Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dengie, Essex

Dengie 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
KING144.361420.01
WOOD134.049812.71
SMITH123.73832.65
DINES123.73831,395.35
GLADWELL103.11531,136.36
CLARKE92.803713.84
JACKSON92.803710.03
BAKER92.803712.80
NUNN92.8037160.14
LARK92.80371,285.71
TURNER82.49228.95
WRIGHT72.18076.80
MONK61.869289.02
CROSBY61.8692157.89
MASKELL61.8692265.49
CLEGG61.869254.89
GILES61.869249.06
COLLINS51.557610.86
BRETT51.557682.10
POTTER51.557624.02
CABLE51.5576310.56
HARDY51.557626.00
COLLYER51.5576251.26
SIMPSON41.24617.13
WARMINGTON41.2461677.97
LAMB30.934617.72
GIBBINS30.9346121.95
GRIMWOOD30.9346227.27
FORD30.93469.59
FLETCHER30.93468.19
TERRY30.934636.54
GROVES20.623122.15
PUNT20.6231606.06
PAGE20.62317.79
CLARK20.62312.07
HUGHES20.62312.22
PLUMB20.623176.92
CHAPMAN20.62314.39
BARNARD10.311512.55
ADAMS10.31152.11
GREEN10.31151.11
WASH10.3115303.03
CALEY10.311580.65
HOLT10.31154.65
THURGOOD10.311588.50
FLACK10.311544.25
NICHOLLS10.31155.96
HART10.31153.65
SWEETING10.311577.52
SEELEY10.3115101.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DINES0.323211395.3488
LARK0.323211285.7143
GLADWELL0.323211136.3636
SAMMS0.32321909.0909
WARMINGTON0.32321677.9661
PUNT0.32321606.0606
CABLE0.32321310.5590
WASH0.32321303.0303
MASKELL0.32321265.4867
COLLYER0.32321251.2563
GRIMWOOD0.32321227.2727
DRAIN0.32321178.5714
NUNN0.32321160.1423
CROSBY0.32321157.8947
GIBBINS0.32321121.9512
HAWKS0.32321119.0476
SEELEY0.32321101.0101
MONK0.3232189.0208
THURGOOD0.3232188.4956
BRETT0.3232182.1018
CALEY0.3232180.6452
SWEETING0.3232177.5194
PLUMB0.3232176.9231
CLEGG0.3232154.8948
GILES0.3232149.0597
FLACK0.3232144.2478
GRIGGS0.3232140.0000
TERRY0.3232136.5408
HEARD0.3232129.3255
HARDY0.3232126.0010
POTTER0.3232124.0154
GROVES0.3232122.1484
BRAND0.3232121.0970
KING0.3232120.0114
LAMB0.3232117.7200
WHITING0.3232116.1812
CLARKE0.3232113.8376
HUBBARD0.3232112.8205
BAKER0.3232112.7950
WOOD0.3232112.7102
BARNARD0.3232112.5471
COLLINS0.3232110.8554
JACKSON0.3232110.0323
FORD0.323219.5939
NICHOLS0.323219.5602
TURNER0.323218.9526
FLETCHER0.323218.1855
PAGE0.323217.7942
MORLEY0.323217.7942
SIMPSON0.323217.1250

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 321 people called DINES in Dengie 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 1395.3488 in Dengie means that 1395.3488% of the people in Dengie on census day were called DINES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DINES 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 DINES 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 DINES 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 DINES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Dengie means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DINES in Dengie than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dengie in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AGGUS (4)  ALLIKER (1)  AYLETT (6)  ANDREWS (1)  ATTENBOROUGH (2)  BAKER (9)  BARNARD (1)  BEEHAG (4)  BIFFORD (1)  BRAND (1)  BRETT (5)  BURTON (1)  CABLE (5)  CHAPMAN (2)  CLARKE (9)  CLARK (2)  CLAYDON (6)  CLEGG (6)  COLE (1)  COLLYER (5)  COLLINS (5)  CROSBY (6)  DINES (12)  DRAIN (1)  FLACK (1)  FLETCHER (3)  FORD (3)  GIBBINS (3)  GILES (6)  GLADWELL (10)  GREEN (1)  GREENBERT (1)  GRIGGS (1)  GRIMWOOD (3)  GROVES (2)  HARDY (5)  HART (1)  HAWKS (1)  HEARD (1)  HOLT (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HUGHES (2)  JACKSON (9)  JIGGINS (7)  JUY (1)  CALEY (1)  KEMP (1)  KING (14)  LAGDON (2)  LAMB (3)  LARK (9)  MASKELL (6)  MONK (6)  MORLEY (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NUNN (9)  PAGE (2)  PLUMB (2)  POTTER (5)  PUNT (2)  SAINS (3)  SAMMS (1)  SEELEY (1)  SHICKELLS (2)  SIMPSON (4)  SKEATS (3)  SMITH (12)  STAMMERS (10)  SWEETING (1)  TERRY (3)  THOMPSON (1)  THOROGOOD (8)  THURGOOD (1)  TIDMAN (9)  TURNER (8)  WARMINGTON (4)  WASH (1)  WHENT (1)  WHITING (1)  WITING (1)  WILLSMER (1)  WOOD (13)  WRIGHT (7)