Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanstead, Essex

Stanstead 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
AMEY234.79171,716.42
WATSON224.583319.76
PRIOR193.9583171.02
PATMORE173.54171,428.57
BAKER163.333315.21
LEVEY153.12502,459.02
SMITH153.12502.21
SPENCER153.125034.23
PHILLIPS112.291712.81
MASCALL112.29171,929.82
GRAY102.083314.59
PEACHEY91.8750466.32
PERRY91.875025.50
CARTER81.66679.93
KNIGHT81.666713.52
HEATHCOTE61.2500154.64
RAND61.2500319.15
HICKS61.250029.87
REEDER61.2500461.54
FORDHAM61.2500155.44
LANES51.04171,282.05
PHILPOTT51.0417135.87
SPALDING51.0417145.35
WILKINSON51.04176.83
CAVILL51.0417326.80
POTTS40.833324.97
SALMON40.833336.53
KITSON40.8333104.17
FORD40.83338.56
BENNING40.8333625.00
STOCK40.833367.00
IVES40.833371.17
WOOD40.83332.62
WEDLOCK40.83331,025.64
FRANCIS40.833313.99
POULTER40.8333112.04
PALMER40.83337.07
BACON30.625024.88
SNOW30.625046.23
HOCKLEY30.6250115.83
HAMMOND30.625010.98
TURNER30.62502.25
DAVIS30.62502.84
HUTLEY30.6250441.18
CLARKE30.62503.08
HODGES30.625021.31
FREELOVE30.62501,875.00
LILLEY30.625045.11
WOODCOCK20.416714.60
CLARK20.41671.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GATON0.484805000.0000
LEVEY0.484802459.0164
MASCALL0.484801929.8246
FREELOVE0.484801875.0000
AMEY0.484801716.4179
PATMORE0.484801428.5714
LANES0.484801282.0513
NUMAN0.484801250.0000
WEDLOCK0.484801025.6410
HAIRE0.48480769.2308
BENNING0.48480625.0000
BRIMLEY0.48480476.1905
PEACHEY0.48480466.3212
REEDER0.48480461.5385
HUTLEY0.48480441.1765
GILLSON0.48480357.1429
CAVILL0.48480326.7974
RAND0.48480319.1489
PIGRAM0.48480303.0303
BANGS0.48480217.3913
HUTCHIN0.48480178.5714
PRIOR0.48480171.0171
FORDHAM0.48480155.4404
HEATHCOTE0.48480154.6392
SPALDING0.48480145.3488
PHILPOTT0.48480135.8696
HOCKLEY0.48480115.8301
POULTER0.48480112.0448
KITSON0.48480104.1667
PURKISS0.4848087.7193
PLEDGER0.4848084.7458
HEATHER0.4848078.4314
SPELLER0.4848075.1880
IVES0.4848071.1744
STOCK0.4848067.0017
MOFFATT0.4848064.7249
RATCLIFF0.4848064.7249
VALE0.4848058.3090
PLAYER0.4848054.0541
SNOW0.4848046.2250
LILLEY0.4848045.1128
FENNELL0.4848044.4444
SALMON0.4848036.5297
SPENCER0.4848034.2309
COLLETT0.4848032.4675
HEALY0.4848031.4465
HICKS0.4848029.8656
PIGGOTT0.4848028.6533
MUNDY0.4848028.0899
PERRY0.4848025.4958

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 480 people called GATON in Stanstead 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 Stanstead means that 5000.0000% of the people in Stanstead on census day were called GATON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GATON 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 GATON 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 GATON 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 GATON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Stanstead means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GATON in Stanstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stanstead in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  ARCHER (1)  BACON (3)  BAKER (16)  BANGS (1)  BANKS (1)  BENNETT (1)  BENNING (4)  BIDDALL OR BIADALL (2)  BIDLOW (4)  BRIMLEY (2)  BUTLER (1)  CARTER (8)  CAVILL (5)  CHAPPELL (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLARK (2)  COLLETT (2)  COOK (1)  DAVIS (3)  DIXON (1)  AMEY (23)  EDEN (1)  FELSTEAD (6)  FENNELL (1)  FORD (4)  FORDHAM (6)  FRANCIS (4)  FRANKLIN (1)  FREELOVE (3)  GALE (2)  GATON (1)  JAY (1)  GILBEY (9)  GILLSON (2)  GLOVER (1)  GRAY (10)  GURDON (1)  HAMMOND (3)  HAIRE (1)  HARRIS (2)  HEALY (1)  HEATHCOTE (6)  HEATHER (2)  HICKS (6)  HOCKLEY (3)  HODGES (3)  HODGSON (1)  HUTCHIN (1)  HUTLEY (3)  IVES (4)  JACKSON (2)  JAMES (1)  JUDD (1)  KIRBY (2)  KITSON (4)  KNIGHT (8)  LAMBERT (1)  LANES (5)  LAWSON (2)  LEVEY (15)  LILLEY (3)  MASCALL (11)  MOFFATT (2)  MUNDY (1)  NEWBY (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NUMAN (1)  NORRIS (1)  OSBORN (1)  PALMER (4)  PATMORE (17)  PAYNE (1)  PEACHEY (9)  PEACOCK (2)  PURKISS (1)  PERRY (9)  PHILLIPS (11)  PHILPOTT (5)  PIGGOTT (1)  PIGRAM (1)  PIKE (1)  PINNEGAR (1)  PLAYER (1)  PLEDGER (1)  POMPHRETT (14)  POTTS (4)  PULTENEY (8)  POULTER (4)  PRIOR (19)  RAMSEY (1)  RAND (6)  RATCLIFF (2)  REEDER (6)  REEVES (1)  RYDER (2)  ROBINSON (1)  SAGGS (2)  SALMON (4)  SAMPFORD (1)  SANDERS (1)  SMITH (15)  SNOW (3)  SPALDING (5)  SPELLER (1)  SPENCER (15)  STEWART (1)  STOCK (4)  STOKES (1)  THARBY (2)  TURNER (3)  VALE (2)  WOLTON (2)  WARTERMAN (4)  WATSON (22)  WEDLOCK (4)  WELSH (1)  WELLS OR WILLS (2)  WILKINSON (5)  WOOD (4)  WOODS (2)  WOODCOCK (2)  WRIGHT (1)