Top surnames from the 1881 census in Creeksea, Essex

Creeksea 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
WHITING1711.5646600.71
MAPES96.122412,857.14
LAMBERT85.442299.75
BRIDGE85.4422268.46
BUTTON85.4422459.77
HOPGOOD85.44222,105.26
BUSH85.4422220.39
SMITH74.76193.37
EVERITT64.0816487.80
GILL42.721138.46
KEMP42.721149.08
JENNINGS32.040840.27
MATTHEWS32.040823.40
DALE32.040848.31
BIRD21.360517.81
TURNER21.36054.89
ALSTON21.3605208.33
OSBORN21.360565.36
CHAPMAN21.36059.58
DOVE21.3605119.05
KNIGHT21.360511.04
PATMORE21.3605555.56
GREEN10.68032.42
RICE10.680321.93
WILDING10.680357.80
BARKER10.68035.20
GOLDSMITH10.680343.86
PRATT10.680311.83
BRAND10.680346.08
BANKS10.680313.26
SALMON10.680329.85

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MAPES0.1514712857.1429
HOPGOOD0.151472105.2632
WHITING0.15147600.7067
PATMORE0.15147555.5556
EVERITT0.15147487.8049
BUTTON0.15147459.7701
BRIDGE0.15147268.4564
BUSH0.15147220.3857
ALSTON0.15147208.3333
DOVE0.15147119.0476
LAMBERT0.1514799.7506
OSBORN0.1514765.3595
WILDING0.1514757.8035
KEMP0.1514749.0798
DALE0.1514748.3092
BRAND0.1514746.0829
GOLDSMITH0.1514743.8596
JENNINGS0.1514740.2685
GILL0.1514738.4615
SALMON0.1514729.8507
MATTHEWS0.1514723.4009
RICE0.1514721.9298
BIRD0.1514717.8094
BANKS0.1514713.2626
PRATT0.1514711.8343
KNIGHT0.1514711.0375
CHAPMAN0.151479.5785
BARKER0.151475.1975
TURNER0.151474.8876
SMITH0.151473.3725
GREEN0.151472.4160

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called MAPES in Creeksea 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 12857.1429 in Creeksea means that 12857.1429% of the people in Creeksea on census day were called MAPES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MAPES 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 MAPES 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 MAPES 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 MAPES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Creeksea means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MAPES in Creeksea than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Creeksea in 1881

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

AYLEN (4)  ALSTON (2)  BANKS (1)  BARKER (1)  BIRD (2)  BRAND (1)  BRIDGE (8)  BUSH (8)  BUTTON (8)  CHAPMAN (2)  COTTIS (2)  DALE (3)  DOVE (2)  EVERITT (6)  GILL (4)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GREEN (1)  GUIVER (1)  HOPGOOD (8)  JENNINGS (3)  KEMP (4)  KNIGHT (2)  LAMBERT (8)  LORRAHALL (2)  MAPES (9)  MATTHAMS (5)  MATTHEWS (3)  OSBORN (2)  PATMORE (2)  PURKIS (3)  PRATT (1)  RICE (1)  SAINS (1)  SALMON (1)  SMITH (7)  SIRETT (8)  TURNER (2)  WHITING (17)  WILDING (1)