Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Leighs, Essex

Great Leighs 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
SMITH537.04794.99
DIGBY354.6543897.44
FRANCIS324.255371.43
WILLIS243.191560.03
WARD243.191514.61
FULLER192.526662.46
HURRELL182.3936402.68
COLLINS172.260615.76
GALLEY151.9947559.70
SEARLES141.86171,138.21
ROGERS111.462811.27
TURNER111.46285.25
LEWIN101.3298165.02
PARISH101.329886.21
TAYLOR91.19681.87
CROW91.196879.30
JOSLIN91.1968310.34
MONK91.196856.96
BARNARD91.196848.21
HOLLAND81.063814.94
WHITE81.06383.31
BROWN81.06381.61
WELLS81.063812.79
HAWKES70.930957.71
KEMP70.930916.78
RICHARDSON70.93095.47
WATSON60.79793.44
CLARK60.79792.65
LIVERMORE60.7979236.22
ANDREWS60.79798.33
WARREN60.797911.93
CLIFT60.7979145.99
NEWMAN60.797910.73
MEAD60.797934.23
FLETCHER50.66495.82
LEVIS50.66491,666.67
COLLARD50.6649109.17
HALES50.664946.34
GILDER50.6649253.81
MARSHALL50.66493.96
STOKES50.664915.75
QUILTER50.6649406.50
MANSFIELD50.664935.44
HITCHEN40.531978.13
ARCHER40.531912.86
BREWSTER40.531954.95
TAILOR40.5319305.34
REVELL40.531991.95
WRIGHT40.53191.66
NEVILL30.3989109.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVIS0.757521666.6667
SEARLES0.757521138.2114
DIGBY0.75752897.4359
GALLEY0.75752559.7015
HUMPHERYS0.75752434.7826
QUILTER0.75752406.5041
HURRELL0.75752402.6846
POLTON0.75752384.6154
SEARLS0.75752370.3704
JOSLIN0.75752310.3448
TAILOR0.75752305.3435
GILDER0.75752253.8071
LIVERMORE0.75752236.2205
LEWIN0.75752165.0165
CLIFT0.75752145.9854
COWLIN0.75752144.9275
NEVILL0.75752109.4891
COLLARD0.75752109.1703
REVELL0.7575291.9540
PARISH0.7575286.2069
GUNNELL0.7575281.3008
CROW0.7575279.2952
HITCHEN0.7575278.1250
FRANCIS0.7575271.4286
WEATHERALL0.7575268.4932
DRANE0.7575264.9351
FULLER0.7575262.4589
WILLIS0.7575260.0300
HAWKES0.7575257.7082
MONK0.7575256.9620
BREWSTER0.7575254.9451
POLLEY0.7575250.5051
PARMENTER0.7575250.0000
DINES0.7575249.7512
SOWERBY0.7575249.2611
BARNARD0.7575248.2057
HALES0.7575246.3392
GOODY0.7575246.2963
ROOT0.7575240.8163
MANSFIELD0.7575235.4359
MEAD0.7575234.2270
CUFF0.7575234.1297
HEARD0.7575225.0000
EAGLE0.7575223.9808
ROLFE0.7575220.5128
RUSSEL0.7575219.2678
HULL0.7575219.0840
KEMP0.7575216.7825
COLLINS0.7575215.7553
STOKES0.7575215.7480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 752 people called LEVIS in Great Leighs 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 1666.6667 in Great Leighs means that 1666.6667% of the people in Great Leighs on census day were called LEVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEVIS 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 LEVIS 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 LEVIS 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 LEVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Great Leighs means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEVIS in Great Leighs than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Leighs in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALEFOUNDER (4)  AYLEN (1)  ALFOUNDER (5)  ANDERSON (1)  ANDREWS (6)  ARCHER (4)  ARNOLD (1)  ARUDEL (9)  BAINES (1)  BARKER (1)  BARLLROP (2)  BARNARD (9)  BEARSMAN (1)  BOLTINSED (1)  BREWSTER (4)  BROWN (8)  BRYANT (1)  CLARK (6)  CLAYDON (1)  CLAYTON (1)  CLIFT (6)  COLLARD (5)  COLLINS (17)  COOK (2)  COOKE (2)  COWLIN (1)  CROW (9)  CROWE (1)  CRUSHA (3)  CUFF (1)  DAY (3)  DINES (1)  DENENISH (4)  DIGBY (35)  DRANE (1)  EAGLE (1)  ELLIS (1)  FLETCHER (5)  FULLER (19)  FRANCIS (32)  GALLEY (15)  GILDER (5)  GILBY (7)  GILBEY (7)  GOMARS (5)  GOODAY (4)  GOODY (1)  GOWAR (2)  GUIVER (4)  GUNN (2)  GUNNELL (1)  HALES (5)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAWKES (7)  HEARD (2)  HIGGS (1)  HITCHEN (4)  HOGG (1)  HOLLAND (8)  HULL (3)  HUMPHERYS (1)  HURELL (1)  HURRELL (18)  JARVIS (2)  JIGONS (7)  JIGGINS (26)  JOSLIN (9)  JOSLING (1)  KAY (1)  KEMP (7)  KETTLEY (5)  KETLEY (13)  KNIGHT (3)  LEVIS (5)  LEWIN (10)  LIVERMORE (6)  MANSFIELD (5)  MARSHALL (5)  MATHEWS (1)  MEAD (6)  MENELY (2)  MONK (9)  NEVILL (3)  NEWELL (1)  NEWMAN (6)  NOBILLE (1)  ODDY (8)  OWENS (1)  PARFIELD (8)  PARISH (10)  PARMENTER (1)  PASFIELD (2)  POLLEY (1)  POLTON (1)  PRIOR (1)  QUILTER (5)  QUILTOR (1)  REVELL (4)  RHODES (3)  RICHARDSON (7)  RILEY (2)  ROGERS (11)  ROLFE (2)  ROOT (1)  RUSSEL (1)  SEARLS (1)  SEARLES (14)  SEARLE (2)  SMITH (53)  SOWERBY (2)  STOKES (5)  SUCKLING (4)  TAYLOR (9)  TAILOR (4)  THOROGOOD (5)  TURNER (11)  TURP (5)  TYLER (2)  UNWIN (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WAOKTER (1)  WARD (24)  WARREN (6)  WATNELL (3)  WATSON (6)  WEBB (2)  WELLS (8)  WESTRIP (1)  WEATHERALL (1)  WIFFEN (1)  WHITE (8)  WITNEY (9)  WILLIS (24)  WILSHER (6)  WRIGHT (4)  WRIN (1)