Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pebmarsh, Essex

Pebmarsh 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
ELDRED305.79151,960.78
DIXEY295.59853,222.22
PYE254.8263322.58
WARREN224.247163.53
WHITING214.0541210.42
BUSH183.4749140.73
WEAVERS183.47491,764.71
RUST142.7027512.82
POTTER142.702741.68
COOK122.316611.66
FENNER122.3166545.45
DOWNES122.3166187.21
NOTT101.9305273.97
SMITH101.93051.37
LEWIS101.93057.34
HICKS101.930546.13
CLARK91.73755.78
BINKS81.5444261.44
CARPENTER81.544445.02
ABBOTT71.351430.65
WATTS71.351416.12
FELTON71.3514196.63
BARKER71.351410.33
COOPER71.35145.56
WELLS61.158313.92
HARRINGTON61.158361.04
GIBBS50.965319.65
WATERS50.965324.03
FROST50.965317.17
COLLIS50.965393.28
MOSS50.965315.66
HARDY50.965316.11
BYFORD50.9653213.68
PORTER40.772210.29
HOWARD40.77227.87
HART30.57926.79
DEEKS30.5792180.72
PECK30.579234.29
SPURGEON30.5792181.82
DUNCOMBE30.5792230.77
BREWSTER20.386139.84
LEE20.38612.36
TUFFIN20.3861229.89
START20.3861166.67
HEARN20.386129.20
MERITT20.38611,818.18
BROWN20.38610.59
SMEE20.3861185.19
RODRICK20.38611,333.33
FISHER20.38613.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DIXEY0.525183222.2222
ELDRED0.525181960.7843
MERITT0.525181818.1818
WEAVERS0.525181764.7059
RODRICK0.525181333.3333
HURNE0.52518909.0909
FENNER0.52518545.4545
RUST0.52518512.8205
PYE0.52518322.5806
SPRINGATE0.52518307.6923
NOTT0.52518273.9726
BINKS0.52518261.4379
DUNCOMBE0.52518230.7692
TUFFIN0.52518229.8851
BYFORD0.52518213.6752
WHITING0.52518210.4208
FELTON0.52518196.6292
DOWNES0.52518187.2075
SMEE0.52518185.1852
SPURGEON0.52518181.8182
DEEKS0.52518180.7229
START0.52518166.6667
BUSH0.52518140.7349
COLLIS0.5251893.2836
EADY0.5251884.7458
WARREN0.5251863.5287
HARRINGTON0.5251861.0376
LOTT0.5251850.0000
HICKS0.5251846.1255
CARPENTER0.5251845.0197
POTTER0.5251841.6791
PEARMAN0.5251840.3226
BREWSTER0.5251839.8406
STYLES0.5251836.5631
PECK0.5251834.2857
ABBOTT0.5251830.6480
HEARN0.5251829.1971
WATERS0.5251824.0269
JAY0.5251822.0751
GIBBS0.5251819.6464
FROST0.5251817.1703
WATTS0.5251816.1179
HARDY0.5251816.1134
MOSS0.5251815.6593
WELLS0.5251813.9211
COOK0.5251811.6629
BARKER0.5251810.3275
PORTER0.5251810.2907
FARROW0.5251810.2881
MANSFIELD0.5251810.2881

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 518 people called DIXEY in Pebmarsh 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 3222.2222 in Pebmarsh means that 3222.2222% of the people in Pebmarsh on census day were called DIXEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DIXEY 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 DIXEY 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 DIXEY 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 DIXEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Pebmarsh means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DIXEY in Pebmarsh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pebmarsh in 1881

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

ABBOTT (7)  ARGENT (1)  BARKER (7)  BENTALL (1)  BINKS (8)  BOCKING (3)  BRANWHITE (1)  BREWSTER (2)  BROWN (2)  BUSH (18)  BOUTELL (1)  BYFORD (5)  CANT (7)  CARPENTER (8)  CLARK (9)  COLLINS (2)  COLLIS (5)  COOK (12)  COOPER (7)  CREFFIELD (5)  CURTIS (1)  DEEKS (3)  DIXEY (29)  DOWNES (12)  DOWNS (DOWNES) (6)  DUNCOMBE (3)  EADY (1)  ELDRED (30)  FARROW (1)  FELTON (7)  FENNER (12)  FISHER (2)  FROST (5)  JAY (1)  GIBBS (5)  GILBY (13)  GRIMSTON (2)  HARDY (5)  HARRINGTON (6)  HART (3)  HEA (1)  HAYWARD (1)  HEARN (2)  HURNE (1)  HICKS (10)  HOWARD (4)  JOHNSON (1)  NOTT (10)  LEE (2)  LEWIS (10)  LOCKLAND (1)  LOTT (1)  MANSFIELD (1)  MERITT (2)  MATHEWS (1)  MALINGS (2)  MYHILL (2)  MORGAN (1)  MOSS (5)  PARSONSON (1)  PEARMAN (1)  PECK (3)  POTTER (14)  PORTER (4)  PYE (25)  RAMPLING (5)  RAYMENT (4)  REID (1)  RODRICK (2)  RUST (14)  SALMON (1)  SMEE (2)  SMITH (10)  SPRINGATE (2)  SPURGEON (3)  START (2)  STREETE (1)  STEBBING (5)  STYLES (2)  SYCAMORE (5)  THOMPSON (1)  TUFFIN (2)  WARREN (22)  WATERS (5)  WATTS (7)  WEAVERS (18)  WELLS (6)  WIFFEN (9)  WHITING (21)  WILSMORE (2)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)