Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berechurch, Essex

Berechurch 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
HOWLETT54.4248328.95
TURPIN54.4248819.67
RING43.5398869.57
CHAPMAN43.539824.92
LILLEY43.5398256.41
WILLIAMS43.53984.93
BAKER43.539816.16
COWELL43.5398246.91
BLYTH32.6549168.54
SMITH32.65491.88
BOND32.654950.17
KING32.654912.18
HUMM21.76991,333.33
DYER21.769945.66
DAVEY21.769943.01
RAND21.7699454.55
MALLET21.7699869.57
BAINES10.885046.30
HORN10.885038.91
POLLEY10.8850333.33
BENTLEY10.885020.92
SHAW10.88504.82
GRIMWOOD10.8850212.77
RICHMOND10.885040.32
PALMER10.88507.51
HOWARD10.88509.02
RUSSELL10.88507.25
FRANCIS10.885014.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HUMM0.111131333.3333
MALLET0.11113869.5652
RING0.11113869.5652
TURPIN0.11113819.6721
RAND0.11113454.5455
POLLEY0.11113333.3333
HOWLETT0.11113328.9474
LILLEY0.11113256.4103
COWELL0.11113246.9136
GRIMWOOD0.11113212.7660
BLYTH0.11113168.5393
BOND0.1111350.1672
BAINES0.1111346.2963
DYER0.1111345.6621
DAVEY0.1111343.0108
RICHMOND0.1111340.3226
HORN0.1111338.9105
CHAPMAN0.1111324.9221
BENTLEY0.1111320.9205
BAKER0.1111316.1551
FRANCIS0.1111314.8588
KING0.1111312.1803
HOWARD0.111139.0171
PALMER0.111137.5075
RUSSELL0.111137.2516
WILLIAMS0.111134.9279
SHAW0.111134.8170
SMITH0.111131.8803

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 113 people called HUMM in Berechurch 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 1333.3333 in Berechurch means that 1333.3333% of the people in Berechurch on census day were called HUMM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HUMM 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 HUMM 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 HUMM 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 HUMM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Berechurch means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HUMM in Berechurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Berechurch in 1881

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

ALLIBONE (7)  BAINES (1)  BAKER (4)  BENTLEY (1)  BLYTH (3)  BOND (3)  CHAPMAN (4)  COWELL (4)  DAVEY (2)  DYER (2)  FINCUAM (3)  FRANCIS (1)  GRIMWOOD (1)  HATCLIFF (1)  HATLIFF (4)  HORN (1)  HOWARD (1)  HOWLETT (5)  HUMM (2)  HUMN (6)  KING (3)  LILLEY (4)  MAISEN (3)  MALLET (2)  MONFIELD (2)  MULLOP (1)  PALMER (1)  POLLEY (1)  RAND (2)  RICHMOND (1)  RING (4)  RUSSELL (1)  SHAW (1)  SMITH (3)  SNOWSILL (5)  TURPIN (5)  WILLIAMS (4)  NANPL... (10)  HUM... (3)  WYMARK (1)