Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bures St Mary, Essex

Bures St Mary 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
HOWARD325.936960.50
BULL224.081696.53
WEBBER193.5250115.36
PETTITT173.1540590.28
FROST142.597446.19
NEWMAN142.597434.93
MANNING142.597481.68
HUME142.5974183.01
EVERITT132.4119287.61
WRIGHT91.66985.21
SHEAD91.6698927.84
DUPONT81.48424,210.53
SMITH81.48421.05
HARRINGTON81.484278.20
PEAK81.4842353.98
WALSH81.484227.88
EVANS81.48423.40
DYER81.484238.31
LESTER71.298782.55
CLARKE71.29876.41
HOBBS61.113230.55
SPARKS61.113273.62
COUSINS61.113261.86
WEAVERS61.1132566.04
BUTCHER61.113226.42
LONG61.113217.16
CROOK61.113238.76
WARREN50.927613.87
ROW50.9276180.51
KINGSBURY50.9276409.84
EVES50.9276222.22
KENDALL40.742134.48
HUNT40.74215.59
HAYWARD40.742117.41
HARVEY40.74216.95
CHALLIS40.7421117.30
BRIDGES40.742146.67
BAINBRIDGE30.556639.58
ROOT30.5566170.45
CLARK30.55661.85
HOLMES30.55664.57
KIRBY30.556614.67
FRENCH30.556611.40
BURCH30.556673.71
COOK30.55662.80
HARRISON20.37111.67
CARTER20.37112.21
DANSIE20.3711869.57
RUGGLES20.3711425.53
CONSTABLE20.371133.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUPONT0.545394210.5263
JOSSELYN0.545391000.0000
SHEAD0.54539927.8351
DANSIE0.54539869.5652
PETTITT0.54539590.2778
WEAVERS0.54539566.0377
RUGGLES0.54539425.5319
KINGSBURY0.54539409.8361
EARY0.54539357.1429
PEAK0.54539353.9823
WIRE0.54539312.5000
EVERITT0.54539287.6106
EVES0.54539222.2222
HUME0.54539183.0065
ROW0.54539180.5054
ROOT0.54539170.4545
SHORTEN0.54539166.6667
PONDER0.54539163.9344
CHALLIS0.54539117.3021
WEBBER0.54539115.3613
PLUM0.54539114.9425
SEALY0.54539103.0928
BULL0.5453996.5336
DOUBLEDAY0.5453988.4956
LESTER0.5453982.5472
MANNING0.5453981.6803
HARRINGTON0.5453978.2014
BURCH0.5453973.7101
SPARKS0.5453973.6196
GROOMBRIDGE0.5453973.5294
PILGRIM0.5453966.0066
SCALES0.5453962.6959
COUSINS0.5453961.8557
HOWARD0.5453960.5029
THEOBALD0.5453958.3090
CROSSMAN0.5453956.1798
SPARKES0.5453950.6329
MOLE0.5453947.8469
BRIDGES0.5453946.6744
FROST0.5453946.1894
BAINBRIDGE0.5453939.5778
CROOK0.5453938.7597
DYER0.5453938.3142
NEWMAN0.5453934.9301
KENDALL0.5453934.4828
CONSTABLE0.5453933.5570
EAGLE0.5453933.4448
HOBBS0.5453930.5499
STEDMAN0.5453929.8507
WALSH0.5453927.8843

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 539 people called DUPONT in Bures St Mary 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 4210.5263 in Bures St Mary means that 4210.5263% of the people in Bures St Mary on census day were called DUPONT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUPONT 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 DUPONT 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 DUPONT 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 DUPONT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Bures St Mary means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUPONT in Bures St Mary than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bures St Mary in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ADAMS (2)  EARY (1)  ASHLEY (1)  BAINBRIDGE (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BAREHAM (4)  BURCH (3)  BOGGIS (1)  BOWER (1)  BRIDGES (4)  BROWNE (2)  BULL (22)  BUTCHER (6)  CANSDALE (12)  CARTER (2)  CHALLIS (4)  CHAPLIN (1)  CRISTALL (1)  CLAMPIN (7)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (7)  CONSTABLE (2)  COOK (3)  COOPER (1)  COUSINS (6)  CROOK (6)  CROSSMAN (1)  DANSIE (2)  DAY (1)  DESSANT (1)  DESSENT (9)  DOUBLEDAY (1)  DUDDEL (1)  DUPONT (8)  DYER (8)  EAGLE (1)  EVES (5)  EMMENY (1)  EVANS (8)  EVERITT (13)  FIDREY (1)  FRACY (3)  FRENCH (3)  FROST (14)  GARRAD (11)  GILBY (1)  GOOD (1)  GRANT (1)  GRIMSTON (5)  GROOM (1)  GROOMBRIDGE (1)  HARRINGTON (8)  HARRISON (2)  HARVEY (4)  HAYWARD (4)  HOBBS (6)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLMES (3)  HORNETT (7)  HORSNELL (1)  HOWARD (32)  HUME (14)  HUNT (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JOSSELYN (1)  KENDALL (4)  KINGSBURY (5)  KIRBY (3)  LADBROOK (11)  LAYZELL (1)  LEADEN (2)  LESTER (7)  LONG (6)  MANNING (14)  MAYHEW (1)  MOLE (2)  NEWMAN (14)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PEAK (8)  PETTITT (17)  PILGRIM (2)  PLAMPTON (4)  PLUM (1)  PONDER (1)  POTTER (2)  PORTER (1)  PRYKE (1)  RAWLINGSON (4)  ROOT (3)  ROW (5)  RUGGLES (2)  SALMON (2)  SCOTCHMAN (1)  SEALY (1)  SHEAD (9)  SCALES (2)  SHORTEN (1)  SMITH (8)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SPARKES (2)  SPARKS (6)  SPINKS (1)  SPRINGETT (1)  STAMERS (8)  STEDMAN (1)  STEBBING (10)  SYCAMORE (8)  THEOBALD (2)  THOMPSON (2)  WADE (1)  WALLS (1)  WALSH (8)  WARREN (5)  WATERS (1)  WEBBER (19)  WEAVERS (6)  WEST (1)  WHITE (1)  WIRE (1)  WAYLETT (1)  WRIGHT (9)