELL (1)  SHIPTON (4)  SMITH (4)  SPELLER (10)  SWEETING (4)  TARLING (3)  TAYLOR (2)  TIPLER (1)  TODD (4)  TRAVELL (5)  TWEEN (7)  WARREN (1)  WASLEY (1)  WHEELER (2)  WHITBREAD (20)  WHITE (15)  WITHAM (11)  WILKINSON (5)  WILLMOTT (3)  WOLLMER (1)  WOOD (8)  WRIGHT (2)  WILLY (1)