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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Copford, Essex

Copford 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
NICE426.33482,692.31
KING416.184028.38
BALLS162.4133188.24
SCOTT152.26248.94
HAYWARD142.111649.52
NAYLOR131.960852.02
WATTERS111.6591521.33
SMITH111.65911.18
MASON101.508311.22
BROWN91.35752.06
WRIGHT91.35754.23
BAILEY91.35759.01
THURLOW91.3575282.13
NEAR81.206610,000.00
KEEBLE81.2066175.82
BRAZIER81.2066128.82
TRAYLER81.20664,705.88
HALE71.055829.42
TAYLER71.0558191.78
MAYS71.0558184.70
WARREN71.055815.79
FISHER71.05589.02
JARVIS71.055823.53
POLLEY71.0558402.30
EVERITT60.9050107.91
PETTITT60.9050169.01
HORN60.905039.81
CRANFIELD60.9050370.37
HENNING60.9050618.56
FRENCH60.905018.54
BOND50.754114.25
PRIOR50.754132.57
BARDELL50.7541561.80
DERMAN50.75415,000.00
BLACKWELL50.754141.39
RAVEN50.754189.77
BARRITT50.7541289.02
STEWARD50.754158.69
SEWELL40.603328.53
TURMAN40.60338,000.00
FIRMIN40.6033459.77
KETTLE40.603368.97
MILLER40.60333.37
DONAGHY40.6033579.71
HUTTON40.603320.20
BRUCE40.603312.88
MANNING40.603318.98
KIBBLE40.6033201.01
HILLYARD30.4525177.51
WEST30.45254.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEAR0.6666310000.0000
TURMAN0.666638000.0000
DERMAN0.666635000.0000
TRAYLER0.666634705.8824
BALLING0.666633333.3333
NICE0.666632692.3077
HENNING0.66663618.5567
DONAGHY0.66663579.7101
BARDELL0.66663561.7978
FAYER0.66663555.5556
WATTERS0.66663521.3270
FIRMIN0.66663459.7701
POLLEY0.66663402.2989
CRANFIELD0.66663370.3704
COWLIN0.66663327.8689
BARRITT0.66663289.0173
CAST0.66663285.7143
THURLOW0.66663282.1317
JARMIN0.66663270.2703
KIBBLE0.66663201.0050
TAYLER0.66663191.7808
BALLS0.66663188.2353
MAYS0.66663184.6966
HILLYARD0.66663177.5148
KEEBLE0.66663175.8242
DIXEY0.66663173.9130
PETTITT0.66663169.0141
ROOT0.66663138.8889
BRAZIER0.66663128.8245
EVERITT0.66663107.9137
RAVEN0.6666389.7666
ROYCE0.6666386.9565
KEENE0.6666376.7263
COPSEY0.6666370.4225
KETTLE0.6666368.9655
RANSON0.6666360.9756
STEWARD0.6666358.6854
SIMSON0.6666358.1395
ELY0.6666357.3066
NAYLOR0.6666352.0208
HAYWARD0.6666349.5225
KERRY0.6666344.6429
BLACKWELL0.6666341.3907
BARRELL0.6666339.8406
HORN0.6666339.8142
JOSLIN0.6666339.2157
AMBROSE0.6666334.2466
PARSON0.6666333.5570
PRIOR0.6666332.5733
WOODGATE0.6666332.1543

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 663 people called NEAR in Copford 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 Copford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Copford on census day were called NEAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEAR 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 NEAR 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 NEAR 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 NEAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Copford means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEAR in Copford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Copford in 1881

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

AMBROSE (2)  HONYBALL (6)  ARNOLD (3)  BAILEY (9)  BALLS (16)  BALLING (1)  BARDELL (5)  BARFORD (5)  BARRITT (5)  BATEMAN (1)  BEER (1)  BLACKWELL (5)  BLACKWELL ? (1)  BOND (5)  BOWLES (3)  BRAZIER (8)  BROWN (9)  BRUCE (4)  BRYANT (3)  BUCK (1)  BUNTING (1)  BARRELL (1)  BOWTLE (2)  BOUTELL (4)  CANSDALE (9)  CAST (1)  CHAFLIN (5)  CHIPPINGTON (4)  CHURCH (2)  CONWAY (2)  COPSEY (1)  COWLIN (2)  CRANFIELD (6)  CURTIS (1)  DALDY (5)  DAVISON (1)  DERMAN (5)  DIXEY (2)  DONAGHY (4)  DYER (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLISTONE (13)  ELY (2)  EVERITT (6)  FAIRHEAD (1)  FAYER (1)  FINCH (3)  FIRMIN (4)  FISHER (7)  FLINT (2)  FORMIN (2)  FOSDIKE (3)  FRANKLIN (1)  FRENCH (6)  FROST (2)  GORDAY (5)  HALE (7)  HAMMOND (1)  HARRISON (1)  HARVEY (1)  HASNEY (1)  HATCH (1)  HAWKES (1)  HAYWARD (14)  HEDGATE (2)  HENNING (6)  HYAM (9)  HILLYARD (3)  HOLLAND (2)  HORN (6)  HOWE (2)  HUTTON (4)  JARMIN (1)  JARVIS (7)  JOSLIN (1)  KEEBLE (8)  KIBBLE (4)  KEENE (3)  KENDRED (3)  KERRY (2)  KETTLE (4)  KING (41)  LAFFAGE (7)  LAMBERT (1)  LINGLY (2)  LIMPION OR SIMPION (2)  M... (1)  MANNING (4)  MARCH (1)  MASKELL (1)  MASON (10)  MASON ? (8)  MAYS (7)  NEAR (8)  MEAD (3)  MILLER (4)  MILLS (1)  MORRELL (1)  MORTLOCK (1)  NAYLOR (13)  NICE (42)  NORTH (1)  OCKLEY (4)  PARSON (1)  PEARSON (2)  PETICAN (13)  PETTITT (6)  POLLEY (7)  PORTER (1)  POULTIN (2)  PRESTNEY (1)  PRIOR (5)  PRYKE (1)  PRIKE (PRYKE) (4)  PUDNEY (7)  RANSON (2)  RAVEN (5)  REES (2)  ROOT (3)  ROYCE (1)  SACH (1)  SALMON (2)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCOTT (15)  SEER... OR SUR...T (2)  SEWELL (4)  SIMSON (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (11)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SPRINGETT (3)  STEWARD (5)  SWAN (2)  TAMPION (9)  TURMAN (4)  TAYLER (7)  THEEDAM (2)  THURLOW (9)  TRAYLER (8)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WAKIDINE (1)  WARREN (7)  WATTERS (11)  WEBBER (3)  WEST (3)  WILLIAMS (3)  WOODGATE (1)  WRIGHT (9)