Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hempstead, Essex

Hempstead 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
PURKISS396.18072,600.00
WILLIS375.8637110.28
TURNER355.546819.93
ANDREWS325.071352.93
HALLS264.1204521.04
COOTE243.8035771.70
JOHNSON223.486510.38
SMITH203.16962.24
FOSTER182.852621.33
GIBBS132.060241.94
HARDING132.060228.47
BIRD121.901724.89
MEDCALF111.7433447.15
SORRELL101.5848531.91
FORD101.584816.27
DARE101.5848367.65
BYE91.4263283.91
HILLS91.426351.58
BRAZIER91.4263152.28
WARD81.26785.80
COX81.26788.37
READER71.1094128.44
WILLISON71.1094526.32
KNIGHTS71.1094126.58
EVERETT60.950952.96
RICHARDSON60.95095.59
BETHELL50.7924214.59
TYCER50.792425,000.00
MOSS50.792412.86
HALES50.792455.19
COLMAN50.792485.03
VINCENT40.633920.33
ROBINSON40.63391.99
ASHBY40.633937.77
STOCK40.633950.96
MARSH40.63398.89
TYLER40.633921.47
FITCH40.633980.97
PRIOR30.475420.53
SURRIDGE30.4754159.57
PLUM30.4754294.12
PIPER30.475424.06
MOORE30.47542.38
PEGLER20.3170123.46
HALL20.31701.08
CHATTERS20.3170500.00
FORSTER20.31709.67
THURGOOD20.317090.09
BARNARD20.317012.77
TURPIN20.317059.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TYCER0.6363125000.0000
PURKISS0.636312600.0000
COOTE0.63631771.7042
SORRELL0.63631531.9149
WILLISON0.63631526.3158
HALLS0.63631521.0421
CHATTERS0.63631500.0000
STOPS0.63631476.1905
MEDCALF0.63631447.1545
DARE0.63631367.6471
PLUM0.63631294.1176
BYE0.63631283.9117
BETHELL0.63631214.5923
SURRIDGE0.63631159.5745
BRAZIER0.63631152.2843
READER0.63631128.4404
KNIGHTS0.63631126.5823
PEGLER0.63631123.4568
THAKE0.63631116.2791
WILLIS0.63631110.2832
THURGOOD0.6363190.0901
COLMAN0.6363185.0340
FITCH0.6363180.9717
RYLAND0.6363163.6943
TURPIN0.6363158.9971
HALES0.6363155.1876
EVERETT0.6363152.9568
ANDREWS0.6363152.9276
RUTLAND0.6363152.0833
HILLS0.6363151.5759
STOCK0.6363150.9554
GIBBS0.6363141.9355
ASHBY0.6363137.7715
HARDING0.6363128.4651
CRICK0.6363126.5252
BIRD0.6363124.8859
PIPER0.6363124.0577
TYLER0.6363121.4707
FOSTER0.6363121.3346
PRIOR0.6363120.5339
VINCENT0.6363120.3252
TURNER0.6363119.9260
FORD0.6363116.2707
LINDLEY0.6363116.0256
MOSS0.6363112.8568
BARNARD0.6363112.7714
COWELL0.6363111.0742
BRAND0.6363110.7296
JOHNSON0.6363110.3769
FORSTER0.636319.6665

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 631 people called TYCER in Hempstead 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 25000.0000 in Hempstead means that 25000.0000% of the people in Hempstead on census day were called TYCER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TYCER 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 TYCER 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 TYCER 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 TYCER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Hempstead means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TYCER in Hempstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hempstead in 1881

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

ANDREWS (32)  ASHBY (4)  BARNARD (2)  BEDDALL (3)  BELSHAM (8)  BETHELL (5)  BIRD (12)  BOREHAM (5)  BRAND (1)  BRAZIER (9)  BUTTLE (23)  BYE (9)  CHATTERS (2)  CHURCH (1)  CLAYDEN (9)  COCKSHERD (1)  COLMAN (5)  COOTE (24)  COWELL (1)  COX (8)  CRICK (1)  DARE (10)  EPPY (1)  ESCREET (5)  EVERETT (6)  FITCH (4)  FORD (10)  FORSTER (2)  FOSTER (18)  FRENCH (1)  GIBBS (13)  GOODWIN (1)  HALES (5)  HALL (2)  HALLS (26)  HARDING (13)  HARDY (1)  HILLS (9)  HORSNELL (3)  HUMBLEBY (1)  JOHNSON (22)  KNIGHTS (7)  LAGDEN (7)  LINDLEY (1)  LLOYD (1)  MARSH (4)  MALLOWS (4)  MEDCALF (11)  MYHILL (3)  MONK (1)  MOORE (3)  MORTLOCK (9)  MOSS (5)  MUSK (3)  PEGLER (2)  PURKISS (39)  PIPER (3)  PLUM (3)  PORTWAY (8)  PRIOR (3)  ROWLINSON (11)  READER (7)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBINSON (4)  RUTLAND (1)  RYLAND (1)  SERGANT (1)  SAVILL (1)  SMITH (20)  SORRELL (10)  STOCK (4)  STUBBINGS (10)  STOPS (1)  SURRIDGE (3)  TURBARD (3)  THAKE (1)  THURGOOD (2)  TYCER (5)  TRADGETT (1)  TREDGETT (7)  TURNER (35)  TURPIN (2)  TYLER (4)  VINCENT (4)  WARD (8)  WILLIS (37)  WILLISON (7)