Top surnames from the 1881 census in Elsenham, Essex

Elsenham 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
DIXON347.265066.32
SAMFORD173.632524,285.71
JORDEN173.63252,361.11
WRIGHT122.56417.99
MORTON91.923135.99
ROBINSON91.92316.03
TURNER91.92316.91
WHITE91.92315.98
CHILES91.92312,000.00
GAYLER91.92311,323.53
INGOLD81.70944,705.88
CLARKE81.70948.44
JOHNSON81.70945.09
WATSON81.70947.37
PALMER71.495712.69
HOCKLEY71.4957277.78
SIMONS61.282197.24
HARRINGTON61.282167.57
SAGE61.2821144.23
SANDFORD61.2821180.18
WARD51.06844.89
WOODLEY51.0684119.90
BOURNE51.068455.07
ANSELL51.068492.42
KINGSLEY51.0684609.76
WOOTTON40.854794.12
PATMORE40.8547344.83
SCOTT40.85473.38
BURY40.8547114.94
MUMFORD40.854788.50
WADLEY40.8547439.56
MATHEWS40.854723.15
LUCKEY40.85473,333.33
BUDER40.854720,000.00
TYLER30.641021.71
PRIOR30.641027.70
DAY30.64106.81
NASH30.641013.90
BOYETT30.64105,000.00
POWELL30.64105.14
CLARK30.64102.13
FRANKLIN30.641019.31
MILLS20.42743.30
CORNELL20.427463.90
MARLOW20.427436.36
SNOW20.427431.60
COOPER20.42741.76
SMITH20.42740.30
LIVERMORE20.4274126.58
BLYTH10.213713.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAMFORD0.4746824285.7143
BUDER0.4746820000.0000
BOYETT0.474685000.0000
INGOLD0.474684705.8824
LUCKEY0.474683333.3333
JORDEN0.474682361.1111
CHILES0.474682000.0000
NERNEY0.474682000.0000
GAYLER0.474681323.5294
KINGSLEY0.47468609.7561
WADLEY0.47468439.5604
PATMORE0.47468344.8276
HOCKLEY0.47468277.7778
LIVINGS0.47468232.5581
SANDFORD0.47468180.1802
SAGE0.47468144.2308
LIVERMORE0.47468126.5823
WOODLEY0.47468119.9041
BURY0.47468114.9425
SIMONS0.4746897.2447
WOOTTON0.4746894.1176
ANSELL0.4746892.4214
MUMFORD0.4746888.4956
LOOKER0.4746872.4638
HARRINGTON0.4746867.5676
DIXON0.4746866.3156
CORNELL0.4746863.8978
BOURNE0.4746855.0661
STAINES0.4746838.7597
GOLD0.4746837.5940
MARLOW0.4746836.3636
MORTON0.4746835.9856
GROVER0.4746834.3643
SNOW0.4746831.5956
HINDS0.4746830.9598
PRIOR0.4746827.7008
MATHEWS0.4746823.1481
TYLER0.4746821.7077
FRANKLIN0.4746819.3050
PIERCE0.4746814.5349
NASH0.4746813.9018
PARISH0.4746813.8504
GATES0.4746813.7931
BLYTH0.4746813.5501
WHITWORTH0.4746812.7877
PALMER0.4746812.6904
REEVE0.474689.1408
CLARKE0.474688.4361
WRIGHT0.474687.9925
WATSON0.474687.3692

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 468 people called SAMFORD in Elsenham 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 24285.7143 in Elsenham means that 24285.7143% of the people in Elsenham on census day were called SAMFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAMFORD 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 SAMFORD 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 SAMFORD 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 SAMFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Elsenham means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAMFORD in Elsenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Elsenham in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANSELL (5)  BARKER (1)  BARTRUP (8)  BURY (4)  BLYTH (1)  BOYETT (3)  BUDER (4)  BOURNE (5)  CARLTT (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHESHAM (1)  CHILES (9)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (8)  CLAIDON (12)  CLAYDEN (2)  COCKERWELL (1)  COOPER (2)  CORNELL (2)  DAY (3)  DIXON (34)  ENGOLD (9)  FELSTEAD (1)  FOWLER (1)  FULLER (1)  FRANKLIN (3)  GATES (1)  GAYLER (9)  GILBEY (6)  JORDEN (17)  GOLD (1)  GRAY (1)  GROVER (1)  HARRINGTON (6)  HINDS (1)  HOCKLEY (7)  HOCKLY (1)  HOWARD (1)  INGOLD (8)  JOHNSON (8)  KINGSLEY (5)  LEWIS (1)  LITTLE (1)  LIVERMORE (2)  LIVINGS (1)  LOOKER (1)  LUCKEY (4)  MAIDNALD (1)  MARLOW (2)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (4)  MIDDLEDITCH (5)  MILLS (2)  MORTON (9)  MUMFORD (4)  NERNEY (1)  NASH (3)  PALMER (7)  PARISH (1)  PARKER (1)  PATMORE (4)  PIERCE (1)  PERRY (1)  PIGRUM (17)  PLESTER (3)  POWTER (12)  POUTER (2)  POWELL (3)  PRIOR (3)  REEVE (1)  ROBINSON (9)  ROSS (1)  RUMBELL (2)  SAGE (6)  SAMPFORD (38)  SAMFORD (17)  SANDFORD (6)  SAVILL (1)  SCOTT (4)  SERALE (1)  SIMONS (6)  SMITH (2)  SNOW (2)  STAINES (1)  TESSION (1)  THORPE (1)  TOFTS (7)  TURNER (9)  TYLER (3)  WADLEY (4)  WARD (5)  WARTERMAN (1)  WATSON (8)  WHATELY (2)  WHITE (9)  WHITWORTH (1)  WYBROW (2)  WILSON (1)  WOODLEY (5)  WOOTTON (4)  WRIGHT (12)