Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cressing, Essex

Cressing 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
SUTTON417.5786119.05
MOSS224.066565.99
CROZIER203.6969787.40
COLLINS162.957520.61
JOSLIN162.9575769.23
CHALLIS132.4030380.12
PEASE122.2181585.37
SMITH112.03331.44
AGER101.8484471.70
NEWMAN101.848424.86
COUSINS101.8484102.77
GREEN91.66365.91
OWERS91.6636750.00
YOUNGER91.6636307.17
SHELLEY91.6636214.80
CABLE91.6636330.88
TOKLEY91.663612,857.14
SIGGERS91.66362,250.00
CHEEK81.4787733.95
SPRINGATE81.47871,176.47
BREED71.2939752.69
HICK71.2939277.78
WILLIS71.293924.34
WAKEFIELD71.293972.24
BREWSTER71.2939133.59
PHILLIPS61.10916.20
CHAPMAN61.10917.81
BINKS61.1091188.09
PRENTICE50.924278.49
ADAMS50.92426.27
GALLEY50.9242259.07
HAM50.9242123.15
AMOSS50.92425,000.00
KEYS50.9242185.87
FINCH50.924227.76
DYER40.739419.08
LAY40.739499.50
GOWERS40.7394272.11
TURNER40.73942.66
WILES40.739485.29
JOHNSON40.73942.20
THEOBALD30.554587.21
BELL30.55452.95
WARD30.55452.54
FREEMAN30.55458.68
BARNARD30.554522.34
PALMER30.55454.70
HAMMOND30.55459.74
WADE20.36979.24
BLACKWALL20.3697800.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOKLEY0.5454112857.1429
AMOSS0.545415000.0000
SIGGERS0.545412250.0000
SPRINGATE0.545411176.4706
BLACKWALL0.54541800.0000
CROZIER0.54541787.4016
JOSLIN0.54541769.2308
BREED0.54541752.6882
OWERS0.54541750.0000
CHEEK0.54541733.9450
PEASE0.54541585.3659
HEADLY0.54541500.0000
WILLER0.54541476.1905
AGER0.54541471.6981
CHALLIS0.54541380.1170
CABLE0.54541330.8824
YOUNGER0.54541307.1672
HICK0.54541277.7778
GOWERS0.54541272.1088
GORDAN0.54541270.2703
GALLEY0.54541259.0674
SHELLEY0.54541214.7971
BINKS0.54541188.0878
KEYS0.54541185.8736
POLLEY0.54541140.8451
BREWSTER0.54541133.5878
HAM0.54541123.1527
SUTTON0.54541119.0476
CRANMER0.54541107.5269
COUSINS0.54541102.7749
LAY0.5454199.5025
JUNIPER0.5454197.0874
THEOBALD0.5454187.2093
WILES0.5454185.2878
PRENTICE0.5454178.4929
WAKEFIELD0.5454172.2394
GROUT0.5454171.4286
MOSS0.5454165.9868
MADDOCKS0.5454130.3030
CHALK0.5454128.0112
FINCH0.5454127.7624
NEWMAN0.5454124.8633
WILLIS0.5454124.3394
BARNARD0.5454122.3380
COLLINS0.5454120.6106
DAVIE0.5454120.0803
DYER0.5454119.0840
SWALLOW0.5454118.3150
HAMMOND0.545419.7403
BAINES0.545419.6525

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 541 people called TOKLEY in Cressing 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 12857.1429 in Cressing means that 12857.1429% of the people in Cressing on census day were called TOKLEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Cressing in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  AGER (10)  AMOSS (5)  ARDLEY (1)  BAINES (1)  BAREHAM (5)  BARKER ? (1)  BARNARD (3)  BEATER (6)  BELL (3)  BINKS (6)  BLACKWALL (2)  BOCKING (14)  BORE (6)  BREED (7)  BREWSTER (7)  CABLE (9)  CHALK (1)  CHALLIS (13)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHEEK (8)  CLARK (2)  COLLINS (16)  COUSINS (10)  CRANMER (1)  CROZIER (20)  CUTMORE (8)  DALE (1)  DAVIE (1)  DESSENT (2)  DREWARY (1)  DYER (4)  AYTON (2)  FINCH (5)  FREEMAN (3)  FRYATT (11)  GALLEY (5)  GORDAN (1)  GOWERS (4)  GREEN (9)  GROUT (1)  HAM (5)  HAMMOND (3)  HEADLY (1)  HICK (7)  HILLABY (2)  HORSNAILL (6)  JOHNSON (4)  JOSLIN (16)  JOYCE (1)  JUNIPER (1)  KERLOGUE (21)  KEYS (5)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAY (4)  LYNCH (1)  MADDOCKS (1)  MOSS (22)  NEWMAN (10)  OSBORN (1)  OWERS (9)  PALMER (3)  PEASE (12)  PHILLIPS (6)  POLLEY (2)  PRATT (1)  PRENTICE (5)  RIBLEY (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SACH (2)  SCARFE (4)  SIGGERS (9)  SHELLEY (9)  SMITH (11)  SPRINGATE (8)  STEBBINGS (8)  SURRAGE (5)  SUTTON (41)  SWALLOW (1)  TOTHAM (5)  THEOBALD (3)  THOROGOOD (6)  TOKLEY (9)  TURNER (4)  WADE (2)  WAKEFIELD (7)  WARD (3)  WILLER (1)  WHITE (1)  WITHAMS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (7)  WILES (4)  YOUNGER (9)