Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Bardfield, Essex

Little Bardfield 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
ANDREWS195.491357.32
PERKIN185.2023967.74
BURGESS164.624366.58
COWELL154.3353303.03
CUTTS123.4682441.18
SAMS113.17921,466.67
WHITE102.89028.99
TURNER102.890210.38
AMBROSE102.8902327.87
CHAPMAN92.601218.32
SMITH92.60121.84
COOTE82.3121467.84
ALLERTON72.0231886.08
CLARKE72.02319.98
OVERALL72.0231972.22
PERRY72.023127.50
WILKS72.0231128.68
BURGES61.7341697.67
WARREN51.445121.62
CANNON51.445179.87
SIMMONS51.445135.41
LILLEY41.156183.51
GILSON41.1561373.83
BETTS30.867140.54
DRANE30.8671422.54
BELL30.86714.61
SWAN20.578022.32
CULLUM20.5780147.06
STOCK20.578046.51
ENGLISH20.578030.72
BAKER10.28901.32
NEWMAN10.28903.89
COX10.28901.91
HALLS10.289036.50
SPENCER10.28903.17
FRANKLIN10.28908.70
ELMER10.289084.75
GRAVES10.289019.05
FOSTER10.28902.16
NICE10.2890121.95
TWINE10.2890227.27
KEMP10.28905.21
BRUCE10.28906.17
DAINES10.2890121.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAMS0.353461466.6667
OVERALL0.35346972.2222
PERKIN0.35346967.7419
ALLERTON0.35346886.0759
BURGES0.35346697.6744
COOTE0.35346467.8363
CUTTS0.35346441.1765
DRANE0.35346422.5352
GILSON0.35346373.8318
AMBROSE0.35346327.8689
COWELL0.35346303.0303
TWINE0.35346227.2727
CULLUM0.35346147.0588
WILKS0.35346128.6765
NICE0.35346121.9512
DAINES0.35346121.9512
ELMER0.3534684.7458
LILLEY0.3534683.5073
CANNON0.3534679.8722
BURGESS0.3534666.5834
ANDREWS0.3534657.3152
STOCK0.3534646.5116
BETTS0.3534640.5405
HALLS0.3534636.4964
SIMMONS0.3534635.4108
ENGLISH0.3534630.7220
PERRY0.3534627.5049
SWAN0.3534622.3214
WARREN0.3534621.6169
GRAVES0.3534619.0476
CHAPMAN0.3534618.3150
TURNER0.3534610.3831
CLARKE0.353469.9843
WHITE0.353468.9912
FRANKLIN0.353468.7032
BRUCE0.353466.1690
KEMP0.353465.2110
BELL0.353464.6140
NEWMAN0.353463.8865
SPENCER0.353463.1656
FOSTER0.353462.1617
COX0.353461.9069
SMITH0.353461.8423
BAKER0.353461.3191

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 346 people called SAMS in Little Bardfield 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 1466.6667 in Little Bardfield means that 1466.6667% of the people in Little Bardfield on census day were called SAMS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAMS 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 SAMS 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 SAMS 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 SAMS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Little Bardfield means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAMS in Little Bardfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Bardfield in 1881

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

ALLERTON (7)  AMBROSE (10)  ANDREWS (19)  BAKER (1)  BAMBRIGE (7)  BAMBRIDGE (22)  BEDLOS (2)  BELL (3)  BETTS (3)  BROID (4)  BRUCE (1)  BURGESS (16)  BURGES (6)  BUTTLE (8)  CANNON (5)  CHAPMAN (9)  CLARKE (7)  CLAYDON (1)  COOTE (8)  CUTTS (12)  COWELL (15)  COX (1)  COXSHEAD (6)  CRACKLING (3)  DAINES (1)  DORKEN (11)  DRANE (3)  ELMER (1)  FLYNDS (3)  FOSTER (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  GILSON (4)  GRAVES (1)  HALLS (1)  ENGLISH (2)  KEMP (1)  LETCH (11)  LILLEY (4)  CULLUM (2)  MIHILL (6)  MIZEN (9)  NEWMAN (1)  NICE (1)  OVERALL (7)  PERKIN (18)  PERRY (7)  SAMS (11)  SAPSFORD (5)  SIBBROK (2)  SIBTHORPE (2)  SIMMONS (5)  SMITH (9)  SPENCER (1)  STOCK (2)  SWAN (2)  TURNER (10)  TWINE (1)  WARREN (5)  WHITE (10)  WHYBROW (1)  WILKS (7)  WAYLETT (1)