Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thorrington, Essex

Thorrington 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
BACON236.2842250.00
POTTER184.918075.82
ANDREWS184.918051.33
GUNN154.0984167.41
HARPER133.551955.48
HARVEY123.278730.71
HOWARD113.005530.62
LORD102.732259.24
CLARK92.45908.18
BARBER82.185836.31
FROST82.185838.87
MANNING71.912660.14
ALEXANDER71.912636.14
LONG71.912629.49
CARR71.912626.51
HART71.912622.42
BURLING71.91261,044.78
BALES61.6393437.96
GOSLING61.6393104.71
BEAUMONT61.639355.30
COOPER61.63936.74
LEACHMAN51.36613,846.15
WRIGHT51.36614.26
GAMBLE51.366195.42
DOWNES51.3661110.38
SHARP51.366116.39
TAYLOR51.36612.14
DEACON41.092964.31
BRAGG41.0929133.78
WHITE41.09293.40
MEAD41.092946.89
CREEK41.0929597.01
SALMON41.092947.90
HUNTER41.092910.64
RODWELL41.0929202.02
JENNINGS30.819716.16
WARREN30.819712.26
LEACH30.819719.87
HEARN20.546441.32
SEWELL20.546425.84
RAISIN20.54642,222.22
FORD20.54645.61
HOLLAND20.54647.67
SIMMONDS20.546420.47
MACKIE20.546425.54
HACKNEY20.5464125.00
RACKHAM20.5464200.00
BOWLEY20.546499.50
PORTER20.54647.28
BOUGHAN20.546410,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOUGHAN0.3736610000.0000
LEACHMAN0.373663846.1538
RAISIN0.373662222.2222
BURLING0.373661044.7761
CREEK0.37366597.0149
BALES0.37366437.9562
TATUM0.37366312.5000
MEERS0.37366256.4103
BACON0.37366250.0000
RODWELL0.37366202.0202
RACKHAM0.37366200.0000
SPURLING0.37366185.1852
GUNN0.37366167.4107
BRAGG0.37366133.7793
HACKNEY0.37366125.0000
HEDGE0.37366112.3596
DOWNES0.37366110.3753
GOSLING0.37366104.7120
BOWLEY0.3736699.5025
GAMBLE0.3736695.4198
POTTER0.3736675.8214
DEACON0.3736664.3087
MANNING0.3736660.1375
LORD0.3736659.2417
HARPER0.3736655.4844
BEAUMONT0.3736655.2995
ANDREWS0.3736651.3259
SALMON0.3736647.9042
MEAD0.3736646.8933
HEARN0.3736641.3223
FROST0.3736638.8727
BARBER0.3736636.3141
ALEXANDER0.3736636.1384
KETTLE0.3736631.2500
HARVEY0.3736630.7062
WOODLEY0.3736630.6748
HOWARD0.3736630.6236
LONG0.3736629.4861
CARR0.3736626.5051
SEWELL0.3736625.8398
MACKIE0.3736625.5428
HART0.3736622.4215
SIMMONDS0.3736620.4708
LEACH0.3736619.8675
JOLLY0.3736619.2678
SHARP0.3736616.3934
JENNINGS0.3736616.1638
WARREN0.3736612.2599
HUNTER0.3736610.6411
CLARK0.373668.1811

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 366 people called BOUGHAN in Thorrington 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 Thorrington means that 10000.0000% of the people in Thorrington on census day were called BOUGHAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BOUGHAN 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 BOUGHAN 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 BOUGHAN 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 BOUGHAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Thorrington means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BOUGHAN in Thorrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thorrington in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (7)  ANDREWS (18)  BACON (23)  BARBER (8)  BALES (6)  BEAUMONT (6)  BOUGHAN (2)  BOWLEY (2)  BRAGG (4)  BURLING (7)  CARR (7)  CHISWELL (3)  CLAMPTON (1)  CLARK (9)  COOPER (6)  CREEK (4)  DEACON (4)  DEATH (8)  DOWNES (5)  FORD (2)  FROST (8)  GAMBLE (5)  GAME (3)  GILDERS (1)  GOSLING (6)  GRIMSEY (7)  GUNN (15)  HACKNEY (2)  HARPER (13)  HART (7)  HARVEY (12)  HEARN (2)  HEDGE (1)  HOLLAND (2)  HOWARD (11)  HUNTER (4)  HYNARD (1)  JENNINGS (3)  JOLLY (1)  KETTLE (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LEACH (3)  LEACHMAN (5)  LONG (7)  LORD (10)  MANNING (7)  MARSH (1)  MACKIE (2)  MEAD (4)  MEERS (1)  POTTER (18)  PORTER (2)  PRATT (1)  PRYKE (14)  RACKHAM (2)  RAISIN (2)  RODWELL (4)  RUFFLES (1)  SALMON (4)  SEWELL (2)  SHARP (5)  SIMMONDS (2)  SLOWGROVE (9)  SMITH (1)  SPURLING (1)  TATUM (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TRUBSHOE (1)  WARREN (3)  WHITE (4)  WOODLEY (1)  WRIGHT (5)