Top surnames from the 1881 census in Debden, Essex

Debden 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
BASS435.2696465.87
CLARK344.166713.86
BUNTING334.0441362.24
SMITH334.04412.86
BATEMAN273.3088128.08
WRIGHT263.18639.93
TANT263.18635,098.04
RIDER222.6961276.73
STANLEY222.696170.13
GRAVES212.5735169.77
FOSTER182.205916.50
CAMP172.0833361.70
HAYDEN151.8382235.85
DENNISON151.8382237.72
WESTWOOD141.7157102.26
MONK141.715781.68
FRANCIS131.593126.74
FREEMAN121.470623.03
COLE111.348014.80
THOMASON111.3480231.09
REED101.225516.79
JACKSON101.22554.39
BENTLY101.2255473.93
MORE91.1029141.73
MARSHALL91.10296.58
TAYLOR91.10291.72
DIGBY91.1029212.77
COX91.10297.28
SWALLOW80.980497.21
LAW80.980421.67
HOUSDEN70.8578386.74
FARROW70.857845.72
JOHNSON70.85782.55
BENTLEY70.857820.28
RUST70.8578162.41
BAKER60.73533.36
BOATMAN60.73531,071.43
TOTMAN60.73531,363.64
MANSFIELD60.735339.16
SALMON60.735332.24
DARCY50.6127225.23
PERRIN50.612759.88
TURNER50.61272.20
THURGOOD50.6127174.22
BRIGGS50.612711.28
PORTER50.61278.17
HOCKLEY50.6127113.64
PALLETT50.6127229.36
JOHNSTONE40.490210.85
COOTE40.490299.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TANT0.828165098.0392
MURIEL0.828162857.1429
TREVILLIAN0.828162000.0000
TOTMAN0.828161363.6364
BOATMAN0.828161071.4286
BENTLY0.82816473.9336
BASS0.82816465.8722
HOUSDEN0.82816386.7403
BUNTING0.82816362.2393
CAMP0.82816361.7021
RIDER0.82816276.7296
BASSET0.82816266.6667
WATLEY0.82816256.4103
DELLOW0.82816250.0000
WILKEN0.82816250.0000
DENNISON0.82816237.7179
HAYDEN0.82816235.8491
THOMASON0.82816231.0924
PALLETT0.82816229.3578
DARCY0.82816225.2252
DIGBY0.82816212.7660
GILDER0.82816186.9159
THURGOOD0.82816174.2160
GRAVES0.82816169.7656
RUST0.82816162.4130
MORE0.82816141.7323
BATEMAN0.82816128.0835
HOCKLEY0.82816113.6364
CANNELL0.82816113.3144
SOLE0.82816105.8201
WESTWOOD0.82816102.2644
COOTE0.8281699.5025
SWALLOW0.8281697.2053
ROYLANCE0.8281687.7193
MONK0.8281681.6803
RUSHFORTH0.8281677.2201
STANLEY0.8281670.1307
STRIDE0.8281669.6864
PERRIN0.8281659.8802
HOLGATE0.8281659.0842
LINCOLN0.8281648.7805
ELY0.8281646.6200
FARROW0.8281645.7218
MANSFIELD0.8281639.1645
LACY0.8281637.5940
SALMON0.8281632.2407
PARISH0.8281631.7712
WILLETT0.8281631.1042
LAWES0.8281628.0899
FRANCIS0.8281626.7435

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 816 people called TANT in Debden 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 5098.0392 in Debden means that 5098.0392% of the people in Debden 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 0.82 in Debden means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TANT in Debden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Debden in 1881

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

ARCHER (1)  ARGENT (1)  ASHFORD (1)  BACON (1)  BAKER (6)  BARKER (2)  BARTHROPP (1)  BARLTROP (11)  BASS (43)  BASSITT (3)  BASSET (2)  BATEMAN (27)  BAYLISS (1)  BENTLEY (7)  BENTLY (10)  BOATMAN (6)  BRIGGS (5)  BRIGHT (2)  BUNTING (33)  BUSH (1)  CAMP (17)  CANNELL (4)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHEATLE (1)  CHIPPERFIELD (1)  CLARK (34)  CLAYDEN (6)  COLE (11)  COLLIN (1)  COOTE (4)  COX (9)  DELLOW (3)  DARCY (5)  DENNISON (15)  DIGBY (9)  DIXON (1)  ELY (2)  FARROW (7)  FOSTER (18)  FRANCIS (13)  FREEMAN (12)  GERROD (2)  GILDER (4)  GIBBS (2)  GIPPS (9)  GYPPS (1)  GOLDING (2)  GRAVES (21)  HARDWICK (1)  HARRINGTON (3)  HARES (1)  HARRISON (4)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKES (3)  HAWKINS (4)  HAYDEN (15)  HOCKLEY (5)  HOLGATE (4)  HOUSDEN (7)  HUME (1)  ENNAS (4)  JACKSON (10)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFREY (1)  JOHNSON (7)  JOHNSTONE (4)  KETTERIDGE (4)  LACY (2)  LEAR (1)  LAW (8)  LAWES (1)  LEE (2)  LINCOLN (3)  LINSELL (7)  LINDSELL (12)  MANSFIELD (6)  MARSHALL (9)  MILLER (2)  MONK (14)  MORE (9)  MURIEL (4)  MUMFORD (2)  NEWLING (1)  NEWLAND (1)  NORRIS (2)  OSBORNE (1)  PALLETT (5)  PARISH (4)  PARKER (3)  PARKIN (2)  PERRIN (5)  PIKE (1)  PORTER (5)  POTTS (3)  REDGEWELL (4)  REED (10)  REYNOLDS (1)  RIDER (22)  ROSE (1)  ROYLANCE (1)  RUSHFORTH (2)  RUST (7)  SALMON (6)  SIGGS (6)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (33)  SOLE (2)  STAINES (1)  STANLEY (22)  STRIDE (2)  SWALLOW (8)  TANT (26)  TOTMAN (6)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMASON (11)  THURGOOD (5)  TREVILLIAN (2)  TURNER (5)  WATLEY (1)  WARNER (1)  WESTWOOD (14)  WILKEN (1)  WILLETT (2)  WILSON (2)  WOODS (1)  WRIGHT (26)