Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Bentley, Essex

Little Bentley 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
HOWARD247.619077.64
HAYWARD123.809589.35
PAGE113.492143.69
FRANCIS92.857147.97
CLARK82.53978.45
BARKER82.539719.41
BROOKS72.222222.73
MUNSON72.2222985.92
NEWMAN61.904825.62
SOUTHGATE61.9048242.92
CARTER61.904811.35
FROST51.587328.23
JOWERS51.58733,571.43
HAZELL51.5873204.08
HUNT51.587311.95
BATES51.587324.95
RYCROFT51.5873555.56
FULLER51.587339.25
DENNEY51.5873657.89
SORRELL51.5873531.91
GOOCH41.2698144.93
SMITH41.26980.90
ATTWOOD41.2698128.21
LAMBERT41.269823.27
DORMAN41.2698396.04
PORTER41.269816.92
HUDSON41.269815.51
CUTTING41.2698248.45
LEWIS30.95243.62
PLUMMER30.952471.26
BELL30.95245.07
DEAN30.952413.72
DAVIS30.95244.33
BALLS30.952474.26
KERSEY30.9524500.00
MOLES30.9524500.00
BACON20.634925.25
ROUSE20.634944.25
ABBOTT20.634914.40
EALEY20.6349769.23
WAGSTAFF20.634951.02
MERCHANT20.634994.34
BARBER20.634910.55
MAYER20.6349110.50
CLARKE20.63493.13
LOCK20.634922.30
ALMOND20.634951.28
FLETCHER20.63495.56
BROMLEY20.634941.24
WOODARD20.6349294.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JOWERS0.323153571.4286
MUNSON0.32315985.9155
EALEY0.32315769.2308
DENNEY0.32315657.8947
RYCROFT0.32315555.5556
SORRELL0.32315531.9149
MOLES0.32315500.0000
KERSEY0.32315500.0000
DORMAN0.32315396.0396
WOODARD0.32315294.1176
CASON0.32315285.7143
CUTTING0.32315248.4472
SOUTHGATE0.32315242.9150
HAZELL0.32315204.0816
NOTLEY0.32315169.4915
GOOCH0.32315144.9275
ATTWOOD0.32315128.2051
MAYER0.32315110.4972
MERCHANT0.3231594.3396
HAYWARD0.3231589.3522
HOWARD0.3231577.6448
BALLS0.3231574.2574
PLUMMER0.3231571.2589
BUGG0.3231570.4225
WOODGATE0.3231567.5676
MARK0.3231563.2911
ALMOND0.3231551.2821
WAGSTAFF0.3231551.0204
FRANCIS0.3231547.9744
ROUSE0.3231544.2478
PAGE0.3231543.6855
BROMLEY0.3231541.2371
FULLER0.3231539.2465
FROST0.3231528.2326
RICHES0.3231527.7778
NEWMAN0.3231525.6191
BACON0.3231525.2525
BATES0.3231524.9501
LAMBERT0.3231523.2693
BROOKS0.3231522.7347
LOCK0.3231522.2965
BARKER0.3231519.4081
PORTER0.3231516.9205
HUDSON0.3231515.5099
ABBOTT0.3231514.3988
DEAN0.3231513.7174
HUNT0.3231511.9503
CARTER0.3231511.3464
BARBER0.3231510.5485
CLARK0.323158.4495

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 315 people called JOWERS in Little Bentley 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 3571.4286 in Little Bentley means that 3571.4286% of the people in Little Bentley on census day were called JOWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JOWERS 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 JOWERS 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 JOWERS 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 JOWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Little Bentley means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JOWERS in Little Bentley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Bentley in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ALMOND (2)  AINGER (8)  ARTHY (7)  ATTWOOD (4)  BACON (2)  BALLS (3)  BARBER (2)  BARKER (8)  BATES (5)  BELL (3)  BRADBROOK (2)  BROMLEY (2)  BROOKS (7)  BUGG (1)  CANSTON (6)  CARTER (6)  CASON (1)  CHISNELL (1)  CLARK (8)  CLARKE (2)  COLLINS (1)  CRAMPEN (1)  CUTTING (4)  NOTLEY (CUTTING) (2)  DAVIS (3)  DEAN (3)  DENNEY (5)  DORMAN (4)  EALEY (2)  FENNING (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FULLAR (2)  FULLER (5)  FRANCIS (9)  FROST (5)  GILES (1)  GOBY (1)  GOOCH (4)  HAMMOND (GOOCH) (2)  TAYLOR (GOOCH) (8)  GRIMSEY (4)  HAZELL (5)  HAYWARD (12)  HOLDEN (1)  HOWARD (24)  HOWELL (1)  HUDSON (4)  HUNT (5)  JOWERS (5)  KERSEY (3)  KNOWLER (4)  LAMBERT (4)  LEWIS (3)  LOCK (2)  LUCAS (1)  MERCHANT (2)  MARK (1)  MILBANK (5)  MORTLOCK (1)  MOLES (3)  MUNSON (7)  MAYER (2)  NEWMAN (6)  NOTLEY (1)  PAGE (11)  PELLEN (1)  PILLUCK (1)  PLUMMER (3)  PORTER (4)  PITTACK (8)  RICHES (1)  ROUSE (2)  RYCROFT (5)  SIGGARS (2)  SMITH (4)  SORRELL (5)  SOUTHGATE (6)  STEBBING (2)  STUDD (2)  WAGSTAFF (2)  WOODGATE (1)  WOODARD (2)