Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Tilbury, Essex

West Tilbury 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
TAYLOR154.28576.70
CLARK133.714312.36
WOOD123.428610.76
WRIGHT113.14299.80
JAMES92.571413.09
PORTER92.571434.27
BUTCHER92.571461.02
TRUSS82.28572,162.16
KING82.285710.49
DOWNES82.2857184.76
MOTTS72.00005,000.00
HUNT72.000015.06
MOORE72.000010.00
HART72.000023.45
MILLER72.000011.18
PARTON72.0000368.42
BEARD61.714365.15
SMITH61.71431.21
HALES51.428699.60
PURSER51.4286387.60
SUCH51.4286657.89
HEWITT51.428629.33
RUSH51.4286132.98
GILES51.428637.48
FREELOVE51.42864,166.67
DREW41.142943.24
HILLS41.142941.32
HUMPHRY41.1429366.97
COLE41.142912.55
BRIGGS41.142921.04
RICHARDSON41.14296.71
HARRISS41.1429174.67
WARREN41.142917.09
AUSTIN30.857117.53
PHILLIPS30.85714.79
BROOKS30.85718.77
PAYNE30.85719.52
HALFORD30.8571114.94
GREEN30.85713.04
PRYER30.8571422.54
KEELING20.571465.57
BLAND20.571427.55
MCGUIRE20.5714400.00
SYMONDS20.571447.39
STEEL20.571414.02
KEMPSTER20.5714162.60
ELLIOTT20.57146.73
EMBERSON20.5714408.16
ROGERSON10.285723.20
RANSON10.285757.80

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOTTS0.353505000.0000
FREELOVE0.353504166.6667
TRUSS0.353502162.1622
MARRA0.353501666.6667
HAVIS0.35350769.2308
SUCH0.35350657.8947
ONG0.35350526.3158
PRYER0.35350422.5352
EMBERSON0.35350408.1633
MCGUIRE0.35350400.0000
PURSER0.35350387.5969
PARTON0.35350368.4211
HUMPHRY0.35350366.9725
TRENCH0.35350303.0303
MAKINS0.35350277.7778
WILLY0.35350256.4103
DOWNES0.35350184.7575
HARRISS0.35350174.6725
ELLSON0.35350172.4138
GOLDSTONE0.35350169.4915
KEMPSTER0.35350162.6016
RUSH0.35350132.9787
DENNEY0.35350119.0476
HALFORD0.35350114.9425
EVENS0.35350108.6957
HALES0.3535099.6016
GENTRY0.3535088.4956
LIVERMORE0.3535084.7458
EVE0.3535075.7576
KEELING0.3535065.5738
BEARD0.3535065.1466
BUTCHER0.3535061.0169
RANSON0.3535057.8035
SYMONDS0.3535047.3934
DREW0.3535043.2432
HILLS0.3535041.3223
GILES0.3535037.4813
PORTER0.3535034.2727
GOOCH0.3535032.5733
HEWITT0.3535029.3255
BLAND0.3535027.5482
HEARD0.3535026.8817
HART0.3535023.4506
ROGERSON0.3535023.2019
STOCK0.3535022.9885
JUDD0.3535021.9780
MAJOR0.3535021.1864
BRIGGS0.3535021.0416
HARE0.3535018.5185
AUSTIN0.3535017.5336

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 350 people called MOTTS in West Tilbury 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 5000.0000 in West Tilbury means that 5000.0000% of the people in West Tilbury on census day were called MOTTS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOTTS 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 MOTTS 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 MOTTS 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 MOTTS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in West Tilbury means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOTTS in West Tilbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Tilbury in 1881

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

ALIKER (7)  AUSTIN (3)  BATEMAN (1)  BEARD (6)  BLAND (2)  BRIGGS (4)  BROOKS (3)  BUTCHER (9)  CAPON (2)  CARR (1)  CLARK (13)  CLAYTON (1)  COLE (4)  DAY (1)  DENNEY (1)  DOBREE (7)  DOWNES (8)  DREW (4)  DRISCAL (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLSON (1)  EMBERSON (2)  EVENS (1)  EVE (1)  FREELOVE (5)  FRENCH (1)  GENTRY (1)  GILES (5)  GOLDSTONE (1)  GOOCH (1)  GREEN (3)  GROVES (1)  HALES (5)  HALFORD (3)  HARE (1)  HARRISS (4)  HART (7)  HAXEL OR HAZEL (2)  HAVIS (1)  HEARD (1)  HEWITT (5)  HILLS (4)  HUBBARD (1)  HUMPHRY (4)  HUNT (7)  JAMES (9)  GIGGENS (5)  JUDD (1)  KEELING (2)  KEMPSTER (2)  KING (8)  LIVERMORE (1)  MAKINS (1)  MCGUIRE (2)  MAJOR (1)  MARRA (1)  MARSHALL (WOOD) (4)  MARTIN (1)  MIDDLEDITCH (1)  MILLER (7)  MOORE (7)  MOTTS (7)  NEWING (1)  NEWMAN (1)  ONG (1)  OVAL (1)  PARTON (7)  PAYNE (3)  PHILLIPS (3)  PORTER (9)  POTTER (1)  PRIDIE (1)  PRYER (3)  PRITCHARD (1)  PURSER (5)  RANSON (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERSON (1)  RUSH (5)  RUSSELL (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAWELL (3)  SHELSHONE (1)  SYMONDS (2)  SMITH (6)  STEEL (2)  STOCK (1)  SUCH (5)  TAYLOR (15)  TRENCH (1)  TRUSS (8)  TWIN (11)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WHEAL (4)  WARREN (4)  WOOD (12)  WOODWARD (1)  WRIGHT (11)  WAITE (1)  WILLY (1)  YATES (1)