Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ramsey, Essex

Ramsey 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
BUTTON263.4301289.21
ROWLAND233.0343106.78
GLADWIN202.6385701.75
LUCAS151.978942.80
LAMBERT141.847033.84
COLE121.583117.38
LORD121.583134.33
ELLIS121.583110.90
GILL111.451220.51
AMES111.4512210.73
GOODING111.4512171.61
BROWN111.45122.20
LARGE111.4512140.85
SMITH101.31930.93
BURGESS91.187317.10
SAXBY91.1873250.70
PEARSON91.187310.22
BIRD91.187315.54
NEAL91.187340.12
HILLS91.187342.94
GOSLING91.187375.82
GOFF91.1873183.67
GOOD81.055484.84
FARRINGTON81.0554122.89
FRANCIS81.055417.72
WILLIS81.055419.85
WOOLLARD70.9235262.17
THORPE70.923523.36
ROBINSON70.92352.90
CRISP70.923566.48
FLATT70.9235416.67
ROBERTS70.92352.45
RANSON70.9235186.67
JOHNSON60.79162.36
HOLDEN60.791614.45
CLARK60.79162.63
ALLISON60.791627.86
THOMPSON60.79162.64
BIGGS60.791641.99
TAYLOR60.79161.24
FORD50.65966.77
WOODARD50.6596306.75
SYRETT50.6596531.91
GARRETT50.659629.05
KING50.65963.03
RAWLES50.6596602.41
WILSON50.65961.44
PARRISH50.6596188.68
BALDREY50.65961,219.51
TURNER50.65962.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEESE0.7675820000.0000
GLADIN0.767586666.6667
BALDREY0.767581219.5122
GLADWIN0.76758701.7544
RAWLES0.76758602.4096
SYRETT0.76758531.9149
FLATT0.76758416.6667
BODELL0.76758344.8276
WOODARD0.76758306.7485
BUTTON0.76758289.2102
JOWERS0.76758285.7143
GROSS0.76758281.6901
TIPPEN0.76758270.2703
WOOLLARD0.76758262.1723
SAXBY0.76758250.6964
TIPPIN0.76758238.0952
AMES0.76758210.7280
PARRISH0.76758188.6792
RANSON0.76758186.6667
GOFF0.76758183.6735
WOOLARD0.76758183.4862
HELLEN0.76758175.4386
GOODING0.76758171.6069
SANGER0.76758149.2537
LARGE0.76758140.8451
CLOVER0.76758138.2488
BOAST0.76758131.5789
FARRINGTON0.76758122.8879
ROWLAND0.76758106.7781
WHITTING0.76758100.0000
GOOD0.7675884.8356
GOSLING0.7675875.8214
GANT0.7675873.2601
CRISP0.7675866.4767
BECKET0.7675864.9351
PRYOR0.7675859.2885
LING0.7675855.8659
ORFORD0.7675852.9101
HAMES0.7675846.7290
HILLS0.7675842.9389
LUCAS0.7675842.7960
SHIPP0.7675842.1941
BIGGS0.7675841.9874
BLOOMFIELD0.7675841.5369
HARRISS0.7675840.4040
NEAL0.7675840.1248
SIMONS0.7675840.0000
CARRINGTON0.7675837.5469
RANCE0.7675835.4610
LORD0.7675834.3348

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 758 people called DEESE in Ramsey 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 20000.0000 in Ramsey means that 20000.0000% of the people in Ramsey on census day were called DEESE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEESE 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 DEESE 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 DEESE 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 DEESE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Ramsey means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEESE in Ramsey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ramsey in 1881

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

ABBILETT (2)  ABBOTT (4)  ABLETT (9)  ABLITT (5)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ORFORD (1)  ALLISON (6)  BALDREY (5)  BALAM (1)  BARTON (3)  BAWELL (1)  BECKET (1)  BENENUTT (1)  BENEWITH (4)  BIGGS (6)  BILNER (8)  BIRD (9)  BIRIES (1)  BLOOMFIELD (4)  BLUELL (1)  BOAST (2)  BORLY (1)  BRAMPTON (1)  BROOKS (4)  BROWN (11)  BRUNNING (3)  BODELL (2)  BURGESS (9)  BOWTELL (1)  BUTTON (26)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARRINGTON (3)  CHAPLIN (3)  CHURCHYARD (4)  CLARK (6)  CLAXTON (1)  CLEASON ? (1)  CLOVER (3)  COLE (12)  CRICK (1)  CRISP (7)  CROSBY (1)  CUMMINGS (1)  DALE (1)  DAVIES (1)  DEEX (6)  DEESE (2)  DIAPER (11)  DRIVER (2)  AMES (11)  ELLIS (12)  FARRINGTON (8)  FARTHING (1)  FIELD (3)  PHILBEY (4)  PHILBY (1)  FLARRY (7)  FLATT (7)  FORD (5)  FRANCIS (8)  GARDNER (1)  GARDENER (1)  GARRETT (5)  GANT (2)  GILL (11)  GLADIN (2)  GLADDWIN (1)  GLADWIN (20)  GOBY (3)  GOOD (8)  GOODING (11)  GOSLING (9)  GOFF (9)  GOULD (2)  GOUL (2)  GROSS (4)  HAMES (1)  HARDY (3)  HARRISS (2)  HARVEY (3)  HAWES (1)  HELLEN (1)  HEMPSON (5)  HILLS (9)  HOLDEN (6)  HOLDING (1)  HOLLIS (1)  JACKSON (4)  JAMES (4)  JELLOWS (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (6)  JOWERS (1)  KEDGLEY (6)  KING (5)  KNAPPEST (1)  KNAWLER (3)  KNIGHTS (1)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOWLER (6)  LAMBERT (14)  LUNGLEY (14)  LARDLEY (1)  LARGE (11)  LING (4)  LORD (12)  LUCAS (15)  MANN (1)  MARCHANT (1)  MERCHANT (1)  MARTIN (1)  MOFFAT (2)  MUNNINGS (4)  NASH (1)  NEAL (9)  NORMAN (4)  OSBORNE (2)  PALMER (3)  PARRISH (5)  PAULTON (1)  PEARSON (9)  PECK (3)  PRYOR (3)  RATFORD (3)  RANCE (1)  RANSON (7)  RATTLIFFE (4)  RAWLAID (2)  RAWLES (5)  RAYNER (4)  RENNOLDS (6)  ROBERTS (7)  ROBINSON (7)  ROGERS (3)  ROWE (2)  ROSSALE (1)  ROWLAND (23)  SAGE (1)  SALLOWS (2)  SANGER (3)  SAXBY (9)  SCOTT (1)  SEWELL (2)  SHIPP (1)  SIMONS (4)  SLEEP (4)  SMITH (10)  SNEERMAN (1)  SPARROW (3)  SPROY (1)  SQUIRELL (4)  STAMMERS (2)  STARLING (1)  STODBEN ? (1)  STUDD (1)  SYRETT (5)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMPSON (6)  THORPE (7)  TIPPEN (1)  TIPPIN (1)  TOVEL (1)  TUCKER (2)  TUKAR (1)  TURNER (5)  WARD (4)  WARREN (1)  WEBB (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WHITTING (1)  WILDING (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILLIS (8)  WILSON (5)  WOODS (1)  WOODARD (5)  WOOLARD (2)  WOOLLARD (7)  WRIGHT (1)  WRINCH (6)