Top surnames from the 1881 census in Messing, Essex

Messing 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
EVERETT375.1389286.38
MILLS324.444434.27
HARVEY304.166739.03
HULL223.0556146.18
FROST223.055654.35
TAYLOR212.91674.56
MAY202.777843.63
HARRINGTON182.5000131.68
BROWN172.36113.58
COUSINS162.2222123.55
POTTER152.083332.13
ROGERS152.083316.05
GOODY131.8056628.02
HALL121.66675.67
HART111.527817.91
WOOD111.52784.79
WHITTAKER91.250026.40
RANN91.25001,168.83
CRABB91.2500120.48
MOORE91.25006.25
STAINES81.1111201.01
WRIGHT81.11113.46
KEMP70.972217.53
HEWES60.8333689.66
BATES60.833313.09
PLAYLE60.8333491.80
BOYDEN60.8333437.96
GREEN60.83332.96
CRANMER50.6944403.23
BLYTH50.694444.05
COWLIN50.6944757.58
MILLER50.69443.88
CLARK40.55561.85
HARRIS40.55562.19
DOWSETT40.5556121.58
JUNIPER40.5556291.97
WHIPPS40.55561,081.08
WADLEY40.5556287.77
THORN40.555637.17
BURTON40.55566.52
SIBLEY40.555668.97
RIED30.4167714.29
MOSS30.41676.76
WASH30.4167400.00
RUSH30.416738.81
NEWBY30.416741.67
SOUTH30.416744.18
FISHER30.41673.56
EVANS20.27780.64
AMOS20.277816.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RANN0.727201168.8312
WHIPPS0.727201081.0811
COWLIN0.72720757.5758
RIED0.72720714.2857
HEWES0.72720689.6552
GOODY0.72720628.0193
PLAYLE0.72720491.8033
LEISTER0.72720454.5455
BOYDEN0.72720437.9562
CRANMER0.72720403.2258
WASH0.72720400.0000
JUNIPER0.72720291.9708
WADLEY0.72720287.7698
EVERETT0.72720286.3777
COULT0.72720263.1579
SARAH0.72720208.3333
STAINES0.72720201.0050
DRAIN0.72720157.4803
HULL0.72720146.1794
HARRINGTON0.72720131.6752
COUSINS0.72720123.5521
DOWSETT0.72720121.5805
CRABB0.72720120.4819
BIGG0.7272088.4956
SEARLES0.7272084.7458
KEEL0.7272070.4225
SIBLEY0.7272068.9655
FROST0.7272054.3478
WASS0.7272051.1509
TRIM0.7272046.2963
SOUTH0.7272044.1826
BLYTH0.7272044.0529
MAY0.7272043.6300
NEWBY0.7272041.6667
HARVEY0.7272039.0269
RUSH0.7272038.8098
THORN0.7272037.1747
POULTON0.7272034.6021
MILLS0.7272034.2723
NORWOOD0.7272034.2466
POTTER0.7272032.1268
COWLING0.7272031.5956
COKER0.7272029.4985
WHITTAKER0.7272026.4007
ELEY0.7272022.4719
FIELDER0.7272022.4719
BEADLE0.7272019.7628
HUNTLEY0.7272019.6850
MOTT0.7272018.3824
HART0.7272017.9124

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 720 people called RANN in Messing 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 1168.8312 in Messing means that 1168.8312% of the people in Messing on census day were called RANN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RANN 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 RANN 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 RANN 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 RANN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Messing means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RANN in Messing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Messing in 1881

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

AMOS (2)  APPLETON (2)  ASHTON (1)  BATES (6)  BEADLE (1)  BENTLEY (1)  BIGG (2)  BIRD (1)  BLYTH (5)  BOGGIS ? (5)  BOWLY (7)  BOYDEN (6)  BRIDGES (2)  BROWN (17)  BRUNWIN (7)  BURLS (3)  BURTON (4)  CHALLINS (5)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHIGNELL (1)  CLARK (4)  CLEMENTS (2)  COKER (1)  COULT (1)  COUSINS (16)  COWLING (2)  COWLIN (5)  CRABB (9)  CRANMER (5)  CRANNUS (1)  CRIPPS (1)  CROTMAN (1)  DEATH (1)  DOWSETT (4)  DRAIN (2)  EDWARDS (2)  ELEY (1)  EVANS (2)  EVERETT (37)  FIELDER (1)  FISHER (3)  FREW ? (9)  FROST (22)  FURNAGE (1)  GARRAD (1)  GOODY (13)  GREEN (6)  HAGELL (4)  HALL (12)  HARPER (1)  HARRINGTON (18)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (1)  HART (11)  HARVEY (30)  HOLBRICK (6)  HOULDING (3)  HOWELL (2)  HEWES (6)  HULL (22)  HUNTLEY (1)  HUSSEY (1)  JARMAN (1)  JOPSON (9)  JONES (1)  JUNIPER (4)  KEEL (1)  KEMP (7)  KETLEY (6)  LEISTER (1)  LUCKING (2)  MAY (20)  MICKELFIELD (8)  MILLER (5)  MILLS (32)  SADLER (MILLS) (2)  MOORE (9)  MORTIMER (2)  MOSS (3)  MOTT (1)  NELTHORPE (2)  NEWBY (3)  NORWOOD (1)  OLLEY (5)  OSBORNE (2)  PARTENER (4)  PARTNER (5)  PATRESE (1)  PETHICAN (1)  PLAYLE (6)  PLUSSOCK (9)  POTTER (15)  POULTON (2)  RAMSOME (1)  RIED (3)  RANN (9)  ROGERS (15)  RODGERS (ROGERS) (4)  RUFFLE (14)  RUSGINI ? (3)  RUSH (3)  SACH (17)  SADLER (1)  SARAH (1)  SEARLES (1)  SHELDRAKE (4)  SIBLEY (4)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (2)  SOPHIA ? (1)  SOUTH (3)  SPRINGETT (9)  STAINES (8)  TAYLOR (21)  THORN (4)  TIFFEN ? (2)  TRIM (1)  TYLER (1)  VIDLY (1)  WADLEY (4)  WAGGSTAFF (6)  WASH (3)  WASS (2)  WHIPPS (4)  WHITTAKER (9)  WILLISHER (6)  WILLISHIRE (1)  WILLSHER (1)  WOOD (11)  WADLEN (6)  WRIGHT (8)