Top surnames from the 1881 census in Layer De La Hay, Essex

Layer De La Hay 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
GREEN284.075714.47
SMITH233.34792.37
FISHER213.056826.12
CURTIS202.911251.30
KETTLE182.6201299.50
POLLEY182.6201994.48
GENTRY172.4745765.77
CLARKE172.474512.21
THEOBALD172.4745389.02
BROWN172.47453.75
MUNSON152.1834974.03
BARTON152.183440.42
WOODS121.746727.70
APPLEBY121.7467106.95
BAKER91.31005.98
BULLOCK91.310040.27
WOODWARD91.310026.56
WALFORD81.1645189.57
HUMM81.1645898.88
ROGERS81.16458.97
COOKE71.018918.46
JOHNSON71.01893.03
SHARP71.018912.23
WALLER71.018940.44
GAMBEL71.01898,750.00
CHAPMAN71.01897.17
MAY71.018916.00
ROYCE60.8734504.20
RICHARDS60.87345.78
HARRINGTON60.873446.01
GARNHAM60.8734184.05
VINCE60.8734144.23
DRAIN60.8734495.87
WOOD60.87342.74
ALEN50.72782,272.73
CUDMORE50.7278515.46
WATTS50.72788.68
OSBOURNE50.7278197.63
CLARK50.72782.42
DAVIS50.72783.31
SCOTT50.72782.88
KEEBLE50.7278106.16
RICE50.727823.44
ANDREWS40.58226.08
OXLEY40.582241.58
WILLIAMS40.58220.81
MARTIN40.58222.36
BURES40.582210,000.00
WRIGHT40.58221.82
ALLEN40.58223.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURES0.6968710000.0000
GAMBEL0.696878750.0000
ALEN0.696872272.7273
POLLEY0.69687994.4751
MUNSON0.69687974.0260
HUMM0.69687898.8764
GENTRY0.69687765.7658
CUDMORE0.69687515.4639
ROYCE0.69687504.2017
DRAIN0.69687495.8678
CLARY0.69687400.0000
THEOBALD0.69687389.0160
KETTLE0.69687299.5008
WHISTLER0.69687277.7778
OSBOURNE0.69687197.6285
POLLY0.69687196.0784
WALFORD0.69687189.5735
GARNHAM0.69687184.0491
QUILTER0.69687178.5714
BOYDEN0.69687152.6718
CANDLER0.69687151.5152
WILSHIRE0.69687147.0588
VINCE0.69687144.2308
APPLEBY0.69687106.9519
KEEBLE0.69687106.1571
NEVILL0.6968779.6813
DOUBLE0.6968773.5294
ROW0.6968756.6572
PARMENTER0.6968754.6448
CURTIS0.6968751.2952
GOODY0.6968750.5051
HARRINGTON0.6968746.0123
OXLEY0.6968741.5800
WALLER0.6968740.4391
BARTON0.6968740.4204
BULLOCK0.6968740.2685
RUDKIN0.6968736.9004
POOLEY0.6968736.0360
BLOOMFIELD0.6968734.3643
FENN0.6968728.6533
WOODS0.6968727.7008
WOODWARD0.6968726.5565
FISHER0.6968726.1162
WILBY0.6968724.8139
RICE0.6968723.4412
RICH0.6968723.2288
ALSTON0.6968722.3214
BURN0.6968721.6450
HUTTON0.6968719.4932
COOKE0.6968718.4648

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 687 people called BURES in Layer De La Hay 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 10000.0000 in Layer De La Hay means that 10000.0000% of the people in Layer De La Hay on census day were called BURES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURES 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 BURES 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 BURES 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 BURES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Layer De La Hay means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURES in Layer De La Hay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Layer De La Hay in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ALEN (5)  AYLETT (2)  ALSTON (1)  ANDREWS (4)  APPELBY (2)  APPLEBY (12)  APPLETON (1)  ARNOLD (2)  BAILEY (3)  BAKER (9)  BALDWIN (3)  BARTON (15)  BEDFORD (3)  BIRCH (1)  BLOOMFIELD (3)  BONNER (1)  BOYDEN (2)  BREWER (1)  BROWN (17)  BULLOCK (9)  BURES (4)  BURN (2)  BURTON (3)  CANDLER (2)  CANSDALE (11)  CHAPMAN (7)  CLARY (3)  CLARKE (17)  CLARK (5)  CONSTABLE (1)  COOKE (7)  CROSS (1)  CUDMORE (5)  CURTIS (20)  CURTIS ? (2)  DAVIS (5)  DEMMOND (12)  DEMON (15)  DENNIS (2)  DOUBLE (1)  DRAIN (6)  FENN (2)  FENNING (4)  FISHER (21)  FREMAN ? (4)  FROST (1)  GALE (2)  GAMBEL (7)  GAMBOLE (3)  GAME (6)  GARNHAM (6)  GENTRY (17)  GOOCH (1)  GOODY (1)  GREEN (28)  GREENWOOD (3)  HARRINGTON (6)  HARVEY (1)  HICKS (2)  HUMM (8)  HUNWICK (3)  HUTTON (4)  JACKSON (1)  JOHNSON (7)  KEEBLE (5)  KETTLE (18)  LARKIN (1)  LONG (2)  MARTIN (4)  MAY (7)  MEADOWS (1)  MUNSON (15)  NEVILL (2)  OSBOURNE (5)  OXLEY (4)  PANEL (5)  PARMENTER (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  POLLEY (18)  POLLY (1)  POOLEY (2)  PORTER (2)  PORTWAY (4)  QUILTER (2)  RICE (5)  RICH (2)  RICHARDS (6)  RODSHEL (4)  ROJERS (10)  ROGERS (8)  ROW (2)  ROYCE (6)  RUDKIN (1)  SALMON (1)  SANDERS (2)  SCOTT (5)  SENETT (2)  SHARP (7)  SHELDRAKE (5)  SMITH (23)  SOUTH (1)  STRUTT (1)  SUSSEMS (4)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMPIN (5)  THEOBALD (17)  THOMPSON (3)  TINSH (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  WALLER (7)  WATTS (5)  WHISLAY (1)  WHISTLER (2)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILBY (1)  WILSHAM (3)  WILLSMAN (7)  WILSMORE (14)  WILSHIRE (2)  VINCE (6)  WOODS (12)  WOOD (6)  WALFORD (8)  WOODWARD (9)  WRIGHT (4)