Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Bentley, Essex

Great Bentley 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
TAYLOR515.57388.72
HERBERT252.732273.14
NEWMAN222.404432.34
CLARK212.29517.64
LORD202.185847.40
CHAPLIN171.8579129.47
ROBINSON171.85795.83
DINES171.8579696.72
HILLS161.748663.24
BROOKS161.748617.89
JENNINGS151.639332.33
WRIGHT151.63935.11
NUNN151.639393.57
COWELL141.5301106.87
SIZER131.4208812.50
BUTCHER131.420833.71
SMITH121.31150.93
PLUMMER121.311598.20
PRIOR111.202251.94
ALMOND111.202297.00
YOUNG101.09295.09
WHITE90.98363.06
SAUNDERS80.87439.53
KING80.87434.01
CUDMORE80.8743620.16
SANDERS80.874319.29
WINGE80.874326,666.67
CASON80.8743776.70
MOORE80.87434.37
PARTRIDGE80.874333.47
COLLIN70.7650146.75
PITT70.765035.81
ALLAN70.765012.19
LAMBERT70.765014.02
WOODS70.765012.13
ELEY60.6557106.01
ALWARD60.65572,727.27
PURDY60.6557114.94
AUSTON60.65571,304.35
NORFOLK60.6557237.15
GOODWIN60.655712.45
BARTON50.546410.12
MILLS50.54644.21
GENTRY50.5464168.92
HAGGAR50.5464362.32
ROSE50.54647.37
FRANCIS50.54649.17
AGER50.5464139.66
SIMMONS50.546413.39
BINES50.5464781.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINGE0.9291526666.6667
LIVERS0.9291510000.0000
ALWARD0.929152727.2727
JESSEMAN0.929151818.1818
AUSTON0.929151304.3478
WOODLY0.92915869.5652
SIZER0.92915812.5000
BINES0.92915781.2500
CASON0.92915776.6990
SUGAR0.92915714.2857
DINES0.92915696.7213
CUDMORE0.92915620.1550
HAGGAR0.92915362.3188
SCARFF0.92915272.7273
PULFER0.92915256.4103
HUMM0.92915252.1008
NORFOLK0.92915237.1542
HAYHOE0.92915212.7660
BOYDEN0.92915172.4138
GENTRY0.92915168.9189
WILDEN0.92915163.9344
POLLY0.92915147.0588
COLLIN0.92915146.7505
CASTER0.92915144.9275
AGER0.92915139.6648
CHAPLIN0.92915129.4745
PURDY0.92915114.9425
COWELL0.92915106.8702
LEVERS0.92915106.3830
ELEY0.92915106.0071
PEGGS0.92915104.1667
PLUMMER0.9291598.1997
ALMOND0.9291597.0018
NUNN0.9291593.5745
PACK0.9291593.0233
HERBERT0.9291573.1422
DORMAN0.9291568.0272
HILLS0.9291563.2411
RUFFELL0.9291554.9451
GRIMWOOD0.9291553.0504
BOWELL0.9291552.9101
PRIOR0.9291551.9358
EADY0.9291548.0769
LORD0.9291547.4046
GARNHAM0.9291546.0829
ELY0.9291541.5800
PITT0.9291535.8056
BUTCHER0.9291533.7137
PARTRIDGE0.9291533.4728
NEWMAN0.9291532.3387

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 915 people called WINGE in Great Bentley 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 26666.6667 in Great Bentley means that 26666.6667% of the people in Great Bentley on census day were called WINGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINGE 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 WINGE 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 WINGE 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 WINGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Great Bentley