Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheering, Essex

Sheering 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
BROWN478.655613.13
SHIPTON305.52491,333.33
MONK274.9724236.63
SMART162.946664.72
CLARK132.39417.97
PEACOCK122.209961.98
FRENCH122.209945.27
NORRIS112.025847.17
WHITBREAD112.0258506.91
HAWKES91.6575102.74
PERRY91.657522.54
BYFORD91.6575367.35
BIRD81.473319.28
BACON81.473358.61
PRIOR81.473363.64
DAY81.473315.65
COOK81.47337.42
CAVEL71.289117,500.00
NIGHTINGALE71.289176.50
GREEN71.28914.58
PERKINS61.105024.56
LOVE61.105046.62
EATON61.105039.47
CAMP61.1050191.69
GLYN61.10501,463.41
STONE61.105015.29
HAZELWOOD61.1050666.67
PERKISS61.10507,500.00
MARTIN61.10504.49
BARBER61.105018.36
LAMBERT50.920816.87
WARWICK50.920866.58
COE50.920856.69
HANKIN50.9208299.40
FENTON50.920846.13
LEVY50.920872.99
GLASSCOCK50.9208666.67
POWELL50.92087.38
CHAPMAN40.73665.19
SMITH40.73660.52
GUNN40.736630.08
CULVER40.7366330.58
FRANCIS40.736612.36
DORRINGTON30.5525175.44
CURTIS30.55259.74
VAUGHAN30.552516.19
STOCK30.552544.38
FELTON20.368353.48
HADEN20.3683115.61
DAWKINS20.368350.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CAVEL0.5454317500.0000
MESSING0.5454310000.0000
PERKISS0.545437500.0000
GLYN0.545431463.4146
SHIPTON0.545431333.3333
SPRINGLE0.545431000.0000
BRADD0.54543714.2857
HAZELWOOD0.54543666.6667
GLASSCOCK0.54543666.6667
WHITBREAD0.54543506.9124
BYFORD0.54543367.3469
CULVER0.54543330.5785
HANKIN0.54543299.4012
MONK0.54543236.6345
CAMP0.54543191.6933
DORRINGTON0.54543175.4386
HUTCHIN0.54543158.7302
ELDRED0.54543125.0000
HADEN0.54543115.6069
HAWKES0.54543102.7397
NIGHTINGALE0.5454376.5027
LEVY0.5454372.9927
WARWICK0.5454366.5779
SMART0.5454364.7249
PRIOR0.5454363.6436
PEACOCK0.5454361.9835
RICKETT0.5454360.9756
BACON0.5454358.6081
COE0.5454356.6893
LITTLER0.5454355.5556
FELTON0.5454353.4759
FURLONG0.5454352.9101
DAWKINS0.5454350.8906
NORRIS0.5454347.1698
LOVE0.5454346.6200
FENTON0.5454346.1255
FRENCH0.5454345.2659
STOCK0.5454344.3787
EATON0.5454339.4737
MITCHEL0.5454337.6648
CRABB0.5454335.5240
BRACE0.5454332.0513
NEWBURY0.5454330.3030
GUNN0.5454330.0752
STORER0.5454329.4118
SAMSON0.5454325.7732
PERKINS0.5454324.5600
MOTT0.5454324.3902
HENLEY0.5454324.0964
PERRY0.5454322.5394

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 543 people called CAVEL in Sheering 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 17500.0000 in Sheering means that 17500.0000% of the people in Sheering on census day were called CAVEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CAVEL 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 CAVEL 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 CAVEL 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 CAVEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Sheering means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CAVEL in Sheering than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheering in 1881

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

ALARDYCE (1)  ASHOUSE (1)  BACON (8)  BARBER (6)  BINGHAM (1)  BIRD (8)  BISHOP (1)  BRACE (1)  BRADD (1)  BROAD (1)  BROOKSBANK (1)  BROWN (47)  BURLS (7)  BURTON (1)  BYFORD (9)  CAKEBREAD (8)  CAMP (6)  CAVE (1)  CAVEL (7)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLAMFORD (17)  CLARK (13)  COE (5)  CULVER (4)  COOK (8)  CRABB (2)  CROSS (1)  CURTIS (3)  DANCES (1)  DAWKINS (2)  DAY (8)  DEADMAN (1)  DORRINGTON (3)  EATON (6)  EBDY (2)  ELDRED (2)  ELDRIDGE (1)  FASDELL (7)  FEAK (1)  FELTON (2)  FENTON (5)  FOSTER (1)  FRANCIS (4)  FRENCH (12)  FURLONG (1)  GAME (8)  GLASSCOCK (5)  GLYN (6)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (7)  GUNN (4)  HALL (2)  HANKIN (5)  HARKNETT (2)  HAZELWOOD (6)  HADEN (2)  HAWKES (9)  HENLEY (1)  HERRING (1)  HILL (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HUTCHIN (1)  HUTCHINS (1)  LAMBERT (5)  LEVY (5)  LINSELL (7)  LITTLER (2)  LOVE (6)  MARTIN (6)  MEAD (1)  METCALF (2)  MITCHEL (2)  MITCHELL (1)  MESSING (1)  MONK (27)  MORTLOCK (6)  MOTT (1)  NEWBURY (1)  NIGHTINGALE (7)  NORRIS (11)  O'CONNA (1)  PARROTT (1)  PEACOCK (12)  PERKINS (6)  PERKISS (6)  PERRY (9)  POWELL (5)  PRIOR (8)  RADCLIFFE (1)  RAVEN (1)  RICKETT (1)  SAMSON (1)  SAPSFORD (3)  SHIPTON (30)  SMART (16)  SMITH (4)  SPRINGLE (1)  STALLIBRASS (2)  STEVENS (1)  STOCK (3)  STONE (6)  STORER (1)  TADGELL (8)  VAUGHAN (3)  WALKER... (5)  WALKER (1)  WARWICK (5)  WATTS (1)  WELCH (1)  WEALD (2)  WHITBREAD (11)  WHITE (1)