Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fordham, Essex

Fordham 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
BUNTON344.82953,434.34
WRIGHT304.261413.28
ARNOLD283.977373.78
TAYLOR273.83526.00
BEARD273.8352145.71
WOODWARD263.693274.86
BUGG243.4091754.72
MOSS223.125050.70
SMITH202.84092.01
KEEBLE202.8409414.08
EVERITT172.4148288.14
SALMON131.846680.95
MORGAN111.56257.86
BUTCHER91.278430.33
JARMIN91.27842,307.69
BIGGS91.278467.82
FOX81.136412.24
SADLER81.136448.22
CARTER81.13646.77
BONES70.9943338.16
WILBY70.9943169.49
HEARN70.994375.19
ARCHER70.994324.04
KING70.99434.56
ASHTON70.994320.30
BALLS70.994377.61
BARKER60.85236.51
LEE60.85235.22
KNIGHT50.71025.76
WARREN50.710210.62
HOPPING50.71021,086.96
GREEN50.71022.52
ROUSE50.710249.51
MEADOWCROFT40.5682156.25
ALT40.56823,076.92
REEVE40.568224.30
SPRINGATE40.5682449.44
WHITE40.56821.77
FROST40.568210.11
TAYLER40.5682103.36
WILLIAMSON40.56826.34
APPLEBY40.568234.78
JARMAN40.568259.61
WATERS30.426110.60
BULL30.426110.08
GROVES30.426115.16
DRANE30.4261208.33
HARVEY30.42613.99
GRANT20.28412.86
BASKETT20.2841250.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BUNTON0.707043434.3434
ALT0.707043076.9231
JARMIN0.707042307.6923
HOPPING0.707041086.9565
BUGG0.70704754.7170
ISOM0.70704625.0000
SPRINGATE0.70704449.4382
KEEBLE0.70704414.0787
BONES0.70704338.1643
DANSIE0.70704333.3333
COWLIN0.70704307.6923
EVERITT0.70704288.1356
EARY0.70704270.2703
BASKETT0.70704250.0000
DRANE0.70704208.3333
DISS0.70704181.8182
WILBY0.70704169.4915
MEADOWCROFT0.70704156.2500
BEARD0.70704145.7097
SMEE0.70704136.0544
FIRMAN0.70704111.7318
TAYLER0.70704103.3592
SALMON0.7070480.9465
BALLS0.7070477.6053
HEARN0.7070475.1880
WOODWARD0.7070474.8632
ARNOLD0.7070473.7813
BIGGS0.7070467.8222
JARMAN0.7070459.6125
THURLOW0.7070458.9971
NORFOLK0.7070451.5464
MOSS0.7070450.7029
ROUSE0.7070449.5050
SADLER0.7070448.2218
BIGG0.7070445.2489
FRANCES0.7070445.1467
SPARKES0.7070438.7597
APPLEBY0.7070434.7826
WINCH0.7070431.5457
BUTCHER0.7070430.3337
REEVE0.7070424.3013
ARCHER0.7070424.0385
ASHTON0.7070420.2957
KETTLE0.7070416.2338
GROVES0.7070415.1592
WRIGHT0.7070413.2832
BUCK0.7070413.2538
FOX0.7070412.2380
WARREN0.7070410.6225
WATERS0.7070410.6045

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 704 people called BUNTON in Fordham 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 3434.3434 in Fordham means that 3434.3434% of the people in Fordham on census day were called BUNTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BUNTON 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 BUNTON 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 BUNTON 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 BUNTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Fordham means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BUNTON in Fordham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fordham in 1881

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

EARY (1)  EAREY (1)  ALT (4)  APPLEBY (4)  ARCHER (7)  ARNOLD (28)  ASHTON (7)  ATKINS (2)  B... (1)  BALLS (7)  BALL (BALLS) (2)  BARKER (6)  BASKETT (2)  BEARD (27)  BEARNTALL (1)  BEER (1)  BIGGS (9)  BIGG (1)  BOND (1)  BONES (7)  BOWLES (1)  BROOKES (1)  BROYD (7)  BUCK (2)  BUCKELL (BUCKLEE) (6)  BUCKLEE (1)  BUGG (24)  BUG (1)  BULL (3)  BUNTON (34)  BUTCHER (9)  CALDWELL (1)  CANSDALE (6)  CANT (3)  CARTER (8)  CHENERY (6)  CLAMPIN (8)  CLAYTON (1)  CLEA (1)  COLE (1)  COWLIN (2)  DANSIE (1)  DEATH (7)  DRANE (3)  DISS (1)  EVERITT (17)  FIRMAN (2)  FOX (8)  FRANCES (2)  FROST (4)  GALLAFANT (2)  GOODEY (7)  GRANT (2)  GREEN (5)  GROVES (3)  HARDING (1)  HARVEY (3)  HEARN (7)  HICKS (1)  HOPPING (5)  HUSTABLE (1)  ISOM (2)  JARMIN (9)  JARMAN (4)  KEEBLE (20)  MOSS (KEBBLE) (2)  KETTLE (1)  KING (7)  KNIGHT (5)  LAPPAGE (5)  LEE (6)  LEGETT (4)  LINGHAM (6)  MARTIN (2)  MEADOWCROFT (4)  MILLS (1)  MORGAN (11)  MOSS (22)  MOTHERSOLE (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORFOLK (1)  PARKIS (3)  PARTERIDGE (17)  PERRY (1)  PERREY (2)  PETTICAN (5)  PETTITTE (3)  POWELL (1)  PUDNEY (25)  RAMPLIN (3)  REEVE (4)  ROUSE (5)  SADLER (8)  SALMON (13)  SARGENT (1)  SHARKS (3)  SLYFIELD (8)  SMEE (2)  SMITH (20)  SOUTHERNWOOD (1)  SPARKES (2)  SPRINGATE (4)  SPRINGETT (6)  STEEL (2)  SUTHERNWOOD (3)  TAYLOR (27)  TAYLER (4)  THURLOW (2)  WARREN (5)  WATERS (3)  WEST (1)  WHENT (1)  WHITE (4)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILBY (7)  WINCH (1)  WOODWARD (26)  WORTS (6)  WRIGHT (30)