Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Burstead, Essex

Little Burstead 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
WOOD168.000025.11
POND115.50001,134.02
MARSHALL94.500026.83
JOHNSON94.500013.39
HARRIS73.500013.77
SALTMARSH73.50002,692.31
OAKLEY63.0000141.51
KEMP63.000054.10
COLE63.000032.93
PRICE63.000017.14
RAMSEY52.5000230.41
HOWLAND52.5000735.29
LILLEY52.5000180.51
COULSON52.5000139.28
FRANKLIN42.000060.24
MILES42.000033.90
BAKER42.00009.13
DALTON42.000087.15
DANIELS31.500047.77
ENNIS31.5000545.45
KEELING31.5000171.43
MOORE21.00005.00
TAYLOR21.00001.56
BENSON10.500018.45
ADAMS10.50003.39
TALBOT10.500020.08
HUMPHREYS10.500014.20
PATTEN10.500080.00
GIBSON10.50004.12
NASH10.500010.85
WATTS10.50005.96
BERRY10.50006.30
ASHLEY10.500029.85
OLIFF10.50001,666.67
FRENCH10.500010.25
WRIGHT10.50001.56
DAVEY10.500012.17
REEVE10.500021.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SALTMARSH0.202002692.3077
OLIFF0.202001666.6667
POND0.202001134.0206
HOWLAND0.20200735.2941
ENNIS0.20200545.4545
RAMSEY0.20200230.4147
LILLEY0.20200180.5054
KEELING0.20200171.4286
OAKLEY0.20200141.5094
COULSON0.20200139.2758
DALTON0.2020087.1460
PATTEN0.2020080.0000
FRANKLIN0.2020060.2410
KEMP0.2020054.1028
DANIELS0.2020047.7707
MILES0.2020033.8983
COLE0.2020032.9308
ASHLEY0.2020029.8507
MARSHALL0.2020026.8256
WOOD0.2020025.1059
REEVE0.2020021.3675
TALBOT0.2020020.0803
BENSON0.2020018.4502
PRICE0.2020017.1429
HUMPHREYS0.2020014.2045
HARRIS0.2020013.7714
JOHNSON0.2020013.3929
DAVEY0.2020012.1655
NASH0.2020010.8460
FRENCH0.2020010.2459
BAKER0.202009.1283
BERRY0.202006.3012
WATTS0.202005.9630
MOORE0.202005.0013
GIBSON0.202004.1186
ADAMS0.202003.3933
TAYLOR0.202001.5637
WRIGHT0.202001.5586

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 200 people called SALTMARSH in Little Burstead 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 2692.3077 in Little Burstead means that 2692.3077% of the people in Little Burstead on census day were called SALTMARSH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SALTMARSH 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 SALTMARSH 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 SALTMARSH 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 SALTMARSH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Little Burstead means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SALTMARSH in Little Burstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Burstead in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ARGENT (22)  ASHLEY (1)  BAKER (4)  BAYFORD (2)  BENSON (1)  BERRY (1)  BRIGNELL (2)  CHOPPING (1)  CLAYDEN (1)  COLE (6)  COULSON (5)  DALTON (4)  DANIELS (3)  DAVEY (1)  ELSDON (1)  FRANKLIN (4)  FRENCH (1)  GARNISH (3)  GIBSON (1)  HARRIS (7)  HOWLAND (5)  HUMPHREYS (1)  OLIFF (1)  ENNIS (3)  JOHNSON (9)  KEELING (3)  KEMP (6)  LAZELL (1)  LILLEY (5)  MARSHALL (9)  MILES (4)  MOORE (2)  NAPTHINE (1)  NASH (1)  OAKLEY (6)  PATTEN (1)  POND (11)  PRICE (6)  RAMSEY (5)  REAPHAEL (1)  REEVE (1)  SALTMARSH (7)  SAVILE (2)  SCOOT (1)  SUCKLING (4)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THOROGOOD (6)  WATTS (1)  WOOD (16)  WOODFINE (4)  WOOLINGS (1)  WRIGHT (1)