Top surnames from the 1881 census in High Laver, Essex

High Laver 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
BROWN214.40256.68
BYFORD183.7736837.21
PERRY173.563948.46
ALEY163.35436,153.85
CORDELL163.35431,538.46
GODFREY153.1447106.01
HOLGATE153.1447378.79
ROCHESTER142.93501,120.00
TURNER122.51579.04
WHITBREAD122.5157631.58
HOCKLEY122.5157466.93
SEYMOUR112.3061112.82
SMITH102.09641.48
HAY102.096457.18
BOLDEN91.88682,250.00
LAMBERT81.677130.73
BLYTH81.6771106.38
PEACOCK81.677147.06
CHILDS81.677191.32
HEATH71.467529.56
LUCAS71.467531.75
SURRIDGE71.4675492.96
KNIGHT71.467511.90
THURGOOD71.4675416.67
BREWSTER61.2579129.87
WEBLEY61.2579606.06
SPENCER61.257913.78
PEPPER61.257989.42
LEE61.25797.70
SCOTT61.25794.97
ROBINSON51.04823.29
CLARK51.04823.49
BIRD51.048213.72
BODWELL40.838620,000.00
BINES40.83861,212.12
SYMES40.8386113.64
PRATT40.838614.60
WAKELING40.8386219.78
READ40.838613.01
WINGS40.838640,000.00
MAYHEW30.628976.14
BRADLEY30.62897.83
WALTER30.628941.04
BILLING30.6289112.78
BAKER30.62892.87
ANDERSON30.62893.18
LAWRANCE20.419364.31
DAWKINS20.419357.97
BATSON20.4193150.38
SLACK20.419326.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINGS0.4847740000.0000
BODWELL0.4847720000.0000
ALEY0.484776153.8462
SEAGRAVES0.484773333.3333
BOLDEN0.484772250.0000
RUNDALL0.484771818.1818
CORDELL0.484771538.4615
BINES0.484771212.1212
ROCHESTER0.484771120.0000
BYFORD0.48477837.2093
WHITBREAD0.48477631.5789
WEBLEY0.48477606.0606
WILLER0.48477555.5556
SHED0.48477500.0000
SURRIDGE0.48477492.9577
HOCKLEY0.48477466.9261
THURGOOD0.48477416.6667
HOLGATE0.48477378.7879
MACBEAN0.48477277.7778
HAZELWOOD0.48477253.1646
WAKELING0.48477219.7802
SPELLER0.48477151.5152
BATSON0.48477150.3759
BREWSTER0.48477129.8701
HAINS0.48477123.4568
SYMES0.48477113.6364
SEYMOUR0.48477112.8205
BILLING0.48477112.7820
BLYTH0.48477106.3830
GODFREY0.48477106.0071
CHILDS0.4847791.3242
PEPPER0.4847789.4188
MAYHEW0.4847776.1421
OGLE0.4847765.7895
LAWRANCE0.4847764.3087
COLTON0.4847762.5000
DAWKINS0.4847757.9710
HAY0.4847757.1755
PERRY0.4847748.4607
PEACOCK0.4847747.0588
MONTAGUE0.4847741.6667
WALTER0.4847741.0397
CHASE0.4847737.5940
LUCAS0.4847731.7460
LAMBERT0.4847730.7338
HEATH0.4847729.5608
GRAVES0.4847727.6625
SLACK0.4847726.6312
NEWELL0.4847726.5252
SAVILLE0.4847723.0947

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 477 people called WINGS in High Laver 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 40000.0000 in High Laver means that 40000.0000% of the people in High Laver on census day were called WINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINGS 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 WINGS 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 WINGS 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 WINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in High Laver means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINGS in High Laver than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in High Laver in 1881

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

ALEY (16)  ANDERSON (3)  ANDREWS (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BAGS (5)  BAKER (3)  BATSON (2)  MACBEAN (1)  BENSON (1)  BILLING (3)  BINES (4)  BIRD (5)  BLYTH (8)  BODWELL (4)  BOLDEN (9)  BRADLEY (3)  BREWSTER (6)  BROWN (21)  BURGESS (1)  BYFORD (18)  CARTER (2)  CHASE (1)  CHILDS (8)  CLARK (5)  CLAYDEN (7)  COLLINS (1)  COLTON (1)  CORDELL (16)  CROUCHMAN (2)  DAWKINS (2)  DAY (2)  EDWARDS (2)  GASCOYNE (1)  GODFREY (15)  GRAVES (2)  HAZELWOOD (2)  HAY (10)  HAINS (1)  HEATH (7)  HOCKLEY (12)  HOLGATE (15)  ENGELL (1)  JUDD (1)  KNIGHT (7)  LAMBERT (8)  LARTER (5)  LATCHFORD (2)  LAWRANCE (2)  LEE (6)  LUCAS (7)  MANCH (3)  MARTIN (2)  MAYHEW (3)  MALYON (2)  MYNOT (5)  MONTAGUE (1)  NEED (1)  NEWELL (2)  NICHOLLS (1)  OGLE (1)  PAGE (1)  PARISH (1)  PAVITT (12)  PEACOCK (8)  PEPPER (6)  PERRY (17)  PRATT (4)  RAY (1)  RUNDALL (2)  REEDINGTON (5)  READ (4)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROCHESTER (14)  SAVILLE (1)  SCOTT (6)  SEAGRAVES (2)  SEYMOUR (11)  SHED (1)  SYMES (4)  SLACK (2)  SMITH (10)  SPELLER (2)  SPENCER (6)  STOCK (1)  SURRIDGE (7)  TAPSFORD (1)  THURGOOD (7)  TUGBY (2)  TURNER (12)  UPTON (1)  WAKELING (4)  WALTER (3)  WHATSON (1)  WEBLEY (6)  WILLER (1)  WHITBREAD (12)  WINGS (4)