Top surnames from the 1881 census in Quendon, Essex

Quendon 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
REED168.3333114.12
NEGUS168.33332,909.09
BRAY94.6875139.32
PATMORE84.16671,666.67
WORTLEY84.16671,379.31
MARSH84.166758.39
WRIGHT73.645811.37
TURNER73.645813.10
SUMNER73.6458225.08
PLAYER73.6458945.95
GRIGGS73.6458466.67
PERRING63.12501,500.00
HOLMES63.125025.66
TANNER63.1250139.21
DIXON31.562514.26
PEARMAN31.5625326.09
MUMFORD31.5625162.16
HOWSE21.0417270.27
DAY21.041711.06
KIRBY21.041727.43
BISCOE21.04171,538.46
HOOPER21.041724.60
CHALK10.520878.74
WISBEY10.5208322.58
BANKS10.520810.15
HOMAN10.5208434.78
NEWTON10.52086.80
FREEMAN10.52088.16
MAYS10.520890.91
PERCY10.520855.87
HOWES10.520829.76
WESTWOOD10.520831.06
OWEN10.52084.39
TERRY10.520820.37
SMITH10.52080.37
DAVIS10.52082.37
KING10.52082.39
WOODWARD10.520810.56
WEATHERHEAD10.5208181.82
OSBORNE10.520810.92
DELL10.520888.50
RICKETT10.5208172.41
LAVENDER10.520882.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEGUS0.191922909.0909
PATMORE0.191921666.6667
BISCOE0.191921538.4615
PERRING0.191921500.0000
WORTLEY0.191921379.3103
PLAYER0.19192945.9459
GRIGGS0.19192466.6667
HOMAN0.19192434.7826
PEARMAN0.19192326.0870
WISBEY0.19192322.5806
HOWSE0.19192270.2703
SUMNER0.19192225.0804
WEATHERHEAD0.19192181.8182
RICKETT0.19192172.4138
MUMFORD0.19192162.1622
BRAY0.19192139.3189
TANNER0.19192139.2111
REED0.19192114.1227
MAYS0.1919290.9091
DELL0.1919288.4956
LAVENDER0.1919282.6446
CHALK0.1919278.7402
MARSH0.1919258.3942
PERCY0.1919255.8659
WESTWOOD0.1919231.0559
HOWES0.1919229.7619
KIRBY0.1919227.4348
HOLMES0.1919225.6630
HOOPER0.1919224.6002
TERRY0.1919220.3666
DIXON0.1919214.2586
TURNER0.1919213.0964
WRIGHT0.1919211.3655
DAY0.1919211.0619
OSBORNE0.1919210.9170
WOODWARD0.1919210.5597
BANKS0.1919210.1523
FREEMAN0.191928.1566
NEWTON0.191926.7981
OWEN0.191924.3879
KING0.191922.3901
DAVIS0.191922.3702
SMITH0.191920.3689

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 192 people called NEGUS in Quendon 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 2909.0909 in Quendon means that 2909.0909% of the people in Quendon on census day were called NEGUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called NEGUS 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 NEGUS 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 NEGUS 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 NEGUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Quendon means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of NEGUS in Quendon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Quendon in 1881

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

BANKS (1)  BYNG (7)  BISCOE (2)  BRAY (9)  CHALK (1)  CHIPPERFIELD (1)  CLAYDEN (7)  DAVIS (1)  DAY (2)  DELL (1)  DIXON (3)  EASBEY (1)  EASBY (1)  FREEMAN (1)  GRIGGS (7)  HICKFORD (1)  HOLMES (6)  HOMAN (1)  HOOPER (2)  HOWES (1)  HOWSE (2)  KING (1)  KIRBY (2)  LAVENDER (1)  LINDSELL (3)  MARSH (8)  MAYS (1)  MUMFORD (3)  NEGUS (16)  NEWTON (1)  OSBORNE (1)  OWEN (1)  PATMORE (8)  PATEMORE (1)  PEARMAN (3)  PERCY (1)  PERRING (6)  PLAYER (7)  REED (16)  RICKETT (1)  SAPSFORD (9)  SMITH (1)  SUMNER (7)  SUMOUR (1)  TANNER (6)  TERRY (1)  THOROGOOD (2)  TURNER (7)  WEATHERHEAD (1)  WESTWOOD (1)  WISBEY (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WORTLEY (8)  WRIGHT (7)