Top surnames from the 1881 census in Birchanger, Essex

Birchanger 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
BLAKE4810.0840208.15
BANKS275.6723110.57
REED224.621863.31
VALE163.3613470.59
SANDERS163.361374.14
SILVESTER142.9412380.43
GILDER122.5210960.00
LEVEY102.10081,639.34
SAVILLE91.8908208.33
TURNER91.89086.79
WARWICK91.8908136.78
ELDRED71.4706496.45
WATTS71.470617.54
JUDD61.260597.09
PHILLIPS61.26057.04
SMITH61.26050.89
EDEN61.2605123.97
CHURCH61.260557.75
OSBORNE61.260526.41
WESTWOOD61.260575.19
SNOW51.050477.64
HARVEY51.05049.84
WEBB51.05047.75
NASH51.050422.78
PLAYER51.0504273.22
PHILLIP51.0504206.61
WHITE51.05043.27
CHAPPELL51.050462.27
MUMFORD51.0504108.70
SPENCER51.050411.50
FAIRCLOTH51.0504980.39
GRANT51.050410.58
GRAY40.84035.89
GODFREY40.840328.33
HERRINGTON40.8403223.46
OLIVER40.840311.78
GRIGGS30.630380.86
CHESTER30.630351.46
ROGERS30.63034.85
BUSH30.630325.53
COLLINS30.63034.39
HAMMOND30.630311.07
ROBINSON30.63031.98
WHYBREW20.42021,250.00
ROWDEN20.4202175.44
CARTER20.42022.50
MARTIN20.42021.71
HILLS20.420215.20
PIPER20.420221.25
POPE10.21016.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVEY0.484761639.3443
WHYBREW0.484761250.0000
FAIRCLOTH0.48476980.3922
GILDER0.48476960.0000
ELDRED0.48476496.4539
VALE0.48476470.5882
RITTER0.48476454.5455
SILVESTER0.48476380.4348
PLAYER0.48476273.2240
HERRINGTON0.48476223.4637
SAVILLE0.48476208.3333
BLAKE0.48476208.1526
PHILLIP0.48476206.6116
ROWDEN0.48476175.4386
COCKERELL0.48476169.4915
WARWICK0.48476136.7781
EDEN0.48476123.9669
BANKS0.48476110.5651
MUMFORD0.48476108.6957
JUDD0.4847697.0874
GRIGGS0.4847680.8625
SNOW0.4847677.6398
WESTWOOD0.4847675.1880
SANDERS0.4847674.1427
REED0.4847663.3094
CHAPPELL0.4847662.2665
CHURCH0.4847657.7478
CHESTER0.4847651.4580
GODFREY0.4847628.3286
OSBORNE0.4847626.4085
BUSH0.4847625.5319
WOODLEY0.4847623.5849
NASH0.4847622.7790
PIPER0.4847621.2540
WATTS0.4847617.5395
HAND0.4847617.5131
STOCK0.4847616.8919
HILLS0.4847615.1976
GOLDING0.4847611.9190
OLIVER0.4847611.7786
SPENCER0.4847611.5048
CHILDS0.4847611.4416
HAMMOND0.4847611.0701
GRANT0.4847610.5843
HARVEY0.484769.8386
SADLER0.484768.9127
WEBB0.484767.7495
PHILLIPS0.484767.0447
TURNER0.484766.7925
POPE0.484766.0938

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 476 people called LEVEY in Birchanger 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 1639.3443 in Birchanger means that 1639.3443% of the people in Birchanger on census day were called LEVEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Birchanger in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BANKS (27)  BLAKE (48)  BOWEN (1)  BORROUGHES (1)  BUSH (3)  CARTER (2)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAPPELL (5)  CHESTER (3)  CHILDS (1)  CHOPPING (8)  CHURCH (6)  CLAYDEN (1)  COCKERELL (1)  COLLINS (3)  DELLAR (2)  EDEN (6)  ELDRED (7)  AIRS (1)  FAIRCLOTH (5)  FULLER (1)  FRANCES OR FRANCIS (2)  GEAKE (2)  GILDER (12)  GILBEY (27)  GODFREY (4)  GOLDING (1)  GRANT (5)  GRAY (4)  GRIGGS (3)  HALESTRAP (4)  HAMMOND (3)  HAND (1)  HERRINGTON (4)  HERRINGTON OR HERINGTON (10)  HARRISSON (3)  HARVEY (5)  HILLS (2)  HUDGELL (13)  JUDD (6)  LEVEY (10)  LUCKING (2)  MARTIN (2)  MILLER (1)  WALKER ((MILLER)) (2)  MILLER ((WALKER)) (2)  MUMFORD (5)  NASH (5)  OLIVER (4)  OSBORNE (6)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (1)  PHILLIPS (6)  PHILLIP (5)  PIPER (2)  PLAYER (5)  POPE (1)  REED (22)  ROBINSON (3)  ROWDEN (2)  ROGERS (3)  RITTER (1)  SADLER (1)  SAPSED (2)  SAPSFORD (5)  SANDERS (16)  SAVILLE (9)  SILVESTER (14)  SMITH (6)  SNOW (5)  SPENCER (5)  STOCK (1)  SUTTON (1)  SWORDER (2)  THREADGOLD (7)  THURLEY (3)  TOFTS (1)  TURNER (9)  VALE (16)  WARWICK (9)  WATERLING (1)  WATTS (7)  WEBB (5)  WESTWOOD (6)  WHITE (5)  WHYBREW (2)  WYBREW (1)  WOODLEY (1)