Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashingdon, Essex

Ashingdon 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
MOSS99.8901160.43
WATTS77.692391.74
GARDNER77.6923113.27
SHEAD66.59343,750.00
FOTHERGILL44.3956769.23
GIBSON44.395636.20
BROWN44.39566.67
BARKER44.395633.59
HOWARD33.296733.59
BACON22.197887.34
MEAD22.197894.34
BATTEN11.0989119.05
POTTER11.098916.95
WILKINSON11.09897.20
WADE11.098927.47
BATEMAN11.098942.55
PLUMMER11.098981.97
LANCASTER11.098944.25
TAYLOR11.09891.72
ROBERTS11.09892.92
JACKSON11.09893.93
WALDEN11.0989149.25
SIMONS11.098983.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHEAD0.09913750.0000
FOTHERGILL0.0991769.2308
MOSS0.0991160.4278
WALDEN0.0991149.2537
BATTEN0.0991119.0476
GARDNER0.0991113.2686
MEAD0.099194.3396
WATTS0.099191.7431
BACON0.099187.3362
SIMONS0.099183.3333
PLUMMER0.099181.9672
LANCASTER0.099144.2478
BATEMAN0.099142.5532
GIBSON0.099136.1991
HOWARD0.099133.5946
BARKER0.099133.5852
WADE0.099127.4725
POTTER0.099116.9492
WILKINSON0.09917.1994
BROWN0.09916.6678
JACKSON0.09913.9324
ROBERTS0.09912.9206
TAYLOR0.09911.7185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 91 people called SHEAD in Ashingdon 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 3750.0000 in Ashingdon means that 3750.0000% of the people in Ashingdon on census day were called SHEAD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHEAD 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 SHEAD 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 SHEAD 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 SHEAD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Ashingdon means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHEAD in Ashingdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashingdon in 1881

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

BACON (2)  BARKER (4)  BATEMAN (1)  BATTEN (1)  BROWN (4)  BUTTEN (1)  FANCE (7)  FOTHERGILL (4)  GARDNER (7)  GIBSON (4)  HOWARD (3)  JACKSON (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LETHBRIDGE (1)  LINDSELL (5)  MARVEN (7)  MEAD (2)  MOSS (9)  PLUMMER (1)  POTTER (1)  ROBERTS (1)  SHEAD (6)  SIMONS (1)  SORRIL (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TRAYLING (1)  WADE (1)  WALDEN (1)  WATTS (7)  WITTINGHAM (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WORDLEY (3)