Top surnames from the 1881 census in Purleigh, Essex

Purleigh 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
BRAND374.2973291.11
SMITH293.36822.39
BROWN273.13594.76
RAVEN202.3229276.63
FILBY182.0906962.57
DAVIS151.74227.93
HEDGE131.5099622.01
BURTON131.509917.72
BARKER131.509911.54
STOKES121.393733.00
TAYLOR121.39372.18
RUTT101.16141,282.05
DENNY101.1614138.12
BALLS101.161490.66
HAZELL101.1614149.48
VALENTINE101.161490.58
MOSS101.161418.84
HARVEY101.161410.88
HOWARD101.161411.84
OVERALL91.0453502.79
SANDERS91.045323.06
WRIGHT91.04533.26
DYKE91.0453105.39
BROOKS91.045310.69
BLOWERS91.0453410.96
ELLIS91.04537.20
LAST80.9292116.79
TATE80.929248.11
HARRINGTON80.929248.96
BURROWS70.813018.57
RUTLEDGE70.8130534.35
PECK70.813048.11
WEBB70.81306.00
SUTTON70.813012.77
WALDEN70.8130111.11
SALTER70.813035.55
DALE60.696916.49
STRIPLING60.69693,529.41
LIST60.6969413.79
COOPER60.69692.86
TYRRELL60.696994.79
MEAD60.696929.90
BATEMAN60.696926.97
LITTLE60.696914.73
SNOW50.580742.92
TATHAM50.5807171.82
STOCK50.580746.69
HINTON50.580743.29
MOUL50.58071,086.96
PARKER50.58073.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KAN0.868615000.0000
STRIPLING0.868613529.4118
ROOF0.868612500.0000
RUTT0.868611282.0513
PARCHMENT0.868611250.0000
MOUL0.868611086.9565
FILBY0.86861962.5668
OUTEN0.86861750.0000
HEDGE0.86861622.0096
RUTLEDGE0.86861534.3511
OVERALL0.86861502.7933
LIST0.86861413.7931
BLOWERS0.86861410.9589
YELL0.86861303.0303
BRAND0.86861291.1094
RAVEN0.86861276.6252
AUGER0.86861256.4103
DEED0.86861227.2727
SMEE0.86861223.4637
EWERS0.86861212.7660
VAIL0.86861210.5263
SKATES0.86861204.0816
NICOLS0.86861185.1852
COPPIN0.86861183.8235
WYNDHAM0.86861181.8182
NIX0.86861180.1802
TATHAM0.86861171.8213
COPSEY0.86861163.0435
GOODY0.86861161.2903
HAZELL0.86861149.4768
CRESWELL0.86861145.4545
DENNEY0.86861144.2308
EALEY0.86861142.8571
DENNY0.86861138.1215
PLAYLE0.86861137.9310
CLAREY0.86861128.2051
LAST0.86861116.7883
WALDEN0.86861111.1111
CORNWALL0.86861108.9918
DYKE0.86861105.3864
TYRRELL0.8686194.7867
KEYS0.8686193.4579
HERRINGTON0.8686192.5926
BLANKS0.8686192.5926
BALLS0.8686190.6618
JOSLIN0.8686190.6344
VALENTINE0.8686190.5797
SALTMARSH0.8686189.2857
GANDY0.8686186.4553
WILKIN0.8686184.7458

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 861 people called KAN in Purleigh 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 5000.0000 in Purleigh means that 5000.0000% of the people in Purleigh on census day were called KAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KAN 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 KAN 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 KAN 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 KAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.86 in Purleigh means that you are 0.86 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KAN in Purleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Purleigh in 1881

