Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berden, Essex

Berden 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
STONE267.162599.09
KING256.887131.60
HARVEY236.336159.34
CHAPMAN215.785140.74
KNIGHT184.958740.22
WOODCOCK174.6832164.09
BRETT164.4077232.22
WARMAN143.8567823.53
BENTLY102.75481,063.83
PHILLIP102.7548543.48
SEABROOK82.2039446.93
HAMMOND82.203938.70
ROBERTS82.20395.86
GEORGE82.203937.56
FRANCIS71.928432.38
WICKS61.6529117.42
BENTLEY61.652939.09
GREEN51.37744.89
SIBLEY51.3774171.23
PHILLIPS51.37747.70
TURPIN51.3774256.41
FOOT41.1019111.11
SHEPPARD41.101931.82
TANT30.82641,304.35
SANDERS30.826418.23
LAW30.826418.27
CHAPEL30.8264638.30
MUMFORD20.551056.98
COWELL20.551038.46
WEBB20.55104.07
JOHNSTONE20.551012.19
YARROW10.2755140.85
BLACKETT10.275571.94
WILES10.275531.75
ANDREWS10.27552.88
REA10.275549.02
GORHAM10.2755136.99
WALLIS10.27558.13
BOYD10.27557.86
WINN10.275528.33
DAVIES10.27550.54
LAURENCE10.275519.38
STAFF10.2755108.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TANT0.363631304.3478
BENTLY0.363631063.8298
WARMAN0.36363823.5294
CHAPEL0.36363638.2979
PHILLIP0.36363543.4783
SEABROOK0.36363446.9274
TURPIN0.36363256.4103
BRETT0.36363232.2206
SIBLEY0.36363171.2329
WOODCOCK0.36363164.0927
YARROW0.36363140.8451
GORHAM0.36363136.9863
WICKS0.36363117.4168
FOOT0.36363111.1111
STAFF0.36363108.6957
STONE0.3636399.0854
BLACKETT0.3636371.9424
HARVEY0.3636359.3395
MUMFORD0.3636356.9801
REA0.3636349.0196
CHAPMAN0.3636340.7371
KNIGHT0.3636340.2235
BENTLEY0.3636339.0879
HAMMOND0.3636338.7034
COWELL0.3636338.4615
GEORGE0.3636337.5587
FRANCIS0.3636332.3774
SHEPPARD0.3636331.8218
WILES0.3636331.7460
KING0.3636331.6016
WINN0.3636328.3286
LAURENCE0.3636319.3798
LAW0.3636318.2704
SANDERS0.3636318.2260
JOHNSTONE0.3636312.1877
WALLIS0.363638.1301
BOYD0.363637.8555
PHILLIPS0.363637.6982
ROBERTS0.363635.8582
GREEN0.363634.8914
WEBB0.363634.0650
ANDREWS0.363632.8752
DAVIES0.363630.5416

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 363 people called TANT in Berden 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 1304.3478 in Berden means that 1304.3478% of the people in Berden on census day were called TANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TANT 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 TANT 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 TANT 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 TANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Berden means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TANT in Berden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Berden in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BENTLY (10)  BENTLEY (6)  BLACKETT (1)  BOYD (1)  BRETT (16)  CHAPMAN (21)  CHAPMMAN (2)  CHAPEL (3)  CHIPPERFIELD (8)  COWELL (2)  COYSTON (6)  DAVIES (1)  DEADMAN (2)  FOOT (4)  FRANCIS (7)  FURBIR (1)  GEORGE (8)  GORHAM (1)  GREEN (5)  GUIVER (1)  HAMMOND (8)  HARRADENCE (1)  HARVEY (23)  JOHNSTONE (2)  KING (25)  KNIGHT (18)  LAW (3)  LAURENCE (1)  MYNOTT (7)  MUMFORD (2)  PHILLIP (10)  PHILLIPS (5)  REA (1)  REYNOLLS (3)  ROBERTS (8)  SANDERS (3)  SAUZE (1)  SEABROOK (8)  SHEPPARD (4)  SIBLY (34)  SIBLEY (5)  STAFF (1)  STONE (26)  TANT (3)  TINWORTH (4)  TURPIN (5)  WALLIS (1)  WARMAN (14)  WEBB (2)  WICKS (6)  WILES (1)  WINN (1)  WISBY (2)  WOODCOCK (17)  YARROW (1)