Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chester All Sts, Essex

Chester All Sts 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
BAKER173.671716.76
WRIGHT102.15986.73
SMITH91.94381.38
TAYLOR91.94383.04
DENTON81.727994.01
PECK81.7279102.30
PEARCE81.727918.81
HATFIELD71.5119212.12
HARRIS71.51195.95
BONNER71.5119171.99
HAWARD71.51191,111.11
WOODWARD71.511930.65
SCARFF71.51191,272.73
GREENWOOD71.511919.47
HERBERT61.295934.68
ADAMS61.29598.79
THOMPSON61.29594.33
SIER61.29593,750.00
GULL61.29591,224.49
BEDWELL61.2959333.33
APPLEBY61.295979.37
JENKINSON61.295973.98
GILSON51.0799347.22
NAYLOR51.079928.65
BUTLER51.079911.08
MORRIS51.07994.85
FARMER51.079934.55
WADE51.079926.98
ROOT51.0799331.13
CASTLE51.079954.35
GOODALL40.863940.32
KINGSBURY40.8639380.95
CROSS40.863912.55
PERRY40.863911.75
BRAGG40.8639105.54
MOSS40.863914.02
LOTT40.8639223.46
PHILBROOK40.86394,444.44
CRITCHLEY40.863996.85
SIMPSON40.86394.94
WILLIS40.863916.25
BARTON40.863915.99
HOLMES40.86397.09
ORPEN40.86392,222.22
SIGGERS30.6479882.35
FISHER30.64795.54
SEAMAN30.647983.57
GLENN30.6479206.90
FIRMIN30.6479491.80
RUSSELL30.64795.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHILBROOK0.464634444.4444
SIER0.464633750.0000
ORPEN0.464632222.2222
SCARFF0.464631272.7273
GULL0.464631224.4898
HAWARD0.464631111.1111
SIGGERS0.46463882.3529
GOSNELL0.46463833.3333
ORMES0.46463666.6667
FIRMIN0.46463491.8033
TOTMAN0.46463400.0000
PHILBRICK0.46463400.0000
KINGSBURY0.46463380.9524
GILSON0.46463347.2222
BEDWELL0.46463333.3333
ROOT0.46463331.1258
TREWIN0.46463312.5000
HELLEN0.46463285.7143
OFFER0.46463285.7143
PURKISS0.46463272.7273
CRANFIELD0.46463265.4867
MUSKETT0.46463253.1646
PATTIE0.46463250.0000
LOTT0.46463223.4637
HATFIELD0.46463212.1212
GLENN0.46463206.8966
TILLETT0.46463202.0202
CLARY0.46463200.0000
NICE0.46463183.4862
GUMMER0.46463178.5714
BONNER0.46463171.9902
CARGILL0.46463163.9344
FINCHAM0.46463153.8462
ORRELL0.46463116.2791
FARREN0.46463106.3830
BRAGG0.46463105.5409
PECK0.46463102.3018
CRITCHLEY0.4646396.8523
MUNSON0.4646396.1538
KEEBLE0.4646394.3396
DENTON0.4646394.0071
LONDON0.4646386.5801
SEAMAN0.4646383.5655
PARMENTER0.4646381.3008
APPLEBY0.4646379.3651
JENKINSON0.4646373.9827
STOWE0.4646373.5294
STEDMAN0.4646369.6864
SPURGEON0.4646368.0272
BARRELL0.4646356.8182

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 463 people called PHILBROOK in Chester All Sts 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 4444.4444 in Chester All Sts means that 4444.4444% of the people in Chester All Sts on census day were called PHILBROOK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PHILBROOK 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 PHILBROOK 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 PHILBROOK 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 PHILBROOK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Chester All Sts means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PHILBROOK in Chester All Sts than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chester All Sts in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  OFFER (3)  APPLEBY (6)  AUSTIN (2)  BACON (2)  BAKER (17)  BARTON (4)  BEDWELL (6)  BELL (1)  BIRDSEYE (1)  BLAND (1)  BLOICE (5)  BONNER (7)  BRAGG (4)  BREATHWAITE (5)  BRASTED (1)  BRYAN (2)  BARRELL (1)  BUTLER (5)  BUTTON (1)  CANSDALE (8)  CANT (1)  CARGILL (3)  CARTER (2)  CASTLE (5)  CHISNELL (1)  CHITHAM (2)  CLARE (2)  CLARY (1)  CLARK (2)  COOK (1)  COTTEE (5)  COWELL (1)  CRANFIELD (3)  CRITCHLEY (4)  CROSS (4)  CROYDON (6)  DORLING (1)  DAVIES (2)  DENNIS (2)  DENTON (8)  DOR (1)  DERRY (1)  DOWNES (2)  EVANS (1)  FAIRHEAD (1)  FARMER (5)  FARREN (1)  FAIERS (1)  FENNING (1)  FINCHAM (2)  FIRMIN (3)  FISHER (3)  FLUX (1)  FROST (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILSON (5)  GIRLING (1)  GLENN (3)  GOODALL (4)  GOSNELL (2)  GREEN (1)  GREENWOOD (7)  GULL (6)  GUMMER (1)  HAMPTON (2)  HARRIS (7)  HATFIELD (7)  HOCKING (2)  HAWARD (7)  HELLEN (1)  HERBERT (6)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (4)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUNTER (2)  JENKINSON (6)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (1)  KEEBLE (3)  KETTLE (1)  KINGSBURY (4)  LUMMAS ? (1)  LONDON (2)  LOTT (4)  LOWE (1)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (2)  MAC DONALD (1)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (5)  MOSS (4)  MOTRUM ? (1)  MUNSON (1)  MUSKETT (2)  NAYLOR (5)  NEVARD (5)  NEW (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NICE (2)  ORMES (2)  ORPEN (4)  ORRELL (2)  PALMER (2)  PAMNANT (1)  PARMENTER (1)  PEACHEY (1)  PEARCE (8)  PECK (8)  PATTIE (1)  PURKISS (3)  PERRY (4)  PHILBRICK (1)  PHILBROOK (4)  POTTER (2)  RAMPLING OR RUMPLING (2)  RENNIE (1)  ROOT (5)  RUSSELL (3)  SALMON (2)  SERGANT (2)  SIER (6)  SCARFF (7)  SCOTT (1)  SIGGERS (3)  SEAMAN (3)  SELSBY (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SKERRATT (5)  SIMPSON (4)  SKELT (6)  SMITH (9)  SOUTHERN (2)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SPARROW (1)  SPURGEON (1)  STEDMAN (2)  STEVENSON (1)  STOWE (1)  TOTMAN (1)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (6)  TILLETT (2)  TREWIN (2)  WADE (5)  WARNER (2)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (1)  WHITING (1)  WILLIS (4)  WILSON (1)  WILTSHIRE (1)  WOODWARD (7)  WRIGHT (10)