Top surnames from the 1881 census in Basildon, Essex

Basildon 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
SMITH85.09553.61
MANSFIELD74.4586237.29
BIRD63.821750.00
SWANN53.1847292.40
MOORE53.184715.92
CHANDLER53.184799.21
PRICE53.184718.20
STUBBS53.1847120.48
WOOD53.184710.00
PROCTOR42.5478103.63
HOBSON42.547898.28
WATSON42.547810.98
WARD31.91088.75
STYLES31.9108180.72
JUDD31.9108147.06
MARSHALL31.910811.39
BYFORD31.9108422.54
SAY31.9108789.47
SUCH31.9108882.35
MOSS31.910830.99
BUSH31.910877.32
ARCHER21.273930.82
FIRMAN21.2739500.00
COX21.27398.41
SIMPSON21.27397.28
GARDINER21.273944.35
VAUGHAN21.273937.31
ALLEN21.27396.74
HARROD21.2739377.36
ABBOTT10.636914.45
OSBORNE10.636913.35
WRIGHT10.63691.99
STEEL10.636915.63
WARREN10.63699.52
BOORMAN10.6369172.41
ANGEL10.6369149.25
DAVIES10.63691.25
SWAN10.636924.57
NEWMAN10.63698.57
COOTE10.6369129.87
STAINES10.6369114.94
WARMAN10.6369135.14
FRYER10.636934.36
TOMPSON10.6369294.12
PLATT10.636924.04
CROW10.636942.19
COLEMAN10.636912.79
STELL10.6369400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUCH0.16157882.3529
SAY0.16157789.4737
FIRMAN0.16157500.0000
BYFORD0.16157422.5352
STELL0.16157400.0000
HARROD0.16157377.3585
TOMPSON0.16157294.1176
SWANN0.16157292.3977
MANSFIELD0.16157237.2881
STYLES0.16157180.7229
BOORMAN0.16157172.4138
ANGEL0.16157149.2537
JUDD0.16157147.0588
WARMAN0.16157135.1351
COOTE0.16157129.8701
STUBBS0.16157120.4819
STAINES0.16157114.9425
PROCTOR0.16157103.6269
CHANDLER0.1615799.2063
HOBSON0.1615798.2801
BUSH0.1615777.3196
BIRD0.1615750.0000
GARDINER0.1615744.3459
CROW0.1615742.1941
VAUGHAN0.1615737.3134
FRYER0.1615734.3643
MOSS0.1615730.9917
ARCHER0.1615730.8166
SWAN0.1615724.5700
PLATT0.1615724.0385
PRICE0.1615718.1951
MOORE0.1615715.9236
STEEL0.1615715.6250
ABBOTT0.1615714.4509
OSBORNE0.1615713.3511
COLEMAN0.1615712.7877
MARSHALL0.1615711.3938
WATSON0.1615710.9830
WOOD0.161579.9960
WARREN0.161579.5238
WARD0.161578.7464
NEWMAN0.161578.5690
COX0.161578.4069
SIMPSON0.161577.2833
ALLEN0.161576.7431
SMITH0.161573.6088
WRIGHT0.161571.9853
DAVIES0.161571.2522

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 157 people called SUCH in Basildon 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 882.3529 in Basildon means that 882.3529% of the people in Basildon on census day were called SUCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUCH 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 SUCH 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 SUCH 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 SUCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Basildon means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUCH in Basildon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Basildon in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ALLEN (2)  AYLOTT (1)  ANGEL (1)  ARCHER (2)  ARDLEY (1)  BIRD (6)  BOORMAN (1)  BRAYBROOKE (5)  BUSH (3)  BYFORD (3)  CHANDLER (5)  CHITTOCK (3)  COLEMAN (1)  COOTE (1)  COX (2)  CROW (1)  DAVIES (1)  ENGRELL (3)  FIRMAN (2)  FRYER (1)  GARDINER (2)  GLADDIN (5)  HARROD (2)  HOBSON (4)  HORSNELL (4)  JUDD (3)  LAZELL (1)  MANSFIELD (7)  MARSHALL (3)  MOORE (5)  MOSS (3)  NEWMAN (1)  OFFICE (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PLATT (1)  PRICE (5)  PROCTOR (4)  SAY (3)  SIMPSON (2)  SMITH (8)  STAINES (1)  STEEL (1)  STELL (1)  STUBBS (5)  STYLES (3)  SUCH (3)  SWAN (1)  SWANN (5)  TOMPSON (1)  TWIN (8)  VAUGHAN (2)  WARD (3)  WARMAN (1)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (4)  WOOD (5)  WRIGHT (1)