Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aldham, Essex

Aldham 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
CHAPLIN204.6620325.20
BUGG153.4965773.20
PARTRIDGE153.4965133.81
WASS143.2634600.86
EVANS122.79726.40
MATTOCK102.3310900.90
PARMENTER102.3310877.19
THEOBALD102.3310366.30
BOND92.097939.63
DOUSE92.09791,730.77
GASSON92.0979849.06
NORFOLK92.0979762.71
DRANE81.8648909.09
CRESSWELL81.8648176.99
BULL81.864844.10
PRYER71.6317804.60
BAILEY71.631710.83
FINCHAM71.6317583.33
HUNT61.398610.53
OSBOURNE61.3986379.75
MARTIN61.39865.68
DAWSON61.398612.69
BONES61.3986476.19
GREEN61.39864.97
WILBY51.1655198.41
PALMER51.16559.89
NUNN51.165566.58
BULLOCK51.165535.82
WINTER51.165532.87
SMITH40.93240.66
CHILES40.9324952.38
WHITING40.932448.43
HERMON40.93241,052.63
EAVES40.9324171.67
RICE40.932430.03
GALLEY30.6993196.08
LEVELL30.6993857.14
SAUNDERS30.69937.62
GODFREY30.699323.58
BUCK30.699332.61
SCOTT30.69932.76
EVES20.4662111.73
HART20.46625.47
RAYNER20.466218.69
CHANDLER20.466214.51
KEEBLE20.466268.03
BEAUMONT20.466215.72
PURKISS20.4662196.08
CHAMPION20.466244.54
HURRELL20.466278.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DOUSE0.434291730.7692
HERMON0.434291052.6316
CARLO0.434291000.0000
CHILES0.43429952.3810
DRANE0.43429909.0909
MATTOCK0.43429900.9009
PARMENTER0.43429877.1930
LEVELL0.43429857.1429
GASSON0.43429849.0566
PRYER0.43429804.5977
BUGG0.43429773.1959
NORFOLK0.43429762.7119
WASS0.43429600.8584
FINCHAM0.43429583.3333
BONES0.43429476.1905
OSBOURNE0.43429379.7468
THEOBALD0.43429366.3004
CHAPLIN0.43429325.2033
WILBY0.43429198.4127
PURKISS0.43429196.0784
GALLEY0.43429196.0784
CRESSWELL0.43429176.9912
EAVES0.43429171.6738
PARTRIDGE0.43429133.8091
EVES0.43429111.7318
COPSEY0.43429108.6957
BARRITT0.4342989.2857
HURRELL0.4342978.4314
KEEBLE0.4342968.0272
NUNN0.4342966.5779
BARRELL0.4342961.3497
RUDKIN0.4342959.1716
WHITING0.4342948.4262
CHAMPION0.4342944.5434
BULL0.4342944.1014
BOND0.4342939.6301
BULLOCK0.4342935.8166
DAW0.4342933.6700
MASKELL0.4342933.1126
WINTER0.4342932.8731
BUCK0.4342932.6087
MOLE0.4342930.0300
RICE0.4342930.0300
HAWKES0.4342928.9017
GODFREY0.4342923.5849
RAYNER0.4342918.6916
BEAUMONT0.4342915.7233
CHANDLER0.4342914.5138
DAWSON0.4342912.6877
SINGLETON0.4342911.7925

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 429 people called DOUSE in Aldham 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 1730.7692 in Aldham means that 1730.7692% of the people in Aldham on census day were called DOUSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DOUSE 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 DOUSE 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 DOUSE 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 DOUSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Aldham means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DOUSE in Aldham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aldham in 1881

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

EAREY (2)  ALDGATE (4)  ALLPRESS (1)  AINGER (1)  HONEYBALL (12)  ARTHY (2)  BAILEY (7)  BARKER (1)  BARRITT (1)  BEARDWELL (1)  BEAUMONT (2)  BOND (9)  BONES (6)  BROYD (1)  BUCK (3)  BUGG (15)  BULL (8)  BULLOCK (5)  BARRELL (1)  CANSDALE (3)  CANT (15)  CARLO (1)  CHAMPION (2)  CHANDLER (2)  CHAPLIN (20)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHILES (4)  COTTISS (5)  COPSEY (1)  COSESEDGE (1)  CRESSWELL (8)  DAW (1)  DAWSON (6)  DOUSE (9)  DRAINES (1)  DRANE (8)  DRAINE ? (2)  EAVES (4)  EVES (2)  EVANS (12)  FINCHAM (7)  FISHER (1)  GALLEY (3)  GASSON (9)  GODFREY (3)  GREEN (6)  HAISTIC (1)  HALE (1)  HART (2)  HASTIC (1)  HAWKES (2)  HERMON (4)  HUNT (6)  HURRELL (2)  KEEBLE (2)  LADBROOK (1)  LEATHERDALE (3)  LEVELL (3)  MARRIDGE ? (4)  MARTIN (6)  MASKELL (1)  MATTOCK (10)  MORGAN (1)  MOLE (1)  NANSON (1)  NEEP (7)  NEIP (1)  NORFOLK (9)  NORMAN (1)  NUNN (5)  OSBOURNE (6)  OSBORNE (2)  PALMER (5)  PARMENTER (10)  WASS (PARMENTER) (2)  PARTRIDGE (15)  PURKISS (2)  PRYER (7)  PUDNEY (3)  RAYNER (2)  RICE (4)  ROOKAID (1)  RUDKIN (1)  SAUNDERS (3)  SCILLITOE (2)  SCOTT (3)  SHELDRAKE (5)  SINGLETON (1)  SMITH (4)  SOUTHERWOOD (6)  STEBBING (3)  TAWELL (5)  THEOBALD (10)  WARREN (1)  WASS (14)  WELLS (1)  WHITING (4)  WILBY (5)  WILSHER (1)  WINTER (5)  WOOLOCK (1)  WRIGHT (1)