Top surnames from the 1881 census in Heydon, Essex

Heydon 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
SUTTON3112.0623189.49
DRAYTON187.00392,000.00
COWELL155.8366407.61
LOVEDAY145.4475891.72
NEGUS145.44751,917.81
WALTERS145.4475114.29
SMITH124.66933.31
BARNES83.112825.86
NORRIS83.112872.46
FRANKLIN83.112893.79
ROBINSON72.72378.54
CLARKE72.723713.44
WALLER51.945577.28
GREENHILL41.5564360.36
WALLS41.5564129.45
CREEK41.5564851.06
RICHARDSON41.55649.14
NUNN31.167366.67
WARD31.16735.34
BUNYAN31.1673389.61
WHYMAN31.1673434.78
MANSFIELD31.167362.24
ROGERS31.16738.99
PLEDGER31.1673476.19
WATTS20.77829.28
NOBLE20.778218.74
WILSON20.77821.69
JONAS20.7782454.55
BURGESS20.778211.20
LAW20.778217.20
HOY20.7782135.14
HILL20.77823.06
BURCHELL10.389187.72
FARNELL10.3891106.38
STONE10.38915.38
JONES10.38910.34
CUTTS10.389149.51
HOLDSWORTH10.389123.09
HALE10.389110.85
GOSDEN10.3891192.31
LIVERMORE10.3891114.94
EASTON10.389125.64
HINES10.389145.66
GRIFFITHS10.38912.38
BRIGHT10.389119.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DRAYTON0.262572000.0000
NEGUS0.262571917.8082
LOVEDAY0.26257891.7197
CREEK0.26257851.0638
PLEDGER0.26257476.1905
JONAS0.26257454.5455
WHYMAN0.26257434.7826
COWELL0.26257407.6087
BUNYAN0.26257389.6104
GREENHILL0.26257360.3604
GOSDEN0.26257192.3077
SUTTON0.26257189.4866
HOY0.26257135.1351
WALLS0.26257129.4498
LIVERMORE0.26257114.9425
WALTERS0.26257114.2857
FARNELL0.26257106.3830
FRANKLIN0.2625793.7866
BURCHELL0.2625787.7193
WALLER0.2625777.2798
NORRIS0.2625772.4638
NUNN0.2625766.6667
MANSFIELD0.2625762.2407
CUTTS0.2625749.5050
HINES0.2625745.6621
BARNES0.2625725.8565
EASTON0.2625725.6410
HOLDSWORTH0.2625723.0947
BRIGHT0.2625719.2308
NOBLE0.2625718.7441
LAW0.2625717.1969
CLARKE0.2625713.4409
BURGESS0.2625711.2045
HALE0.2625710.8460
WATTS0.262579.2807
RICHARDSON0.262579.1429
ROGERS0.262578.9901
ROBINSON0.262578.5428
STONE0.262575.3821
WARD0.262575.3438
SMITH0.262573.3070
HILL0.262573.0553
GRIFFITHS0.262572.3776
WILSON0.262571.6945
JONES0.262570.3436

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 257 people called DRAYTON in Heydon 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 2000.0000 in Heydon means that 2000.0000% of the people in Heydon on census day were called DRAYTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DRAYTON 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 DRAYTON 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 DRAYTON 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 DRAYTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Heydon means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DRAYTON in Heydon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heydon in 1881

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

BARNES (8)  BURCHELL (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BUNYAN (3)  BURGESS (2)  CLARKE (7)  CUTTS (1)  COWELL (15)  CREEK (4)  DRAYTON (18)  EASTON (1)  ELSOM (19)  FARNELL (1)  FRANKLIN (8)  FURRNIS (1)  GOSDEN (1)  GREENHILL (4)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALE (1)  HILL (2)  HILLERSDON (2)  HINES (1)  HOLDSWORTH (1)  HOY (2)  JONAS (2)  JONES (1)  LAW (2)  LIVERMORE (1)  LOVEDAY (14)  MANSFIELD (3)  MUSTILL (1)  NEGUS (14)  NOBLE (2)  NORRIS (8)  NUNN (3)  PLEDGER (3)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBINSON (7)  ROGERS (3)  SAVILL (6)  SMITH (12)  SOOLE (1)  STONE (1)  SUTTON (31)  WALLS (4)  WALLER (5)  WALTERS (14)  WARD (3)  WATTS (2)  WHYMAN (3)  WILSON (2)