Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Sampford, Essex

Little Sampford 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
DRANE246.99713,428.57
ANDREWS216.122463.89
STOCK174.9563398.13
MARTIN113.207013.02
GILDER102.91551,111.11
WISBEY92.62391,636.36
THOMASON82.3324400.00
CORNELL82.3324349.35
GUNTER82.3324666.67
ANSTEY72.0408714.29
HUMPHRIES72.040890.56
FOSTER72.040815.26
MILLS61.749313.49
LOFTS61.7493769.23
COE61.7493107.72
GRAY61.749312.25
BACON51.457758.00
DIGBY51.4577280.90
BURTON51.457717.11
EUSTACE51.4577520.83
FITCH51.4577186.57
HARVEY41.166210.92
PURKISS41.1662493.83
PRIOR41.166250.38
PETTIT41.1662147.60
CHAPMAN41.16628.21
RICHARDSON30.87465.14
DEEKS30.8746272.73
COX30.87465.77
SWAN30.874633.78
WOODS30.874613.87
HEARD30.874682.19
POULTER20.583178.43
SORRELL20.5831196.08
WRIGHT20.58311.82
WHITAKER20.583120.64
PHILPOTT20.583176.05
MASON20.58314.34
DAWSON20.58315.29
TURNER20.58312.09
COWELL20.583140.73
SHORT10.29157.46
ACKERS10.2915163.93
JOHNSON10.29150.87
DAVEY10.29157.09
OSBORNE10.29156.11
RUST10.291555.25
MOUNTFORD10.291532.79
SMITH10.29150.21
BIRD10.29153.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DRANE0.343433428.5714
WISBEY0.343431636.3636
LARD0.343431428.5714
GILDER0.343431111.1111
LOFTS0.34343769.2308
ANSTEY0.34343714.2857
GUNTER0.34343666.6667
EUSTACE0.34343520.8333
PURKISS0.34343493.8272
THOMASON0.34343400.0000
STOCK0.34343398.1265
CORNELL0.34343349.3450
DIGBY0.34343280.8989
DEEKS0.34343272.7273
SORRELL0.34343196.0784
FITCH0.34343186.5672
ACKERS0.34343163.9344
PETTIT0.34343147.6015
RUSE0.34343144.9275
COE0.34343107.7199
HUMPHRIES0.3434390.5563
HEARD0.3434382.1918
POULTER0.3434378.4314
PHILPOTT0.3434376.0456
ANDREWS0.3434363.8880
BACON0.3434358.0046
RUST0.3434355.2486
PRIOR0.3434350.3778
COWELL0.3434340.7332
SWAN0.3434333.7838
MOUNTFORD0.3434332.7869
MILTON0.3434321.1416
WHITAKER0.3434320.6398
BURTON0.3434317.1116
FOSTER0.3434315.2638
WOODS0.3434313.8696
MILLS0.3434313.4892
MARTIN0.3434313.0178
GRAY0.3434312.2524
HARVEY0.3434310.9230
CHAPMAN0.343438.2119
SHORT0.343437.4627
DAVEY0.343437.0922
OSBORNE0.343436.1087
COX0.343435.7715
DAWSON0.343435.2896
RICHARDSON0.343435.1379
MASON0.343434.3365
BIRD0.343433.8153
TURNER0.343432.0947

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 343 people called DRANE in Little Sampford 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 3428.5714 in Little Sampford means that 3428.5714% of the people in Little Sampford on census day were called DRANE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DRANE 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 DRANE 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 DRANE 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 DRANE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Little Sampford means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DRANE in Little Sampford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Sampford in 1881

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

ACKERS (1)  ANDREWS (21)  ANSTEY (7)  BACON (5)  BYATT (9)  BIRD (1)  BURTON (5)  BUTTLE (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  COE (6)  CORNELL (8)  COWELL (2)  COX (3)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (2)  DEEKS (3)  DIGBY (5)  DRANE (24)  EUSTACE (5)  FITCH (5)  FOSTER (7)  GILDER (10)  GILBEY (23)  GILBY (8)  GOWLETT (9)  GRAY (6)  GUNTER (8)  HARVEY (4)  HEARD (3)  HUMPHRIES (7)  JOHNSON (1)  LARD (1)  LOFTS (6)  MARTIN (11)  MASON (2)  MILLS (6)  MILTON (1)  MYNOTT (2)  MOUNTFORD (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PAWSEY (7)  PURKISS (4)  PETTIT (4)  PHILPOTT (2)  PORTWAY (2)  POULTER (2)  PRIOR (4)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDGWELL (19)  RUSE (1)  RUST (1)  SHORT (1)  SMITH (1)  SORRELL (2)  STAMMERS (2)  STOCK (17)  STUBBINGS (6)  SWAN (3)  THOMASON (8)  TURNER (2)  WIFFIN (1)  WHITAKER (2)  WISBEY (9)  WOODS (3)  WRIGHT (2)