Top surnames from the 1881 census in Canvey Island, Essex

Canvey Island 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
PRATT134.642980.80
FARROW124.2857228.57
BIRD113.928651.40
JENNINGS103.571470.42
FROST82.857150.83
KEMP82.857151.51
SCOTT82.857111.29
BECKWITH72.5000424.24
TERRY72.500097.77
STEARS72.50004,117.65
CHILDS62.1429116.73
CASEY62.1429145.28
SMITH62.14291.52
MOTT62.1429283.02
JORDAN51.785740.42
BULLOCK51.785754.88
DAINES51.7857757.58
BENNETT51.785710.86
CARTER51.785710.64
BULL51.785742.23
WHITWELL51.7857602.41
WEBB51.785713.18
HARRINGTON51.785794.16
DEDMAN41.4286754.72
LARMAN41.42861,538.46
PEASE41.4286377.36
WELLARD41.4286714.29
EDWARDS41.42865.13
ORFORD20.7143285.71
WHITE20.71432.22
CUNNINGHAM20.714315.16
WALLER20.714328.37
STUBBS20.714327.06
NOAKES20.714397.56
MURRAY20.71435.76
BREWER20.714326.92
THORNTON20.714314.20
MANN10.35716.78
WADE10.35718.92
PORTER10.35714.76
AMEY10.3571128.21
BUTCHER10.35718.47
HORNSBY10.357154.95
STAPLES10.357137.31
NEAL10.357112.08
BROWN10.35710.54
HAYES10.35715.74
RUST10.357167.57
MAYS10.357162.50
GRIGGS10.357145.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEARS0.282804117.6471
LARMAN0.282801538.4615
COCKLEY0.282801250.0000
DAINES0.28280757.5758
DEDMAN0.28280754.7170
WELLARD0.28280714.2857
WHITWELL0.28280602.4096
BECKWITH0.28280424.2424
PEASE0.28280377.3585
ORFORD0.28280285.7143
MOTT0.28280283.0189
FARROW0.28280228.5714
KNOCK0.28280188.6792
CASEY0.28280145.2785
AMEY0.28280128.2051
CHILDS0.28280116.7315
TERRY0.2828097.7654
NOAKES0.2828097.5610
HARRINGTON0.2828094.1620
PRATT0.2828080.7955
JENNINGS0.2828070.4225
RUST0.2828067.5676
MAYS0.2828062.5000
WALFORD0.2828058.1395
HORNSBY0.2828054.9451
BULLOCK0.2828054.8847
CORNELL0.2828053.4759
KEMP0.2828051.5132
BIRD0.2828051.4019
FROST0.2828050.8259
BALE0.2828047.6190
GRIGGS0.2828045.8716
CUTTS0.2828045.4545
FORDHAM0.2828044.4444
RAVEN0.2828042.5532
BULL0.2828042.2297
JORDAN0.2828040.4204
STAPLES0.2828037.3134
WALLER0.2828028.3688
BEALE0.2828028.1690
STUBBS0.2828027.0636
BREWER0.2828026.9179
GOSLING0.2828022.8311
ENGLISH0.2828019.0114
HORNER0.2828018.7617
CUNNINGHAM0.2828015.1630
THORNTON0.2828014.2045
WEBB0.2828013.1752
HILLS0.2828012.9199
ROWLAND0.2828012.5628

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 280 people called STEARS in Canvey Island 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 4117.6471 in Canvey Island means that 4117.6471% of the people in Canvey Island on census day were called STEARS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEARS 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 STEARS 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 STEARS 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 STEARS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Canvey Island means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEARS in Canvey Island than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Canvey Island in 1881

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

ORFORD (2)  ARGENT (1)  BALE (1)  BARTTRAM (9)  BEALE (1)  BECKWITH (7)  BENNETT (5)  BIRD (11)  BOND (1)  BREWER (2)  BREWITT (1)  BROWN (1)  BULL (5)  BULLING (1)  BULLOCK (5)  BUTCHER (1)  CARTER (5)  CASEY (6)  CHILDS (6)  COCKLEY (1)  COLLIER (1)  COOK (1)  CORNELL (1)  CUTTS (1)  CUNNINGHAM (2)  DEDMAN (4)  DAINES (5)  DRAWBRIDGE (2)  AMEY (1)  EDWARDS (4)  FARROW (12)  FORDHAM (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FROST (8)  JORDAN (5)  GOSLING (1)  GRIGGS (1)  HARNMELT (1)  HARRINGTON (5)  HARTLEY (1)  HAYES (1)  HILLS (1)  HORNER (1)  HORNSBY (1)  ENGLISH (1)  GEPP (2)  JENNINGS (10)  KEMP (8)  KIDBY (1)  KNOCK (1)  LARMAN (4)  LAYZELL (1)  LINGWOOD (5)  MULLEY (2)  MANN (1)  MARKISS (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAYS (1)  MURREN (1)  MOTT (6)  MURRAY (2)  NEAL (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NOAKES (2)  PACKMAN (9)  PALMER (1)  PEASE (4)  PICKMORE (2)  PLAYAL (1)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (13)  RAVEN (1)  READ (1)  RIDGWELL (1)  ROWLAND (1)  RUST (1)  SCOTT (8)  SMITH (6)  STAPLES (1)  STEARS (7)  STUBBS (2)  TERRY (7)  THORNTON (2)  TURNNIDGE (1)  TURNER (1)  WADE (1)  WALLER (2)  WARRON (3)  WEBB (5)  WELLARD (4)  WHITE (2)  WHITWELL (5)  WALFORD (1)