means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINGE in Great Bentley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Bentley in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AGER (5)  AINGIER (2)  ALLAN (7)  ALLEN (4)  ALMOND (11)  ALWARD (6)  ANDREWS (1)  AINGER (7)  ATTHILL (5)  AUSTON (6)  AYMM OR HYUM (6)  BAGLEY (1)  BAKER (2)  BALLS (1)  BANYARD (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNARD (1)  BARNES (1)  BARTON (5)  BARTAN (1)  BELL (1)  BENNETT (1)  BINES (5)  BORRODELL (2)  BOWELL (1)  BOYDEN (3)  BRITTON (2)  BROMLY (2)  BROOKS (16)  BRUNDELL (1)  BUCKLETREE (1)  BULL (2)  BUNMAN (4)  BUNSDEN (3)  BUTCHER (13)  BYRNE (1)  CANN (2)  CANT (1)  CAREY (1)  CARTER (3)  CASON (8)  CASTER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CAMPION (2)  CHAPLIN (17)  CHIPPERTON (2)  CLARBOW (5)  CLARK (21)  COBBOLD (7)  COE (2)  COLLIER (1)  COLLIN (7)  COOK (1)  COOPER (4)  COWELL (14)  CROSS (2)  CUDMORE (8)  DAVIS (3)  DAVY (1)  DAWSON (2)  DINES (17)  DELF (7)  DORMAN (2)  DOWMAN (13)  DOWNES (2)  DUNN (1)  EADY (1)  ELLIS (1)  ELY (2)  ELEY (6)  FITCH (1)  FULLER (1)  FRANCIS (5)  GARNER (2)  GARNHAM (2)  GENTRY (5)  GLANFIELD (1)  GOBY (9)  GOODWIN (6)  GRIMFIELD (4)  GRIMSEY (1)  GRIMWOOD (2)  GROOM (2)  GUNNFIELD (7)  GUNN (1)  HAGGAR (5)  HALLS (2)  HARRISS (1)  HARVEY (2)  HAYHOE (2)  HERBERT (25)  HILLS (16)  HOWARD (2)  HUMON ? (9)  HEWMAN (1)  HUMM (3)  HURRELL (1)  HURRON (1)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (3)  JENNINGS (15)  JESSEMAN (2)  JESSYMAN (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JOLLY (1)  KETTLE (2)  KIDBY (1)  KING (8)  LAKER (1)  LAMBERT (7)  LARGE (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LAZELL (2)  LEVERS (1)  LINDLY (4)  LIVERS (2)  LORD (20)  MASKELL (1)  MAWBY (1)  MAWLING (4)  MILLS (5)  MOORE (8)  MOORISH (1)  MOWTELL (10)  NEVARD (4)  NEVILLE (1)  NEWMAN (22)  NORFOLK (6)  NORTON (4)  NUNN (15)  OSBORNE (1)  PACK (4)  PARTRIDGE (8)  PEGGS (1)  PILLAN (1)  PITT (7)  PLATT (1)  PLUMMER (12)  POLLY (1)  POTTER (2)  PORTER (1)  POULTON (2)  POWELL (2)  PRIOR (11)  PRYKE (10)  PULFER (1)  PURDY (6)  RAVEN (1)  ROBINSON (17)  ROSE (5)  RUFFELL (1)  SADLER (4)  SAUNDERS (8)  SANDERS (8)  SCARFF (3)  SCOROTT (2)  SCOSSEN (1)  SCOTNEY (8)  SHARPE (1)  SHELDRAKE (7)  SHILLIE (1)  SIMMONS (5)  SIZER (13)  SLOWGROVE (6)  SMITH (12)  SMYTHIES (2)  STUDD (2)  SUGAR (2)  TAYLOR (51)  THOMPSON (4)  THORPE (2)  TIDELL (1)  TUNMER (1)  TURNER (1)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WALCHAM (5)  WARNER (3)  WATCHAM (21)  WATSON (1)  WEBBER (1)  WHITE (9)  WHITFIELD (1)  WILDEN (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILBY (1)  WILSON (1)  WINGE (8)  WOODS (7)  WOODLY (2)  WRIGHT (15)  WRINGE (6)  WRING (2)  YOUNG (10)