Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wickford, Essex

Wickford 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
CARTER317.579545.16
LARK112.68951,235.96
UPSON102.44501,136.36
COX102.445016.13
WHITE92.20056.85
WARD92.200510.07
WHALLEY81.9560124.22
DEAN81.956028.18
WRIGHT81.95606.10
FRANKLIN81.956058.91
SMITH81.95601.39
SALMON71.711575.03
MARSHALL71.711510.20
BELL71.71159.11
KEYS61.4670295.57
HAYDON61.4670234.38
BARTLETT61.467033.50
CLARK51.22254.07
MASON51.22259.09
PUNT51.22251,190.48
MEAD51.222552.47
STARLING51.2225166.11
SPOONER51.222584.75
MAYS51.2225213.68
KEY51.222588.65
HILLS51.222544.21
GAGER40.97802,500.00
MERRIFIELD40.9780412.37
SPARROW40.978077.22
PEPPER40.978069.57
BRETT40.978051.48
SPURGEON40.9780307.69
PETERS40.978027.89
FLACK40.9780138.89
ROBINSON40.97803.07
NASH40.978021.21
LESTER40.978062.11
GARLICK40.9780111.11
NEVILLE40.978082.30
STONE40.978013.53
MURRAY30.73355.91
JEPHSON30.7335882.35
LUKIN30.73354,285.71
CHAMBERS30.733512.90
WHITING30.733538.07
PARKER30.73353.86
ELLIS30.73355.05
ARCHER20.489011.82
REED20.48906.70
STAINES20.489088.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUKIN0.414094285.7143
GAGER0.414092500.0000
LARK0.414091235.9551
PUNT0.414091190.4762
UPSON0.414091136.3636
JEPHSON0.41409882.3529
MERRIFIELD0.41409412.3711
SPURGEON0.41409307.6923
KEYS0.41409295.5665
HAYDON0.41409234.3750
MAYS0.41409213.6752
MOYSE0.41409206.1856
STARLING0.41409166.1130
PLAYLE0.41409144.9275
FLACK0.41409138.8889
WHALLEY0.41409124.2236
GARLICK0.41409111.1111
KEY0.4140988.6525
STAINES0.4140988.4956
SPOONER0.4140984.7458
NEVILLE0.4140982.3045
SPARROW0.4140977.2201
SALMON0.4140975.0268
LIVERMORE0.4140972.4638
PEPPER0.4140969.5652
MOTT0.4140964.7249
LESTER0.4140962.1118
FRANKLIN0.4140958.9102
MEAD0.4140952.4659
SOUTH0.4140951.8135
BRETT0.4140951.4801
CARTER0.4140945.1566
HILLS0.4140944.2087
MADDOCKS0.4140940.0000
WHITING0.4140938.0711
BARNS0.4140937.8788
FOREMAN0.4140937.3832
BARTLETT0.4140933.5008
NOAKES0.4140933.4448
WATERMAN0.4140931.4465
DEAN0.4140928.1789
PETERS0.4140927.8940
HULL0.4140923.3918
SEWELL0.4140923.1214
SANDS0.4140921.8341
NASH0.4140921.2089
HEWETT0.4140921.0084
STEELE0.4140918.2815
COX0.4140916.1316
SARGENT0.4140915.8730

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 409 people called LUKIN in Wickford 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 4285.7143 in Wickford means that 4285.7143% of the people in Wickford on census day were called LUKIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUKIN 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 LUKIN 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 LUKIN 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 LUKIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.41 in Wickford means that you are 0.41 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUKIN in Wickford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wickford in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLEN (2)  ANDREWS (2)  ARCHER (2)  BARNS (1)  BARNES (1)  BARTLETT (6)  BELL (7)  BRETT (4)  BROWN (1)  BULL (2)  BUTCHER (1)  CANT (5)  CARTER (31)  CHAMBERS (3)  CLARK (5)  COX (10)  DALE (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (2)  DEAN (8)  ELGIE (6)  ELLIS (3)  ELSDON (7)  EMENCY (7)  EMSON (4)  ENGWELL (1)  FLACK (4)  FOREMAN (2)  FRANKLIN (8)  FRENCH (2)  GAGER (4)  GARLICK (4)  GIBSON (2)  GIGNEY (8)  GRIFFIN (1)  HARRISSON (1)  HAYDON (6)  HEWETT (1)  HILLS (5)  HULL (2)  HYMERS (2)  JEPHSON (3)  KEY (5)  KEYS (6)  KING (1)  KIRBY (2)  KITCHEN (1)  LARK (11)  LETCH (8)  LESTER (4)  LIVERMORE (1)  LLOYD (1)  LUCAS (1)  LUKIN (3)  MADDOCKS (1)  MARSHALL (7)  MASON (5)  MAYS (5)  MEAD (5)  MERRIFIELD (4)  MORTLOCK (4)  MOTT (2)  MOYSE (2)  MOLLEN (2)  MURRAY (3)  NASH (4)  NEAL (1)  NEVILLE (4)  NICHOLS (2)  NOAKES (1)  NORRIS (2)  PARKER (3)  PEPPER (4)  PERRY (2)  PETERS (4)  PLAYLE (1)  POTTER (2)  PUNT (5)  REED (2)  ROBINSON (4)  SALMON (7)  SANDS (1)  SARGENT (1)  SEWELL (2)  SMITH (8)  SOUTH (2)  SPARROW (4)  SPOONER (5)  SPURGEON (4)  STAINES (2)  STEELE (2)  STARLING (5)  STONE (4)  STEBBING (2)  TURNER (1)  UPSON (10)  WHALLEY (8)  WARD (9)  WATERMAN (1)  WENDON (4)  WHITE (9)  WHITING (3)  WILLIS (1)  WILLSHER (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (8)