Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fairsted, Essex

Fairsted 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
WRIGHT206.920421.57
DOE186.22841,304.35
SMITH175.88244.17
BEARMAN155.19032,631.58
DIGBY134.4983866.67
WISBEY134.49832,826.09
BROCK134.4983386.90
WARD124.152219.01
CHURCH82.7682126.78
COE72.4221149.25
MOORE62.076110.38
ARNOLD62.076138.51
BROWN62.07613.15
EAGLE62.0761375.00
WHITE62.07616.46
GREEN51.73016.14
VALENTINE51.7301134.77
BINKS51.7301292.40
HAMMOND41.384124.32
EMERY41.384163.39
BRIGHT41.384168.49
WAGER31.0381384.62
WAKEFIELD31.038158.03
BLYTH20.692043.86
BASS20.692061.16
MARSHALL20.69204.13
JOLLIFFE20.6920153.85
CHURCHILL20.692058.31
GOODMAN20.692023.72
LOCKETT20.692095.24
HARRIS20.69202.72
FRANKLIN20.692020.83
WOOL10.34601,000.00
JOYCE10.346014.08
SEARLES10.3460212.77
WAKELING10.346090.91
HALLS10.346043.67
RING10.346085.47
BALLS10.346027.03
COULSON10.346019.31
HALES10.346024.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WISBEY0.292892826.0870
BEARMAN0.292892631.5789
DOE0.292891304.3478
WOOL0.292891000.0000
DIGBY0.29289866.6667
BROCK0.29289386.9048
WAGER0.29289384.6154
EAGLE0.29289375.0000
BINKS0.29289292.3977
SEARLES0.29289212.7660
JOLLIFFE0.29289153.8462
COE0.29289149.2537
VALENTINE0.29289134.7709
CHURCH0.29289126.7829
LOCKETT0.2928995.2381
WAKELING0.2928990.9091
RING0.2928985.4701
BRIGHT0.2928968.4932
EMERY0.2928963.3914
BASS0.2928961.1621
CHURCHILL0.2928958.3090
WAKEFIELD0.2928958.0271
BLYTH0.2928943.8596
HALLS0.2928943.6681
ARNOLD0.2928938.5109
BALLS0.2928927.0270
HAMMOND0.2928924.3161
HALES0.2928924.0964
GOODMAN0.2928923.7248
WRIGHT0.2928921.5726
FRANKLIN0.2928920.8333
COULSON0.2928919.3050
WARD0.2928919.0084
JOYCE0.2928914.0845
MOORE0.2928910.3824
WHITE0.292896.4586
GREEN0.292896.1440
SMITH0.292894.1662
MARSHALL0.292894.1263
BROWN0.292893.1494
HARRIS0.292892.7229

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 289 people called WISBEY in Fairsted 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 2826.0870 in Fairsted means that 2826.0870% of the people in Fairsted on census day were called WISBEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WISBEY 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 WISBEY 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 WISBEY 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 WISBEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Fairsted means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WISBEY in Fairsted than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fairsted in 1881

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

ARNOLD (6)  BALLS (1)  BASS (2)  BEDLOW (8)  BAREMAN (9)  BEWERS (2)  BINKS (5)  BLYTH (2)  BRIGHT (4)  BROCK (13)  BROWN (6)  BEARMAN (15)  CHURCH (8)  CHURCHILL (2)  COE (7)  COULSON (1)  DIGBY (13)  DOE (18)  EAGLE (6)  EMERY (4)  FRANKLIN (2)  GOUCH (1)  GOODMAN (2)  GOODAY (5)  GREEN (5)  HALES (1)  HALLS (1)  HAMMOND (4)  HARNDON (1)  HARRIS (2)  JOLLIFFE (2)  JOYCE (1)  LOCKETT (2)  MARSHALL (2)  MOORE (6)  RING (1)  SEARLES (1)  SMITH (17)  THOROGOOD (27)  UNWIN (2)  VALENTINE (5)  WAGER (3)  WAKEFIELD (3)  WAKELING (1)  WARD (12)  WHITE (6)  WITNEY (3)  WISBEY (13)  WOOL (1)  WAYLETT (5)  WRIGHT (20)