Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sandon, Essex

Sandon 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
CROW316.6524440.97
CASS286.0086848.48
COLE183.862742.40
CARD173.6481622.71
PRENTICE153.2189273.22
WESTWOOD102.1459127.88
DAINES102.1459909.09
SIMMONS102.145952.58
COPPIN91.9313612.24
SPARKES81.7167234.60
GOODALL81.716780.16
BUTCHER71.502135.64
FEWELL71.50212,000.00
LODGE71.502182.64
FINCH71.502145.13
CRABB71.5021144.93
DACE71.50211,590.91
COLLINS61.28768.97
WARNER61.287635.31
STEVENS61.287612.33
HEARD61.2876121.21
DODD61.287631.66
FIELD61.287625.87
MEAD61.287655.25
HAZELL51.0730138.12
DAVEY51.073026.10
KILBURN51.0730208.33
RATCLIFF51.0730166.67
NEWSHAM51.0730342.47
RILEY51.073013.56
TURNER51.07303.85
BROWN51.07301.63
RAVEN51.0730127.88
DOWNS40.858448.25
CHAPMAN40.85846.04
ALLEN40.85844.54
BELCHER40.858471.30
BALLS40.858467.00
HUGHES40.85843.06
WEBB40.85846.33
PRIOR40.858437.07
HORNER40.858445.10
BARNARD30.643825.93
GIBSON30.64385.30
NICHOLS30.643819.76
RODWELL30.6438119.05
FREEMAN30.643810.08
FELL30.643845.80
MASON30.64384.79
SHUTTLEWORTH30.643854.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FEWELL0.474662000.0000
DACE0.474661590.9091
DAINES0.47466909.0909
CASS0.47466848.4848
CARD0.47466622.7106
COPPIN0.47466612.2449
CROW0.47466440.9673
NEWSHAM0.47466342.4658
PRENTICE0.47466273.2240
LIST0.47466253.1646
SPARKES0.47466234.6041
KILBURN0.47466208.3333
RATCLIFF0.47466166.6667
POLLEY0.47466162.6016
BUNTON0.47466153.8462
HIBBARD0.47466147.0588
CRABB0.47466144.9275
HAZELL0.47466138.1215
RAVEN0.47466127.8772
WESTWOOD0.47466127.8772
DRAIN0.47466121.9512
HEARD0.47466121.2121
RODWELL0.47466119.0476
OVERALL0.47466103.0928
LODGE0.4746682.6446
GOODALL0.4746680.1603
BELCHER0.4746671.3012
BALLS0.4746667.0017
BRIDGEMAN0.4746658.4795
WHITTINGHAM0.4746657.1429
MEAD0.4746655.2486
WATKINSON0.4746654.9451
SHUTTLEWORTH0.4746654.2495
SIMMONS0.4746652.5762
GOOCH0.4746648.8998
DOWNS0.4746648.2509
HICK0.4746646.0829
FELL0.4746645.8015
FINCH0.4746645.1322
HORNER0.4746645.0958
DOE0.4746644.8430
COLE0.4746642.4028
PRIOR0.4746637.0714
BUTCHER0.4746635.6415
WARNER0.4746635.3149
DODD0.4746631.6623
SPOONER0.4746629.7619
LEWIN0.4746626.5957
DAVEY0.4746626.0960
BARNARD0.4746625.9291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 466 people called FEWELL in Sandon 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 2000.0000 in Sandon means that 2000.0000% of the people in Sandon on census day were called FEWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FEWELL 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 FEWELL 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 FEWELL 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 FEWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Sandon means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FEWELL in Sandon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sandon in 1881

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

ALLAKER (9)  ALLEN (4)  BACON (1)  BALLS (4)  BARNARD (3)  BECKETT (1)  BYATT (1)  BELCHER (4)  BENTALL (2)  BEWERS (7)  BIRD (3)  BOUGHTWOOD (1)  BRIDGEMAN (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BROWN (5)  BUNTON (1)  BURRELLS (4)  BUTCHER (7)  CARD (17)  CASS (28)  CHAPMAN (4)  COLE (18)  COLLINS (6)  COOK (3)  COOPER (2)  COPPIN (9)  COX (2)  CRABB (7)  CREATON (2)  CROW (31)  DAVEY (5)  DAINES (10)  DACE (7)  DEVENISH (5)  DODD (6)  DOE (1)  DOWNS (4)  DRAIN (1)  EMMERSON (1)  EVERETT (1)  FELL (3)  FEWELL (7)  FIELD (6)  FINCH (7)  FLETCHER (1)  FRANCIS (1)  FREEMAN (3)  GIBSON (3)  GOOCH (2)  GOODALL (8)  HAZELL (5)  HEARD (6)  HIBBARD (2)  HICK (1)  HILLS (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HORNER (4)  HUGHES (4)  KETTLEY (1)  KILBURN (5)  KING (1)  LEWIN (1)  LEWIS (2)  LEWSEY (1)  LINDSELL (1)  LIST (2)  LODGE (7)  LORD (1)  MARCHAM (2)  MASON (3)  MAY (1)  MEAD (6)  NEWSHAM (5)  NICHOLS (3)  OVERALL (1)  PERRY (2)  PHILLIPS (2)  PITE (1)  POLLEY (2)  POOLE (1)  PRENTICE (15)  PRIOR (4)  RATCLIFF (5)  RAVEN (5)  RILEY (5)  RAOCH (4)  RODWELL (3)  SACH (4)  SALLOWS (1)  SHUTTLEWORTH (3)  SIMMONS (10)  SPARKES (8)  SPOONER (2)  STEVENS (6)  STIBBARD (4)  THORNTON (1)  TURNER (5)  UNWIN (2)  UNWINS (3)  WAGGSTAFF (5)  WARNER (6)  WATKINSON (3)  WEBB (4)  WESTWOOD (10)  WHITTINGHAM (2)