Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Chesterford, Essex

Great Chesterford 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
TURNER363.943014.16
BARD353.83354,666.67
PILGRIM303.2859583.66
ANDREWS272.957330.86
RIDER242.6287269.97
FREEMAN212.300136.02
HAGGER202.1906740.74
JEFFERY181.971590.77
FRENCH171.862038.14
REEVE161.752574.98
GATES161.7525113.15
RICHARDSON161.752510.29
SMITH151.64291.16
BRADFORD141.533478.65
SEARLE141.533476.29
WEBB131.423910.50
MANSFIELD131.423975.85
LILLY131.4239233.81
LILLEY121.314394.94
RYDER111.204869.58
GOODWIN101.095320.79
TANT101.09531,754.39
TYRRELL90.9858133.93
HARDY90.985816.46
PERRY90.985813.40
WRIGHT90.98583.07
MILLER80.87624.90
DOUGLAS80.876218.09
LISTER80.876230.73
COTTINGHAM80.8762329.22
BROOKS80.87628.96
HOUSDEN70.7667344.83
BARRETT70.766711.42
HOPWOOD70.766767.31
COLLIER70.766722.94
WHITE70.76672.39
CARTER70.76674.57
WARREN70.766711.47
COLE70.76678.42
GREEN70.76672.72
DRANE70.7667374.33
BARKER70.76675.86
WARD70.76673.51
KIRBY60.657217.32
BUTTON60.657255.40
WALDOCK60.6572394.74
STIMPSON60.6572146.70
RAYNER60.657226.35
HICKS60.657215.70
BARTON60.657212.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BARD0.919134666.6667
TANT0.919131754.3860
SCAMAN0.919131111.1111
LIVING0.91913967.7419
HAGGER0.91913740.7407
FINTON0.91913714.2857
PILGRIM0.91913583.6576
SURREY0.91913476.1905
KILLINGBECK0.91913447.7612
WOLLEY0.91913442.4779
WALDOCK0.91913394.7368
DRANE0.91913374.3316
HOUSDEN0.91913344.8276
BURLEIGH0.91913344.8276
COTTINGHAM0.91913329.2181
KERSEY0.91913287.3563
WHITMAN0.91913271.7391
RIDER0.91913269.9663
FLITTON0.91913256.4103
PILCH0.91913243.9024
BLACKWALL0.91913243.9024
HAILES0.91913236.2205
LILLY0.91913233.8129
WEEDEN0.91913212.7660
START0.91913188.6792
RANDOLPH0.91913163.9344
MAXIM0.91913153.8462
STIMPSON0.91913146.6993
TYRRELL0.91913133.9286
GATES0.91913113.1542
SELFE0.91913107.5269
LIVERMORE0.9191397.0874
LILLEY0.9191394.9367
THURGOOD0.9191393.1677
CRICK0.9191391.5751
JEFFERY0.9191390.7716
HILLING0.9191384.0336
BRADFORD0.9191378.6517
SEARLE0.9191376.2943
FRISBY0.9191375.9494
MANSFIELD0.9191375.8460
REEVE0.9191374.9766
MAYNE0.9191374.0741
RYDER0.9191369.5762
RANSOME0.9191369.4444
HALLS0.9191369.2521
HOPWOOD0.9191367.3077
ARCH0.9191359.5238
BUTTON0.9191355.4017
SIBLEY0.9191354.4218

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 913 people called BARD in Great Chesterford 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 4666.6667 in Great Chesterford means that 4666.6667% of the people in Great Chesterford on census day were called BARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BARD 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 BARD 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 BARD 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 BARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.91 in Great Chesterford means that you are 0.91 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BARD in Great Chesterford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Chesterford in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (1)  ANDREWS (27)  ANSELL (4)  ARCH (1)  ARCHER (2)  BARD (35)  BANYARD (1)  BAREHAM (3)  BARKER (7)  BARNARD (1)  BARRETT (7)  BARTON (6)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKWALL (1)  BLACKWELL (3)  BLOOM (1)  BRADFORD (14)  BRAND (2)  BRIGGS (3)  BROOKS (8)  BROWN (1)  BULLARD (1)  BURGESS (2)  BURLEIGH (4)  BOWTELL (4)  BUTTON (6)  CANN (1)  CARTER (7)  SCAMAN (1)  CHOPPEN (5)  CLARKE (5)  CLAYDEN (3)  COLE (7)  COLLIER (7)  CORNWELL (1)  COTTINGHAM (8)  COWLEY (1)  COXALL (3)  CRICK (5)  CRISP (2)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAWNS (1)  DEBRIAM (1)  DENNIT (1)  DICKS (2)  DOUGLAS (8)  DRANE (7)  DRAPER (1)  DYER (5)  EDWARDS (4)  ELLIS (3)  FIELD (1)  FINTON (1)  FLEGG (1)  FLITTON (2)  FORD (1)  FREEMAN (21)  FRENCH (17)  FRISBY (3)  GATES (16)  JILLINGS (5)  GOODWIN (10)  GREEN (7)  HAGGER (20)  HAILES (3)  HALLS (5)  HARDY (9)  HERRINGTON (1)  HAWES (1)  HAWKINS (2)  HAZLEWOOD (1)  HERBERT (3)  HAYWOOD (2)  HICKS (6)  HILL (2)  HILLERBY (1)  HILLS (2)  HOPWOOD (7)  HOUSDEN (7)  HOWE (1)  HUGHES (5)  HILLING (1)  JEFFREY (2)  JEFFERY (18)  JOLLEY (1)  JOWETT (2)  KEFFORD (2)  KENT (5)  KERSEY (5)  KILLINGBECK (3)  KING (1)  KIRBY (6)  LAMBERT (4)  LILLEY (12)  LILLY (13)  LISTER (8)  LIVERMORE (3)  LIVING (3)  MAXIM (1)  MAYNE (4)  MANSFIELD (13)  MASON (3)  MILLER (8)  NASH (3)  NUNN (2)  PAINFIWORTH ? (1)  PAMENT (7)  PAVEY (1)  PERRY (9)  PETERS (1)  PIGG (1)  PILCH (1)  PILGRIM (30)  PLEDGER (1)  RANDOLPH (1)  RANSOME (2)  RAYNER (6)  REEVE (16)  REED (4)  RICHARDSON (16)  RICKETT (1)  RIDER (24)  RYDER (11)  RIVETT (1)  ROAPE (1)  ROLPH (1)  ROE (4)  RULE (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAVILL (1)  SAYWOOD (8)  SEARLE (14)  SELFE (1)  SHARPE (4)  SHELFORD (12)  SIBLEY (4)  SMITH (15)  SMITHSON (1)  SNEESBY (1)  SNOW (2)  SPEED (2)  STARR (1)  START (4)  STIMPSON (6)  STRUDWICK (1)  SURREY (4)  TANT (10)  THURGOOD (3)  TURNER (36)  TYRELL (1)  TYRRELL (9)  UNWIN (15)  WAKEFIELD (2)  WALDOCK (6)  WARD (7)  WARREN (7)  WATERMAN (1)  WATERS (2)  WEBB (13)  WEBDALE (9)  WEEDEN (4)  WELCH (1)  WHITE (7)  WHITMAN (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (2)  WISEMAN (6)  WOODLEY (1)  WOLLEY (5)  WRIGHT (9)