Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Wigborough, Essex

Little Wigborough 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
PONDER3134.065931,000.00
WRIGHT1415.384647.96
ABBOT77.69231,627.91
JENNINGS66.5934130.15
SHELDRICK44.39562,222.22
BRAND44.3956298.51
FENN33.2967326.09
WADE33.296782.42
SMITH22.19781.56
CHRISTMAS22.1978408.16
MAY11.098917.27
WILLIS11.098920.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PONDER0.099131000.0000
SHELDRICK0.09912222.2222
ABBOT0.09911627.9070
CHRISTMAS0.0991408.1633
FENN0.0991326.0870
BRAND0.0991298.5075
JENNINGS0.0991130.1518
WADE0.099182.4176
WRIGHT0.099147.9616
WILLIS0.099120.6612
MAY0.099117.2712
SMITH0.09911.5565

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 91 people called PONDER in Little Wigborough 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 31000.0000 in Little Wigborough means that 31000.0000% of the people in Little Wigborough on census day were called PONDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PONDER 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 PONDER 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 PONDER 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 PONDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Little Wigborough means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PONDER in Little Wigborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Wigborough in 1881

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

ABBOT (7)  BRAND (4)  CHRISTMAS (2)  COLDHAM (3)  FENN (3)  GATHARCLE (1)  JENNINGS (6)  MAY (1)  PONDER (31)  PUPLETT (1)  SHELDRICK (4)  SMITH (2)  WADE (3)  WENLOCK (8)  WILLIS (1)  WRIGHT (14)