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

ALDERSON (1)  ALLAKER (7)  ALLEN (5)  AMBROSE (2)  MC CARTHY (5)  AUGER (4)  AUGHTIE (1)  BALLS (10)  BALL (1)  BARKER (13)  BATEMAN (6)  BEARD (1)  BURCHELL (3)  BIRD (2)  BLANKS (1)  BLOWERS (9)  BOND (2)  BONES (1)  BONNER (1)  BORRETT (6)  BRAND (37)  BRIDGE (3)  BROOKS (9)  BROWN (27)  BEARMAN (1)  BURNS (1)  BURROWS (7)  BURTON (13)  BUTLERS (2)  KAN (1)  CARDER (1)  CARTER (4)  CHANDLER (2)  CHAPMAN (3)  CLAREY (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLAYDON (3)  CLEMENTS (1)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOLLEDGE (7)  COOPER (6)  COPPIN (5)  COPSEY (3)  CORNISH (1)  CORNWALL (4)  COTTEE (2)  CRESWELL (4)  CROXON (5)  DEED (1)  DALE (6)  DAVIS (15)  DAY (1)  DEATH (8)  DENNY (10)  DENNEY (3)  DEVENISH (7)  DYKE (9)  DOUBLEDAY (1)  EALEY (1)  ELLIS (9)  EMMS (1)  ENGWELL (4)  EVERETT (3)  EWERS (2)  EWING (1)  FIRBANK (2)  FARROW (3)  FILBY (18)  FREEMAN (1)  FRENCH (1)  FRY (2)  FULCHER (1)  GANDY (3)  GOODY (4)  JORDAN (5)  GRAYLIN (7)  GRIGGS (4)  GRIMWADE (12)  GUIVER (8)  HALLS (2)  HARRINGTON (8)  HERRINGTON (3)  HARRIS (1)  HARVEY (10)  HAZELL (10)  HEDGE (13)  HINTON (5)  HORSNELL (1)  OUTEN (3)  HOWARD (10)  HURRELL (2)  HUSTLER (4)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JOSLIN (3)  KEELING (5)  KEMP (1)  KEY (1)  KEYS (4)  KNIGHT (2)  LAKE (1)  LAST (8)  LEWIN (1)  LINCOLN (3)  LIST (6)  LITTLE (6)  LONG (5)  MANN (2)  MARSH (1)  MASHAM (2)  MAY OR MAVY (2)  MEAD (6)  MEDLEY (1)  MOSS (10)  MOUL (5)  NASH (2)  NEVILL (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NICOLS (1)  NIX (4)  NUNN (1)  OSBORN (1)  OVERALL (9)  PARCHMENT (2)  PARKER (5)  PATTEN (3)  PECK (7)  PERKINS (4)  PITTMAN (1)  PLAYLE (2)  POOLE (1)  PORTER (2)  PRENTICE (5)  PRIOR (4)  QUILTER (1)  RAVEN (20)  RAYMENT (9)  RAISON (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICKETT (1)  ROBINSON (1)  RUTLEDGE (7)  ROOF (4)  RUTT (10)  SALTER (7)  SALTMARSH (1)  SANDERS (9)  SAWARD (1)  SHARP (1)  SKATES (1)  SLOW (1)  SMART (1)  SMEE (4)  SMITH (29)  SNOW (5)  SOUTH (4)  SPALDING (1)  SPOONER (2)  SPRINGETT (1)  STACEY (1)  STOCK (5)  STOCKS (1)  STOKES (12)  STRIBBLING (1)  STRIPLING (6)  SUCKLEN (1)  SUTTON (7)  TATE (8)  TATHAM (5)  TAYLOR (12)  THEOBALD (3)  THORP (2)  THOROGOOD (8)  TURNER (4)  TYRRELL (6)  VAIL (2)  VALENTINE (10)  WADE (1)  WALDEN (7)  WALLIS (1)  WARREN (3)  WITHERBY (1)  WEBB (7)  WYNDHAM (1)  WIFFEN (1)  WHITE (2)  WILDING (1)  WILKIN (4)  WILES (1)  WILSON (1)  WISBY (4)  WISBEY (1)  WRIGHT (9)  YELL (1)