Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hockley, Essex

Hockley 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
WRIGHT243.840011.97
HART172.720031.89
PILGRIM142.2400397.73
WEST121.920019.94
MOORE121.92009.60
WATSON121.92008.28
CACKETT121.92002,352.94
GIBSON111.760014.50
DOWNS111.760098.92
BINDER111.76001,486.49
LARK111.7600808.82
BAKER101.60007.30
BALLARD101.6000106.61
STONE101.600022.13
DEAN91.440020.74
SMITH91.44001.02
COUSENS91.4400584.42
CHANDLER91.440044.82
BLOWERS81.2800503.14
STOCK81.2800102.83
DAVIS81.28005.83
DOWNES81.2800103.49
HARDING81.280017.68
CLEMENTS81.280038.59
PEACH71.1200103.55
KEY71.120081.21
WOOD71.12003.52
SHELLY71.1200479.45
HARRISON71.12005.05
COOKE71.120020.30
JOLLY71.120079.01
WARREN60.960014.36
BUTTON60.960080.86
DENNY60.9600114.07
SUTTON60.960015.08
KEEBLE60.9600139.86
COE60.960059.11
WIGGINS60.960089.02
DANIELS60.960030.57
PAGE60.960012.01
BECKLEY60.9600368.10
UNDERWOOD50.800029.64
RAYNER50.800032.07
FINCH50.800024.03
RICHARDSON50.80004.70
GUNN40.640026.14
CROW40.640042.42
HARVEY40.64005.99
CRESSWELL40.640060.70
BUSH40.640025.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CASTEN0.636253333.3333
CACKETT0.636252352.9412
BINDER0.636251486.4865
WALEY0.636251000.0000
LONE0.63625952.3810
LARK0.63625808.8235
CAMPER0.63625769.2308
COUSENS0.63625584.4156
BLOWERS0.63625503.1447
SHELLY0.63625479.4521
PILGRIM0.63625397.7273
BECKLEY0.63625368.0982
DEED0.63625312.5000
LUSHER0.63625297.0297
EMBERSON0.63625229.8851
STEAR0.63625227.2727
BEARMAN0.63625161.2903
TYLOR0.63625161.2903
KEEBLE0.63625139.8601
HANCE0.63625128.2051
AGER0.63625122.9508
DENNY0.63625114.0684
BALLARD0.63625106.6098
PEACH0.63625103.5503
DOWNES0.63625103.4929
STOCK0.63625102.8278
DOWNS0.6362598.9209
WIGGINS0.6362589.0208
LAVER0.6362583.3333
SHELLEY0.6362582.6446
KEY0.6362581.2065
BUTTON0.6362580.8625
JOLLY0.6362579.0068
SMEE0.6362576.9231
SHEPPERD0.6362573.8007
SPRING0.6362566.0066
CRESSWELL0.6362560.6980
COE0.6362559.1133
PINNOCK0.6362550.7614
GENTRY0.6362549.5050
MERCHANT0.6362547.6190
THURSTON0.6362545.3515
CHANDLER0.6362544.8207
HALES0.6362544.5931
CROW0.6362542.4178
HARDEN0.6362540.6504
AMOS0.6362538.9484
CLEMENTS0.6362538.5914
RAYNER0.6362532.0718
HART0.6362531.8890

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 625 people called CASTEN in Hockley 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 Hockley means that 3333.3333% of the people in Hockley on census day were called CASTEN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hockley in 1881

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

ABSLOM (3)  AGER (3)  AMOS (4)  ANDERSON (3)  ARGENT (6)  BAKER (10)  BALLARD (10)  BAUMONT (1)  BEWES (9)  BECKLEY (6)  BINDER (11)  BLACKBON (1)  BLOWERS (8)  BOLLINGSON (5)  BOULTWOOD (1)  BORE (1)  BROWN (4)  BULLON (1)  BEARMAN (2)  BUSH (4)  BUTTON (6)  CACKETT (12)  CAMPER (1)  CASTEN (1)  CATEN (2)  CHANDLER (9)  CHAPLAIN (1)  CLARK (2)  CLEMENTS (8)  CODLIN (1)  COE (6)  COLBEAR (1)  COOKE (7)  COOK (1)  COTGROVE (1)  COWPE (1)  COUSENS (9)  COX (1)  CRACKNELL (1)  CRESSWELL (4)  CROW (4)  CRUNMER (1)  DEED (1)  DANELLS (4)  DANIELS (6)  DAVIS (8)  DEAN (9)  DENNY (6)  DODD (1)  DOWNS (11)  DOWNES (8)  EMBERSON (2)  EMENS (6)  EMSON (3)  FINCH (5)  FOX (3)  GARDENER (3)  GENTRY (1)  GIBSON (11)  GREEN (1)  GRUBB (1)  GUNN (4)  AUDLEY (1)  HALES (4)  HAMMOND (3)  HANCE (1)  HAND (2)  HARDEN (1)  HARDING (8)  HARRISON (7)  HART (17)  HARTLEY (1)  HARVY (2)  HARVEY (4)  HAUMITT (1)  HAY (2)  HORSENALL (5)  HORSNELL (2)  HOWARD (3)  HUNWICKS (1)  HUXTER (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOLLY (7)  KEEBLE (6)  KEY (7)  KING (1)  KIRBY (1)  KNIGHT (2)  LAPPAGE (3)  LARK (11)  LAW (2)  LAYZELL (1)  LEGGETT (1)  LAVER (2)  LOCKSTONE (2)  LONE (2)  LUSHER (3)  MERCHANT (2)  MARVEN (1)  MEAD (3)  MERRYFIELD (10)  MILLS (1)  MYZEN (1)  MOORE (12)  MORTON (1)  NOAKES (1)  OGDEN (4)  OSBORNE (1)  OUTERN (3)  PAGE (6)  PARKER (1)  PASK (2)  PEACH (7)  PILGRIM (14)  PINNOCK (1)  POULTON (1)  RAVEN (1)  RAYNER (5)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBERTSON (2)  RULE (1)  SAVILL (2)  SUEL (1)  SHELLEY (4)  SHELLY (7)  SHEPPERD (2)  SMEE (1)  SMITH (9)  SMOOTHY (1)  SPRING (2)  STEAR (1)  STOCK (8)  STONE (10)  SUCKLING (6)  SUTTON (6)  THURROWGOOD (1)  THURSTON (2)  TOLESBURY (4)  TOVEE (2)  TURNER (1)  TYLOR (1)  UNDERWOOD (5)  WODLEY (4)  WALEY (1)  WARNER (2)  WARREN (6)  WATSON (12)  WEBB (1)  WAST (2)  WEST (12)  WHARLEY (1)  WIGGINS (6)  WOOD (7)  WRIGHT (24)