Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Oakley, Essex

Little Oakley 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
LORD154.6875101.69
GILBERT154.687582.28
CLOVER144.37501,538.46
MERCHANT113.4375511.63
BARKER113.437526.27
SMITH103.12502.21
LOWE103.125041.68
BULL92.812566.52
DEEKS92.8125882.35
WILSON82.50005.44
BARFIELD72.18751,076.92
TAYLOR72.18753.42
ENGLISH72.1875116.28
NEWTON61.875024.47
SAXBY61.8750394.74
COOK61.87509.44
AVIS61.8750389.61
GARLING61.87506,000.00
NEWMAN51.562521.02
NIGHTINGALE51.562592.76
COLE51.562517.15
BIRD51.562520.45
HAILS41.25001,000.00
SONGER41.25005,714.29
ALLEN41.25006.62
PECK41.250073.94
STOCK41.2500100.50
LING41.2500132.45
STEVENS41.250011.97
GANT41.2500347.83
ROSCOW41.2500930.23
POTTER30.937514.46
HOLDEN30.937517.11
HINES20.625073.26
CARRINGTON20.625059.35
RACE20.6250114.94
BLOOMFIELD20.625049.14
MILLER20.62503.49
WEBBER20.625020.45
SWELL20.62502,857.14
COOPER20.62502.57
GARRATT10.312530.77
BURGESS10.31254.50
WHIPP10.312597.09
FULCHER10.312561.73
REYNOLDS10.31253.61
BRANSON10.312586.96
JEFFRY10.3125270.27
WARNER10.31258.57
DELPH10.31251,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GARLING0.323206000.0000
SONGER0.323205714.2857
SWELL0.323202857.1429
CLOVER0.323201538.4615
BARFIELD0.323201076.9231
HAILS0.323201000.0000
DELPH0.323201000.0000
ROSCOW0.32320930.2326
DEEKS0.32320882.3529
MERCHANT0.32320511.6279
SAXBY0.32320394.7368
AVIS0.32320389.6104
GANT0.32320347.8261
ARBON0.32320303.0303
JEFFRY0.32320270.2703
WHILEY0.32320196.0784
LOVELESS0.32320149.2537
LING0.32320132.4503
ENGLISH0.32320116.2791
RACE0.32320114.9425
LORD0.32320101.6949
STOCK0.32320100.5025
WHIPP0.3232097.0874
NIGHTINGALE0.3232092.7644
BRANSON0.3232086.9565
GILBERT0.3232082.2820
PECK0.3232073.9372
HINES0.3232073.2601
BULL0.3232066.5188
FULCHER0.3232061.7284
CARRINGTON0.3232059.3472
BLOOMFIELD0.3232049.1400
KEEBLE0.3232045.4545
LOWE0.3232041.6840
FAIRWEATHER0.3232040.3226
GARRATT0.3232030.7692
BARKER0.3232026.2718
NEWTON0.3232024.4698
NEWMAN0.3232021.0172
BIRD0.3232020.4499
WEBBER0.3232020.4499
COLE0.3232017.1527
HOLDEN0.3232017.1135
POTTER0.3232014.4578
BUSH0.3232012.6582
STEVENS0.3232011.9725
ROWLAND0.3232010.9890
COOK0.323209.4399
WARNER0.323208.5690
GILES0.323208.1967

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 320 people called GARLING in Little Oakley 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 6000.0000 in Little Oakley means that 6000.0000% of the people in Little Oakley on census day were called GARLING.

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

All the surnames recorded in Little Oakley in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ARBON (1)  AVIS (6)  BALDRY (7)  BAMASTER (2)  BARFIELD (7)  BARKER (11)  BARNES (1)  BAULDRY (8)  BIRD (5)  BLOOMFIELD (2)  BRANSON (1)  BROWN (1)  BULL (9)  BURGESS (1)  BUSH (1)  CARRINGTON (2)  CATTLING (2)  CLOVER (14)  COLE (5)  COOK (6)  COOPER (2)  DEATH (1)  DEEKS (9)  DEEX (4)  DELPH (1)  ELVISH (2)  FAIRS (1)  FAIRWEATHER (1)  FICE (1)  FOSGATE (5)  FULCHER (1)  GARLING (6)  GARRED (2)  GARRATT (1)  GANT (4)  GILBERT (15)  GILES (1)  GOBY (1)  HAILS (4)  HARVEY (1)  HINES (2)  HOLDEN (3)  HOLDON (3)  HUNT (1)  ENGLISH (7)  JEFFRY (1)  KEEBLE (1)  LING (4)  LORD (15)  LOVELESS (1)  LOWE (10)  MERCHANT (11)  MILLER (2)  NEVARD (7)  NEWMAN (5)  NEWTON (6)  NIGHTINGALE (5)  PECK (4)  POTTER (3)  RACE (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  ROSCOW (4)  ROWLAND (1)  SAXBY (6)  SHARF (1)  SHIPLEE (6)  SMITH (10)  SONGER (4)  STEVENS (4)  STOCK (4)  SWELL (2)  TAYLOR (7)  WARNER (1)  WEBBER (2)  WHIPP (1)  WILSON (8)  WONTNER (5)  WHILEY (1)