Top surnames from the 1881 census in High Easter, Essex

High Easter 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
LODGE789.7622536.82
MEAD627.7597332.80
SMITH577.13395.05
DAY425.256655.84
JOYCE324.0050163.10
ATTRIDGE232.87861,949.15
WARDER222.75341,864.41
SWEETING162.0025500.00
YOUNG162.00259.32
LITTLE151.877339.69
MOTT151.8773248.34
WHITNEY141.7522337.35
CLARK111.37674.58
BEARD101.251647.55
BARNES101.251610.40
MANNING101.251639.37
PORTER91.126415.01
GROVE91.126496.26
PERKINS91.126425.04
WEBSTER81.001311.51
BIRD81.001313.10
PUFFETT81.00131,739.13
GROVES81.001335.62
HOLGATE70.8761105.58
BOHANNON70.87615,384.62
GANDY70.8761217.39
SHARPE70.876129.72
SALMON70.876138.42
BENNETT70.87615.33
NIGHTINGALE70.876151.97
BAILEY60.75094.99
SOUTH60.750979.68
SHARP60.75099.01
NEVILLE60.750963.16
BURR60.750993.46
STAINES60.7509136.05
ARCHER60.750918.15
BOURNE60.750938.71
STOKES60.750917.78
FRANKLIN50.625818.85
COOK50.62583.15
THOMSON50.62584.68
ROLFE50.625848.26
FULLER50.625815.47
WESTWOOD40.500629.85
ROOTS40.5006171.67
CATON40.5006104.44
HALLS40.500663.29
OLIVER40.50067.02
LEECH40.500630.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOHANNON0.807995384.6154
ATTRIDGE0.807991949.1525
WARDER0.807991864.4068
PUFFETT0.807991739.1304
LODGE0.80799536.8204
SWEETING0.80799500.0000
WHITNEY0.80799337.3494
MEAD0.80799332.7966
OUTEN0.80799270.2703
MOTT0.80799248.3444
GANDY0.80799217.3913
SALTMARSH0.80799192.3077
ROOTS0.80799171.6738
FEWELL0.80799166.6667
JOYCE0.80799163.0989
STAINES0.80799136.0544
HOLGATE0.80799105.5807
CATON0.80799104.4386
EVE0.8079999.3377
GROVE0.8079996.2567
BURR0.8079993.4579
SOUTH0.8079979.6813
WOODHAM0.8079974.6269
HALLS0.8079963.2911
NEVILLE0.8079963.1579
DAY0.8079955.8362
DOWSETT0.8079954.7945
NIGHTINGALE0.8079951.9673
HINSON0.8079951.8135
ROLFE0.8079948.2625
BEARD0.8079947.5511
LITTLE0.8079939.6930
MANNING0.8079939.3701
BOURNE0.8079938.7097
SALMON0.8079938.4193
HAMMETT0.8079937.5940
GROVES0.8079935.6189
ROLPH0.8079934.0136
BURCH0.8079933.1675
LEECH0.8079930.7220
WESTWOOD0.8079929.8507
SHARPE0.8079929.7240
NOCK0.8079928.3286
CROZIER0.8079926.6667
BREWSTER0.8079925.8398
PERKINS0.8079925.0417
CROW0.8079924.8756
FULCHER0.8079924.7525
HORNSBY0.8079919.2678
CHALK0.8079918.9753

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 799 people called BOHANNON in High Easter 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 5384.6154 in High Easter means that 5384.6154% of the people in High Easter on census day were called BOHANNON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOHANNON 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 BOHANNON 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 BOHANNON 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 BOHANNON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in High Easter means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOHANNON in High Easter than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in High Easter in 1881

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

AMOS (2)  ARCHER (6)  ATTRIDGE (23)  BAILEY (6)  BARNES (10)  BEARD (10)  BOHANNON (7)  BENNETT (7)  BENTALL (9)  BURCH (2)  BIRD (8)  BRAY (2)  BRAYFIELD (3)  BREWSTER (2)  BRIGHT (2)  BROWN (1)  BOURNE (6)  BURR (6)  CATON (4)  CHALK (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHIPPERFIELD (5)  CLARK (11)  CLAYDEN (13)  COOK (5)  CROW (3)  CROZIER (1)  DAY (42)  DEADMAN (2)  DOWSETT (2)  EVE (3)  FEWELL (1)  FISHER (1)  FULLER (5)  FRANKLIN (5)  FRENCH (1)  FULCHER (1)  GANDY (7)  GROVE (9)  GROVES (8)  HALLS (4)  HAMMETT (1)  HARTLER (1)  HASLAR (4)  HAYDEN (1)  HEAVEN (1)  HINSON (1)  HOLGATE (7)  HORNSBY (1)  HORSLEY (1)  OUTEN (1)  JARVIS (1)  GEPP (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (3)  JOSLING (2)  JOYCE (32)  KETLEY (6)  KNIGHT (1)  NOCK (1)  LEECH (4)  LEE (2)  LITTLE (15)  LODGE (78)  MANNING (10)  MATTHEWS (2)  MC DONALL (1)  MEAD (62)  MILBANK (11)  MOTT (15)  NEVILLE (6)  NEVELL (1)  NIGHTINGALE (7)  NORMAN (1)  NUNN (2)  OLIVER (4)  OWEN (3)  PUFFETT (8)  PARKER (1)  PAVITT (15)  PEARCE (1)  PERKINS (9)  POLARD (2)  POOLE (3)  PORTER (9)  PORTWAY (1)  REEVE (1)  ROLPH (1)  ROLFE (5)  ROOTS (4)  SALMON (7)  SALTMARSH (2)  SALTWELL (4)  SHARP (6)  SHARPE (7)  SMITH (57)  SOUTH (6)  STAINES (6)  STOCK (1)  STOKES (6)  SWANN (1)  SWEETING (16)  THOMSON (5)  TWEEN (3)  TYLER (2)  WARD (1)  WARDER (22)  WEBSTER (8)  WESTWOOD (4)  WHITNEY (14)  WILSON (2)  WOODHAM (2)  YOUNG (16)