Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chignall St James, Essex

Chignall St James 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
TURNER136.132122.03
PERRIN115.1887506.91
SMITH115.18873.67
ELLIS104.717032.48
JOHNSON83.773611.23
HASLER73.30191,320.75
FEWELL73.30194,375.00
NEWMAN73.301944.42
BAILEY73.301921.92
GAMBLE73.3019231.02
FRANKLIN62.830285.23
FITCH62.8302361.45
MAY52.358537.04
RAYNER52.358594.52
MONK52.3585112.36
CHAPMAN52.358516.61
RUFFELL41.8868952.38
CHRISTY41.8868888.89
CUTTS41.8868239.52
WAKELING41.8868493.83
CHILDS41.8868102.83
RAVEN41.8868224.72
JUNIPER41.88681,000.00
WOODS41.886829.92
CHURCH41.886886.39
PERRY31.415119.24
COLE31.415115.54
COWLIN31.41511,578.95
PATIENT31.41511,304.35
KING20.94344.33
WARDON20.943410,000.00
CARTWRIGHT20.943424.75
BARNES20.94347.84
KEMP20.943417.01
MATTHEWS20.943410.82
BLANKS20.9434769.23
EVERITT20.9434112.36
TYRRELL20.9434128.21
FIRMAN20.9434370.37
BEARD10.471717.92
ALEXANDER10.47178.91
PARNELL10.471748.78
LINES10.471744.44
HEARN10.471735.71
CLEVELAND10.4717243.90
GILKES10.4717333.33
LEE10.47172.89
HEARD10.471744.44
LODGE10.471725.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WARDON0.2121210000.0000
FEWELL0.212124375.0000
COWLIN0.212121578.9474
HASLER0.212121320.7547
PATIENT0.212121304.3478
JUNIPER0.212121000.0000
RUFFELL0.21212952.3810
CHRISTY0.21212888.8889
BLANKS0.21212769.2308
PERRIN0.21212506.9124
WAKELING0.21212493.8272
FIRMAN0.21212370.3704
FITCH0.21212361.4458
GILKES0.21212333.3333
CLEVELAND0.21212243.9024
CUTTS0.21212239.5210
GAMBLE0.21212231.0231
RAVEN0.21212224.7191
TYRRELL0.21212128.2051
EVERITT0.21212112.3596
MONK0.21212112.3596
CHILDS0.21212102.8278
RAYNER0.2121294.5180
CHURCH0.2121286.3931
FRANKLIN0.2121285.2273
PARNELL0.2121248.7805
LINES0.2121244.4444
HEARD0.2121244.4444
NEWMAN0.2121244.4162
MAY0.2121237.0370
HEARN0.2121235.7143
ELLIS0.2121232.4781
WOODS0.2121229.9177
LODGE0.2121225.9740
CARTWRIGHT0.2121224.7525
TURNER0.2121222.0302
BAILEY0.2121221.9230
PERRY0.2121219.2431
BEARD0.2121217.9211
KEMP0.2121217.0068
CHAPMAN0.2121216.6058
COLE0.2121215.5360
JOHNSON0.2121211.2312
MATTHEWS0.2121210.8167
ALEXANDER0.212128.9127
BARNES0.212127.8370
KING0.212124.3290
SMITH0.212123.6749
LEE0.212122.8860

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 212 people called WARDON in Chignall St James 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 10000.0000 in Chignall St James means that 10000.0000% of the people in Chignall St James on census day were called WARDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WARDON 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 WARDON 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 WARDON 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 WARDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Chignall St James means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WARDON in Chignall St James than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chignall St James in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BAILEY (7)  BAREHAM (1)  BARNES (2)  BEARD (1)  BLANKS (2)  CARTWRIGHT (2)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHILDS (4)  CHIPPERFIELD (1)  CHRISTY (4)  CHURCH (4)  CLEVELAND (1)  COLE (3)  CUTTS (4)  COWLIN (3)  ELLIS (10)  EVERITT (2)  PHEYSEY (1)  FEWELL (7)  FIRMAN (2)  FITCH (6)  FRANKLIN (6)  GAMBLE (7)  GILKES (1)  HASLER (7)  HEARD (1)  HEARN (1)  IVIRY (1)  JOHNSON (8)  JUNIPER (4)  KEMP (2)  KETTLEY (4)  KING (2)  LEE (1)  LINES (1)  LODGE (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAY (5)  MONK (5)  MUGGERIDGE (1)  NEWMAN (7)  ODDY (2)  PARNELL (1)  PATIENT (3)  PERRIN (11)  PERRY (3)  RAVEN (4)  RAYNER (5)  RUFFELL (4)  SMITH (11)  TURNER (13)  TYRRELL (2)  UNWIN (3)  WAKELING (4)  WARDON (2)  WOODS (4)