Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Dunmow, Essex

Little Dunmow 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
BRIGHT3610.6509527.09
MASON247.100652.81
SEWELL195.6213265.73
OWERS154.43792,000.00
MYALL133.84623,095.24
BARNARD123.5503143.03
HOCKLEY123.5503659.34
CHALK113.2544493.27
PERRIN102.9586289.02
CHEEK92.66271,323.53
GREEN82.36698.41
ELLIS82.366916.30
SMITH82.36691.68
ROOT72.0710636.36
BUTLER72.071021.24
WRIGHT61.77515.53
GIBSON61.775114.62
REEVE51.479363.29
HYNDS51.47932,380.95
GRAY51.479310.36
BROWN41.18341.80
KING41.18345.43
CORDER41.1834689.66
DEAL41.1834481.93
CARVER41.1834130.72
DOE30.8876185.19
PERRY30.887612.07
BULL30.887620.99
HOY30.8876154.64
HASLER30.8876357.14
STOKES20.591714.02
FULLER20.591714.63
LIVERMORE20.5917175.44
NICHOLLS20.591711.33
RICHARDSON20.59173.48
NEWMAN20.59177.96
STANNARD10.295942.37
HOLMES10.29592.43
BUSH10.295911.98
SOUTHERN10.295932.05
STOCK10.295923.75
MASSEY10.295911.57
BLYTH10.295918.76
LAMBERT10.29595.42
CURRIE10.295910.52
CHAPMAN10.29592.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MYALL0.343383095.2381
HYNDS0.343382380.9524
OWERS0.343382000.0000
CHEEK0.343381323.5294
CORDER0.34338689.6552
HOCKLEY0.34338659.3407
ROOT0.34338636.3636
BRIGHT0.34338527.0864
CHALK0.34338493.2735
DEAL0.34338481.9277
HASLER0.34338357.1429
PERRIN0.34338289.0173
SEWELL0.34338265.7343
DOE0.34338185.1852
LIVERMORE0.34338175.4386
HOY0.34338154.6392
BARNARD0.34338143.0274
CARVER0.34338130.7190
REEVE0.3433863.2911
MASON0.3433852.8053
STANNARD0.3433842.3729
SOUTHERN0.3433832.0513
STOCK0.3433823.7530
BUTLER0.3433821.2379
BULL0.3433820.9937
BLYTH0.3433818.7617
ELLIS0.3433816.2999
FULLER0.3433814.6306
GIBSON0.3433814.6234
STOKES0.3433814.0154
PERRY0.3433812.0676
BUSH0.3433811.9760
MASSEY0.3433811.5741
NICHOLLS0.3433811.3314
CURRIE0.3433810.5152
GRAY0.3433810.3627
GREEN0.343388.4051
NEWMAN0.343387.9586
WRIGHT0.343385.5335
KING0.343385.4304
LAMBERT0.343385.4201
RICHARDSON0.343383.4758
HOLMES0.343382.4295
CHAPMAN0.343382.0833
BROWN0.343381.7953
SMITH0.343381.6763

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 338 people called MYALL in Little Dunmow 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 3095.2381 in Little Dunmow means that 3095.2381% of the people in Little Dunmow on census day were called MYALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MYALL 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 MYALL 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 MYALL 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 MYALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Little Dunmow means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MYALL in Little Dunmow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Dunmow in 1881

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

ATRIDGE (2)  BARNARD (12)  BEVIN (1)  BLYTH (1)  BRIGHT (36)  BROWN (4)  BULL (3)  BUSH (1)  BUTLER (7)  BOWTELL (13)  CARVER (4)  CHALK (11)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEEK (9)  CORDER (4)  CURRIE (1)  DEAL (4)  DOE (3)  ELLIS (8)  FULLER (2)  FUFFER (2)  GIBSON (6)  GILBEY (2)  GRAY (5)  GREEN (8)  GRIMWADE (1)  GUILDER (1)  HASLER (3)  HYNDS (5)  HOCKLEY (12)  HOLMES (1)  HOY (3)  KING (4)  LAMBERT (1)  LIVERMORE (2)  MASON (24)  MASSEY (1)  METSON (3)  MYALL (13)  NEWMAN (2)  NICHOLLS (2)  OWERS (15)  PAVELINE (1)  PAVELING (3)  PURKIS (4)  PERRIN (10)  PERRY (3)  REEVE (5)  RICHARDSON (2)  RITCHEL (9)  ROOT (7)  SEWELL (19)  SHUTTLEWOOD (9)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHERN (1)  STANNARD (1)  STOCK (1)  STOKES (2)  THOROGOOD (1)  WARRIN (3)  WRIGHT (6)