Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodham Mortimer, Essex

Woodham Mortimer 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
JORDEN133.89222,549.02
JORDAN123.592881.30
EMBERSON123.59282,553.19
WOOD92.69468.46
ROYCE92.69461,551.72
TAYLOR92.69464.21
NEWMAN92.694636.25
BACON82.395295.35
CAMPION82.3952341.88
ONG82.39524,444.44
HUGHES82.39528.55
DAY82.395225.45
BOWEN72.095850.69
SHARP72.095825.15
REED72.095828.71
PARKER61.79649.44
JARVIS61.796440.03
SMEE61.7964857.14
JENKINS61.796415.24
MARTIN61.79647.29
BURR51.4970186.57
OVERALL51.4970724.64
BRITTON51.497084.46
BARKER41.19769.15
BROWN41.19761.82
FRANKLIN41.197636.07
HUMM41.1976930.23
EVE41.1976317.46
BRYANT41.197628.03
FALCONER30.898275.38
MOORE30.89824.49
CLOVER30.8982315.79
BARRITT30.8982344.83
BONES30.8982306.12
FRENCH20.598812.26
AGER20.5988152.67
SMITH20.59880.42
LOWE20.59887.99
BUNN20.598861.35
LARKIN20.598866.67
ALLEN20.59883.17
BRIGHT20.598829.63
NICHOLLS10.29945.73
HOCKLEY10.299455.56
ELMER10.299487.72
HART10.29943.51
DAVIDSON10.29943.56
BLISS10.299448.78
GENTRY10.299492.59
RAVEN10.299435.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ONG0.333344444.4444
EMBERSON0.333342553.1915
JORDEN0.333342549.0196
ROYCE0.333341551.7241
HUMM0.33334930.2326
SMEE0.33334857.1429
OVERALL0.33334724.6377
BARRITT0.33334344.8276
CAMPION0.33334341.8803
EVE0.33334317.4603
CLOVER0.33334315.7895
BONES0.33334306.1224
GRIDLEY0.33334188.6792
BURR0.33334186.5672
AGER0.33334152.6718
NICE0.33334126.5823
PULFORD0.33334116.2791
BACON0.3333495.3516
COPPIN0.3333495.2381
GENTRY0.3333492.5926
ELMER0.3333487.7193
BRITTON0.3333484.4595
JORDAN0.3333481.3008
FALCONER0.3333475.3769
LARKIN0.3333466.6667
BUNN0.3333461.3497
HOCKLEY0.3333455.5556
BOWEN0.3333450.6879
BLISS0.3333448.7805
JARVIS0.3333440.0267
NEWMAN0.3333436.2465
FRANKLIN0.3333436.0685
RAVEN0.3333435.7143
SHEPHARD0.3333431.2500
BRIGHT0.3333429.6296
COLLIS0.3333428.9855
REED0.3333428.7121
BRYANT0.3333428.0308
DAY0.3333425.4453
SHARP0.3333425.1527
DOWNES0.3333424.2131
HAWKES0.3333418.5529
BOURNE0.3333415.4321
JENKINS0.3333415.2439
MEAD0.3333412.8370
FRENCH0.3333412.2624
PARKER0.333349.4444
BARKER0.333349.1512
HILTON0.333348.7108
HUGHES0.333348.5479

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 334 people called ONG in Woodham Mortimer 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 4444.4444 in Woodham Mortimer means that 4444.4444% of the people in Woodham Mortimer on census day were called ONG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ONG 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 ONG 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 ONG 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 ONG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Woodham Mortimer means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ONG in Woodham Mortimer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodham Mortimer in 1881

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

AGER (2)  ALLEN (2)  AYLETT (7)  ATTENBOROUGH (1)  BACON (8)  BARKER (4)  BARLTRESS (2)  BARRITT (3)  BARRETT OR BARRELL (2)  BLISS (1)  BONES (3)  BOWELLS (1)  BOWEN (7)  BRIGHT (2)  BRITTON (5)  BROWN (4)  BRYANT (4)  BUNN (2)  BOURNE (1)  BURR (5)  CAMPION (8)  CLOVER (3)  COGGER (1)  COLLIS (1)  COPPIN (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAY (8)  DOWNES (1)  ELGIS (3)  ELMER (1)  EMBERSON (12)  EVE (4)  FALCONER (3)  FERGUSON (1)  FRANKLIN (4)  FRENCH (2)  FROST (1)  FRYETT (1)  GENTRY (1)  JORDEN (13)  JORDAN (12)  GRIDLEY (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HART (1)  HAWKES (1)  HE...BOUGH (1)  HILTON (1)  HOCKLEY (1)  HUGHES (8)  HUMM (4)  HUXTOR (1)  JARVIS (6)  JENKINS (6)  LARKIN (2)  LOWE (2)  MANNERS OR MANNORS (2)  MARTIN (6)  MAUDE (2)  MEAD (1)  METHERILL (1)  METHERSELL (7)  MIDDLEDITCH (2)  MOORE (3)  NEWMAN (9)  NICE (1)  NICHOLLS (1)  ONG (8)  OVERALL (5)  PARKER (6)  PURKIS (7)  PIGGOT (1)  PULFORD (1)  RAVEN (1)  REED (7)  RINGE (3)  ROYCE (9)  SACH (8)  SAVILL (7)  SHARP (7)  SHEPHARD (1)  SMEE (6)  SMITH (2)  SPOONER ? (2)  STEBBEN (2)  STEBBEN ? (2)  TAYLOR (9)  TITSHALL ? (1)  TROWLES (5)  WALLACE (1)  WIFFIN (4)  WILSHER (1)  WOOD (9)