Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodham Ferris, Essex

Woodham Ferris 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
TAYLOR233.40745.33
WHITE202.96309.22
GREEN192.814810.00
COOPER192.814811.57
STEVENS172.518524.13
HAWES142.0741168.07
EATON142.074174.07
BROWN131.92592.92
EMBERSON121.77781,276.60
LEWIN111.6296202.21
COLLINS101.481510.32
SAUNDERS101.481516.15
WILLIAMS101.48152.06
ANDREWS101.481515.46
BARKER91.333310.19
HAVIS91.33333,600.00
RICHARDSON81.18526.96
SMITH81.18520.84
OSBORNE81.185224.83
FLETCHER71.03709.08
ALLEN71.03705.49
KIRKHAM71.037074.31
NUNN71.037059.22
BENNETT71.03706.31
GULL71.0370985.92
DEAN71.037014.94
UPSON71.0370482.76
MARTIN71.03704.21
HARVEY60.88898.33
MONK60.888942.31
HALL60.88893.02
WRIGHT60.88892.77
PEARL60.8889425.53
CHAPMAN60.88896.26
GOSS50.740785.03
CORNWELL50.7407128.53
FINCH50.740722.25
ELEY50.7407119.90
MASON50.74075.51
GRAY50.74075.19
LANG50.740733.22
COX50.74074.89
MOTT50.740798.04
RUMSEY50.7407222.22
HULL50.740735.44
POOL40.592651.15
TYLER40.592620.07
STRATTON40.592668.38
COLLIS40.592657.31
WHITWELL40.5926200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAVIS0.686753600.0000
EMBERSON0.686751276.5957
SURGEON0.686751250.0000
GULL0.68675985.9155
HARINGTON0.68675588.2353
UPSON0.68675482.7586
PEARL0.68675425.5319
YELL0.68675384.6154
RUMSEY0.68675222.2222
LEWIN0.68675202.2059
WHITWELL0.68675200.0000
HYMAS0.68675178.5714
WEAL0.68675175.4386
HAWES0.68675168.0672
BEARMAN0.68675150.3759
CORNWELL0.68675128.5347
ELEY0.68675119.9041
BEALL0.68675106.3830
MOTT0.6867598.0392
SELL0.6867597.5610
PLAYLE0.6867587.7193
LIVERMORE0.6867587.7193
GOSS0.6867585.0340
NEVILL0.6867581.3008
JOSLIN0.6867576.9231
KIRKHAM0.6867574.3100
EATON0.6867574.0741
SHELDRICK0.6867574.0741
STRATTON0.6867568.3761
KEYS0.6867559.5238
NUNN0.6867559.2217
LINCOLN0.6867558.9391
KILBURN0.6867557.4713
COLLIS0.6867557.3066
PETT0.6867554.0541
RADLEY0.6867551.4139
POOL0.6867551.1509
CROKER0.6867549.5050
SHIPP0.6867547.3934
GENTRY0.6867545.8716
MONK0.6867542.3131
FLACK0.6867542.1053
SHIPMAN0.6867540.0000
GRIGGS0.6867538.0228
BELCHER0.6867536.9004
STOCK0.6867535.7143
HULL0.6867535.4359
LANG0.6867533.2226
BREWSTER0.6867530.5810
PITTS0.6867528.9017

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 675 people called HAVIS in Woodham Ferris 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 3600.0000 in Woodham Ferris means that 3600.0000% of the people in Woodham Ferris on census day were called HAVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAVIS 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 HAVIS 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 HAVIS 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 HAVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Woodham Ferris means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAVIS in Woodham Ferris than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodham Ferris in 1881

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

ALLEN (7)  ANDREWS (10)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BARBER (2)  BARKER (9)  BEALL (1)  BEARD (2)  BELCHER (3)  BENNETT (7)  BEWERS (8)  BIPPINGALE (1)  BOREHAM (6)  BOVER (13)  BOWLES (3)  BREWSTER (2)  BRIGNALL (9)  BRIGNELL (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (13)  BUCK (1)  BEARMAN (2)  CAMPION (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CLARK (3)  CLEMENTS (1)  CLIFT (1)  COLE (2)  COLLINS (10)  COLLIS (4)  COOPER (19)  COTTISS (10)  CORNWELL (5)  COX (5)  CROKER (1)  CROW (1)  CROXON (7)  DEAN (7)  DRAPER (1)  DUNN (3)  EATON (14)  AVES (5)  ELEY (5)  EMBERSON (12)  EIRE OR EVE (4)  FARR (1)  FINCH (5)  FITCH (1)  FLACK (2)  FLETCHER (7)  GENTRY (1)  GILBERT (2)  GOSS (5)  GRAY (5)  GREEN (19)  GRIGGS (2)  GROSSMITH (5)  GULL (7)  GUYMER (4)  HALL (6)  HARINGTON (1)  HART (3)  HARVEY (6)  HAVIS (9)  HAWES (14)  HEAD (2)  HEARD (1)  HILLS (2)  HULL (5)  HYMAS (1)  JACOBS (1)  JARVIS (1)  JOPSON (13)  JONER (1)  JOSLIN (2)  KERRIDGE (2)  KEYS (2)  KILBURN (2)  KING (3)  KIRKHAM (7)  LANG (5)  LAZELL (3)  LEWIN (11)  LINCOLN (3)  LINDSELL (7)  LIVERMORE (2)  LONGWOOD (1)  LONGWWOOD (1)  LORD (1)  MARTIN (7)  MASON (5)  MATHEWS (1)  MILLAR (2)  MITCHELL (2)  MONK (6)  MOTT (5)  NASH (3)  NEVILL (2)  NORMAN (1)  NUNN (7)  ORRISS (2)  OSBORN (2)  OSBORNE (8)  PAVLEY (1)  PEARL (6)  PERTWEE (2)  PETERS (1)  PETT (1)  PETTITT (1)  PITTS (2)  PLAYLE (1)  POOL (4)  RUMSEY (5)  RAVEN (1)  RICHARDSON (8)  RADLEY (2)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROGERS (2)  SACH (6)  SURGEON (1)  SAUNDERS (10)  SELL (2)  SHELDRICK (1)  SHIRIFF (1)  SHIPMAN (1)  SHIPP (1)  SHUTTLEWOOD (7)  SIMONS (1)  SMITH (8)  STANDING (1)  STEELE (2)  STEVENS (17)  STOCK (3)  STOKES (1)  STRATTON (4)  TAYLOR (23)  THORNTON (1)  THORP (1)  TOILER (3)  TURNER (1)  TYLER (4)  UPSON (7)  WEAL (1)  WALLER (3)  WORICHER (5)  WEFFIN (3)  WEALD (2)  WELLS (2)  WHEALD (3)  WHITE (20)  WHITWELL (4)  WILLIAMS (10)  WORSHITT (2)  WRIGHT (6)  YELL (1)