Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Braxted, Essex

Great Braxted 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
WILLIAMS215.63007.84
POLLEY174.55761,734.69
ORTH112.949155,000.00
CLARK112.94919.81
THORINGTON102.68107,142.86
HUME92.4129170.13
CLEMMENTS92.412912,857.14
HARVEY82.144820.09
WOOD71.87675.89
SMITH71.87671.33
BARRATT71.876792.47
CRABB71.8767180.88
WALLACE71.876727.40
WARNER61.608644.12
MOTT61.6086212.77
SIDER61.608620,000.00
BABBS61.60862,000.00
BATEMAN51.340551.87
APPLETON51.340585.47
WIRE51.34052,272.73
BROWN41.07241.63
PATTEN41.0724170.94
RAVEN41.0724127.80
SPOONER30.804355.76
DIGBY30.8043155.44
FROST30.804314.31
HAMMOND30.804314.12
BRUCE30.804317.17
MILROY30.8043280.37
LANCASTER20.536221.58
SEABROOK20.5362108.70
WESTLEY20.5362130.72
HALE20.536214.95
THORP20.536239.53
DUDLEY20.536235.71
BURDETT20.536276.05
DRAIN20.5362303.03
HOLGATE20.536264.72
ELEY20.536286.58
CLARKE10.26811.32
CARTER10.26811.60
MILLER10.26811.50
WRIGHT10.26810.84
KIRKPATRICK10.268131.15
RUSHEN10.2681370.37
HULL10.268112.82
WESTGATE10.2681158.73
HANNA10.2681169.49
BENNETT10.26811.63
MASON10.26811.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ORTH0.3737355000.0000
SIDER0.3737320000.0000
CLEMMENTS0.3737312857.1429
THORINGTON0.373737142.8571
WIRE0.373732272.7273
BABBS0.373732000.0000
POLLEY0.373731734.6939
WORCESTER0.37373588.2353
RUSHEN0.37373370.3704
DRAIN0.37373303.0303
MILROY0.37373280.3738
MOTT0.37373212.7660
CRABB0.37373180.8786
PATTEN0.37373170.9402
HUME0.37373170.1323
HANNA0.37373169.4915
WESTGATE0.37373158.7302
DIGBY0.37373155.4404
WESTLEY0.37373130.7190
RAVEN0.37373127.7955
SEABROOK0.37373108.6957
BARRATT0.3737392.4703
ELEY0.3737386.5801
APPLETON0.3737385.4701
BURDETT0.3737376.0456
HOLGATE0.3737364.7249
SPOONER0.3737355.7621
BATEMAN0.3737351.8672
WARNER0.3737344.1176
CHALK0.3737340.6504
THORP0.3737339.5257
DUDLEY0.3737335.7143
KIRKPATRICK0.3737331.1526
WALLACE0.3737327.3973
WATKINSON0.3737322.8833
LANCASTER0.3737321.5750
HARVEY0.3737320.0904
BRUCE0.3737317.1723
HALE0.3737314.9477
FROST0.3737314.3062
HAMMOND0.3737314.1243
HULL0.3737312.8205
CLARK0.373739.8118
WILLIAMS0.373737.8376
TOWNSEND0.373736.3131
WOOD0.373735.8898
PALMER0.373732.2743
MASON0.373731.9940
BENNETT0.373731.6311
BROWN0.373731.6268

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 373 people called ORTH in Great Braxted 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 55000.0000 in Great Braxted means that 55000.0000% of the people in Great Braxted on census day were called ORTH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ORTH 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 ORTH 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 ORTH 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 ORTH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Great Braxted means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ORTH in Great Braxted than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Braxted in 1881

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

APPLETON (5)  ARDLEY (1)  BABBS (6)  BARRATT (7)  BATEMAN (5)  BENNETT (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUCE (3)  BURDETT (2)  CARTER (1)  CATTERMOLE (4)  CHALK (1)  CHALLICE (5)  CLARK (11)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMMENTS (9)  CLEMMENT (3)  COTTEE (11)  CRABB (7)  DIGBY (3)  DRAIN (2)  DUDLEY (2)  ELEY (2)  FAIRHEAD (5)  FROST (3)  FRYATT (8)  GOODAY (2)  HALE (2)  HAMMOND (3)  HANNA (1)  HARVEY (8)  HOLGATE (2)  HULL (1)  HUME (9)  HUXTER (36)  JACKSON (1)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LANCASTER (2)  MAYN (4)  MASON (1)  MILLER (1)  MILROY (3)  MOTT (6)  NEVARD (1)  ORTH (11)  PALMER (1)  PAPWORTH (11)  PATTEN (4)  PETGOLD (1)  POLLEY (17)  RAVEN (4)  ROWLANDSON (2)  RUSHEN (1)  SERGANT (1)  SEABROOK (2)  SAWARD (9)  SHYNN (7)  SIDER (6)  SMITH (7)  SPOONER (3)  SPRINGETT (4)  STRUTT (3)  THORP (2)  THORINGTON (10)  TOWNSEND (1)  WALLACE (7)  WAPLING (11)  WARNER (6)  WARWICKER (1)  WATKINSON (1)  WAXWICKER (1)  WESTGATE (1)  WESTLEY (2)  WYBREW (3)  WILLIAMS (21)  WINGAR (2)  WIRE (5)  WOOD (7)  WORCESTER (1)  WRIGHT (1)