Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stifford, Essex

Stifford 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
CRABB155.2448505.05
PURSER134.54551,238.10
ENGLAND124.1958203.74
WAGSTAFF103.4965280.90
MARSHALL103.496520.85
THOMPSON93.146910.50
CROUCH82.7972208.88
OFFORD82.7972888.89
STRICKLAND72.4476307.02
WOOLLEY72.4476123.24
GERMANY72.44763,181.82
CLARK72.44768.14
GUNN62.097985.71
SPACKMAN62.0979714.29
BRAND62.0979142.18
TAYLOR51.74832.73
WRIGHT51.74835.45
LINES51.7483165.02
GREEN51.74836.21
CARDER51.7483980.39
PALIN41.3986325.20
BAYLIS41.3986133.33
MILBURN41.3986156.86
HARRINGTON41.398673.66
KNIGHT41.398611.35
CHRISTMAS41.3986259.74
LEECH41.398685.84
BECKWITH41.3986238.10
STREETER41.3986336.13
AGER31.0490267.86
CHAPLIN31.049073.17
HUMPHERYS20.69932,222.22
WILSON20.69931.52
WALIN20.699310,000.00
BOWLEY20.6993127.39
MAYS20.6993122.70
SPEARMAN20.6993444.44
WHEELER20.699311.58
SANDERSON20.699316.92
HARROD20.6993208.33
TURNAGE20.69935,000.00
ADCOCK10.349735.46
STARNES10.34971,111.11
CHURCH10.349716.03
SKEEN10.3497384.62
FELL10.349724.88
REEVE10.349714.95
JAMES10.34971.78
TOWSON10.34971,250.00
DAY10.34973.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALIN0.2928610000.0000
TURNAGE0.292865000.0000
GERMANY0.292863181.8182
HUMPHERYS0.292862222.2222
GUINN0.292861250.0000
TOWSON0.292861250.0000
PURSER0.292861238.0952
STARNES0.292861111.1111
CARDER0.29286980.3922
OFFORD0.29286888.8889
SPACKMAN0.29286714.2857
CRABB0.29286505.0505
SPEARMAN0.29286444.4444
SKEEN0.29286384.6154
STREETER0.29286336.1345
PALIN0.29286325.2033
STRICKLAND0.29286307.0175
WAGSTAFF0.29286280.8989
AGER0.29286267.8571
CHRISTMAS0.29286259.7403
BECKWITH0.29286238.0952
CROUCH0.29286208.8773
HARROD0.29286208.3333
ENGLAND0.29286203.7351
KINGSLEY0.29286200.0000
LINES0.29286165.0165
MILBURN0.29286156.8627
BRAND0.29286142.1801
BAYLIS0.29286133.3333
BOWLEY0.29286127.3885
WOOLLEY0.29286123.2394
MAYS0.29286122.6994
LEECH0.2928685.8369
GUNN0.2928685.7143
HARRINGTON0.2928673.6648
CHAPLIN0.2928673.1707
ALFORD0.2928640.9836
ADCOCK0.2928635.4610
KEY0.2928625.3165
FELL0.2928624.8756
MARSHALL0.2928620.8464
WESTWOOD0.2928620.8333
BRIGHT0.2928617.3010
SANDERSON0.2928616.9205
CHURCH0.2928616.0256
SALMON0.2928615.3374
REEVE0.2928614.9477
HUMPHREY0.2928613.1234
WHEELER0.2928611.5808
KNIGHT0.2928611.3475

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 286 people called WALIN in Stifford 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 10000.0000 in Stifford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Stifford on census day were called WALIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALIN 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 WALIN 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 WALIN 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 WALIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Stifford means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALIN in Stifford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stifford in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  AGER (3)  ALFORD (1)  ALSOPP (1)  BAILIS (7)  BAYLIS (4)  BECKWITH (4)  BOWLEY (2)  BRAND (6)  BRIGHT (1)  CARDER (5)  CHAPLIN (3)  CHOPPEN (2)  CHRISTMAS (4)  CHURCH (1)  CLARK (7)  CRABB (15)  CROUCH (8)  DAVIES (1)  DAY (1)  ELLESBY (3)  ELLIS (1)  ENGLAND (12)  FELL (1)  FINCH (1)  GERMANY (7)  GOBILL (2)  GREEN (5)  GUNN (6)  GUINN (1)  HARRINGTON (4)  HARROD (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HUMPHERYS (2)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUMPHRIS (1)  JAMES (1)  KEY (1)  KINGSLEY (1)  KNIGHT (4)  LAZEL (2)  LEACH (1)  LEECH (4)  LINES (5)  MALDSTONE (3)  MARSHALL (10)  MAYS (2)  MILBURN (4)  NIAL (6)  OFFORD (8)  PAGE (1)  PALIN (4)  PASTERFIELD (5)  POSFORD (2)  POTIFHER (4)  PURSER (13)  RAYMENT (1)  REEVE (1)  RICKETS (5)  SALMON (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SKEEN (1)  SPACKMAN (6)  SPEARMAN (2)  STARNES (1)  STREETER (4)  STRICKLAND (7)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMPSON (9)  TURNAGE (2)  TOWSON (1)  WAGSTAFF (10)  WALIN (2)  WESTWOOD (1)  WHEELER (2)  WILSON (2)  WOODS (1)  WOOLLEY (7)  WRIGHT (5)